Network Packet Traffic Test

From an internal agent, this test measures the traffic received and transmitted by a host system via each of its network interfaces.

Target of the test : A host system

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every network interface of the target host (On Windows systems, the total traffic through all the network interfaces is reported by this test).

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
High Security	This flag is applicable only when the target Linux host is monitored in the agentless manner. In highly secure environments, eG Enterprise could not perform agentless monitoring on a Linux host using SSH. To enable monitoring of the Linux hosts in such environments, set the HIGH SECURITY flag to Yes. It indicates that eG Enteprise will connect to the target Linux host in a more secure way and collect performance metrics. By default, this flag is set to No.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Incoming traffic:	Represents the rate of incoming traffic.	Pkts/Sec	An increase in traffic to the server can indicate an increase in accesses to the server (from users or from other applications) or that the server is under an attack of some form.
Outgoing traffic:	Represents the rate of outgoing traffic	Pkts/Sec	An increase in traffic from the server can indicate an increase in accesses to the server (from users or from other applications).