Viewing Reports
This chapter describes how to display system reports and user and system logs to evaluate performance or troubleshoot the system. It includes these sections:
•Overview
•Data grouping
•Exporting statistics
Networking Reports
•Viewing connection history reports
•Viewing connection forwarding reports
•Viewing connection pooling reports
•Viewing outbound QoS reports
•Viewing inbound QoS reports
Optimization Reports
•Viewing traffic summary reports
•Viewing optimized throughput reports
•Viewing bandwidth optimization reports
•Viewing performance details reports
•Viewing DNS cache hits reports
•Viewing DNS cache utilization reports
•Viewing HTTP reports
•Viewing NFS reports
•Viewing SnapMirror reports
•Viewing SRDF reports
•Viewing SSL servers reports
•Viewing web proxy reports
Data Store Reports
•Viewing data store status reports
•Viewing data store SDR-adaptive reports
•Viewing data store disk load reports
Branch Services Reports
•Viewing appliance PFS data reports
•Viewing LUN I/O reports
•Viewing initiator I/O reports
•Viewing network I/O reports
•Viewing blockstore metrics reports
Report Data
•Exporting statistics
Topology
•Viewing appliance status
•“Viewing unmanaged appliances” on page 485.
Alarms
•Viewing admission control data
Overview
This section describes the report format, before describing individual reports.
The time-series reports are clear, interactive, and easy to navigate. The statistics presented in these reports format are readily accessible, and all updates to the report window appear in real time. This section describes the report format in detail.
Navigating the report layout
The time-series report format not only makes data easily accessible, but also enhances your ability to explore data in context.
Typical report
Plot area (1)
The plot area is where the data visualization occurs. Reports can display either a single-pane or dual-pane layout. In a dual-pane layout, both panes remain synchronized with respect to the x-axis. Each pane is capable of having two y-axes (a primary one on the left and a secondary one on the right).
The reports present the data series as simple line series graphs, but some reports display area series graphs where appropriate. The types of area series graphs are:
•Layered series, that appear on top of each other in the z direction. These are identified by transparent colors.
•Stacked area series, that appear on top of each other in the y direction. RiOS uses stacked area graphs to depict an aggregate broken down into its constituent parts. In this type of graph, each series is a mutually exclusive partition of some aggregate data set, identified by opaque colors. A stacked series is appropriate when the sum of all the series is meaningful.
To view the time stamp and value of each data series at that time
•Place the mouse pointer over the plot area.
A tool tip displays the time stamp and the value of each data series at that time. The plot area colors the series names appropriately, and the data values have their associated units.
The plot area also displays subtle shading to denote work hours (white background) and nonwork hours (gray background). RiOS defines work hours as 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on weekdays. You can’t configure the work hours.
To zoom in on the plot area
1. Place the mouse pointer over the plot area, and then click and hold the left mouse button.
2. Move the mouse left or right and release the left mouse button to zoom in.
The plot area reflects the changing chart window, as do the associated controls in the control panel.
Control panel (2)
Use the control panel to control how much data the chart displays, the chart properties, and whether to view or hide the summary statistics.
To change the chart interval
•Click 1h (one hour), 1d (one day), 1w (one week), 30d (30 days), Yesterday, Last Week, or Last Month.
If the current size of the chart window matches any of the links, that link appears in bold black text; the system ignores any clicks on that link. If the time duration represented by any of the links is greater than the total data range of the chart, those links are dimmed.
•Chart window controls - Window-related controls appear below the chart window interval links. These controls offer more precise control of the window and also display various window properties. From top to bottom:
–Text field containing the left edge (starting time) of the chart window.
–Text field containing the right edge (ending time) of the chart window.
–Text field containing the chart window interval. The chart window interval in this text field isn’t always exactly correct, but it is correct to two units (with the units being days, hours, minutes, and seconds). For example, if the chart window interval is exactly two days, three hours, four minutes, and five seconds, this text field displays two days, three hours.
–Link or static text that represents the chart window state of attachment to the end of the chart. When the chart window is attached, the report replaces the link with the static text Showing newest data. When the chart is showing newest data, you can see new data points as the system adds them automatically to the chart every 10 seconds. This can be very powerful when you launch a new configuration and need to analyze its impact quickly. You can’t change the 10-second default.
When the chart window isn’t attached to the end of the chart, the report replaces the static text with a link that displays Show newest data. Click this link to slide the chart window to the end of the chart range of data and attach the window.
All three text fields validate your input; if you enter text in an invalid format, an error message appears. If you enter valid text that’s logically invalid (for example, an end time that comes before the current start time), an error message appears. With all three text fields, if the focus leaves the field (either because you click outside the field or press Tab), the chart window updates immediately with the new value. Pressing Enter while in one of these fields has the same effect.
Custom controls
Below the chart window controls is an optional section of custom, report-specific controls. The custom controls vary for each report.
When you change the value of a custom control, the system sends a new request for data to the server. During this time, the control panel is unavailable and an updating message appears on the chart. When the report receives a response, the system replaces the chart, populates it with the new data, and makes the control panel available again.
Chart legend
The chart legend correlates the data series names with line colors and contains a few other features.
You can hide or show individual data series. When a white check box icon appears next to the data series name, you can hide the series from the plot area.
To hide individual series from the plot area
•Clear the check box next to the data series name.
To display individual series in the plot area
•Select the check box next to the data series name.
You can’t toggle the visibility of all the series, because it doesn’t always make sense to hide a series (for example, if there is only one data series in the chart). For these series, a white check box doesn’t appear next to the series name. You can hide the LAN Throughput and WAN Throughput series, but you can’t hide the Data Reduction series.
The legend also displays statistics. Each report defines any number of statistics for any of the data series in the chart. The system bases the statistics computation on the subset of each data series that’s visible in the current chart window. The statistics display changes as the chart window changes. The reports also support nonseries statistics (for example, composite statistics that incorporate the data from multiple data series); these statistics appear at the bottom of the legend, below all the series.
