This chapter describes tasks for monitoring network statistics about the use of network resources on datalinks and flows. You configure network accounting on a system to record network traffic statistics in a log file. This statistical information can help you analyze resource allocation for provisioning, consolidation, and billing purposes. This chapter introduces the two commands that you can use to display network traffic statistics: dlstat and flowstat.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Overview of Monitoring Network Traffic Statistics of Datalinks and Flows
For more information about the observing network traffic usage on various layers of the network protocol stack, see Chapter 2, Using Observability Tools to Monitor Network Traffic Usage in Troubleshooting Network Administration Issues in Oracle Solaris 11.4.