Misc

Syslog Sends Back Different IP on Alerts
If TotalView is monitoring a router via one IP address, yet the device sends back syslog messages with a different interface’s IP address, TotalView ma...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 1:39 PM
What are Operationally and Administratively Down Interfaces
To Help in Planning for Network Growth, Making sure that you always have free network ports available for growth is important. The Operationally Down Inte...
Thu, 19 May, 2016 at 5:20 PM
How do I assign descriptive names to interfaces?
If your switch does not allow you to assign names to each interface, TotalView can allow you to assign names to each interface. Edit the IntDescription...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 1:42 PM
Some switch manufacturers report anomalous errors on VLAN interfaces.
For some switch manufacturers, VLAN interfaces report anomalous errors. If you do not want the error rate of VLAN interfaces calculated, check the “Ign...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 1:47 PM
Specific Interfaces are Not Showing Up on the Interface Listing
Interfaces can be ignored if they offer no monitoring value. Look in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PathSolutions\TotalView\IgnoreList.cfg file. This fi...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 1:50 PM
Interfaces not displaying any data / License Limitations
If the configuration is set to have TotalView analyze more than the licensed number of interfaces, the Devices tab will only display the interfaces tha...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 2:00 PM
Ignoring Interfaces
There are three different ways of ignoring interfaces. 1) IgnoreList.cfg allows you to ignore ranges of interfaces on devices. 2) IgnoreType.c...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 2:02 PM
OutBound Discards on Interfaces
Packets are discarded because the transmitting machine may have run out of outbound packet buffers. (Packets can’t be transmitted because they are deferre...
Fri, 20 May, 2016 at 8:18 AM
Additional (non-physical) interfaces seen on switches
Some devices have interfaces that are virtual interfaces. These are interfaces that exist inside the device, but don’t relate to a physical plug ...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 2:07 PM
Link Aggregate Ports
When you trunk two interfaces together, it creates a third virtual interface that is the “trunk interface”. This may also be called the “Link Aggreg...
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016 at 2:12 PM