F5 BIG/IP MIB monitor
F5 Big/IP Monitor monitors and records performance parameters of BIG/IP hardware. This monitor can run on any platform and collect data from a device remotely. F5 Big/IP MIB Monitor uses Infrastructure Management Analytics Auto Discovery Framework. The Auto Discovery engine discovers all available managed object instances available on a given device during monitor instance creation.
The following table lists the monitored attributes of an F5 BIG/IP MIB Monitor.
Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
GlobalStats | |
Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets received from client. |
Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes received from client. |
Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets sent to client. |
Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes sent to client. |
Server Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets received from Server. |
Server Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes received from Server. |
Server Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets sent to sever. |
Server Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes sent to server |
Pva Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets received from pva client. |
Pva Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes received from pva client. |
Pva Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets sent to pva client. |
Pva Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes sent to pva client. |
Pva Server Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets received from pva Server. |
Pva Server Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes received from pva Server. |
Pva Server Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets sent to pva sever. |
Pva Server Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | Total bytes sent to pva server. |
Packets Dropped (Pkts/sec) | Total number of packets dropped. |
In Errors (Pkts/sec) | Total number of error packets received. |
Out Errors (Pkts/sec) | Total number of error packets sent. |
Memory In Use (MB) | Memory used. |
Traffic Management CPU usage (%) | CPU being used for traffic management. |
GlobalHTTPStats | |
Total Requests (Per sec) | The total number of HTTP requests. |
HTTP Get Requests (Per sec) | The total number of HTTP get requests. |
HTTP Post Requests (Per sec) | The total number of HTTP post requests. |
Keep Alive Requests (Per sec) | The maximum number of requests made in a connection. |
Successful Responses (Per sec) | The number of server-side responses in range of 200 to 206. |
Redirection Responses (Per sec) | The number of server-side responses in range of 300 to 307. |
Client Errors (Per sec) | The number of server-side responses in range of 400 to 417. |
Server Errors (Per sec) | The number of server-side responses in range of 500 to 505. |
GlobalTCPStats | |
Open Connections (#) | The number of current open connections. |
Connections in CLOSE-WAIT (#) | The number of current connections in CLOSE-WAIT/LAST-ACK. |
Connections in FIN-WAIT/CLOSING (#) | The number of current connections in FIN-WAIT/CLOSING. |
Connections in TIME-WAIT (# ) | The number of current connections in TIME-WAIT. |
Connections Accepted (Per sec) | The number of connections accepted. |
Connections Not Accepted (Per sec) | The number of connections not accepted. |
Connections Established (Per sec) | The number of connections established. |
Connection Failures (Per sec) | The number of connections failures. |
Connections Expired (Per sec) | The number of connections expired due to idle timeout. |
GlobalUDPStats | |
Open Connections (#) | The number of current open connections. |
Connections Accepted (Per sec) | The number of connections accepted. |
Connections Not Accepted (Per sec) | The number of connections not accepted. |
Connections Established (Per sec) | The number of connections established. |
Connection Failures (Per sec) | The number of connections failures. |
Connections Expired (Per sec) | The number of connections expired due to idle timeout. |
Interfaces | |
Total In Pkts (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received on this interface. |
Total Out Pkts (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets transmitted out of this interface. |
In Errors (Pkts/sec) | The number of received packets that are either undersized, oversized, or have FCS errors. |
Out Errors (Pkts/sec) | The number of excessive collisions, incremented for each frame that experienced 16 collisions during transmission and was aborted. |
In Drops (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets dropped on ingress for various reasons. |
Out Drops (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets aged out or with excessive transmission delays due to multiple deferrals. |
Connections | |
Active Client Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from client. |
Active Server Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from Server. |
Active Pva Client Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from PVA client. |
Active Pva Server Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from PVA server. |
Active SSL Client Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from SSL client. |
Active SSL Server Connections (Per sec) | Active Current Connections from SSL client. |
New Client Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from client. |
New Server Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from Server. |
New Pva Client Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from PVA client. |
New Pva Server Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from PVA server. |
New SSL Client Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from SSL client. |
New SSL Server Connections (Per sec) | Total New Connections from SSL client. |
LocalTMPools | |
Server Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from server side. |
