Monitoring
Dashboards
Network Dashboards provide a wealth of helpful information: data that can assist to monitor, tune, and troubleshoot networks in your tenant. They provide at-a-glance information and allow many clickable areas for "drilling down" to access more specific information where needed.
All Networks
The Networks Dashboard contains summary information for all the networks in the tenant. To access the All Networks dashboard:
- From the Top Menu, click Networks -> Dashboard
Historical Graphs
Network statistics are collected in 5-second intervals, with sums/averages/maxes processed and stored in 5-minute intervals, corresponding to 95th percentile standards. To access network graphs:
- From the Top Menu, click Networks -> List
- Select the desired network
- From the left menu, click View
- From the left menu, click History
You can adjust the time period by adjusting the Filter dropdown.
Port Mirroring
Port mirroring replicates a network's traffic to a VM NIC, allowing packet captures for monitoring and/or diagnostics.
Configure Port Mirror
- From the Top Menu, click Networks -> List
- Select the desired network
- From the left menu, click Edit
- Select Port Mirroring
- North/South - Copy packets that traverse the network router
- East/West - Copy packets that traverse the network router and all intranetwork packets
⚠️ East/West port mirroring is typically only recommended as a temporary setting for diagnostic purposes. Using it for long durations can impact network performance.
- Click Submit
When port mirroring rules are modified, you must Restart the network before they are live.
Configure Network
- From the Top Menu, click Networks -> List
- Select the desired network
- From the left menu, click Edit
- Select Port Mirroring
- North/South - Copy packets that traverse the network router
- East/West - Copy packets that traverse the network router and all intranetwork packets
⚠️ East/West port mirroring is typically only recommended as a temporary setting for diagnostic purposes. Using it for long durations can impact network performance.
- Click Submit
Restart Network
When port mirroring rules are modified, you must Restart the network before they are live.
Configure VM
- From the Top Menu, click Virtual Machines -> List
- Select the desired VM
- From the left menu, click View
- From the left menu, click NICs
- From the left menu, click New
- Enter a Name for the NIC
- Network, select the desired network mirror
ℹ️ Network mirrors will have _mirror suffix.
- Click Submit
- Restart the VM
Diagnostics
The network diagnostic tools provide comprehensive network troubleshooting capabilities with your tenant. These diagnostic commands allow administrators to perform real-time network analysis, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and monitor network performance from within the platform's UI.
Accessing Diagnostics
- From the Top Menu, click Networks -> List
- Select the desired network
- From the left menu, click View
- From the left menu, click Diagnostics
Using Diagnostic Commands
- Select the desired Query from the dropdown menu
- Configure any available parameters on the right side
- Click Send
Toggle the Show Command to view the exact command being executed. This can be useful for script automations.