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5. Select the measures you want to display in the graph in the Select Network Objects and
Measures list and click the right arrow button.
Select multiple measures by holding down the CTRL key and clicking more than one measure.
Select all measures for a flow by selecting the flow.
6. Remove measures from the graph by selecting the measure beneath the graph and clicking
the left arrow button.
7. Configure the look and feel of the graph using the procedure in “Configuring the performance
graph” on page 1790".
8. Create a flow performance monitor on the Dashboard by clicking Save As Widget.
For step-by-step instructions, refer to “Configuring a traffic flows monitor from a performance
graph” on page 434".
9. Click Close to close the dialog box.
Defining flows using Historical/Real-time performance graph
1. Select the port for which you want to generate a performance graph.
2. Select Monitor > Performance > Historical Graph or Real-Time Graph. The Historical or
Real-time performance graph displays.
3. Make changes to the fields as required.
4. Select any of the column in Additional Measures table and click Add Flow button to launch Add
flow dialog box to define flows.
Refer to “Creating a Flow Monitor flow definition” on page 1140" for more information.
Replacing Top Talker monitors
For platforms running Fabric OS 7.2 or later, Flow Vision replaces Top Talker monitoring. To use
Flow Vision to configure a Top Talker monitor, complete the following steps.
1. Note any existing Top Talker monitors (refer to “SAN Top Talker monitoring” on page 1758").
2. Delete existing monitors (refer to “Deleting a Top Talker monitor” on page 1763").
3. Create a flow to define an initiator and target port pair for monitoring (refer to “Configuring a
Top Talker monitor flow” on page 1158").
To continue using the legacy Top Talker feature, you must deactivate existing flows defined for the
switch (refer to
“Deactivating flows” on page 1137").
Replacing End-to-End monitors
For platforms running Fabric OS 7.2 or later, Flow Vision replaces End-to-End monitoring. To use
Flow Vision to configure an End-to-End monitor, complete the following steps.
1. Note any existing End-to-End monitors (refer to “SAN end-to-end monitoring” on page 1752").
2. Delete existing monitors (refer to “Deleting an end-to-end monitor pair” on page 1758").
3. Create a flow to define an initiator and target port pair for monitoring (refer to “Configuring an
end-to-end monitor flow” on page 1156").