HP Transcend Traffix Manager User Manual

®http://www.3com.com/Transcend® Traffix™ ManagerUser GuideSoftware version 3.0 for Windows NT®Part No. 09-1825-000Published August 1999

100 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPES The last section contains information about the report itself such as its title, whether it was scheduled or run ad hoc,

Device Activity Report 101Device Activity ReportThis report contains detailed information on each specified device.2 Report InformationInformation ab

102 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPESGroup Activity ReportThis report contains detailed information on each specified group. There are three ways you can repor

Segment Activity Report 103Segment Activity ReportThis report contains detailed information on each specified segment. For the purposes of reporting,

104 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPESError History With BaselineA baseline chart showing the actual total number of error packets over the report period as a l

Top N Connections Report 105Top N Connections ReportThis report calculates the top N connections by total octets sent and received over the report per

106 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPES “From US at Country level to UK at City level” tells you which cities in the U.K. communicated most with the U.S. “From

Top N Devices Report 107Top N Devices ReportThis report calculates the top N devices by total octets sent and received, and by the number of “hits” ov

108 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPES1.2 Top Devices By HitsA stacked bar chart containing the top N devices as measured by total hits, broken down by protocol

Top N Groups Report 109Top N Groups ReportThis report calculates the top N groups by total octets sent and received over the report period. You can li

ABOUT THIS GUIDEThis guide describes Transcend® Traffix™ Manager version 3.0 for Windows NT. This application gathers, displays and analyzes enterpris

110 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPESTop N Segments ReportThis report calculates the top N segments by utilization, and by percentage of errors. For most netwo

Top N Segments Report 111Utilization HistoryA multiple line chart showing the history of the utilization for each of the N segments over the report pe

112 CHAPTER 12: REPORT TYPESUtilization History With BaselineA baseline chart showing the actual utilization over the report period as a line. This is

IVAPPENDICES AND INDEXAppendix A Troubleshooting Traffix ManagerAppendix B Database Management Using Traffix Control Panel Appendix C Aggregating Devi

ATROUBLESHOOTING TRAFFIX MANAGERThis appendix is divided into two sections: Troubleshooting Traffix Manager Troubleshooting ReportsFor information o

116 APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING TRAFFIX MANAGERTroubleshooting ReportsSee Chapter 11, “Overview of Reporting” for information on the reporting feature

Troubleshooting Reports 117Table 17 Diagnosing Reporting Problems Problem Cause SolutionRaw report fails when running ad hoc or scheduled reports.Da

118 APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING TRAFFIX MANAGERReports take very long time to run.Reports using large amounts of data can take some time to complete.

Troubleshooting Reports 119“ERROR could not open output file: <filename>” in event viewer.The reporter was unable to create an output file.This

12 ABOUT THIS GUIDEAn overview of the RMON-1 and RMON-2 standards, and an introduction to how Traffix Manager uses RMON-2 agents to collect data from

120 APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING TRAFFIX MANAGER

BDATABASE MANAGEMENT USING TRAFFIX CONTROL PANELThis appendix contains: Overview of Traffix Control Panel Overview of Database Applications Upgrad

122 APPENDIX B: DATABASE MANAGEMENT USING TRAFFIX CONTROL PANELFigure 18 Traffix Control PanelThese applications help you to manage and organize a n

Overview of Database Applications 123 The amount of free disk space remaining on your PC for data collection to the database. The location of HTML r

124 APPENDIX B: DATABASE MANAGEMENT USING TRAFFIX CONTROL PANEL The amount of hourly and daily data which has already been collected. In this dialog

Overview of Database Applications 1253Com recommends that you back up your database regularly, the frequency depending on how important your trend dat

126 APPENDIX B: DATABASE MANAGEMENT USING TRAFFIX CONTROL PANELThis dialog box also allows you to select whether Traffix Manager starts automatically

Upgrading Traffix Manager 2.0 127Deinstalling TraffixManager 2.0To deinstall Traffix Manager 2.0 for NT:1 Close Traffix Manager and all related proces