Navigator (3)
Directly above the scroll bar is the navigator, that shows a much smaller and simpler display of the data in the plot area. The navigator displays only one data series.
Use the navigator to navigate the entire range of chart data. The scroll bar at the bottom shows you that portion of the total data range is displayed in the plot area.
The navigator display can appear very different from the plot area display when an interesting or eye-catching series in the plot area isn’t the series in the navigator.
To resize the current chart window
•Move the handles on either side of the chart window in the navigator.
The charts have a minimum chart window size of five minutes, so if you try to resize the chart window to something smaller, the chart window springs back to the minimum size.
You can also click the data display portion of the navigator (not the scroll bar) and the chart window moves to wherever you clicked.
Setting user preferences
You can change report default settings to match your preferred style. When you customize any report-specific settings, the system immediately writes them to disk on the SCC. The system saves all of your custom settings, even after you log out, clear your browsing history, or close the browser. When you view the report again, your custom settings are intact.
The system saves report settings on a per-user basis. A message appears at the top of each page when multiple users are logged in, explaining that user preferences can be overwritten.
The system also saves the chart window. Whenever you change the chart window, the next time you view any report, the chart window is set to the last chart window used.
Browser recommendation
Clear the browser cache and cookies after you upgrade to ensure the reports appear correctly.
Data grouping
The data grouping approach is used to plot graphs for report pages to increase the readability when there are too many data points.
Data grouping replaces a sequence of data points in a series with one grouped point. The values of each grouped point are calculated from the original values of every point used using the aggregation options, such as average, sum, or high (max). Therefore, when you move the cursor over a graph on a report page the data within the box is aggregated or grouped data for a certain period (or interval). As the zoom-level changes, the duration (or granularity) of the period (or interval) changes too.
The high-charts reports are configured to group samples to these granularities:
•Minute granularities: 5, 10, 15, 30
•Hour granularities: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12
•Day granularities: 1
For high-charts select the appropriate granularity and group data based on the zoom-level.
When high-stock data grouping is active, the time displayed on a data point, when you move the mouse over, is start-time of the time range being grouped.
The data that the SCC collects at each hour is the data for the past hour where the values are for that period of time.
Grouping and approximation
The grouping depends in the data that’s plotted. The three groupings are: average, sum, and high (max).
Most of the graphs use average as their grouping function. These reports use other than average:
•Bandwidth Optimization report graph uses sum. The data reduction graph uses average. The two throughput series uses sum.
•Optimized Throughput report graph uses average. The two average series use average and the four peak series use high.
•Connection History report graph uses max. The half-open and half-closed percentage graph uses average.
•Connection Pooling report graph uses sum.
•SnapMirror report the peak series graph uses high. The LAN and WAN throughput series uses average.
•SRDF report graph the two peak series uses high. The throughput series uses average.
Exporting statistics
You can export statistics or schedule a time to export from of any individual report by scrolling to the lower part of the report page. You can also export statistics or schedule an export from the Reports > Report Data: Export page.
To export statistics
1. On the report page that you want to export, scroll to the lower part of the page.
2. Under Export, complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
Export To
Select either the Email or URL option from the drop-down list.
Email Addresses
Specify the email address of the recipient. (Only displays when Email is selected.)
Email Subject
(Only displays when Email is selected.) Specify the email subject. (Only displays when Email is selected.)
Destination URL
Specify the URL. (Only displays when URL is selected.)
Format
Select HTML, CSV, or PDF from the drop-down list.
Per Appliance Report
Enables appliance report settings.
Generates graphs per appliance for HTML/PDF reports.
Generates one CSV per appliance for CSV reports.
Export Now
Select Export Now and click Export to start the export immediately.
Schedule Export
Select Schedule Export and specify the start date, time, and frequency of the export. Use this format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Export
Exports the data.
Printable view
Displays the print menu.
Viewing connection history reports
The Connection History report shows connection counts for a variety of connection types for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
This report includes IPv6 and packet-mode optimized traffic.
The Connection History report contains these statistics that summarize connection activity.
Packet type
Description
Optimized
Displays the total connections, including half-open, half-closed (where half-open and half-closed are TCP connection states), idle, established and optimized.
Optimized (Active)
Displays the total active connections that are established and optimized.
Passthrough
Displays the total connections passed through, unoptimized.
Forwarded
Displays the total number of connections forwarded by the connection-forwarding neighbor managing the connection.
Optimized (Half Open)
Displays the percentage of half-opened connections represented in the optimized connection total. A half-open connection is a TCP connection that hasn’t been fully established. Half-open connections count toward the connection count limit on the SteelHead because, at any time, they can become a fully open connection.
If you’re experiencing a large number of half-opened connections, consider a more appropriately sized SteelHead.
Optimized (Half Closed)
Displays the percentage of half-closed active connections represented in the optimized connection total. Half-closed connections are connections that the SteelHead has intercepted and optimized but are in the process of being disconnected. These connections are counted toward the connection count limit on the SteelHead. (Half-closed connections can remain if the client or server doesn’t close their connections cleanly.)
If you’re experiencing a large number of half-closed connections, consider a more appropriately sized SteelHead.
The navigator shadows the optimized series.
What this report tells you
The Connection History report answers these questions:
•How many connections were optimized?
•How many connections were passed through, unoptimized?
•What is the percentage of half-opened connections represented in the total optimized connections?
•What is the percentage of half-closed connections represented in the total optimized connections?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Connection History report
1. Choose Reports > Networking: Connection History to display the Connection History page.
Connection History report
2. Use the controls to change the report display as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing connection forwarding reports
The Connection Forwarding report summarizes the data throughput between an appliance and a specified neighbor or all neighbors.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
Data series
Description
Throughput
Displays the throughput in bits per second.
The navigator shadows the throughput series.
You configure neighbors when you enable connection forwarding.
