Device - Performance: Interface Utilization

This device performance report displays interface utilization information collected during the selected time period from the device/interface displayed at the top of the report. You can configure the data collection for this interface through Device Properties - Performance Monitors > Configure Interface Data Collection.

Note: To ensure that your data collection is uninterrupted in the occurrence of a re-index, click Advanced and change the Determine uniqueness by list option to Interface description.

Report Body

Below the date/time picker is a graph showing interface utilization for the selected time period. Each point on the graph corresponds with an entry in the graph data table below. In Octets are graphed with an orange line, while Out Octets are graphed using blue.

Split Second Graph - Real-Time Interface Utilization

Under the main report graph is a Split Second Graph that displays real-time utilization.

Note: Split Second Graphs are not available in WhatsUp Gold Standard Edition.

Note: Split Second Graphs are not available in VMware host reports.

Note: When viewing information for devices running Microsoft Windows, information gathered via WMI is displayed in real time. Information gathered by SNMP, however, may reflect a delay of one minute or more. This delay is caused by a limitation in how often Microsoft Windows updates SNMP values.

Under the Split Second Graph, the report displays a summary of data for the interface collected during the time period:

• Min. The minimum bits per second rate experienced on the interface.
• Max. The maximum bits per second rate experienced on the interface.
• Avg. The average bits per second rate experienced on the interface during the time period.
• Min Utilization %. The minimum interface utilization percentage experienced.
• Max Utilization %. The maximum interface utilization percentage experienced.
• Avg Utilization %. The average interface utilization percentage across all sample data for this time period.

Note: Values displayed in the graph are the average values for the selected time period. Values displayed in the summary are the minimum, maximum, and average values for the selected time period. If raw polling data has been averaged into hourly or daily summarized data, the values for min and average, or maximum and average can be different. In some cases, they may be very different if there was a period of time when polled values were much higher or lower than normal.

You can verify your report rollup settings on the WhatsUp Gold console via Program Options > Report Data.

Select Interface

Use the Select Interface list to select the specific interface for which to view report data. You can select to view data for:

• A specific interface to view a single performance graph for the selected interface.
• All interfaces (average) to aggregate all CPU performance data into one graph.
• All interfaces to view individual performance graphs for each selected CPU overlayed on a single graph

Date range

Use the date/time picker at the top of the report to select a date range and time frame.

In the Date range list, some reports also allow you to specify and customize the business hour report times for reports to display. This allows you to view the network activity only for specified business hours. The date and time format for the date on this report matches the format specified in Program Options > Regional set in the WhatsUp Gold console.

Changing how the chart looks

Click the Chart Properties button to change how the report chart is displayed.

Navigation

You can change the device you are viewing by clicking the device name in the application bar at the top of the page.

You can change to another device report by selecting it from the More Device Reports list.

Device Properties

To view the properties on the current device, click the Device Properties button in the application at the top of the page.

Printing

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Toolbar buttons

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