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64 CHAPTER 7: DISPLAYING NETWORK TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN WINDOW
■ You can only create child protocols if the protocol you are extending
supports the addition of child protocols.
Many current implementations of RMON-2 agents do not support
user-defined protocols. If in doubt, check with your agent vendor.
Device Aggregation Aggregation is a way of limiting the number of devices Traffix Manager
has to track. As more devices are displayed in the Map, it becomes more
difficult for you to determine traffic patterns on your network.
Aggregation reduces the amount of memory and disk resources required
by collating data which has been collected.
See Appendix C
, “Aggregating Devices” for a description of default
aggregation and information on specifying an aggregation policy.