Viewing Cluster Statistics; Monitoring Access Gateway Alerts - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - ACCESS GATEWAY GUIDE 2010 Manual

4.5 Viewing Cluster Statistics

(Access Gateway Appliance) To view general performance statistics for the servers assigned to the
selected cluster:
1 In the Administration Console, click Devices > Access Gateways > [Name of Cluster] >
Statistics.
2 To determine performance, analyze the following statistics:
Column
Server Name
CPU %
Cache Hit Rate %
Bytes per second to/from
Server
Bytes per second to/from
Browser
Current Connections
Statistics
3 Click Close.

4.6 Monitoring Access Gateway Alerts

The Access Gateway has been programmed to issue events to various types of systems (such as a
Novell Audit server, a Novell Sentinel server, or a Syslog server) so that the administrator can be
informed when significant changes occur that modify how the Access Gateway is performing. For
information about auditing and audit events, see
Events," on page
significant changes occur.
Section 4.6.1, "Viewing Access Gateway Alerts," on page 151
Section 4.6.2, "Viewing Access Gateway Cluster Alerts," on page 151
Section 4.6.3, "Managing Access Gateway Alert Profiles," on page 152
Section 4.6.4, "Configuring an Alert Profile," on page 153
Section 4.6.5, "SNMP Profile," on page 155
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Description
Lists the name of the Access Gateways that belong to the group. To
view additional statistical information about a specific Access
Gateway, click the name of an Access Gateway.
Displays the current CPU utilization rate. Use this statistic for capacity
planning.
Displays the current cache hit rate. A high cache hit rate indicates that
the caching system is off-loading significant request processing from
the Web server whose objects have been cached. If the percentage is
low, you might want to configure a pin list. For this and other caching
options, see
page 169.
Displays the rate at which the Access Gateway is requesting Web
objects from the Web servers it is protecting.
Displays the rate at which browser clients are requesting Web objects.
Displays the total number of TCP connections that are active, idle, or
closing.
Allows you to view all the statistics for a selected server. Click View to
see these additional statistics. For more information, see
"Viewing Access Gateway Statistics," on page
156. Alerts can also be configured so that the administrator is informed when
Chapter 5, "Configuring the Content Settings," on
Section 4.7, "Enabling Access Gateway Audit
Section 4.4,
140.