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finding the sensor of the problematic interface

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Hi, I have a switch with about 250 interfaces. I can see that the switch uplink ports were very utilized a month ago, and I would like to pin point the server interface that caused this load.

what is the best way for me to do that with PRTG?

bandwidth-utilization cisco interface traffic

Created on Apr 8, 2015 9:50:54 PM



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I would recommend either: - a report of all the 250 sensors of the specific timeframe, then you can browse through the graphs visually. - if it was "enough" to raise a visible peak in the graph, you could just open the device in PRTG, click on the 30 days or other interval and check those graphs for suspicious peaks. - if you have unusual detection active, you could search the logs in the timeframe of the incident for the specific interface: Logs -> Status Changes -> Unusual and then filter for the timeframe. (not sure since which version this is available)

Created on Apr 9, 2015 9:11:03 AM



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Another source of information is the Similar Sensor Analysis. Make sure this is enabled. It will go through already recorded historic data, and then show sensors with similar value-"curves" in the same time on the "Overview"-Page of a sensor.

Created on Apr 10, 2015 11:38:51 AM by Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]




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