Advanced IO Graph configurations with advanced Y-Axis parameters

In standard measurements with the IO Graph tool, we measure the performance of the network in units of packets/second, bytes/second, or bits/second. There are some types of data that cannot be measured with these parameters, and this is the reason we have the Advanced... feature in the Y-Axis options.

Getting ready

Choosing the Advanced... feature from the Unit: drop-down menu under Y-Axis opens a wider IO Graphs window, and provides the following options:

  • SUM (*): This draws a graph with the summary of a parameter in the tick interval
  • COUNT FRAMES (*): This draws a graph that counts the occurrence of the filtered frames in the tick interval
  • COUNT FIELDS (*): This draws a graph that counts ...

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