128 APPENDIX B: DATABASE MANAGEMENT USING TRAFFIX CONTROL PANEL1 To display a program group, right-click Start and select Open All Users. Double-click

CAGGREGATING DEVICESThis appendix describes: Overview Default AggregationOverview Aggregation reduces the amount of memory and disk resources requir

Conventions 13Conventions Table 2 and Table 3 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.Information about what’s new in this release of Tra

130 APPENDIX C: AGGREGATING DEVICESSpecifying anAggregation PolicyTo aggregate devices on a particular network, it is necessary for the aggregator to

Default Aggregation 131Selecting the Default Aggregation ActionThe default aggregation action is the method of aggregation applied to network devices

132 APPENDIX C: AGGREGATING DEVICESIf layer 2 above the name is selected, the device office.acme.com is aggregated into the device representing .com.I

DUSING THE SUBNETSDB FILEUsing the SubnetsDB FileThis facility allows you to group the devices on your network by subnet. Click Subnets Editor in the

134 APPENDIX D: USING THE SUBNETSDB FILESubnet masks must comply with the primary internet network class types by covering at a minimum the part of th

Using the SubnetsDB File 1354 If you already have devices showing in the Map, reload the subnets attributes using the Reload Attributes dialog box, wh

136 APPENDIX D: USING THE SUBNETSDB FILEFor example, if the SubnetsDB file was to contain the following entries with the same subnet address:Any devic

EAUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTThis appendix describes: Overview Contents of the User-defined Attributes Configuration File Performing Attribute As

138 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTBy editing the user-defined attributes configuration file, you select which programs are used to determi

Contents of the User-defined Attributes Configuration File 139File Format Lines beginning with # are comments and are ignored. All other lines take th

14 ABOUT THIS GUIDETerminology Used in this GuideRefer to the Glossary at the end of this User Guide for definitions of terms. Terms which are defined

140 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTPerforming Attribute AssignmentAttribute assignment is carried out on any newly discovered devices. In a

Using the fileattrs Program 141Configuration File Example 2To assign user and operating system information to devices based upon their address:*KEY:2*

142 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTThe KEY attribute(s) for that device can be any of the attributes which are assigned automatically by Tr

Using the dblookup Program 143network-type lookup tables: for example, a database containing only IP_1 and other_2 lookup-tables is valid.For specific

144 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTExcel Worksheet The lookup-tables are stored in Excel named-ranges. Lookup named-ranges can be stored on

Writing your own program 145Then, when a device is discovered, dblookup does the following:1 dblookup builds a SQL string with the device’s key attrib

146 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENT(there is one version in Visual Basic and one in C):Figure 19 Simple attribute lookup process in Cwhil

Writing your own program 147an attribute New Device to the value TRUE. NL Type is a built-in attribute which is always set to the network type of a de

148 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTThe C examples are located in C:\Transcend Traffix Manager\TraffixServer\examples\c and the Visual Basic

Writing your own program 149Other points to note about user-defined attribute lookup programs: If your program exits prematurely, for example, it cra

Documentation Comments 15RMON-2 Protocol Identifiers:http://www.it.kth.se/docs/rfc/rfcs/rfc2074.txtMiscellaneousList of third-party agents which are s

150 APPENDIX E: AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENTattribute lookup programs which depend on the Name, NL Type, NL Address, Network or DNS attributes.Run t

FSUPPORTED RMON-2 DEVICES3Com Agents The current list of 3Com agents is available from the 3Com web site: http://www.3com.com/network_management/probe

152 APPENDIX F: SUPPORTED RMON-2 DEVICES

GCONFIGURING 3COM STANDALONE RMON-2 AGENTSThis appendix contains the following sections: Downloading Firmware to 3Com Standalone Agents Setting the

154 APPENDIX G: CONFIGURING 3COM STANDALONE RMON-2 AGENTSCAUTION: Downloading firmware to an agent causes the agent to cold restart. Refer to the Firm

Setting the Operational Mode on 3Com Standalone RMON-2 Agents 155 Traffix Mode Sets appropriate table sizes on the device for use with Traffix Manage

