Usage Monitoring
Usage monitoring provides a view into the traffic that is passing through your network. It provides traffic volume information on the applications and application categories being used (determined through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)), and on the hosts that are using those applications. In addition to traffic monitoring, it also includes the ability to capture packets in order to provide even greater traffic detail.
When you start Usage monitoring, the monitoring point generates traffic flow records in real time and passes them to AppNeta Performance Manager (APM). These records are then collated into groups and classes so that you can easily understand how your network resources are being consumed. You can see how bandwidth at a given location is being devoted to particular applications, hosts, and users. So, for example, if performance at a given location is poor due to high network utilization, Usage monitoring helps identify which applications, hosts, or users are consuming the bandwidth so that you can take steps necessary to resolve the issue.
One of the key differences between Usage monitoring and Delivery and Experience monitoring is that Usage monitoring is passive - it does not generate any test traffic. Because of this, monitoring points have separate ports dedicated to Usage monitoring. Either one port or a pair of bridged ports are required to monitor a link. The cabling method used depends on the capabilities of your switch.
Related Topics:
- Set Up Usage Monitoring - describes how to set up for Usage monitoring.
- Usage Alerts - describes how to set up alerts to detect when various traffic flow characteristics are outside of acceptable limits.
- Custom Applications - describes how to identify application flows that are not already identified by APM
- Managing Usage Monitoring - describes how to operate Usage monitoring once it is set up.
- Set Up Packet Capture - describes how to set up for packet capture.
- Managing Packet Captures - describes how to operate packet capture once it is set up.
- Managing Packet Capture Schedules - describes how to operate packet capture schedules once packet capture is set up.