Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 - Manual (Page 1643)

Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual 1597
53-1002949-01
Monitoring Flows
44
Flows panel
The Flows panel displays statistics and data for all monitored flows and sub-flows.
Following are general characteristics of the Flows panel:
• Inactive sub-flows will be highlighted in yellow to indicate that statistics have not updated for
over 15 minutes.
• A single flow definition might yield data in multiple rows in the Flows panel. For example, if a
flow definition has source ID (SID) and destination ID (DID) as *, this might result in five rows if
the source is communicating with five destination IDs. In the case of a learning flow, a root flow
also displays to summarize all sub-flows.
• Each unique sub-flow for the flow definition will be displayed in the active flows dialog if it was
reported in the selected time duration. Reported values may be 0 if the last data point did not
report that flow.
• Displayed measures are based on the flow definition. Therefore, not all columns will be
populated for the flows being monitored.
• Data will dynamically update every 5 minutes with the data from the switch.
• In the Flows panel, you can right-click a sub-flow and select to locate the ingress port, egress
port, source device, and destination device defined for the flow in the topology view. Refer to
“Flows panel right-click menus” on page 1596.
• Inactive flows are highlighted in yellow when statistics have not updated for 15 minutes.
Information displayed when Monitor enabled
Table 149 describes information on sub-flows displayed in the Flows panel when you select Monitor
from the Feature list above the Flows panel.
Source Source IDs as defined for flow.
Source Info This field is either empty or displays the icon of inferred destination device (either a
VM, host or storage) based on the source ID. The name of the VM, host, or storage
displays with a hyper link to the device’s property sheet.
Ingress Port Ingress port as defined for the flow.
Egress Port Egress port as defined for the flow.
LUN IDs LUN values port as defined for the flow.
Bi-Directional Either yes if bidirectional defined for the flow or no.
Flow Definition
Persistence Either yes if “Persist over switch reboots” is defined in the flow or no.
Frame Type Commands as defined for the flow.
Size Payload size as defined for the flow.
Pattern Payload pattern as defined for the flow.
TABLE 148 Flows Definitions panel information
Column information Displayed