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By clicking on the field "Click to select a widget" or "Add widget" a dialog is shown and allows to select a widget from the list. Following widgets are available and are grouped by OSI layer:
By clicking on the field "Click to select a widget" or "Add widget" a dialog is shown and allows to select a widget from the list. Following widgets are available and are grouped by OSI layer:
* Generic
* Generic
** Text: This is a widget that allows showing user defined text. Can be useful to structuring the dashboard with captions.
** Text: This is a widget that allows showing user defined text. Can be useful to structuring the dashboard with captions.
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** Virtual link group: This will show traffic of a certain virtual link group.
** Virtual link group: This will show traffic of a certain virtual link group.
* Layer 2
* Layer 2
** Burst analysis: Displays utilization graphs for fast recognition of bursts per interface or MAC address. Virtual link groups can be used to monitor multiple interfaces.
** Global MAC statistics: Shows global statistics about the analysed MAC traffic. Available statistics are: total-, unicast- , broadcast- and multicast traffic.
** QoS: Shows statistics about a selected quality of service class. See [[QoS module]] for more infromation about QoS.
** Top MACs: A list of Top 5 Macs is shown. By clicking on the icon to the right of the caption, the display can be toggled between list or graph.
** Top MACs: A list of Top 5 Macs is shown. By clicking on the icon to the right of the caption, the display can be toggled between list or graph.
** VLAN: Show statistics about a specified VLAN. Traffic can be filtered by inner and outer VLAN tags.
* Layer 3
* Layer 3
** Country: This widget shows traffic in- and outbound traffic statistics about a specific country.
** DNS server: Show statics about certain DNS server as graph or table. Available statistics are: requests/replies, reply codes and response times.
** IP: This widget displays graph or text information about a certain IP address. The IP address can either be filtered through the dashboards global filter fields or configured per widget. Traffic, TCP, connection, MTU, Layer 7 protocol counters and graphs are available.
** IP: This widget displays graph or text information about a certain IP address. The IP address can either be filtered through the dashboards global filter fields or configured per widget. Traffic, TCP, connection, MTU, Layer 7 protocol counters and graphs are available.
** IP groups: The IP group widget allows displaying graph or text information of a certain IP group.
** IP group: The IP group widget allows displaying graph or text information of a certain IP group.
** Multicast group: Shows statistics about IGMP and MLD multicast management packets of a specified multicast group as graph or table. See [[Multicast statistics]] for more information about the analysed management message types.
** Multicast overview: Show the same statistics as the mutlicast group widget but without a multicast group filter applied.
** QoS: Shows statistics about a selected quality of service class. See [[QoS module]] for more infromation about QoS.
** Top IPs: A list of Top 5 IP addresses is shown and can be toggled between list and graph representation.
** Top IPs: A list of Top 5 IP addresses is shown and can be toggled between list and graph representation.
* Layer 4
** Layer 4 server port: Shows statistics about a layer 4 server port filtered by layer 4 protocols.
** TCP statistics overview: Shows global TCP statistics as graph or table. Available statistics are: handshake times, response times, TCP retransmissions, TCP flags and zero window statistics.
* Layer 7
* Layer 7
** HTTP overview: Shows global HTTP statistics as graph or table. Available statistics are: response times and response codes.
** RTP overview: Global statistics about RTP traffic. Available statistics are: Traffic, jitter, packet loss, max audio level and RMS.
** SIP overview: Global statistics about SIP traffic. Available statistics are: Concurrent calls and response codes.
** SSL overview: Global statistics about SSL traffic. Available statistics are: SSL hello handshake times and first data.
** Layer 7 protocol: Shows global statistics about a certain layer 7 protocol as graph or table.
** Top layer 7 protocols: A list of Top layer 7 protocols is shown. It can be toggled between list and graph representation.
** Top layer 7 protocols: A list of Top layer 7 protocols is shown. It can be toggled between list and graph representation.
There is a search bar on top of the dialog that allows for fast searching of certain widgets.
There is a search bar on top of the dialog that allows for fast searching of certain widgets.


After selecting a widget, the configuration dialog is shown. The widget configuration dialog can also be opened by clicking on the small wrench icon to the right of the widget.
After selecting a widget, the configuration dialog is shown. The widget configuration dialog can also be opened by clicking on the small wrench icon to the right of the widget.
The widget can be configured as follows:


[[File:Configure widget.png|frameless|800x800px]]
[[File:Configure widget.png|frameless|800x800px]]
The widget can be configured as follows:


* Caption: The caption displayed on the dashboard
* Caption: The caption displayed on the dashboard
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