Documentation forNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Analyzing network traffic and bandwidth is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Advanced edition. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is also available in a standalone module.

Set the Unit type for area charts in NTA

Settings configured on the NTA Settings view apply globally to all NTA area charts.

  1. In the SolarWinds Platform Web Console, click Settings > All Settings.
  2. Under Product Specific Settings, click NTA Settings.
  3. Scroll down to the Charting and Graphing Settings section.
  4. Select one of the following from the Unit type for area charts drop-down:

    • Rate (kbps): Provides the actual rate of data transfer, in kilobytes per second, corresponding to items displayed in a Top XX widget.

    • % of interface speed: Displays the widget data as a percentage of the nominal total bandwidth of the selected interface. This option only displays when you are viewing ingress and egress data through a selected interface.

    • % of total traffic: Displays the widget data as a percentage of the total traffic measured through the selected device.

    • Data transferred per time interval: Displays the amount of data corresponding to listed items transferred over a designated period of time.

    • % of class utilization: Creates a chart displaying what percentage of the limit set for the appropriate class is used up by the interface or node. Selecting this option sets the chart style to line chart.

      This option requires that you have set limits for individual classes on appropriate devices and is available only for the following CBQoS widgets on Interface Details Views:

      • CBQoS Pre-Policy Class Map
      • CBQoS Post-Policy Class Map
      • CBQoS Drops

      For example, you have allocated a 10 Mbps bandwidth for a class on a device. This option displays a real percentage how the bandwidth is used.

Area chart units can also be configured on a per widget basis by clicking Edit in the widget header and selecting the appropriate data units. Additionally, area chart display units may be configured for the duration of the current web console user session by selecting appropriate data units from the Data Units menu in the header of any NTA area chart widget.