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Chapter 14 Monitoring Your Network
Monitoring Load Balancing
Step 2 (Optional) Use the function buttons described in Table 14-9 to update or change the real server
information displayed.
Related Topics
• Monitoring Load Balancing, page 14-23
• Monitoring Load Balancing on Probes, page 14-27
• Configuring Historical Trend and Real Time Graphs for Virtual Contexts, page 14-31
Monitoring Load Balancing on Probes
To check the health and availability of a real server, the ACE periodically sends a probe to the real server.
If you notice an excessive number of probes failing, you can view the monitoring information as shown
in the following steps.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Monitor > Virtual Contexts > Load Balancing > Probes.
Current Conns Number of current connections to this server. If this field indicates N/A, the database does not have
any information about current connections. If this field is 0, the database received an SNMP
response of 0.
Conns/Sec Connections per second.
Dropped Conns/Sec Dropped connections per second.
Last Polled Date and time of the last time that DM polled the device to display the current values.
Table 14-9 Real Server Monitoring Window Function Buttons
Function Button Description
Poll Now Instructs DM to poll the devices and display the current values. Choose one or more real servers and
click Poll Now. Click OK when asked if you want to poll the devices for data now.
Graph Displays a historical trend graph of real server information for the specified real servers. Choose 1 to
4 real servers and click Graph. Choosing multiple real servers allows you to compare information.
For more information, see the “Configuring Historical Trend and Real Time Graphs for Virtual
Contexts” section on page 14-31.
Topology Displays the network topology map for the specified real server. Choose a real server and click
Topo logy.
The Topology window appears, displaying the real server and associated network nodes. For
information about using the topology map, see the “Displaying Network Topology Maps” section on
page 14-34.
Table 14-8 Load Balancing Real Server Monitoring Information (continued)
Field Description
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