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Chapter

Navigating the Dashboard

In this chapter

•Dashboard overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

•System view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

•Traffic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Dashboard overview

The Dashboard is the first tab in the ADX web interface. You can use the dashboard to monitor the

health and performance of the system based on statistical counters specific to the device or to the

traffic flowing through the device.

From the menu bar, you can click to view either System or Traffic menu. The System dashboard

provides a summary of the entire system and includes device information such as CPU utilization,

memory utilization, throughput, and system state. The Traffic dashboard provides a summary of the

virtual servers (VIPs) and real servers configured on the device and the related traffic information

such as connections per second, average response times per service and overall traffic

distribution. By default, the ADX web interface displays the System dashboard after you log in.

Both the System and Traffic dashboards have six panes that can be viewed, hidden, resized, and

reorganized. The information in the dashboard is automatically updated based on the autorefresh

interval that you set. By default, the autorefresh interval is set to 30 seconds. You can change the

autorefresh time interval by selecting an interval option from the Auto Refresh list. To disable

autorefresh, you can select the On Demand option from the list.

You can view the counters in the dashboard in either graphical or tabular format based on your

preference. To change the format, click the graph or table icon in the top corner of selected pane.

NOTE

Graphical view is restricted only to some of the panels in the dashboard.

For more information on the icons, refer to Chapter 9, “Monitoring Overview”. You can also view

more detailed information about the Dashboard counters by clicking the Details link located at the

bottom of each pane. This link directs you to the corresponding detailed counters under the

Monitor tab.

You can customize the dashboard panels using the following methods:

• Use the drag and drop operation to reorganize the panels to the desired area on the

dashboard.

• In graphical view, select or clear the check box next to the corresponding legend to view or hide

a line that represent a legend on the graph.