This lab focuses on the procedures for configuring statistics to display in a peg count or in a bar graph. The Real-Time Statistics Plot Graph Window should be open and displaying the FISU and MSU counts for the El Paso-Amarillo and El Paso-Laredo linksets. If not, refer to Lab 6.1 to set up the Plot Graph Window. 1. From the Plot Graph Display Menu, click on the Peg Counts
option. The Plot Graph changes to a Peg Count Statistics Display.
Figure 6.13 - Real-Time Statistics Peg Count
2. The menu options available in the Peg Count Window are identical to the Plot Graph, except that you cannot change the appearance of the Peg Count Graph. The Resources Menu is grayed out.
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3. From the Peg Counts Display Menu, select Bar Graph. The real- time statistics running are now displayed in a bar graph.
Figure 6.14 - Bar Graph Statistics Window
4. Select Graph Resources from the Resources Menu. The Stats Bar Graph Resources window appears.
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The width of the gridlines is determined by the Line Width field below the toggle buttons.
6. Use the arrows to the right of the Line Width box to toggle the width up or down.
7. The Line Pattern box shows the pattern of the gridlines. Click on the box to show a pull-down menu of options for line patterns.
The next section of the window configures the 3D appearance of the bars in the bar graph. All of the fields control the Z dimension of the bar graph.
Figure 6.16 - Sample Bar Graph
FISU Octets/sec: ElP-Ama-00
FISU Octets/sec: Ama-ElP-00
6531 6571 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Y-axis X-plane Y-plane Z-dimension X-axis
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Note: You can enter
numbers in the fields in the 3D Effect section of the window directly, or use the up and down ar- row buttons next to the field to move the value in the field up or down in 1 unit increments each time you click on the button.
8. Enter a number in the Depth field to determine the depth of the Z dimension of the bars. A larger number will make the bars appear wider in the Z dimension. If 0 is entered in this field, the graph has no Z dimension, and the Inclination and Rotation fields discussed below have no effect.
9. Enter a number in the Inclination field to determine the degree of rotation in the Z dimension around the X axis. This field affects the apparent slant of the bars towards the user. Entering 0 depicts the bars as horizontal to the X plane; entering a larger number increases the slant towards the Y plane. The number entered must be between 0 and 45. 10. Enter a number in the Rotation field to determine the degree
of rotation in the Z dimension around the Y axis. This field affects the extent to which the graph appears to be turned towards the user. Entering 0 depicts the graph as flat along the Y plane; entering a larger number rotates the graph in a clockwise direction towards the front of the screen. The number entered must be between 0 and 45.
11. Click on the Invert Orientation toggle button to invert the bars from horizontal to vertical. Clicking on the toggle button again will return the graph to its previous orientation.
12. Click on the Show Peak Values toggle button to show the peak values for the selected statistics on the graph. These values are shown in a contrasting color.
13. Click on the Show Axis Bounding Box toggle button to show a border around the graph on the top and right sides. Click on it again to remove the border and show only the X and Y axes at the bottom and left of the graph.
The width of the bars along the Y axis (or the X axis if the Invert Orientation button is on) is determined by the Bar Cluster Width field. The number entered in this field is the percentage of the width allotted to each cluster or value represented by a bar that is taken up by the bar itself. If, for example, you enter 100%, each bar will take up 100% of the space potentially available for it, and there will be no space between the bars. They will abut each other along the Y axis. The bar cluster width must be between 10 and 100%.
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Close button to close the Stats Bar Graph Resources window.
15. From the File Menu, select Exit to return to the Real-Time Statistics Setup Window.
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Lab 6.3
Saving and Recalling the Display
Configuration
Once the Real-Time Statistics display configuration parameters are set, you can save the settings and recall them for later monitoring sessions. Saving the display configuration saves the network elements and the parameters selected to a file. You can then open the file to apply the previous settings to a new
monitoring session.
The configuration defined in Lab 6.2 should still be displayed in the Real-Time Stats Setup Window. If not, configure according to Figure 6.17.