156 APPENDIX G: CONFIGURING 3COM STANDALONE RMON-2 AGENTS

HDHCPThis appendix contains the following sections: How Traffix Manager Monitors DHCP Devices What Effect Do DHCP Devices Have On The Map?How Traffi

158 CHAPTER H: DHCP(with the old MAC address) will also remain on the Map. There will therefore be two devices on the Map with the same IP address, al

IUSING RMON-1 AGENTSMonitoring Network Segments Using RMON-1 AgentsMany sites (particularly in a switched environment) have large numbers of network s

16 ABOUT THIS GUIDEYear 2000 ComplianceFor information on Year 2000 compliance and 3Com products, visit the 3Com Year 2000 Web page:http://www.3com.co

160 APPENDIX I: USING RMON-1 AGENTS

JRMON AND SNMP TABLES RETRIEVALThis appendix lists the SNMP tables retrieved by Traffix™ Manager. Refer to the following URLs for descriptions of RMON

162 APPENDIX J: RMON AND SNMP TABLES RETRIEVALRMON-2 protoDist no For protocol distribution (reports only)RMON-2 addressMap no Network Layer to MAC ad

KTECHNICAL SUPPORT3Com® provides easy access to technical support information through a variety of services. This appendix describes these services.In

164 APPENDIX K: TECHNICAL SUPPORT3Com FTP Site Download drivers, patches, software, and MIBs across the Internet from the 3Com public FTP site. This s

Support from Your Network Supplier 165Access by Digital ModemISDN users can dial in to the 3Com BBS using a digital modem for fast access up to 64 Kbp

166 APPENDIX K: TECHNICAL SUPPORTWhen you contact 3Com for assistance, have the following information ready: Product model name, part number, and ser

Returning Products for Repair 167Returning Products for RepairBefore you send a product directly to 3Com for repair, you must first obtain an authoriz

GLOSSARYagent A standalone or embedded source of RMON-1 or RMON-2 data.aggregation The process of adding the data from multiple devices in the same do

IGETTING STARTED WITH TRAFFIX MANAGERChapter 1 Traffix Manager OverviewChapter 2 Launching Traffix Manager for the First Time

170 GLOSSARYbit Either of the digits 0 or 1 when used in the binary numeration system. Eight bits equals a single byte.broadcast All good frames desti

GLOSSARY 171of the destination IP address, the station sends the message to the destination station. Due to the static nature of DNS, it can only be u

172 GLOSSARYIP (network) address Internet Protocol address. A unique identifier for a device attached to a network using TCP/IP. The address is writte

GLOSSARY 173OSI Open Systems Interconnection, a body of standards set by the International Standards Organization to define the activities that must o

174 GLOSSARYseparated by periods. Devices and routers use the mask to identify the subnet on which a device resides.switch A device which filters, for

INDEXNumbers3Com Bulletin Board Service (3Com BBS) 1643Com Knowledgebase Web Services 1633Com URL 1633ComFacts 165AAccess tablesdblookup program 143ac

176 INDEXBBulletin Board Service 164Cclientaccess levels 50administrator access 50description 37launching after the first time 49launching for the fir

INDEX 177network sweep attacks 73new devices on your network 73unauthorized machine access 73device activity reportcontents 101device aggregationdefau

178 INDEXexcepting devices or connections from rules 85filtering 83forwarding as SNMP traps 86generating 20, 36ignoring devices or connections 85modif

INDEX 179HTMLcan’t find HTML files? 117index file 94, 95lifetime of files 96report directory, moving and linking to 94, 95serving directory to Web ser

180 INDEXdetecting unauthorized machine access 73general rules 78network supplier support 165network traffictypical 36network traffic rulesconfiguring

INDEX 181report directorylinking to HTML reports 94, 95report formats 96report instancesoverview 93Report Manager 92displaying information about outpu

182 INDEXRMON-2 Standard modedescription 154setting 54RMON-2 Traffix modedescription 154setting 54rules. See eventsrunning multiple clients against a

INDEX 183Traffix Managerassigning attributes automatically 137database management 121 to 126features 20getting started 19, 23how it works 21how to use

