How to find top talker in Express Route

Question

Hi,

I have a express route between azure to onprem.

Recently circuit is highly utilized , now I am trying to find the top talker to know who is contributing most for expressroute circuit usage

What are the ways I can do that ?

Answer 1

@Anonymous

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

I understand that you would like to know the top talkers in an ExpressRoute Circuit Connection.

Please note that ExpressRoute is a service used to provide direct connectivity using BGP, and as such, it only logs metrics related to the configuration/infrastructure relating to ExpressRoute.

• ExpressRoute circuit : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-monitoring-metrics-alerts#expressroute-circuit
• ExpressRoute gateways : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-monitoring-metrics-alerts#expressroute-gateways
• ExpressRoute Gateway connections : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-monitoring-metrics-alerts#expressroute-gateway-connections

Now, in your scenario, you should consider using a service that provides Traffic Analytics for the entire VNet(s).

You must enable NSG Flow Logs and visualize it using Traffic Analytics

Your specific use case is documented here : Traffic Distribution across Top IPs

Thanks,

Kapil

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