This gauge reports the connection setup rate, in connections per second, averaged over the last 60 seconds, for the specific protocol denoted by cufwConnProtocol. An admin uses this to catch a fast-moving spike in setup rate that is specific to one protocol, rather than relying only on the all-protocol global rate. For example, a sudden rise in this rate for one particular protocol row would point the admin to that protocol as the source of a load spike rather than firewall traffic in general.