184 INDEX

3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTYTranscend® Traffix™ Manager 3.0 for Windows NT®SOFTWARE 3Com warrants that each software program licensed from it wil

THE ALLEGED DEFECT OR MALFUNCTION IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD PERSON’S MISUSE, NEGLECT, IMPROPER INSTALLATI

1TRAFFIX MANAGER OVERVIEWThis chapter introduces you to Traffix™ Manager. It contains the following sections: What to Read First Features of Traffix

3Com Corporation5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California 95052-8145Copyright © 1999 3Com Technologies. All rights reserved. No part of this documen

20 CHAPTER 1: TRAFFIX MANAGER OVERVIEWThe Traffix Manager online help contains detailed procedural information on how to perform all tasks, and inform

How Does Traffix Manager Work? 21 Industry standards — Traffix Manager supports the IETF RMON-2 standard, which enables information about network and

22 CHAPTER 1: TRAFFIX MANAGER OVERVIEWFigure 1 Traffix Manager Gathers Data from the NetworkThe collected data is stored in the database, and checke

Strategy for New Users 23Strategy for New UsersIf you have just begun using Traffix Manager to monitor your network, you should do the following: Set

24 CHAPTER 1: TRAFFIX MANAGER OVERVIEW

2LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER FOR THE FIRST TIMEThis chapter provides information on launching Traffix™ Manager for the first time. Information on instal

26 CHAPTER 2: LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER FOR THE FIRST TIMELaunching the Traffix Manager ServerThere are two steps to launching Traffix Manager: you mu

Launching the Traffix Manager Client 27configuration of data sources, and take you to the point where traffic data is displayed in the main window.The

28 CHAPTER 2: LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER FOR THE FIRST TIMEFigure 2 Traffix Manager Main WindowStopping Traffix ManagerTo stop a Traffix Manager clie

Main Window Reference 29 Map — Contains a graphical representation of the network, showing the hierarchy of objects and the traffic flowing between t

CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDEHow To Use The Traffix Manager Documentation 11Conventions 13Terminology Used in this Guide 14Related Documentation 14Documen

30 CHAPTER 2: LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER FOR THE FIRST TIMEGroupings... Launches the Groupings dialog box from which you can create, modify and delete

Main Window Reference 31Zoom... Launches a sub-menu in which you select from the following: Zoom In — Zooms into area containing currently selected o

32 CHAPTER 2: LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER FOR THE FIRST TIMESee Chapter 7, “Displaying Network Traffic in the Main Window” for detailed information on w

IIHOW TRAFFIX MANAGER WORKSChapter 3 Collecting DataChapter 4 Grouping Network Devices in the Map

3COLLECTING DATAThis chapter describes how Traffix™ Manager collects data from your network.It contains the following sections: How Traffix Manager P

36 CHAPTER 3: COLLECTING DATAFigure 3 Collected Data is added to a Relational DatabaseFrom the collected data, you can build up a picture of normal

RMON Overview 37RMON Overview Traffix Manager supports all agents that are compliant with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Remote MONitoring

38 CHAPTER 3: COLLECTING DATAsingle segment. Traffix Manager uses RMON-2 functionality to build up a picture of communicating devices on the network a

4GROUPING NETWORK DEVICES IN THE MAPThis chapter contains the following sections: Overview Attributes GroupingsOverview With Traffix™ Manager, yo

PART II HOW TRAFFIX MANAGER WORKS3 COLLECTING DATAHow Traffix Manager Processes Collected Data 35RMON Overview 37Remote Monitoring 37RMON-2 Standard 3

40 CHAPTER 4: GROUPING NETWORK DEVICES IN THE MAPAttributes To understand how Traffix Manager groups devices in the Map, it helps to be familiar with

Attributes 41MAC Addr Only devices which are in the same broadcast domain as the interface on an RMON-2 agent will have the MAC address attribute assi

42 CHAPTER 4: GROUPING NETWORK DEVICES IN THE MAPAssigning MAC AddressesWhen the client is first started, it tries to locate the Traffix Manager serve

Groupings 43The Map shows a hierarchical view of the devices in your network according to the selected grouping. By selecting a Geographical grouping

44 CHAPTER 4: GROUPING NETWORK DEVICES IN THE MAPa Add appropriate entries to the SubnetsDB configuration file. See Appendix D, “Using the SubnetsDB F

Groupings 45Figure 5 Attributes dialog boxThe Attributes dialog box displays, in rows, a list of selected devices on your network, and in columns, a

46 CHAPTER 4: GROUPING NETWORK DEVICES IN THE MAPFigure 6 Groupings dialog box

IIIRUNNING TRAFFIX MANAGERChapter 5 Launching Traffix Manager After the First TimeChapter 6 Configuring Agents for Data CollectionChapter 7 Displaying

5LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER AFTER THE FIRST TIMEThis chapter provides information on how to launch Traffix™ Manager, after the first time. It contains

7 DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOWLoading Network Traffic Data 57Working with Objects in the Main Window 58Displaying Object Information

50 CHAPTER 5: LAUNCHING TRAFFIX MANAGER AFTER THE FIRST TIMETo use a remote server, you must add the IP address of the machine running the server to t

6CONFIGURING AGENTS FOR DATA COLLECTIONThis chapter describes how to use Traffix™ Manager to identify and enable RMON agents on your network for data

52 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AGENTS FOR DATA COLLECTIONFinding Agents for Data CollectionThe agents used may be devices with RMON-1 or RMON-2 embedded wi

Finding Agents for Data Collection 53To enable you to manage large numbers of collection agents, agent folders can be created in the tree and the agen

54 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AGENTS FOR DATA COLLECTIONViewing Agent StatisticsYou can view the statistics of a selected agent from the Agent Statistics

Finding Agents for Data Collection 55Traffix Manager. See Appendix G for more information about setting the mode on 3Com standalone RMON-2 agents.

56 CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AGENTS FOR DATA COLLECTION

7DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOWThis chapter contains the following sections: Loading Network Traffic Data Working with Objects in the

58 CHAPTER 7: DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOWFigure 7 Load Traffic dialog boxWorking with Objects in the Main WindowOnce you have load

Displaying Network Traffic Data 59 Grey — Inactive Green — Transmitting traffic only Yellow — Receiving traffic only Orange — Transmitting and rec

10 VIEWING EVENTSOverview 81Viewing Events 82Filtering Events 83Summarizing Events 84Output of Events 84Viewing and Managing Selected Events 85Deletin

60 CHAPTER 7: DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOWTable 7 describes the traffic display options available from the Display menu and from butt

Protocols, Applications and Favorites 61Combining To andFrom and BetweenYou can use the To and From and Between options in combination to turn off a s

62 CHAPTER 7: DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOWIf you want to change the protocols in an application, create a new favorite rather than ed

Protocols, Applications and Favorites 63You might then create a favorite called Server, containing both user-defined protocols. You could display this

64 CHAPTER 7: DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOW You can only create child protocols if the protocol you are extending supports the additi

8DISPLAYING TRAFFIC IN GRAPHSThis chapter contains the following sections: Overview Using the Graph Panel Using the Launch Graph Dialog BoxOvervie

66 CHAPTER 8: DISPLAYING TRAFFIC IN GRAPHSUsing the Graph PanelThe Graph Panel of the main window shows basic information about the network activity o

Using the Launch Graph Dialog Box 67Use the Graph Panel Settings dialog box to configure the display of the Graph Panel.Figure 9 Graph Panel Setting

68 CHAPTER 8: DISPLAYING TRAFFIC IN GRAPHSFigure 10 Launch Graph dialog boxThe settings used to create the launched graph are those used in the Map

Using the Launch Graph Dialog Box 69 Top Objects — Show the busiest objects. Which objects are considered depends on the level set in the Graph Setti

12 REPORT TYPESReport Templates 99Activity Reports 99Top N Reports 99Connection Activity Report 100Device Activity Report 101Group Activity Report 102

70 CHAPTER 8: DISPLAYING TRAFFIC IN GRAPHS

9USING EVENT RULESThis chapter describes how to use event rules to analyze the data collected by Traffix™ Manager and to inform you of traffic changes

