Configure Interface Data Collection

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Through this data stream, you can monitor and report on the SNMP interfaces on the current device. Data collected is displayed in the Interface Report.

Collect data for list. Select the interfaces you want to gather data on.
- All Interfaces or Active interfaces. Selects all interfaces in the list are selected automatically. Active interfaces collect data only for those interfaces that are currently in use.
- Specific interfaces. Lets you select interface(s) from the Interface list.
- Custom active interfaces. Lets you select custom interface(s) from which to collect data. A custom dialog opens to select custom interface options.
  - High speed interfaces (Gigabit or faster). Select this option to collect data from all custom active high speed interfaces. This is the default selection.
  - Name contains. Select this option to collect data from all custom active interfaces that contain the variable you enter. For example, if your network naming scheme includes a subgroup named customer, you would enter customer in the field to gather data from all interfaces for the subgroup that contain customer in the interface name.
  - Type is. Select this option and choose the interface type to collect data from all custom active interfaces of that type.
Data collection interval (minutes). Enter how often you want data to be collected for the selected item or items. This value represents the number of minutes between each collection.

Click Advanced to access Data Collection Advanced Settings.

Click Speed to override the interface speed.

Important: You cannot change the speed for an interface until you have selected Specific Interfaces from the Collect data for drop-down menu.

Note: If the Interface Utilization Performance Monitor was not used during Device Discovery, 64-bit high capacity counters are not used to poll interface traffic counters. You need to manually change the device's polling properties in the device properties to use high capacity counters.