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This section provides the purpose, elements, and actions performed on the Traffic & Latencies pages.

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Purpose

The Traffic page displays network traffic metrics for selected time periods. Use the View Selector to switch between Regions, VPC/VNets, Gateways, and Instances views.

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Elements

Traffic & Latencies: Traffic
  • Time Period: Dropdown to select time period (e.g., Last 15 Minutes).
  • Start: Date and time picker for start time.
  • End: Date and time picker for end time (can be set to ‘Now’).
  • Apply button: Applies selected filters and displays traffic data.
  • Data Integrity and Traffic panel: Dismissible expandable panel (shown on Controller 7.2 and later, until dismissed) noting that traffic data may be extrapolated from the configured NetFlow sampling rate, with a NetFlow Settings button that navigates to the NetFlow sampling configuration.
  • Total Traffic: Card displaying a total traffic line chart for the selected time period.
  • Cloud Breakdown: Card displaying a donut chart of traffic broken down by cloud provider.
  • View Selector: Buttons to switch between Regions, VPC/VNets, Gateways, and Instances views.
  • Name: Link in each table row that opens a Traffic: [name] dialog showing a Time Period picker, View in Topology and View in FlowIQ buttons, a Total Traffic card (or Sent/Received/Total cards on the Instances view), and a traffic-over-time area chart.
  • Search: Search box for filtering table content.
  • Show filters button: Opens filter dialog to filter table data.
  • Select columns button: Opens column selection dialog.
  • Export button: Exports traffic data.
  • Refresh button: Refreshes traffic data.

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Actions

To view traffic metrics by region:
  1. Go to Monitor > Traffic & Latencies > Traffic.
  2. Use Time Period, Start, and End to set the time range. Click Apply.
  3. In the View Selector, select Regions.
  4. Review Total Traffic and Cloud Breakdown and the regions table. Optionally, use Search, Show filters, Select columns, Export, or Refresh.
The table shows Name, Cloud, and Total Traffic per region.
To view traffic metrics by VPC/VNet:
  1. Go to Monitor > Traffic & Latencies > Traffic.
  2. Use Time Period, Start, and End to set the time range. Click Apply.
  3. In the View Selector, select VPC/VNets.
  4. Review the VPC/VNets table. Optionally, use Search, Show filters, Select columns, Export, or Refresh.
The table shows Name, Cloud, and Total Traffic per VPC/VNet.
To view traffic metrics by gateway:
  1. Go to Monitor > Traffic & Latencies > Traffic.
  2. Use Time Period, Start, and End to set the time range. Click Apply.
  3. In the View Selector, select Gateways.
  4. Review the gateways table. Optionally, use Search, Show filters, Select columns, Export, or Refresh.
The table shows Name, Cloud, and Total Traffic per gateway.
To view traffic metrics by instance:
  1. Go to Monitor > Traffic & Latencies > Traffic.
  2. Use Time Period, Start, and End to set the time range. Click Apply.
  3. In the View Selector, select Instances.
  4. Review the instances table (Sent, Received, Total Traffic). Optionally, use Search, Show filters, Select columns, Export, or Refresh.
The table shows Name, Cloud, Sent, Received, and Total Traffic per instance.

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Parameter Details

To view detailed traffic data for a region, VPC/VNet, gateway, or instance:
  1. Go to Monitor > Traffic & Latencies > Traffic.
  2. In any view, click the Name link for a row.
  3. The Traffic: [name] dialog appears. Use its own Time Period picker to change the range.
  4. Optionally, click View in Topology to locate the item in the topology map, or View in FlowIQ to view related flow records.
  5. Click Close to dismiss the dialog.

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Parameter Details