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[FineConnection web site]All instances
Sometimes it can be very handy (to get a clear picture or for trouble-shooting reasons etc) to see the traffic on all ports of a switch, router or a host in one Graph. This can be accomplished by specifying the keyword "All instances" as the Target Instance. The next example shows how it is done. We will not only use the "All instances" keyword, but we will also use the formula from the previous example.
The Shooter setup…
The formula…
…and the output…
From the last snapshot, we can see that device "TestDevice" has 7 ports (interfaces). By default, the Graph series legend text for each interface is composed of the Formula’s Result name and the interface’s Instance. In example 9 we will demonstrate how the legend text can be modified to a more user friendly and more meaningful one.
On runtime
The counterpart of the "All instances" option for Instances is the "On runtime" option. The "All instances" option has been designed to provide the best possible way to get a top-view or a first impression. The "All instances" option can give you the answer on questions like; Are there switch or router ports that behave abnormally? In addition, if so, which ones do?
The "On runtime" option provides a way to zoom-in on a specific Instance (port). It provides a listbox with all available Instances and lets you select one to zoom-in on. We will now replace the "All instances" keyword by the "On runtime" keyword.
The Shooter configuration changes to…
… and the output …
As you can see, we selected Instance .3 from the listbox.
A little note on the difference between the "On runtime" (OR) option and the "Instance Mask" (IM) option (demonstrated in example 5).
Although they may look the same, they work very differently. The IM option can only be used in conjunction with the "All instances" keyword and operates on a set of complex Instances. It analyses each individual complex Instance of the set and compares it with the specified mask. The result is a subset of the original one with usually more than one item. The resulting Graph displays consequently usually also more than one series.
Just as with an IM, the input for the OR option is a set of (simple or complex) Instances. The OR option does not analyze each Instance, it just adds them to a listbox and asks the user to make a choice. The user can only select just one Instance!