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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Top 10: Ping Availability
This home-level dashboard report displays the top devices in a group based on their ping
availability percentages. Placing this dashboard report in a dashboard allows you to keep
tabs on crucial devices by glancing at each device's current ping availability percentage level.
Device. The network device.
Interface. The network interface.
Polled Min. Amount of total time (in minutes) that passed during the time period
selected in the Ping Availability (on page 650) report.
Unavailable. Amount of total time (in minutes) that the device was unavailable in the
group.
Percent Available. The total availability percentage for the device.
To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:
1 In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure
Report dialog appears.
2 Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.
Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
Device group. Select a device group by clicking the Browse (...) button. Select Every
device to select all devices regardless of their subgroups.
Maximum rows to return. Enter the number of records you would like displayed in
the dashboard report.
Column 2 width. Enter a width for the column (in pixels).
3 Click OK to save changes.
Top 10: Ping Packet Loss
This home-level dashboard report displays the top devices in a group based on their ping
packet loss percentages at the time of the last poll. Placing this dashboard report in a
dashboard allows you to keep tabs on crucial devices by glancing at the colors associated
with each packet loss percentage level:
Red. Above 90%
Yellow. Between 80% and 90%
Green. 80% or less
Each entry in the report contains the following information:
Device. The network device.
Interface. The network interface.
Sent. The number of packets sent.
Lost. The number of packets lost.
% Loss. The percentage of sent packets that have been lost.
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