ICMP Types

ICMP Types report reveals the top ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) messages and errors for network interfaces associated with the device hosts you specify for the selected interval.

These reports are useful for identifying periods where your network is flooded with ICMP ping packets due to aberrant IP network clients or deliberate network activity that tries to swamp network resources or bandwidth capacity.

ICMP type. ICMP message type (for example, Echo Request). Others indicates ICMP types not included in the top n.
Bytes. Number of bytes received with that error during the selected period.
Bit Rate. Average bit rate, in total bits per second (bps).
Byte Percentage. Percentage of ICMP error type compared to other ICMP errors during the selected period.

To display Flow and Packet measurements, click a column heading () for column selection list (). You can also include:

Utilization. Bandwidth percentage used by the ICMP messages.

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Choose source. , Choose a networking device or single physical or virtual interface you want to see ICMP Types measurements for. Choose traffic direction across an interface.

Choose time constraints. Choose times for the ICMP Types.

Choose, filter, and reorder columns. Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and apply advanced filters to customize your data view.

Chart, adjust output, and visualize. Fine tune report presentation and range of values displayed using the Report Settings dialog (optional).

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Most generated ICMP Types report data can be printed, shared, and exported when selecting Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select export () to access the following options:

Export to PDF. Save grid and chart views as PDF.
Export Data. Export ICMP Types data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.

Control	Description
Device.	Browse and choose a networking device that is a Network Traffic Analysis monitoring source.
Network Interface.	Choose a single physical or virtual interface Network Traffic Analysis you want traffic statistics for. Choose direction of traffic over the network interface (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce for invalid traffic.).

Control	Purpose
Date Range	Choose or define an overall date range.
Business hours	Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day. Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.

Control	Purpose
Columns.	Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Move Column.	Click on a column heading and drag it to reorder your table's columns.
Advanced Filtering.	Apply category, pattern, and keyword filtering to column data.

Control	Purpose
Show Top n Items	Limit items to the samples with the highest values.
Sort by Field	Select a column to sort by (if applicable).

Control	Purpose
View Options	Select/clear the checkboxes to display/hide Totals. Display totals for each column. Others. Remainder values that do not make the top n. Chart. Display the selected Chart Type. Legend. Include legend and grid lines for readability. Trend Lines. Present data a smoothed average to show trend.
Chart Type	Select a chart type and associated options: Pie. Pie distribution chart. Line/Area. Scatter graph that connects adjacent measurements with straight lines. Spline/Area Spline. Choose a graph with a smoothed appearance where adjacent samples exhibit a gradual slope. Vertical Bar/Horizontal Bar. Vertical or horizontal bar chart/histogram.
Y-Axis Scale	Scale Y-axis (chart and graph height) automatically or choose a fixed size.

ICMP Types

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Choose time constraints for data view

Filter and pick by column

Specify threshold and top n:

Chart and view options

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