Virtual Server Details dashboard

A virtual server is one of the most important components of any BIG-IP system. The F5 Virtual Server is a traffic management object on your F5 BIG-IP device. It is the representation of multiple servers to the user as a single server. The F5 Virtual Server is a virtual IP that serves user requests. It transmits the requests to the pool that you configure. It is represented by a virtual IP address and a service, such as <IP_address>:80. The primary purpose of a virtual server is to distribute traffic.

Available widgets and their interactivity

The Virtual Server Details and its widgets:

Virtual Server Details dashboard
Virtual Server Details
  1. Click Home > Load Balancer > Virtual Server Details.

    This dashboard displays the F5 BIG-IP Virtual Servers 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.
    • LTM, the list contains the available LTM devices in your load-balancing environment.
    • Business Hour , the list contains of 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.
Master widgets Listener widgets Drill-down widgets
Virtual Server Health Summary Virtual Server Health Details N/A
Current Connections Trend N/A
Connections per Second Trend N/A
Inbound Throughput (bps) Trend N/A
Outbound Throughput (bps) Trend N/A
Total Request Trend N/A
CPU Utilization (%) Trend N/A
Widget name Chart type Description
Virtual Server Health Summary Grid Displays the list of Virtual Servers that are in the load balancer environment and their associated metrics in the columns:
  • Status
    Status of the virtual server is represented as follows:
    • Green: Available
    • Orange: Partially Available
    • Red: Unavailable
  • Virtual Server
  • IP Address
  • Connection Limit
  • Current Connections
  • Max Current Connections
  • Connections per Second
  • Max Connections per Second
  • Total Request
  • Max Total Request
  • Inbound Throughput (bps)
  • Max Inbound Throughput (bps)
  • Outbound Throughput (bps)
  • Max Outbound Throughput (bps)
  • CPU Utilization (%)
  • Max CPU Utilization (%)
Virtual Server Health Details Badge The selected Virtual Server health details. The Virtual Server is selected from Virtual Server Health Summary table.
Current Connections Trend Line Current or active connections that are available to that Virtual Server 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. It also displays the Connection Limit metric.
Note: The TimeZoom feature is available for all the Line charts in this dashboard.
Connections per Second Trend Line Active Virtual Server 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 Virtual Server 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 Virtual Server.
Total Request Trend Line Total number of requests that are handled by the Virtual Server at a particular time period.
CPU Utilization (%) Trend Line CPU availability is used across all available cores in the selected Virtual Server.