Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
General
Listener port. Enter the TCP/IP port numbers which the Flow Monitor collector
service should use to listen for flow information. Flow Monitor can listen on one or
more ports, with port 9999 being the default. The sources sending flow information to
Flow Monitor must send data using one of these port numbers.
Note: If you configure Flow Monitor to listen on more than one port or on a port other than
the default port, you should verify that the port is not being used by another service and
ensure that an exception is added to the firewall if you are using Windows Firewall.
Log level. Select the level of details you want to write to the log.
Normal. Select this option to record errors and some general event information.
Verbose Logging. Select this option to record more detailed information than
normal logging. This option can create a very large file and may be resource
intensive, however, it is especially helpful for troubleshooting issues.
Errors Only. Select this option to record only errors.
Enable informational tooltips. Select this option to enable Flow Monitor to display
tooltips with information about possible problems and other information about
report details.
Get favorite icons. Select this option to allow Flow Monitor to retrieve and display
favicons (favorite icons) from hosts and domains when they are provided.
Note: If you select the Get favorite icons option, Flow Monitor will make connections to a
host in the domain to retrieve the favicon. This will impact the connections statistics for both
the host and the domain.
Report Data
Data collection interval. Select how often Flow Monitor writes raw data from its
sources to the database. You may select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10 minutes. By default, raw
data is written to the database every 2 minutes.
Note: Modifying collection interval settings affects the granularity you see in Flow Monitor
reports. If the interval is set to 5 minutes, you cannot distinguish traffic collected during the
first minute from traffic collected during the fourth minute.
Resolve private address interval. When the Flow Monitor collector service
encounters an IP address, it tries to determine information about the host attached to
the IP address. After this information is resolved, it is stored in the Flow Monitor
database. Enter the interval (in hours) that you want Flow Monitor to wait, before it
checks the private IP address again, to resolve information that may have changed for
the address. By default, private addresses are resolved every 48 hours.
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