Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 - Manual (Page 1612)

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IP Traffic analyzer monitoring and sFlow reports
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Viewing top MAC talkers
The Top MAC Talkers report shows the top pairs of source and destination MAC addresses being
used on the network. Follow the steps below to display the report.
1. Select Monitor > Traffic Analysis > Monitor sFlow.
2. On the Monitor sFlow dialog box, choose one of the following options:
• To view a report for a product group, click the report icon for the product group you want.
• To view a report for a product, click the name of the product group to which the product
belongs, and on the Product list page, click the icon for the product.
3. Click View to display the report.
4. In the Category list, select L3/L4 Reports.
5. In the Reports list, select MAC.
The following information is provided:
• MAC - The source and destination MAC addresses of the traffic and the VM host (Top VM
Talkers reports). If Source and Destination VM Host column values are not related to VM, no
values will display.
• Port - The ID of ports on which the traffic is being received and being sent. For VCS fabrics, the
send and receive ports are from different devices.
• VLAN - The ID of the source and destination VLANs in the traffic.
• Ethernet QOS - The 802.1p priority tag configured on the incoming and outgoing traffic.
• User (802.1X) - The name of the user who originated the traffic and the user who received the
traffic. This name is the ID the client used to gain access to the network.
• Frames - The size of the traffic in frames.
• MBytes - The size of the traffic in megabytes for the time duration shown on the report.
A subtotal is displayed under each top user by source and destination MAC addresses. If the report
is for a product group, the name and IP address of the product that the traffic accessed appear in
parentheses next to the MAC addresses. If the report is for an individual product, only the MAC
addresses are displayed.
A subtotal for the remaining network users and a total of all network traffic appears at the bottom
of the report.
Viewing top VLAN talkers
The Top VLAN Talkers report shows the top pairs of source and destination VLAN IDs being used by
the top users. Complete the following steps to display the report.
1. Select Monitor > Traffic Analysis > Monitor sFlow.
2. On the Monitor sFlow dialog box, choose one of the following options:
• To view a report for a device group, click the report icon for the device group you want.
• To view a report for a device, click the name of the device group to which the device
belongs, and on the Device list page, click the report icon for the device.
3. In the Category list, select L2 Reports.