NPM/NetSpy NCP Utilization by Link (SNT216)

Use NPM/NetSpy NCP Utilization by Link (SNT216) display to identify and quantify potential network link over-utilization conditions.
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Source
The source for this report can be either Tivoli NPM Network data or
NetSpy
NCP interface data.
Format
This display indicates the workload and utilization of selected links that are supported by each NCP. The report header also identifies the type of link data based on the DATATYPE element. You can see sample displays of profile and trend reports in these figures:
Database file
SNTNCL
Data elements used
  • NETNAME
  • ZONE
  • NCLPCLBS
  • LINKSPD
  • DATATYPE
  • NCLNRRBY
  • NCLPMCHS
  • NCLPMCHR
  • NCLPMIFS
  • NCLPMIFR
  • NCLNRCHS
  • NCLNRCHR
  • NCLNRIFS
  • NCLNRIFR
  • NCLPNRRFD NCLNRRFM
  • NCLNRRFU
  • NCLNRRIF
  • SYSID
Calculations
BYTE THROUGHPUT / MIN = SUM(NCLNRCHR,NCLNRCHS) / DURATION / 60 I-FRAME THROUGHPUT / MIN = SUM(NCLNRIFR,NCLNRIFS) TOTAL BYTES TRANSMITTED = SUM(NCLNRCHR,NCLNRCHS) TOTAL I-FRAMES TRANSMITTED = SUM(NCLNRIFR,NCLNRIFS) RETRANSMISSION PERCENTAGE = (NCLNRRIF/SUM(NCLNRIFR,NCLNRIFS))*100 PERCENT LINK UTILIZATION = ((NCLNRCHR + NCLNRCHS)/(NCLNRRLS/10)*(ENDTS-STARTTS))*100
Usage considerations
You can report on a different number of links by changing the value of the %SL216 macro in prefix.MICS.USER.SOURCE(#SNTRPTS). The default macro selects all links.

NPM NCP Utilization by Link (Profile) Sample

MICS
NETWORK COMPONENT (SNT216) NPM LINK UTILIZATION FOR TIC3-P LINK: L21TD2 NETWORK: NETWORK1 SYSTEM: SSPA PRODUCED: OCTOBER 14, 2004 ZONE: PRIME TIME +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | ACTIVITY INDICATORS | 01/11/04 | | | | |---------------------------------+---------------+ | DATA TRANSMISSION | | | | | | BYTE THROUGHPUT / MIN | 2173204.58 | | BYTES SENT / MIN | 1663623.34 | | BYTES RECEIVED / MIN | 509581.23 | | I-FRAMES THROUGHPUT / MIN | 7995.35 | | I-FRAMES SENT / MIN | 3678.81 | | I-FRAMES RECEIVED / MIN | 4316.54 | | TOTAL BYTES TRANSMITTED | 391,176,824 | | BYTES SENT | 299,452,202 | | BYTES RECEIVED | 91,724,622 | | TOTAL I-FRAMES TRANSMITTED | 1,439,163 | | I-FRAMES SENT | 662,185 | | I-FRAMES RECEIVED | 776,978 | | | | | MISCELLANEOUS DATA | | | DISCARDED FRAMES | 0 | | MISADDRESSED FRAMES RECEIVED | 0 | | UNRECOGNIZED FRAMES | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | ERROR DATA | | | I-FRMS RETRANSMISSION % | 0.02 | | I-FRMS RETRANSMISSION COUNT| 356 | | BYTES RETRANSMISSION % | 0.02 | | BYTES RETRANSMISSION COUNT | 80,343 | | | | | UTILIZATION DATA | | | COMBINED LINK UTILIZATION % | 1.81 | | LINK UTILIZATION % (SEND) | 1.39 | | LINK SPEED (SEND) | 16,000,000 | | LINK UTILIZATION % (RECEIVE) | 0.42 | | LINK SPEED (RECEIVE) | 16,000,000 | +-------------------------------------------------+

NPM NCP Utilization by Link (Trend) Sample

MICS
NETWORK COMPONENT (SNT216) NPM LINK UTILIZATION FOR TIC3-P LINK: L21TD2 NETWORK: NETWORK1 SYSTEM: SSPA PRODUCED: OCTOBER 14, 2004 ZONE: PRIME TIME +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | AMOUNT |PER-PERIOD RATE| PERCENTAGE | | ACTIVITY INDICATORS | 01/11/04 | . | . |OF CHANGE SINCE|OF CHANGE SINCE|CHANGE SINCE| | | | | | . | . | .| |---------------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+------------| | DATA TRANSMISSION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BYTE THROUGHPUT / MIN | 2173204.58 | | | | | | | BYTES SENT / MIN | 1663623.34 | | | | | | | BYTES RECEIVED / MIN | 509581.23 | | | | | | | I-FRAMES THROUGHPUT / MIN | 7995.35 | | | | | | | I-FRAMES SENT / MIN | 3678.81 | | | | | | | I-FRAMES RECEIVED / MIN | 4316.54 | | | | | | | TOTAL BYTES TRANSMITTED | 391,176,824 | | | | | | | BYTES SENT | 299,452,202 | | | | | | | BYTES RECEIVED | 91,724,622 | | | | | | | TOTAL I-FRAMES TRANSMITTED | 1,439,163 | | | | | | | I-FRAMES SENT | 662,185 | | | | | | | I-FRAMES RECEIVED | 776,978 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MISCELLANEOUS DATA | | | | | | | | DISCARDED FRAMES | 0 | | | | | | | MISADDRESSED FRAMES RECEIVED | 0 | | | | | | | UNRECOGNIZED FRAMES | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ERROR DATA | | | | | | | | I-FRMS RETRANSMISSION % | 0.02 | | | | | | | I-FRMS RETRANSMISSION COUNT| 356 | | | | | | | BYTES RETRANSMISSION % | 0.02 | | | | | | | BYTES RETRANSMISSION COUNT | 80,343 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UTILIZATION DATA | | | | | | | | COMBINED LINK UTILIZATION % | 1.81 | | | | | | | LINK UTILIZATION % (SEND) | 1.39 | | | | | | | LINK SPEED (SEND) | 16,000,000 | | | | | | | LINK UTILIZATION % (RECEIVE) | 0.42 | | | | | | | LINK SPEED (RECEIVE) | 16,000,000 | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+