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Monitoring VNFs Used in Network Services and the VMs That Host the VNFs

On the dashboard, the Network Service Overview provides information about the VNFs used in network services and the VMs that host those VNFs. You can also view information about the component VNFs in a network service by clicking Monitor Network Services in the left navigation bar.

To view information about VNFs used in network services and the VMs that host the VNFs:

  1. In the left navigation bar, click Dashboard.

    The dashboard appears, displaying several arrays of information.

  2. (Optional) In the Network Services Overview array, hover over a colored square in the array to see the latest event message for a specific parameter and host.
  3. (Optional) In the Network Services Overview array, click a colored square to see detailed information for a specific parameter and host.
  4. (Optional) In the Network Services Overview array, click an IP address to view all the event messages for a host.
  5. (Optional) In the Network Services Overview array, click a parameter name to view event messages on all hosts for that parameter.

See Table 1 for information about the monitoring parameters used for VNFs and the VMs that host them.

Table 1: Parameters for Monitoring VNFs and Their Host VMs

Parameter

Meaning

left_net_interface_input_pckt_rate

Rate of traffic entering the interface that transmits data to the host.

left_net_interface_output_pckt_rate

Rate of traffic leaving the interface that transmits data to the host.

left_net_interface_stats

State of the interface that transmits data to the network host.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

right_net_interface1_stats

State of the interface to which the host transmits data.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

right_net_interface_input_packet_rate

Rate of traffic entering the interface to which the host transmits data.

right_net_interface_output_packet_rate

Rate of traffic leaving the interface to which the host transmits data.

routing_engine_ctrlplane_memusage

Percentage of the Routing Engine’s control plane memory that VM is using.

routing_engine_load_average

Mean percentage of available load capacity used by the Routing Engine’s control plane.

routing_engine_system_cpu

Percentage of available CPU capacity used by the Routing Engine’s control plane.

<VNF>_activesessions

Number of active sessions of the VNF compared to the maximum number of sessions allowed.

<VNF>_failedsessions

Number of sessions of the VNF that VNF Manager failed to activate.

<VNF>_performance_session

Number of sessions added (ramp-up rate) for the last 60 seconds. The value does not display the total number of sessions or the number of deleted sessions.

<VNF>_performance_spu

Services processing unit (SPU), percentage of CPU capacity that handles the data plane for the security service.

check_flowd

Status of the forwarding process on the vSRX VNF.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

vsrx_activesessions

Number of active sessions of the vSRX VNF compared to the maximum number of sessions allowed.

vsrx_failedsessions

Number of sessions of the VNF that VNF Manager failed to activate.

vsrx_system_uptime

Amount of time since the vSRX VNF last became operational.

system_memory

Percentage of available RAM used by the vSRX VNF.

left_net_interface_status

State of the interface that transmits data to the network host.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

right_net_interface_status

State of the interface to which the host transmits data.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

right_net_interface_input_pckt_rate

Rate of traffic entering the interface to which the host transmits data.

right_net_interface_output_pckt_rate

Rate of traffic leaving the interface to which the host transmits data.

vsrx_nat_config

State of the vSRX NAT VNF.

  • Enabled—operational

  • Disabled—not operational

vsrx_firewall_config

State of the vSRX firewall VNF.

  • Enabled—operational

  • Disabled—not operational

vsrx_utm_config

State of the vSRX UTM VNF.

  • Enabled—operational

  • Disabled—not operational

vsrx_dpi_config

State of the DPI firewall VNF.

  • Enabled—operational

  • Disabled—not operational

iptable_status

State of the LxCIPtable VNF.

  • Enabled—operational

  • Disabled—not operational

iptable_system_uptime

Amount of time since the LxCIPtable VNF last became operational

cisco_left_interface_status

State of the interface that transmits data to the network host for the CSR-1000V VNF.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

cisco_right_interface_status

State of the interface to which the host transmits data for the CSR-1000V VNF.

  • Up—operational

  • Down—not operational

cisco_left_input_packets

Rate of traffic entering the interface that transmits data to the host for the CSR-1000V VNF.

cisco_left_output_packets

Rate of traffic leaving the interface that transmits data to the host for the CSR-1000V VNF.

cisco_right_input_packets

Rate of traffic entering the interface to which the host transmits data for the CSR-1000V VNF.

cisco_right_output_packets

Rate of traffic leaving the interface to which the host transmits data for the CSR-1000V VNF.

cisco_system-uptime

Amount of time since the Cisco CSR-1000V VNF last became operational.

cisco_activesessions

Number of active sessions of the Cisco CSR-1000V VNF compared to the maximum number of sessions allowed.

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