Accessing the Port Workload Report

The Port Workload report is accessed from the Name hyperlink in the TCP Sessions table in Connect Expert. The report allows you to monitor the details of any application or socket and the connectivity to the sessions on the port(s) in real time. You can view further session details in the Port Details report by clicking the hyperlink for the selected Port in the TCP Sessions table. The data is refreshed periodically at the Host according to the interval specified on the parameters to the started task.

Figure 32. Accessing the Port Workload report from Connect Expert

The Port Workload report shows the number of bytes sent/received for each session and the status of the session. The Client Details report accessed from the IP Address hyperlink provides the connection ID, number of bytes sent/received, the status of the session, and many other critical parameters. You may obtain route details, information about a session drop, or view response time data by clicking the appropriate hyperlink.

Note:   You can also access the Client Details report from the Client Workload report accessed in the Real-Time tab.

A note such as "Listeners: 1" next to the port and application name indicates the port has at least one "Listener" session. A Listener session allows remote ports to connect to the TCP/IP application on the mainframe. For example, if you want to have Telnet (TN3270) sessions, there must be a Listener active on Port 23 or the port assigned to Telnet sessions at your installation. For applications that do use Listeners there is no note of a Listener session.

Information regarding the workload on the local port for the selected session is displayed in the Port Workload report. Based on the status of the session as well as your user authorization, you can issue a TraceRoute command to verify the network path or a Ping command to check for availability and performance.

 

Figure 33. Port Workload Report

The fields on the Port Workload report are:

Port

Local port on mainframe TCP/IP. Hyperlink to the Port Details report to view details on all sessions for this IP address on this port.

IP Address

Remote IP address. Hyperlink to the Client Details reports to view details on all sessions for this IP address on all ports.

Bytes In

Bytes in to TCP/IP on the mainframe since the session was started.

Bytes Out

Bytes out to the remote IP address since the session was started.

Status

The state of this session. Valid states are: LISTEN, SYN-SENT, SYS-RECEIVED, ESTABLISHED, FIN-WAIT-1, FIN-WAIT-2, CLOSE-WAIT, CLOSING, LAST-ACK.

Route Information

Hyperlink to issue a TraceRte command to view the path or route this IP address is taking to the TCP/IP application on the mainframe.

Response Time

Hyperlink to issue a Ping command to check for availability and response time.

 

See also: