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Chapter 4: NetScaler Statistical Utility
NetScaler 9000 Series Installation and Configuration Guide - Volume 1 4-1
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Chapter 4
NetScaler Statistical Utility
This chapter introduces you to the NetScaler Statistical Utility (also referred
to as NetScaler Dashboard). It explains the various components of this
graphical utility and illustrates steps to monitor NetScaler 9000 system’s
performance using the Dashboard utility.
Topics included are:
z Overview
z Accessing NetScaler Dashboard
z Understanding Graphs and Legends
z Dashboard Components
z Monitoring Performance Statistics of Key NetScaler Features
4.1 Overview
NetScaler Statistical Utility (referred to as Dashboard) is a highly intuitive
graphical utility that allows users to monitor real-time performance of the
NetScaler 9000 system with the use of graphs and tables. The statistical data
that is retrieved by NetScaler Dashboard provides the structure to analyze and
interpret the performance of the NetScaler 9000 system. The NetScaler
Dashboard visually formats the statistical data on a real-time basis, to
facilitate quick comprehension of the state of the NetScaler 9000 system.
Using the visual formats provided, the user can view the NetScaler
performance data in graphical, or tabular form.
The users can monitor the quality of service for NetScaler’s key features like
Load Balancing, Content Switching, Interfaces and SSL VPN. Apart from
other custom-design graph components and tables, NetScaler Dashboard has
the ability to display 3 graphs in one frame. Each graph can monitor various
feature-specific performance statistics, including the packet rates, hits rate,
Client and Server connection rates and current SSL VPN sessions. The utility
provides an option to the users to chose and plot any global statistic