What this report tells you
The Connection Forwarding report answers this question:
•How many bytes were transferred between an appliance and a specified neighbor?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Connection Forwarding report
1. Choose Reports > Networking: Connection Forwarding to display the Connection Forwarding page.
Connection Forwarding report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than 7 days into 2-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing connection pooling reports
The Connection Pooling report summarizes the current pool of connections to peer appliances.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The Connection Pooling report contains this table of statistics that summarize connection pooling activity.
Field
Description
Total Requests
Specifies the total number of requests for connections to peer appliances.
Total Hits
Specifies the total number of successful connections and connections that are serviced by already existing inner channel connections.
Connection Pool hits (Connections)
Specifies the total number of successful connections and connections that are serviced by already existing inner channel connections.
The connection pool holds many idle TCP connections up to the maximum pool size. When a client requests a new connection to a previously visited server, the pool manager checks the pool for unused connections, returns one if available, and then replenishes the pool with another idle connection.
What this report tells you
The Connection Pooling report answers these questions:
•How large is the pool of connections?
•How many connections occurred?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Connection Pooling report
1. Choose Reports > Networking: Connection Pooling to display the Connection Pooling page.
Connection Pooling report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing outbound QoS reports
The Outbound QoS report summarizes the number of bits per second or packets per second transmitted for either a set of QoS classes (up to seven) or an aggregate total of all classes for the time period specified.
If you choose a SteelHead running RiOS 9.0.x or later, these reports will not display data. SCC 9.0.x and later don’t support QoS reports for SteelHeads running RiOS 9.0.x or later. Log in to the SteelHead to view QoS data.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
What this report tells you
The Outbound QoS report answers these questions:
•Is outbound QoS working correctly?
•How many bits or packets per second were transmitted over the WAN for the QoS classes?
•How many bits or packets per second were sent and dropped for the QoS classes?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Outbound QoS report
1. Choose Reports > Networking: Outbound QoS to display the Outbound QoS page.
Outbound QoS report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
Units
Select either packets/sec or bps from the drop-down list.
Show
Select either total or selected classes from the drop-down list.
Classes
Select Total or Selected classes from the drop-down list. Selected classes lets you narrow the report by choosing from drop-down lists of classes and remote sites (up to seven). You can’t select a class or a class @ site more than once.
Click Update to change the QoS class selection without updating the chart.
When the report display includes the total classes, the data series appear as translucent; selected classes appear as opaque.
When the report display includes the total classes, the navigator shadows the total sent series. When the report display includes selected classes and remote sites, the navigator shadows the first nonempty sent series. A data series can be empty if you create a QoS class but it hasn’t seen any traffic yet.
Selecting a parent class displays its child classes. For example, the report for an HTTP class with two child classes named WebApp1 and WebApp2 displays statistics for HTTP, WebApp1, and WebApp2.
When a selected class has descendant classes, the report aggregates the statistics for the entire tree of classes. It displays the aggregated tree statistics as belonging to the selected class.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing inbound QoS reports
The Inbound QoS report displays received and dropped throughput traffic for a variety of inbound QoS class configurations (up to seven) or an aggregate total of all classes for the time period specified.
If you choose a SteelHead running RiOS 9.0.x, the QoS report will not display data. SCC 9.0.x doesn’t support QoS reports for SteelHeads RiOS 9.0.x. Log in to the SteelHead to view QoS data.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
What this report tells you
The Inbound QoS report answers these questions:
•How many bits or packets per second were transmitted over the WAN for the QoS classes?
•How many bits or packets per second were received and dropped for the QoS classes?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Inbound QoS report
1. Choose Reports > Networking: Inbound QoS to display the Inbound QoS page.
Inbound QoS report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
Units
Select either packets/sec or bps from the drop-down list.
Show
Select either total or selected classes from the drop-down list.
Classes
Select Total or Selected classes from the drop-down list. Selected classes lets you narrow the report by choosing from drop-down lists of classes (up to eight). You can’t select a class more than once.
Click Update to change the QoS class selection without updating the chart.
When the report display includes the total classes, the data series appear as translucent; selected classes appear as opaque.
When the report display includes the total classes, the navigator shadows the total received series. When the report display includes selected classes, the navigator shadows the first nonempty received series. A data series can be empty if you create a QoS class but it hasn’t seen any traffic yet.
Selecting a parent class displays its child classes: for example, the report for an HTTP class with two child classes named WebApp1 and WebApp2 displays statistics for HTTP, WebApp1, and WebApp2.
When a selected class has descendent classes, the report aggregates the statistics for the entire tree of classes. It displays the aggregated tree statistics as belonging to the selected class.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing traffic summary reports
The Traffic Summary report provides a percentage breakdown of the amount of traffic going through the system by the port and type of traffic.
The SCC automatically discovers all the ports in the system that have traffic. The discovered port along with a label (if one exists) is added to the report. If a label doesn’t exist, then an unknown label is added to the discovered port.
If you want to change the unknown label to a name representing the port, you must add the port with a new label. All statistics for this new port label are preserved from the time the port was discovered.
The Traffic Summary report displays a maximum of 16 colors for ports. If you have more than 16 ports, the colors in the report wrap from the beginning.
The Traffic Summary report provides this table of statistics that describe data activity for the application and the time period you specify.
Column
Description
Port
Displays the TCP/IP port number and application for each row of statistics.
Reduction
Displays the amount of data reduction.
LAN Data
Displays the amount of traffic through the LAN.
WAN Data
Displays the amount of traffic on the WAN.
Traffic %
Displays the percentage of the total traffic each port represents.
What this report tells you
The Traffic Summary report answers these questions:
•How much data reduction has occurred?
•What was the percentage of the total traffic for each port?
About report data
The Riverbed reporting functionality polls bandwidth and connection metrics every 15 seconds and reports on performance for periods up to one month. Every 15-second sample is used for calculating its average and peak value. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated between data points obtained by aggregating more than one 15-second sample. The display granularity decreases with time passed since data was sampled.
To view the Traffic Summary report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Traffic Summary to display the Traffic Summary page.
