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Show Link Utilization

The Network Performance Summary ( show screen) is automatically displayed when you click the report tab. This report offers a quick way to analyze link utilization. It displays graphs of the managed link's inbound and outbound traffic. Specifically, it contains the following items:

  • Bandwidth Utilization line graphs — Shows the links average and peak bandwidth usage in bits per second
  • Network Efficiency line graphs — Shows the percentage of bytes that are not retransmits. (If the selected traffic class' traffic is not TCP, then the graph indicates 100%.)
  • Top 10 Classes pie charts — Shows the relative portions of bandwidth allocated to the ten most active classes on the network; displays each class' average bandwidth usage in bits per second and its percentage of the total bandwidth on the link
  • Total kilobytes sent (outbound) and received (inbound) during the interval

If a green horizontal line appears above the Bandwidth Utilization and Network Efficiency line graphs, traffic shaping was enabled during the graphing interval. This line shows you exactly when shaping was turned on so that you can easily view and interpret the consequences of your policies and partitions.  show screen

For information on analyzing this report, see the following PacketGuide Solutions:

Analyze your Link's Behavior
Identify Performance Saboteurs
Access Wasted Network Capacity

By default, the Network Performance Summary graphs analyze network traffic over the last hour, but the time period and end date are user-customizable. See Selecting a Time Period.

See also:

Graph Multiple Classes

Graph a Specific Link, Partition, or Class

 

 

PacketGuide™ for PacketWise® Version 6.0