GTM Details dashboard

F5® BIG-IP® Global Traffic Manager™ (GTM) distributes DNS and user application requests based on business policies, data center and cloud service conditions, user location, and application performance. BIG-IP GTM delivers flexible global application management in virtual and cloud environments.

Available widgets and their interactivity

The GTM Details and its widgets:

GTM Details dashboard

GTM Details

  1. Click Home > Load Balancer > GTM Details.

    This dashboard displays the F5 BIG-IP LTM information in your load-balancing environment.

  2. You can filter data based on the following filters:
    • Site, the list contains the locations to view the traffic levels.
    • Business Hour , the list contains Business Hour, Non-Business Hour, and both as ALL.
    • Top N, the list contains 10, 20, 50, and ALL to display the top N performers.
    • Time Period, the list contains the following options:
      • Last Hour
      • Last 6 Hours
      • Last 12 Hours
      • Last 24 Hours
      • Last 7 Days
      • Last 30 Days
      • Last 365 Days
      • Custom
    Note:
    • You can categorize your enterprise network based on different geographical areas and sites. You can configure the sites by specifying the IP address ranges and the time period for business hours and non-business hours. To configure these properties, see Configuring site grouping.
    • Refer to the conditions applied when you're using the Site and Business Hour filter options.
  3. Click Apply Filter.
Table 1. Widget interactions
Master widgets Listener widgets Drill-down widgets
GTM Health Summary GTM Health Details N/A
Health Details
  • CPU Utilization (%)
  • Memory Utilization (%)
  • Dropped per Second Trend
  • Requests per Second Trend
  • Resolutions per Second Trend
  • Current Connections Trend
  • Connections per Second Trend
  • Inbound Throughput (bps) Trend
  • Outbound Throughput (bps) Trend
 N/A
WIDE IPS
  • Wide IP Health Details
 N/A
Table 2. Available widgets
Widget name Chart type Description
GTM Health Summary Grid Displays the list of Global Traffic Managers that are available in your load-balancing service. This widget displays the metrics to monitor the health of the GTM. Click any GTM from the table to see the details. The following metrics are monitored:
  • IP Address
  • Requests per Second
  • Max Requests per Second
  • Resolutions per Second
  • Max Resolutions per Second
  • Dropped per Second
  • Max Dropped per Second
  • Current Connections
  • Max Current Connections
  • Connections per Second
  • Max Connections per Second
  • Inbound Throughput (bps)
  • Max Inbound Throughput (bps)
  • Outbound Throughput (bps)
  • Max Outbound Throughput (bps)
GTM Health Details Badge Displays the selected GTM identifier and the status of the GTMs that are available.
Status Badge It displays the state of the GTM. The state of a GTM is derived from the status of Wide IPs.
  • If all Wide IPs are available, status is 1, then the color is Green. GTMs are all available.
  • If Wide IPs are partially available with a mix status of 1,2,3,4 then the color is Orange. GTMs are partially available.
  • If all Wide IPs are not available with a status 3,4, then the color is Red. GTMs are unavailable.
Explanation for the color codes is as follows:
  • Green: Available
  • Orange: Partially Available
  • Red: Unavailable
CPU Utilization (%) Gauge CPU availability that is used across all available cores in the selected GTM.
Memory Utilization (%) Gauge Memory availability that is used across all available cores in the selected GTM.
Dropped per Second Trend Line The number of requests that are dropped per second.
Note: The TimeZoom feature is available for all the Line charts in this dashboard.
Requests per Second Trend Line The number of requests that are satisfied per second.
Resolutions per Second Trend Line The number of transaction requests that are completed per second.
Current Connections Trend Line Current or active connections that are available to that GTM at a particular time that is based on the selected time period. It is a measure of the number of client/server requests that can be handled.
Connections per Second Trend Line Active GTM connections that are available per second.
Inbound Throughput (bps) Trend Line Measured in bits per second. Typically, it is the amount of data that is sent to and from the GTM to the client.
Outbound Throughput (bps) Trend Line Measured in bits per second. Typically, it is the amount of data that is sent to and from the client to the GTM.
Wide IP Health Details Grid The main configuration element in a GTM is called a Wide IP or WIP. A Wide IP equates to the common URL that you are load balancing. For example, www.yourcompany.com. A pool or pools are usually attached to a WIP, which contain the IP addresses it’s intelligently resolving. BIG-IP® DNS selects pools based on the order in which they are listed in a wide IP. The Wide IP contains one or more pools, which in turn contain one or more virtual servers.
  • Status
  • Wide IP Name
  • Requests per Second
  • Max Requests per Second
  • Resolutions per Second
  • Max Resolutions per Second
  • Dropped per Second
  • Max Dropped per Second