Traffic Summary report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Type
Select a type (Optimized, Pass Through, Both) from the drop-down list.
Traffic
Select a traffic direction (Bi-Directional, WAN to LAN, or LAN to WAN) from the drop-down list.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing optimized throughput reports
The Optimized Throughput report summarizes the throughput for the port, traffic direction, and time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
For details about the Data Store Status information, see the “Viewing performance details reports” on page 451.
The Optimized Throughput report includes Optimized LAN and WAN Link Throughput graphs, that include these statistics that describe data activity for the application and the time period you specify.
Data series
Description
LAN Average (bps)
Displays the average throughput.
RiOS calculates the LAN average at each data point by taking the number of bytes transferred, converting that to bits, and then dividing by the granularity.
For instance, if the system reports 100 bytes for a data point with a 10-second granularity, RiOS calculates:
100 bytes * 8 bits/byte / 10 seconds = 80 bps
This means that 80 bps was the average throughput over that 10-second period.
The average that appears below the LAN Average is an average of all displayed averages.
WAN Average (bps)
Displays the average throughput.
RiOS calculates the WAN average at each data point by taking the number of bytes transferred, converting that to bits, and then dividing by the granularity.
For instance, if the system reports 100 bytes for a data point with a 10-second granularity, RiOS calculates:
100 bytes * 8 bits/byte / 10 seconds = 80 bps
This means that 80 bps was the average throughput over that 10-second period.
The average that appears below the WAN Average is an average of all displayed averages.
The navigator shadows the WAN Peak series.
What this report tells you
The Optimized Throughput report answers these questions:
•What was the average WAN and LAN throughput?
•What was the peak WAN and LAN throughput?
About report graphs
Use the mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated from aggregate data points. The Optimized Throughput report displays these data granularities:
•Last 1 hour's worth of data is available at 10-second granularity.
•Last 1 day's worth of data is available at five-minute granularity.
•Last 1 week's worth of data is available at one-hour granularity.
•Last 1 month's worth of data is available at two-hour granularity.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Optimized Throughput report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Optimized Throughput to display the Optimized Throughput page.
Optimized Throughput report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Port
Select a port from the drop-down list. The list appends the port name to the number where available.
Direction
Select a traffic direction (Bi-directional, WAN to LAN, or LAN to WAN) from the drop-down list.
Group
Select a group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing bandwidth optimization reports
The Bandwidth Optimization report summarizes the overall inbound and outbound bandwidth improvements for your network. You can create reports according to the time period, of your choice, application, and type of traffic.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The values in the data reduction graph of the Bandwidth Optimization report for WAN and LAN Throughput are divided by 1000 rather than 1024. Thus, the calculated values for data reduction will be slightly higher than you might expect.
The Bandwidth Optimization report includes this table of statistics that describe bandwidth activity for the time period you specify.
Data series
Description
Data Reduction %
Displays the peak and total decrease of data transmitted over the WAN, according to this calculation:
(Data In – Data Out)/(Data In)
Displays the capacity increase x-factor below the peak and total data reduction percentages.
WAN and LAN Throughput
Depending on that direction you select, specifies one of these:
•Bi-Directional - traffic flowing in both directions
•WAN-to-LAN - inbound traffic flowing from the WAN to the LAN
•LAN-to-WAN - outbound traffic flowing from the LAN to the WAN
The navigator shadows the data reduction series.
What this report tells you
The Bandwidth Optimization report answers these questions:
•How much data reduction has occurred?
•How much data was removed from the WAN link?
•How much data was sent/received through the LAN/WAN ports?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated from aggregate data points. The Optimized Throughput report displays these data granularities:
•Last 1 hour's worth of data is available at 10-second granularity.
•Last 1 day's worth of data is available at five-minute granularity.
•Last 1 week's worth of data is available at one-hour granularity.
•Last 1 month's worth of data is available at two-hour granularity.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view a Bandwidth Optimization report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Bandwidth Optimization to display the Bandwidth Optimization page.
Bandwidth Optimization report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Port
Select a port or select All to view all ports from the drop-down list. The list appends the port name to the number where available.
Direction
Select a traffic direction (Bi-Directional, WAN to LAN, or LAN to WAN) from the drop-down list.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing performance details reports
The Performance Details report displays details about the performance of the appliances such as product, model, reduction, and throughput.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
What this report tells you
The Performance Details report answers these questions:
•What is the appliance name?
•What is the product name?
•What is the model number?
•What is the reduction size?
•What is the throughput?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see what the throughput and reduction values are.
About report data
The Riverbed reporting functionality polls bandwidth and connection metrics every 15 seconds and reports on performance for periods up to one month. Every 15-second sample is used for calculating its average and peak value. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated between data points obtained by aggregating more than one 15-second sample. The display granularity decreases with time passed since data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Performance Details report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Performance Details to display the Performance Details page.
Performance Details report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Type
Select a type (Optimized, Pass Through, Both) from the drop-down list.
Traffic
Select a traffic direction (Bi-Directional, WAN to LAN, or LAN to WAN) from the drop-down list.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing DNS cache hits reports
The DNS Cache Hits report displays the rate of DNS cache hits and misses for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The DNS Cache Hits report contains this table of statistics that summarize DNS activity.
Data series
Description
Miss Rate
Displays the rate of cache misses.
Hit Rate
Displays the rate of cache hits.
The navigator shadows the hit rate series.
What this report tells you
The DNS Cache Hits report answers these questions:
•What was the rate of DNS requests that were cached?
•What was the rate of DNS requests that were not cached?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view DNS cache hits report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: DNS Cache Hits to display the DNS Cache Hits page.
DNS Cache Hits report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing DNS cache utilization reports
The DNS Cache Utilization report displays the size of the DNS cache in terms of DNS entries and bytes for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The DNS Cache Utilization report contains these statistics that summarize DNS cache activity.
Field
Description
Cache Entries
Displays the number of DNS entries in the cache.
Memory Use
Displays the cache memory used in bytes.
