A collaborative solution for SNMP traces visualization

Author

Tavares Guimaraes, Vinicius ; Lessa dos Santos, Glederson ; da Cunha Rodrigues, Guilherme ; Zambenedetti Granville, Lisandro ; Rockenbach Tarouco, Liane Margarida

Author_Institution

Comput. Networks Group, Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

10-12 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

458

Lastpage

463

Abstract

RFC 5345 proposed by NMRG of the IRTF, outlines a consistent methodology for SNMP traffic measurements and analysis. However, it does not address how to visualize the SNMP traffic being observed, i.e., network operators are left with no proper resources to visually recognize behaviors and patterns on SNMP traffic traces. In this sense, Information Visualization concepts have been investigated, thus complementing RFC 5345. Although previous work showed the feasibility of Information Visualizations as an end-user tool on top of RFC 5345 methodology, an important aspect has not been exploited: collaboration among users (e.g., network operators). In this paper we present the design, implementation, and a proof of concept of a solution to support SNMP analyses using a collaborative approach and visualization techniques.

Keywords

Internet; computer network management; data visualisation; telecommunication traffic; IRTF; Internet Research Task Force; NMRG; Network Management Research Group; RFC 5345 methodology; SNMP trace visualization; SNMP traffic analysis; SNMP traffic measurements; collaborative solution; end-user tool; information visualization; network operators; simple network management protocol; Collaboration; Data visualization; Databases; Network topology; Pattern recognition; Topology; Visualization; Collaboration; SNMP Analyses; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Networking (ICOIN), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Phuket

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOIN.2014.6799724

Filename

6799724