Top VLANs Tab
Click the Top VLANs tab (or type Ctrl-3) to view a list of VLANs with the highest activity, with stack and pie charts showing the relative activity of each.
The Pie Chart
Use the Pie chart to view the relative activity of each top VLAN in proportion to the others.
- Click a pie segment to select the corresponding line in the VLAN list.
- Mouse over a pie segment to view the percentage of traffic for that VLAN.
- Right-click an area of the Pie chart and choose from the context menu as described below.
The VLAN List
Use the VLAN List to view detailed statistics about a particular VLAN.
- Click a column heading to sort by that column. Click again to reverse the sort.
- Click an unselected row to select it.
- Shift-click an unselected row to select all rows between that row and the currently selected row.
- Control-click a row to select or de-select it.
- Right-click a line in the VLAN list, and choose from the context menu as described below.
Legend
|
VLAN |
Bytes
|
%
|
|
0 |
385.5K |
13.03 |
|
1 |
343.3K
|
11.61 |
|
2 |
267.7K |
9.05
|
|
3 |
223.0K |
7.54
|
|
4 |
189.9K |
6.42
|
|
5 |
142.3K
|
4.81
|
|
6 |
141.1K |
4.77
|
|
7 |
125.1K |
4.23
|
|
8 |
115.8K |
3.91
|
|
9 |
98.1K
|
3.32
|
|
10 |
69.2K
|
2.34
|
|
11 |
63.3K
|
2.14
|
|
<up to 25 rows> |
|
|
|
Other
|
396.5KB |
13.40 |
- Legend - The top 10 VLANs are indicated with color legends. The report shows the top 25 VLANs, but places the "Other" category at the bottom of the list, as it shows total traffic for the remaining VLANs not shown in the previous 24 rows.
- VLAN - Contains the number of the VLAN.
- Bytes - The volume of traffic (in bytes/kbytes/mbytes) for a particular
row in the specified time interval.
- % - The percentage of traffic attributed to this VLAN during the specified time interval.
Context Menu - Top Hosts tab
Right-click or CTRL-click (Mac) on the Stack chart, Pie chart, or Host list, and choose from the Context menu as follows:
Stack chart:
- Select On VLAN [NN] - include only traffic from the selected host.
- Exclude VLAN [NN] - exclude traffic from the selected host.
- Center On This - centers the stack chart on the selected point in the timeline.
Pie chart:
- Select On VLAN [NN] - include only traffic from the selected host.
- Exclude VLAN [NN] - exclude traffic from the selected host.
VLANs List:
- Filter on selected VLAN - include only traffic to or from the selected VLAN.
- Exclude selected VLAN - exclude traffic from the selected row.
- Select All - select all rows of the table.
- Copy selected rows - copy the fields from the selected table rows to the clipboard.