Server Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to server side. |
Server Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from server side. |
Server Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to server side. |
Pva Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from PVA. |
Pva Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to pva. |
Pva In Bytes (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from pva. |
Pva Out Bytes (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to pva. |
Active Server Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from server. |
Active Pva Connections (Per sec) | Current active connections from Pva. |
New Server Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from server. |
New Pva Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Pva. |
LocalTMPoolMember | |
Server Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from server side. |
Server Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to server side. |
Server Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from server side. |
Server Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to server side. |
Pva Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from pva. |
Pva Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to pva. |
Pva Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from pva. |
Pva Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to pva. |
Active Server Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from server. |
Active Pva Connections (Per sec) | Current active connections from Pva. |
New Server Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from server. |
New Pva Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Pva. |
LocalTMSnat | |
Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from Client side. |
Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to Client side. |
Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from Client side. |
Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to Client side. |
Active Client Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from Client. |
New Client Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Client. |
LocalTMSnatPool | |
Server Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from Server side. |
Server Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to Server side. |
Server Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from Server side. |
Server Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to Server side. |
Active Server Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from Server. |
New Server Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Server. |
LocalTMVirtual Server | |
Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from Client side. |
Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to Client side. |
Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from Client side. |
Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to Client side. |
Pva Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from pva. |
Pva Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to pva. |
Pva Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from pva. |
Pva Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to pva. |
Active Client Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from Client. |
Active Pva Connections (Per sec) | Current active connections from Pva. |
New Client Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Client. |
New Pva Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Pva. |
LocalTMVirtualServerAddress | |
Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from Client side. |
Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to Client side. |
Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from Client side. |
Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to Client side. |
Pva Client Pkts In (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets received from pva. |
Pva Client Pkts Out (Pkts/sec) | The number of packets sent to pva. |
Pva Client Bytes In (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes received from pva. |
Pva Client Bytes Out (Bytes/sec) | The number of bytes sent to pva. |
Active Client Connections (Per sec) | Current Active connections from Client. |
Active Pva Connections (Per sec) | Current active connections from Pva. |
New Client Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Client. |
New Pva Connections (Per sec) | Total new connections from Pva. |
Configuring an F5 BIG/IP MIB Monitor
The following table describes the information required during configuration of the F5 BIG/IP MIB monitor.
Configuration information | Description |
|---|---|
Input fields on the Configuration tab | |
Source Agent | Specify the name/IP address of the ProactiveServer/ProactiveAgent to host the new monitor instance. |
Port | Specify the port number on which the SNMP agent is running. |
Community String | Specify the read community string of the SNMP agent. |
SNMP Retries (#) | The number of retries. |
SNMP Timeout (sec) | Specify the timeout period to be set for the SNMP communication page. |
SNMP Version | Version of the SNMP protocol. |
System-populated fields - GlobalStats | |
Total Memory (MB) | Total Memory. |
Cpu Count | Number of CPUs present. |
Product Name | Product Name. |
Product Version | Product Version. |
OS Name | Operating System Name. |
Release | Current System Release level. |
Up Time | System up time since reboot. |
System-populated fields - Interfaces | |
Duplex | The active media duplex mode for the specified interface. half(2) - Force half duplex full(1) - Force full duplex none(0) - All media is de-selected. |
MAC Address | The MAC address of the specified interface. |
Interface Name | The name of the interface. |
Interface Speed | The current active media speed for the specified. |
Interface Status | The current status of the interface. |
System-populated fields - Connections | |
Maximum Client Connections | Maximum connection from client side. |
