View, Edit, Delete, and Enable Flow Sources

NTA Source Library (SETTINGS menu > Network Traffic Analysis > NTA Sources) provides a table view of:

• Flow sources identified during network discovery.
• Flow sources you configured manually or automatically using NTA Device Configuration.
• Devices polled for NBAR traffic totals.
• Groups or individual interfaces providing SNMP or flow statistics.

Understanding Column Data

• Name. Name of source device.
• Enabled. Indicates if flow or statistics are gathered from this device.
• Protocol. Flow protocol (if supported).
• Credentials. Credential types.
• Receiving Flows. Indicates if flow source is active. ("n/a" indicates not a configured flow source).
• Flow Rate. Flow packet rate.
• Traffic Totals. Indicates if traffic totaling is active. Flow Sum denotes traffic totals are summed from flow packets. Receiving indicates traffic totals are estimated (typical of sFlow).
• NBAR Polling. Indicates if endpoint is polled for NBAR classification data.
• NBAR Embedded. Indicates if NBAR is provided by the flow protocol.
• ASN Embedded. Indicates if ASN identification is provided by the current flow protocol.
• Last Active. Time of last information.

Click a column heading () to display the column selection listing . You can also include:

• IP Address. Device IP address.
• Reliability. Estimated reliability based on the volume and sampling rate.
• Sample Rate. Fraction of observed traffic data reported by source.
• Flow Packets Lost. Number of flow packets lost.
• Flow Packets Received. Number of flow packets received.

See Also Enable and View Flow Collection Status NTA Sources Library Add NBAR Source Get SNMP Traffic Totals Scope User Access to NTA Traffic Data Access NTA Data Views