Interface Settings

In the Interface Settings tab, you can perform Link configuration and (optionally) IP configuration on the monitoring port. Configuration options provided by this tab are not available for all Flowmon models. The PRO models which are intended for monitoring saturated 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, or 100 Gbps links do not expose this functionality. Some items in the Link configuration section may be unavailable on certain hardware appliances (depending on limitations of the available hardware) or certain virtualization platforms (depending on properties of the platform and/or user configuration of the environment).

After enabling IP configuration, an IPv4 address and Netmask of the monitoring port become configurable. Optionally, IPv6 configuration can be enabled too. Using the New Static Route button, custom static routes can be added to adjust routing for the monitoring port.

Configuration of the monitoring port on the selected appliance models can be optimized for processing a constant stream of smaller packets ( Maximum throughput ) or for minimizing packet drop during occasional packet burst ( Burst resistance ). This configuration option represents a trade-off in which increasing burst resistance decreases the maximum throughput of the monitoring port and vice versa. It is highly sensitive to the type and character of traffic in the monitored network and should be configured accordingly on a per port basis. The default value represents the best possible configuration for most appliances and monitored networks. Changing the value of this configuration option may negatively impact the performance of your appliance and lead to an increased number of dropped packets on the affected monitoring ports.

When you click Save, the changes are applied.