What this report tells you
The DNS Cache Utilization report answers these questions:
•How much cache memory is used?
•How many DNS entries are in the cache?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view DNS cache utilization report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: DNS Cache Utilization to display the DNS Cache Utilization page.
DNS Cache Utilization report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing HTTP reports
The HTTP report displays the hit rates for HTTP optimization for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The HTTP report graph displays these statistics that summarize HTTP data activity.
Data series
Description
Request Rate
Select to display the rate of HTTP objects, URLs, and object prefetch requests.
Object Prefetch Table Hit Rate
Select to display the hit rate of stored object prefetches per second. The SteelHead stores object prefetches from HTTP GET requests for cascading style sheets, static images, and Java scripts in the Object Prefetch Table.
URL Learning Hit Rate
Select to display the hit rate of found base requests and follow-on requests per second. The SteelHead learns associations between a base request and a follow-on request. Instead of saving each object transaction, the SteelHead saves only the request URL of object transactions in a Knowledge Base and then generates related transactions from the list.
Parse and Prefetch Hit Rate
Select to display the hit rate of found and prefetched embedded objects per second. The SteelHead determines that objects are going to be requested for a given web page and prefetches them so that they’re readily available when the client makes its requests.
The navigator shadows the object prefetch table hit rate series.
What this report tells you
The HTTP Stats report answers this question:
•How many HTTP objects were obtained and transmitted over the WAN?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The SCC system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the HTTP report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: HTTP to display the HTTP page.
HTTP report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing NFS reports
The NFS report summarizes NFS optimization statistics for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The NFS report contains this table of statistics that summarize NFS activity:
Data series
Description
Local Response Rate
Specifies the number of NFS calls that were responded to locally.
Remote Response Rate
Specifies the number of NFS calls that were responded to remotely (that is, calls that traversed the WAN to the NFS server).
Delayed Response Rate
Specifies the delayed calls that were responded to locally but not immediately (for example, reads that were delayed while a read ahead was occurring and were responded to from the data in the read ahead).
What this report tells you
The NFS report answers these questions:
•How many NFS calls were answered locally and remotely?
•How many delayed responses occurred for NFS activity?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the NFS report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: NFS to display the NFS page.
NFS report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table..
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing SnapMirror reports
The SnapMirror report displays how much benefit SnapMirror optimization is providing for a given filer (or all filers) and traffic type in the time period specified. You can use this report to view optimization outcomes for not just a filer, but also all volumes for a single filer, or a single filer for a single volume or qtree. You can drill down to specific optimization statistics for a volume or a qtree.
SnapMirror captures and reports only traffic flowing in the LAN-to-WAN direction.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The SnapMirror report contains this information:
Field
Description
Peak LAN/WAN Throughput
Displays the peak LAN/WAN data activity. The system stores peak statistics in terms of bytes transferred over the LAN, but calculates the normal throughput using a granularity of 10 seconds.
Average LAN/WAN Throughput
Displays the average LAN/WAN data activity. The system stores nonpeak statistics as the number of bytes transferred over the LAN/WAN, and calculates the throughput by converting bytes to bits and then dividing the result by the granularity.
For instance, if the system reports 100 bytes for a data point with a 10-second granularity, RiOS calculates:
100 bytes * 8 bits/byte / 10 seconds = 80 bps
This means that 80 bps was the average throughput over that 10-second period.
The total throughput shows the data amount transferred during the displayed time interval.
Data Reduction
Specifies the percentage of total decrease in overall data transmitted (when viewing all SnapMirror filers). The system calculates data reduction as (total LAN data - total WAN data) / total LAN data.
What this report tells you
The SnapMirror report answers this question:
•How much total SnapMirror traffic is the appliance processing over time?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated between data points obtained by aggregating multiple 10-second samples. The display granularity decreases with time passed since data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the SnapMirror report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: SnapMirror to display the SnapMirror page.
SnapMirror report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Filer (Volume)
Select a filer from the drop-down list to view detailed statistics on that filer or select all to view statistics on all filers. You can use data reduction information to fine-tune the optimization settings for that filer. The SteelHead automatically identifies and summarizes information by filer based on the SnapMirror traffic seen by the appliance.
Peak lines appear after one hour for filer detail reports.
When viewing all volumes for a single filer, the report stacks the throughput series because the sum (total throughput of all volumes) is meaningful. When there are more volumes than colors, the report reuses the colors, starting again from the beginning of the list.
Traffic Type
Select either LAN or WAN to display the amount of data transmitted over the LAN/WAN during the selected time period.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing SRDF reports
The SRDF report presents information regarding optimized throughput and data reduction for EMC's Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) protocol. The report measures only LAN-side traffic on an encoding appliance. You can view a summary of performance statistics for all optimized SRDF traffic, as well as drill into metrics for a specific EMC Symmetrix array or an individual remote data facility (RDF) group within an array.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
You can also check the total optimized SRDF traffic throughput by viewing the Reports > Optimization: Optimized Throughput report.
The SRDF report contains this information.
Data series
Description
Data Reduction
Specifies the percentage of total decrease in overall data transmitted (when viewing all Symmetrix RDF groups).
WAN/LAN Throughput
Specifies the total throughput transmitted over the WAN and LAN.
When the report display includes all Symmetrix RDF group or a single RDF group for a single Symmetrix ID, the navigator shadows the LAN/WAN throughput series. When the report display includes all RDF groups for a single Symmetrix ID, navigator shadows the group 1 LAN/WAN throughput series.
What this report tells you
The SRDF report answers these questions:
•How much total SRDF traffic is processing over time?
•How much data reduction is being delivered overall?
•How much data reduction is being delivered for individual RDF groups?
•that Symmetrix array is generating the most SRDF traffic?
•How are SRDF traffic patterns changing over time?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last five minutes are interpolated between data points obtained by aggregating more than one 10-second sample. The display granularity decreases with time passed since data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the SRDF report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: SRDF to display the SRDF page.
