Monitoring IP and UDP traffic using Beeks Analytics for Markets
Internet Protocol (IP)
Beeks Analytics for Markets monitors all incoming or outgoing network data for this group's IP address, as seen at the visibility point. This includes any multicast subscription or publication.
The table below describes the timeseries metrics for the IP protocol in Aggregators for Beeks Analytics for Markets.
Metric name | Directions | Description | Displayed in Beeks Portal? |
|---|---|---|---|
Conversations | n/a | The number of IP pairs that are observed at this Visibility Point. | No |
Packets per second (pkt/s) | Tx or Rx | The rate at which IP data is being observed at the Visibility Point. The rate is calculated and recorded every 10 seconds. | Yes |
Bandwidth | Tx or Rx | The rate at which IP packets are being observed at the Visibility Point. Multicast data will only be included in the bandwidth for a particular Internal Entity if the Internal Entity is explicitly listed as a subscriber to that multicast group. For an External Group, the received rate will also include any multicast traffic sent to a multicast group which this entity is recorded to be publishing to. The rate is calculated and recorded every 10 seconds. | Yes |
Microburst | Tx or Rx | The rate at which IP data is being sent by this entity, including network processing overhead (network protocol headers, retransmissions, etc). The rate is calculated using a 1 millisecond window, and the maximum rate seen over each 10 second period is measured and recorded. Note that Beeks Analytics is flexible if different microburst calculation measurements are required - 1 millisecond is just the default that is assumed for Beeks Analytics for Markets deployments. | Yes |
These IP metrics are available in the following Aggregators:
Aggregator | Aggregator Levels |
|---|---|
IP Stats | /VP/ExtGroup:IntEntity |
IP DS Stats | /VP/Int Entity |
IP ExtGrp Stats | /VP/ExtGroup/Probe Name |
The Beeks Portal will display IP metrics per External Group or per Internal Entity, but cannot provide other breakdowns.
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Beeks Analytics for Markets monitors all incoming or outgoing network data that’s delivered using the UDP protocol, as seen at the visibility point. UDP is a connection-less protocol that does not confirm message delivery or ordering.
The table below describes the metrics for the UDP protocol in Aggregators for Beeks Analytics for Markets.
Metric name | Description | Displayed in Beeks Portal? |
|---|---|---|
Convs | A network conversation is traffic between two specific endpoints. In this case, a UDP conversation is all the traffic between two IP addresses on the same UDP ports. Note that messages do not need to be observed in both directions in order for it to be recorded as a conversation. | No |
Packets per second | See definition for IP above. | Yes |
Bandwidth | See definition for IP above. | No |
Microburst | See definition for IP above. | Yes |
These UDP metrics are available in the UDP Stats Aggregator, which has the levels /VP/ExtGroup/Switchport.
UDP metrics are only recorded in one direction - received (i.e. Rx) from External Groups - see Beeks Analytics for Markets Configuration Template for more detail.
Dashboards for viewing IP and UDP Metrics
Within VMX-Explorer for a Beeks Analytics for Markets deployment, the above IP and UDP Aggregators are most commonly viewed within the Traffic Stats set of dashboards. An example Traffic Stats dashboard and associated navigation is described in the User Guide for VMX-Explorer.