72 CHAPTER 9: USING EVENT RULESThe event rules in Traffix Manager fall into two broad categories: Security — An event is generated when some aspect o

Examples of Event Rules 73Examples of Event RulesThere are a total of eight types of event rule, the possible uses of which are discussed below.Securi

74 CHAPTER 9: USING EVENT RULESTraffic Event Rules These types of event rule help you to detect significant changes in the behavior of a machine or co

Configuring Event Rules 75By applying the protocol filter to an event rule of this type, you can use it to monitor the usage of specific network servi

76 CHAPTER 9: USING EVENT RULESFigure 11 Event Rules dialog boxTraffix Manager provides wizards to help you add and edit event rules.Refining Event

Using Event Rules 77Specifying the Time FilterWith certain types of event rule, you can specify the times at which rules apply. For example, you could

78 CHAPTER 9: USING EVENT RULESMaintaining Network SecurityYou can configure Detect Network Sweep Attack and Detect New Devices event rules to generat

Using Event Rules 79The Map can provide you with immediate information about which devices have been using particular servers. Detecting Unauthorized

C AGGREGATING DEVICESOverview 129Default Aggregation 129Specifying an Aggregation Policy 130D USING THE SUBNETSDB FILEUsing the SubnetsDB File 133How

80 CHAPTER 9: USING EVENT RULESImplementingBusiness PoliciesSome organizations and network administrators have specific policies about how the network

10VIEWING EVENTSThis chapter describes use of the Event List. It contains the following sections: Overview Viewing Events Viewing and Managing Se

82 CHAPTER 10: VIEWING EVENTSViewing Events You use the Event List to display information about events.Figure 12 Event ListThe Event List provides t

Viewing Events 83 The severity of the event. The rule that generated the event. A detailed explanation of the reason for the event. The activity o

84 CHAPTER 10: VIEWING EVENTS By event rule. By device / group — You can select a grouping and a group or device. When launched for a particular gro

Viewing and Managing Selected Events 85Viewing and Managing Selected EventsBy selecting an event in the Event List, you can carry out the following ac

86 CHAPTER 10: VIEWING EVENTSForwarding Events as SNMP Traps By selecting an event in the Event Generation dialog box, you can choose to forward the e

Forwarding Events as SNMP Traps 872 The MIB files that define events are supplied by a number of enterprises. Select 3Com in the Enterprises field of

88 CHAPTER 10: VIEWING EVENTS

11OVERVIEW OF REPORTINGThis chapter contains the following sections: Overview Managing Reports Strategy for Reporting Effects of Grouping on Re

G CONFIGURING 3COM STANDALONE RMON-2 AGENTSDownloading Firmware to 3Com Standalone Agents 153Setting the Operational Mode on 3Com Standalone RMON-2 Ag

90 CHAPTER 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTING Use top N reports to determine and report on the most active objects on your network. Here, N is a number betwee

Overview 91Weekly ReportsThese reports use all data collected on the day specified and the following 6 days. The report is generated in the early hour

92 CHAPTER 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTINGManaging Reports You use the Report Manager to add, schedule, edit and delete reports.Figure 17 Report ManagerTh

Managing Reports 93The reporting features available depend on the client access level. A read-only user can browse existing reports, view report detai

94 CHAPTER 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTINGYou can choose to delete raw data to reclaim disk space if required. See “Setting Global Report Options” on page 9

Managing Reports 95 Period — The time range covered by the selected raw data or output. Keep Report — The date the report is to be deleted, or Keep

96 CHAPTER 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTINGMonitoring ReportGeneration andOutputUse the Output Queue to view output requests that are due to be run, that are

Strategy for Reporting 97Strategy for ReportingThis section contains a strategy to help new users begin reporting with Traffix Manager.Getting Started

98 CHAPTER 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTINGgroups, rather than for your entire network. See “Creating and Assigning Attributes” on page 44 for more informati

12REPORT TYPESThis chapter describes in detail each type of report in Traffix™ Manager.Report Templates For each kind of object — connections, devices