SRDF report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing SSL servers reports
The SSL Servers report summarizes the SSL server connection requests and connection rate for the time period specified.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The SSL Servers report contains this information.
Data series
Description
Requested Connection Rate
Displays the rate of requested SSL connections.
Established Connection Rate
Displays the rate established SSL connections.
The navigator shadows the requested connection rate series.
What this report tells you
The SSL Servers report answers these questions:
•What is the rate of established SSL connections?
•What is the rate of connection request SSL connections?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the SSL Servers report
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: SSL Servers to display the SSL Servers page.
SSL Servers report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing web proxy reports
The Web Proxy page provides these reports:
•Optimization Report - Lists LAN and WAN data transfer and cache-hit ratio for sites, site types, or appliances. The cache-hit ratio is aggregated across all SteelHeads. The reports display data points for the time range you select within the last 30 days.
•Top 25 Report - Displays the top 25 domain requests by number and top 25 domains by size for sites or site types or appliances. The reports display domains for the time range you select within the last 30 days.
•HTTPS Bypass List - Lists the HTTPS domains that are not optimized due to certificate errors ordered by cache size. This report helps you identify domains that can be whitelisted. For more details, see “Adding domains to the whitelist for HTTPS” on page 387.
To view optimized web proxy sites or site types
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Web Proxy to display the Web Proxy page.
Web Proxy Optimization report
2. Click Optimization or Cache Hit Ratio to select the type of report.
3. Select one of these to filter the report data:
Control
Description
All Sites
Select All Sites to display data reports of all the sites.
Site
Select Site and then enter the name of the site in the text box. Displays reports of all appliances that belong to a site.
SiteType
Select Site Type and then select the site type from the drop-down list. Displays reports of all appliances that belong to a site type.
Appliances
Select an appliance from the drop-down list. Displays reports that are specific to that appliance.
YouTube
Select to display statistics on the YouTube traffic. YouTube caching is handled as a special case given its growing popularity in the enterprise and is enabled by default in SCC.
Time Interval
All reports include statistics for the last 30 days.
Select a report time interval of the last 15 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, 15 days, or enter a custom time interval.
For a custom time interval, select the Customize Date... option. You can type the start date and end date using the yyyy/mm/dd format. You can also select the dates from the calendar. The From date cannot be older than the last 30th day. For example, if the To date is May 30th the From date cannot be older than May 1st.
4. Click Cache Hit Ratio to view the cache-hit report.
5. Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values at that time stamp.
To view the top 25 domains for web proxy sites or site types
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: Web Proxy to display the Web Proxy page.
Web Proxy Top 25 report
2. Click Domains by Requests or Domains by Size to display the type of report.
3. Select one of these to filter the report data:
Control
Description
All Sites
Select All Sites to display data reports of all the sites.
Site
Select Site and then enter the name of the site in the text box. Displays reports of all appliances that belong to a site.
SiteType
Select Site Type and then select the site type from the drop-down list. Displays reports of all appliances that belong to a site type.
Appliances
Select an appliance from the drop-down list. Displays reports that are specific to that appliance.
Time Interval
All reports include statistics for the last 30 days.
Select a report time interval of the last 15 minutes, 1 hour,1 day, 7 days, 15 days, or enter a custom time interval.
For a custom time interval, select the Customize Date... option. You can type the start date and end date using the yyyy/mm/dd format. You can also select the dates from the calendar. The From date cannot be older than the last 30th day. For example, if the To date is May 30th the From date cannot be older than May 1st.
4. Mouse over a specific entry to view the total number of requests, hits, misses, LAN bytes, and WAN bytes.
To view the list of bypassed HTTPS domains
1. Choose Reports > Optimization: HTTPS Bypass List to display the HTTPS Bypass List page.
2. Select the date range, to display the list of hostnames of bypassed HTTPS connections from domains that are not whitelisted and the data consumed by each domain.
Viewing data store status reports
The Data Store Status report contains a link to the Appliance Details report which summarizes the data store status for the appliance. For details, see “Viewing appliance details reports” on page 510.
Viewing data store SDR-adaptive reports
The Data Store SDR-Adaptive report summarizes:
•how much adaptive compression is occurring in the RiOS data store using legacy mode. The report combines both the percentage due to local and remote adaptive compression (as signaled by the peers)
•the percentage of the traffic, in bytes, that’s adapted to in-memory-only (or transient), compared to the total SDR traffic (SDR-adaptive mode).
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The Data Store SDR-Adaptive report contains these statistics that summarize RiOS data store adaptive compression activity, shown as a percent of total SDR data.
Data series
Description
Compression-Only due to Disk Pressure
Displays the adaptive compression occurring due to disk pressure.
Compression-Only due to In-Path Rule
Displays the adaptive compression occurring due to in-path rule.
In-Memory SDR due to Disk Pressure
Displays the in-memory SDR due to disk pressure.
In-Memory SDR due to In-Path Rule
Displays the maximum in-memory SDR due to in-path rule.
What this report tells you
The Data Store SDR-Adaptive report answers this question:
•What is relative adaptive compression when SDR-Adaptive is enabled at various times of the day?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Data Store SDR-Adaptive report
1. Choose Reports > Data Store: SDR-Adaptive to display the Data Store SDR-Adaptive page.
Data Store SDR-Adaptive report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing data store disk load reports
The Data Store Disk Load report summarizes the data store disk load due to SDR only as related to the benchmarked capacity of the data store. Consider any value under 90 as healthy. Any value higher than a sustained load over 90 is considered high and can indicate disk pressure. A red line with shading appears at the top of the report to indicate the threshold of 90 and above. When a value is consistently higher than 90, contact Riverbed Support for guidance on reconfiguring the RiOS data store to alleviate disk pressure.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The Data Store Disk Load report contains these statistics that summarize the RiOS data store disk load.
Data series
Description
Disk Load
Displays the RiOS data store disk load.
What this report tells you
The Data Store Disk Load report answers these questions:
•Is there any indication of disk pressure?