Maximum Server Connections | Maximum Connections from server side. |
Maximum Pva Client Connections | Maximum Connections from PVA client. |
Maximum Pva Server Connections | Maximum Connections from PVA server. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMPools | |
Pool Name | The name of this pool. |
Load Balance Method | The load balance method for this pool. |
Active Members | The current active members for the specified pool. |
Pool Availability | The state of the pool availability indicated in colour. |
Maximum Server Connections | Maximum connections from server side. |
Maximum Pva Connections | Maximum pva connections. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMPoolMember | |
Member Pool Name | The name of the pool which this member is in. |
Member Address Type | The IP address type of ltmPoolMemberAddress. |
Member Address | The IP address of this member. It is interpreted within the context of an ltmPoolMemberAddrType value. |
Member Port | The port of this pool member. |
Pool Member Availabilty | The state of the pool member availability indicated in color. |
Pool Member Connection Limit | The maximum connections allowed for this member. |
Maximum Server Connections | The maximum connections from server side. |
Maximum Pva Connections | The maximum connections of PVA traffic. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMSnat | |
SNAT Name | The name of the SNAT. |
SNAT Type | The type of the specified SNAT. |
IP Address | The IP address of this translated address. |
Pool Name | The pool name of this SNAT. |
Maximum Client Connections | The maximum connections from client side. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMSnatPool | |
SNAT Pool Name | The name of the SNAT pool. |
Maximum Server Connections | The maximum connections from server side. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMVirtualServer | |
Server Name | The name of this virtual server. |
Server Address | The IP address of this original address, which is ip address to the outside world for this SNAT. It is interpreted within the context of an ltmTransAddrAddrType value. |
Server Port | Server port. |
Server Enabled | Whether this virtual server is enabled. |
Connection Limit | The maximum number of connections this node server is allowed to have open at one time. |
Server Type | The type supported by the specified virtual server. |
SNAT Type | The type of SNAT associated with the specified virtual server. |
SNAT Pool Name | The name of a SNAT pool used by this virtual server. |
Server Availability | The state of the virtual server availability indicated in color. |
Server Activity State | The state of the virtual server activity status, as specified by the user. |
System-populated fields - LocalTMVirtualServerAddress | |
Address Type | The IP address type of ltmVirtualAddrAdd. |
Server Address | The IP address of this virtual address. It is interpreted within the context of an ltmVitualAddrAddrType value. |
Address Enabled | The status of this virtual address is enabled or not. |
Connection Limit | The maximum number of connections this virtual address is allowed to have open at one time. |
Unit ID | The unit number associated with this virtual address. |
Control tab | |
Collect Data | Select/clear check box to enable/disable data collection for the monitored component. By default, data collection is enabled (check box selected). |
Statistics Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive Statistical data polls. Default is 5 minutes. |
Statistics Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each poll of statistical data. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 2 minutes. |
Configuration Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive configuration data polls. Default is 24 hours (One day). |
Configuration Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each poll of configuration data. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 10 minutes. |
Auto Discovery Poll Interval | Specify the time interval between two consecutive Auto Discovery polls. Default is 24 hours (One day). |
Auto Discovery Poll Timeout | Specify the time-out period for each Auto Discovery Poll. If no data is available at the end of this interval, system records zero availability and proceeds with the next scheduled poll. Default is 2 minutes. |
Group tab | |
Group Membership | This allows you to add a device and its monitors to one or more groups. Optionally, you may associate the device with a group. A group is used to logically organize the devices and monitors by department, geographic area, or service. Assigning a device to a group also assists you to restrict or allow access to certain devices. To associate the device with a group, select the group name here. |
SNMP V3 Details tab a | |
User Name (Security Name) | Specify the user name to access the SNMP agent. |
Authorization Protocol | Select the authorization protocol (MD5 or SHA) to use. |
Authorization Password | Specify the authorization password to access the SNMP agent. |
Privacy Protocol | Select the privacy protocol (CBC-DES) to use. |
Privacy Password | Specify the privacy password to access the SNMP agent. |
a This tab is enabled for use only when 'v3' is selected as the SNMP Version in the Configuration tab. | |
Additional configuration and setup issues
The following table presents details about additional configuration and setup issues for the F5 BIG/IP MIB Monitor.
Issue | Details |
|---|---|
Monitor configuration | No additional configuration requirements for this monitor. Maintain the default configuration of Infrastructure Management Analytics. |
External setup | No external setup requirements for this monitor. |
External dependencies | Creation of F5 Big-IP monitor is dependent on the following:
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ProactiveAgent dependencies | ProactiveAgent installation on the monitored host is not mandatory. Monitor Instance can be created on any 7.0 SP2 or higher version remote agent. |