Nutanix Host Detail dashboard
The Nutanix Host Detail dashboard provides a detailed look into one of the selected Nutanix Acropolis Hosts within the client's BMC Helix Continuous Optimization (HCO) environment. Within the dashboard the following capacity insights will be presented:
- Snapshot of the Current Capacity
- Configuration Metrics collected for the host
- Tags applied to the host
- Timeseries for metrics being collected for the host
- Future Saturation or resources
- Timeseries which visualizes the future saturation
- Associated Virtual Machines
Filters
Filters can be found in the upper left portion of the dashboard. The following filters are:
- Host → Filters all panels to only focus on the specified host selected
- Data Resolution → Contains three values: Detail, Hourly, and Daily. This filter changes the data resolution to be used in the timeseries charts.
- Resource Statistic → Contains three values: Average, Max, and 95th Percentile. This filter changes the statistic to be used in the timeseries charts.
Links
Links can be found in the upper right portion of the dashboard. The following links are:
- Nutanix Hosts
Panels
The Nutanix Host Detail dashboard consists of multiple rows and panels that give insight into the capacity and health of the selected Nutanix Acropolis Host.
Host Summary
A collapsible row that contains the initially curated panels and charts for the selected Nutanix Acropolis Host.
Name
Shows the Name of the Host.
Cluster
Shows the name of the parent cluster. Click on the panel to open a new tab to the Cluster Detail dashboard for the respective parent cluster.
IP Address
Shows the assigned IP address for the host.
Tags
Shows all the tags applied to the host.
VM Count
Shows the aggregated count of Virtual Machines.
Disk Count
Shows the total count of Disks.
CPU Count
Shows the total count of CPUs.
Total Memory
Shows the total memory of the host.
Total Storage Size
Shows the total datastore size of the host.
CPU Config
Shows CPU Configuration items: CPU Frequency in MHZ, TOTAL CPU Frequency in MHZ, CPU Cores per socket, Threads per core, CPU Model
CPU Utilization over Time
A chart that shows the CPU Utilization metric over time. This timeseries is affected by the "Data Resolution" and "Statistic" filters. It is also interactive with the Time Range Picker.
Memory Utilization over Time
A chart that shows the Memory Utilization metric over time. This timeseries is affected by the "Data Resolution" and "Statistic" filters. It is also interactive with the Time Range Picker.
Storage Size over Time
A chart that shows the Total Storage Size and Total Storage Used metric over time. This timeseries is affected by the "Data Resolution" and "Statistic" filters. It is also interactive with the Time Range Picker.
CPU
Shows if the host CPU resource is Saturated, will be saturated, or will not be saturated. Clicking on this panel will change the Forecast panel below to focus on the CPU forecast.
Memory
Shows if the host Memory resource is Saturated, will be saturated, or will not be saturated. Clicking on this panel will change the Forecast panel below to focus on the Memory forecast.
Storage
Shows if the host Storage resource is Saturated, will be saturated, or will not be saturated. Clicking on this panel will change the Forecast panel below to focus on the Storage forecast.
Forecast Panel
Initially displays the forecast for the CPU resource. However, this panel is interactive using the Saturation panels above it (CPU, Memory Storage). Clicking on one of the panels above will align this panel with the resource indicated in the panel that was interacted with. This forecast timeseries is also affected by the "Data Resolution" filter, the "Statistic" filter and the Time Range Picker.
Disk Metrics
A collapsible row that contains a collection of disk timeseries charts for the selected Nutanix Acropolis Host.
Disk IO
A chart that displays the following metrics over time: Disk IO Rate, Disk IO Read Rate, and Disk IO Write Rate. This timeseries is also affected by the "Data Resolution" filter, the "Statistic" filter and the Time Range Picker.
Disk Transfer Rate
A chart that displays the following metrics over time: Disk Transfer Rate, Disk Read Rate, and Disk Write Rate. This timeseries is also affected by the "Data Resolution" filter, the "Statistic" filter and the Time Range Picker.
Disk Latency
A chart that displays the following metric over time: Disk Latency. This timeseries is also affected by the "Data Resolution" filter, the "Statistic" filter and the Time Range Picker.
Virtual Machines
A collapsible row that presents a table of all the associated virtual machines for the selected Nutanix Acropolis Host.
All Virtual Machines
A virtual machine overview table with the following details:
Column | Description | Metrics |
Virtual Machine | Name of the Acropolis Virtual Machine. Click on the name to open a new tab to the Virtual Machine Detail dashboard for the respective virtual machine. | N/A |
IP Addresses | IP Addresses assigned to the respective virtual machine. | NET_IP_ADDRESSES |
Status | Status of the respective virtual machine. | VM_LAST_STATUS |
Days to Saturation | Shows whether a virtual machine has Saturation, Future Saturation, or no Solution for one or more of the following metrics: CPU Utilization or Memory Utilization. Only virtual machines that are expected to saturate within the next 100 days are considered to have future saturation. Days to Saturation is computed by calculating the slope using the last 30 days of hourly data. | CPU_UTIL, MEM_UTIL |
Bottleneck | The metric that is contributing to the current saturation or future saturation shown in the Days to Saturation column. | N/A |
CPU Count | Total number of CPUs. | CPU_NUM |
CPU Utilization | Aggregated CPU Utilization value. | CPU_UTIL |
Total Memory | Total Memory of the respective VM. | TOTAL_REAL_MEM |
Memory Utilization | Aggregated Memory Utilization value. | MEM_UTIL |
Disk Latency | Disk Latency value. | DISK_TOTAL_LATENCY |
Net Bit Rate | Bit/s sent and received value. | NET_BIT_RATE |