•What is the disk load at different times of the day?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Data Store Disk Load report
1. Choose Reports > Data Store: Disk Load to display the Data Store Disk Load page.
Data Store Disk Load report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Group
Select the group from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing appliance PFS data reports
The PFS Data report provides information about how much data was sent and received by PFS.
For details about operating report controls, see “Overview” on page 426.
The PFS Data report contains these statistics that summarize PFS activity.
Packet type
Description
Received
Specifies the total number of bytes received over the WAN.
Sent
Specifies the total number of bytes sent over the WAN.
The navigator shadows the received series.
What this report tells you
The Appliance PFS Data report answers these questions:
•How many bytes were sent over the WAN?
•How many bytes were received over the WAN?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Appliance PFS Data report
1. Choose Reports > Branch Services: Appliance PFS Data to display the Appliance PFS Data page.
Appliance PFS Data report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing LUN I/O reports
The LUN I/O report summarizes the standard I/O data traffic read from and written to the selected LUN for the specified period of time.
The LUN I/O report contains this table of statistics that summarize the activity.
Control
Description
Total Bytes Read
Specifies the total number of bytes read over the WAN.
Average Read Throughput
Specifies the average read throughput.
Total Bytes Written
Specifies the total number of bytes written over the WAN.
Average Write Throughput
Specifies the average write throughput.
Average Read IOPS
Specifies the average read IOPS.
Average Write IOPS
Specifies the average write IOPS.
Average Read Latency
Specifies the average read latency.
Average Write Latency
Specifies the average write latency.
What this report tells you
The LUN I/O report answers these questions:
•How many megabytes have been written to and read from the selected LUN for the specified period?
•How many operations have been written to and read from the selected LUN for the specified period?
•What are the average read and write latencies for the selected LUN for the specified period?
•How many read hits and misses, in megabytes, were recorded for the selected LUN for the specified period?
•How many uncommitted bytes were recorded for the selected LUN for the specified period?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the LUN I/O report
1. Choose Reports > Branch Services: LUN I/O to display the LUN I/O page.
LUN I/O report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
LUN Report
Select a LUN report (I/O, I/O Operations Per Sec, I/O Latency) from the drop-down list.
LUN
Select a LUN from the drop-down list.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing initiator I/O reports
The Initiator I/O report summarizes the standard I/O data traffic read from and written to the selected initiator for the specified period of time.
The Initiator I/O report contains this table of statistics that summarize the activity.
Control
Description
Total Bytes Read
Specifies the total number of bytes read over the WAN.
Average Read Throughput
Specifies the average read throughput.
Total Bytes Written
Specifies the total number of bytes written over the WAN.
Average Write Throughput
Specifies the average write throughput.
Average Read IOPS
Specifies the average read IOPS.
Average Write IOPS
Specifies the average write IOPS.
Average Read Latency
Specifies the average read latency.
Average Write Latency
Specifies the average write latency.
What this report tells you
The Initiator I/O report answers these questions:
•How many bytes have been written to and read from the selected initiator for the specified period?
•How many operations have been written to and read from the selected initiator for the specified period?
•What are the average read and write latencies for the selected initiator for the specified period?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Initiator I/O report
1. Choose Reports > Branch Services: Initiator I/O to display the Initiator I/O page.
Initiator I/O report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Initiator Report
Select an initiator report (I/O, I/O Operations Per Sec, I/O Latency) from the drop-down list.
LUN
Select a LUN from the drop-down list.
Initiator
Select an initiator from the drop-down list.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing network I/O reports
The Network I/O report summarizes the standard IO data traffic read from and written to the selected Initiator for the time period specified.
The Network I/O report contains this table of statistics that summarize the activity.
Control
Description
Total Bytes Read and Prefetched from SteelFusion Core
Specifies the total number of bytes read over the WAN.
Average Read + Prefetch Throughput
Specifies the average read throughput.
Total Bytes Written to SteelFusion Core
Specifies the total number of bytes written over the WAN.
Average Write Throughput
Specifies the average write throughput.
What this report tells you
The Network I/O report answers this question:
•How many bytes have been written to and read?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Network I/O report
1. Choose Reports > Branch Services: Network I/O to display the Network I/O page.
Network I/O report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing blockstore metrics reports
The Blockstore Metrics report summarizes the standard I/O data traffic read from and written to the selected initiator for the time period specified.
The Blockstore Metrics report contains this table of statistics that summarize the activity.
Control
Description
Hits
Specifies the number of hits.
Misses
Specifies the number of misses.
Hit Rate
Specifies the hit rate.
Bytes Written Blockstore
Specifies bytes written blockstore.
Uncommitted Bytes at <date> <time>
Specifies uncommitted bytes at a date and time.
Bytes Committed to SteelFusion Core
Specifies the bytes committed to SteelFusion Core.
Average Commit Throughput
Specifies the average committed throughput.
Average Commit Delay
Specifies the average committed delay.
What this report tells you
The Blockstore Metrics report answers these questions:
•How many read hits and misses, in megabytes, were recorded for the blockstore for the selected LUN for the specified period?
•How many uncommitted bytes were recorded for the blockstore for the selected LUN for the specified period?
About report graphs
Mouse over a specific data point to see the y values and exact time stamp were in relation to peaks.
About report data
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the Blockstore Metrics report
1. Choose Reports > Branch Services: Blockstore Metrics to display the Blockstore Metrics page.
Blockstore Metrics report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Time Interval
Select a report time interval of 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), 30 days (30d), yesterday, last week, or last month.
Time intervals that don’t apply to a particular report are dimmed.
For a custom time interval, enter the start time and end time using the format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago doesn’t create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.
When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data isn’t visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals don’t return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than seven days into two-hour data points:
•Setting a one-hour time period that occurred two weeks ago.
•Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than one week ago.
You can quickly see the newest data and see data points as they’re added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data.
Blockstore Report
Select a blockstore report (Read Hit/Miss, Uncommitted Data, Commit Throughput, Commit Delay) from the drop-down list.
LUN
Select a LUN from the drop-down list.
Appliance
Select an appliance from the drop-down list.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.
Viewing appliance status
For details about appliance status, see “Dashboard” on page 26.
Viewing unmanaged appliances
The Unmanaged Appliances report enables you to export a list of unmanaged appliances using email or a URL.
The Unmanaged Appliances report provides an efficient way to assess the inventory of devices discovered by the SCC in large environments where only a select number of SteelHeads are managed by the SCC. It also enables you to separate the unmanaged devices that you might want to eventually manage from other devices that are owned by different groups, departments, or divisions within the enterprise so that you can assign them to a specific group in the SCC.
The Unmanaged Appliance report:
•collects peer and neighbor information during maintenance windows. If a maintenance window is rescheduled and the new window is less than one hour than the current window, the data will be updated the next day.
•provides a list of all connected/HTTP and disconnected appliances.
If any peer is not found in the connected appliances list, it is added to the list of unmanaged appliances.
For unmanaged appliances, the report doesn’t determine whether it’s managed by another SCC or managed by none.
The Unmanaged Appliances table lists these attributes for each appliance. You can use the filter option to search for the rows in the Unmanaged Appliances table where the cell entry is a string.
Hostname
IP address
Model
Version
Peer/neighbor
Peer/neighbor To
vsh-334
10.5.160.134
VCX
9.2.0
peer
vsh-580
vsh-335
10.5.160.140
VCX
9.5.0
peer
sh-23
vsh-861
10.5.160.130
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neighbor
sh-23
The Unmanaged Appliance table has these restrictions:
•If the SCC registered appliance is a SteelHead, SteelHead EX, or SteelFusion Edge neighbor, the IP address and hostname is displayed.
•If the SCC registered appliance is an Interceptor peer, the IP address, hostname, and version is displayed.
To view the Unmanaged Appliances report
1. Choose Reports > Topology: Unmanaged Appliances to display the Unmanaged Appliances page.
Unmanaged Appliances report
2. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Export To
Select Email or File from the drop-down list to export the data.
Email Addresses
Specify the email address to which you want to send the report data. Separate the addresses using a comma.
Email Subject
Type a customized email subject. This subject replaces the default subject.
Destination URL
If you have selected File, specify the destination URL.
Format
Select the format from the drop-down list: HTML, CSV, or PDF.
Export Now
Select to send the report immediately.
Schedule Export
Select to schedule date, time, and frequency for a scheduled report:
•Date - Specify the date using this format: yyyy/mm/dd
•Time - Specify the time using this format: hh:mm:ss
•Frequency - Specify the frequency from the drop-down list.
Export/Revert
Exports the report data; reverts the settings.
Viewing admission control data
The Admission Control report tracks admission control events (Connection Limit, CPU, MAPI, Memory, Service, and TCP limits) over a time period you specify. Use this report to monitor and diagnose admission control problems in your deployment before they occur.
If all appliances are 9.6 or later, you can view frequency of individual alarms.
Data is displayed in different colors. Data is only displayed if an event has occurred.
The Admission Control report contains a graph that summarize the activity.
Control
Description
Connection limit
Indicates the system connection limit has been reached. Additional connections are passed through unoptimized.
Service
Indicates that the number of connections receiving unoptimized service has exceeded the supported limit.
CPU
The appliance has entered admission control due to high CPU use. During this event, the appliance continues to optimize existing connections, but new connections are passed through without optimization. The alarm clears automatically when the CPU usage has decreased.
MAPI
The total number of MAPI optimized connections has exceeded the maximum admission control threshold. for the alarm to clear.
TCP
The appliance has entered admission control due to high TCP memory use. During this event, the appliance continues to optimize existing connections, but new connections are passed through without optimization. The alarm clears automatically when the TCP memory pressure has decreased.
Memory
The appliance has entered admission control due to memory consumption. The appliance is optimizing traffic beyond its rated capability and is unable to handle the amount of traffic passing through the WAN link. During this event, the appliance continues to optimize existing connections, but new connections are passed through without optimization. No other action is necessary; the alarm clears automatically when the traffic has decreased.
The Admission Control report contains this table of statistics that summarize the event activity.
Control
Description
Appliance
Displays the appliance name and IP address.
Appliance Model
Displays the appliance model.
Type of event
Displays the total number of events for the appliance according to the type of event (that is, admission control, TCP, memory, CPU, MAPI, connection limit, and service.
What this report tells you
The Admission Control report answers these questions:
•Why aren’t my SteelHeads healthy and performing optimally?
•How much traffic is a particular SteelHead optimizing?
•How effective is a particular SteelHead at saving bandwidth?
•How many connections could have been optimized if my SteelHead had not been in Admission Control?
The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. Due to performance and disk space considerations, the display granularity decreases with time passed since the data was sampled.
For detailed information about data grouping, see “Data grouping” on page 430.
To view the admission control report
1. Choose Reports > Alarms: Admission Control to display the Admission Control page.
Admission control report
2. Select the Date Range from the drop-down list.
3. Select an individual appliance of multiple appliances from the Global list.
4. Use the controls to customize the report as described in this table.
Control
Description
Export To
Select Email or URL from the drop-down list to export the report data.
Email Addresses
Specify the email address to which you want to send the report data. Separate the addresses using a comma.
Email Subject
Type the email subject
Format
Select the format from the drop-down list: HTML, CSV, or PDF.
Per Appliance Report
Select to generate graphs per appliance for HTML or PDF reports. For CSV Reports, generates one CSV per appliance.
Export Now
Select to send the report immediately.
Schedule Export
Select to schedule date, time, and frequency for a scheduled report:
•Date - Specify the date using this format: yyyy/mm/dd
•Time - Specify the time using this format: hh:mm:ss
•Frequency - Specify the frequency from the drop-down list.
Export/Revert
Exports the report data; reverts the settings.
For detailed information about exporting statistics, see “Exporting statistics” on page 431.