Citrix NetScaler Load Balancing Report
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    Citrix NetScaler Load Balancing Report

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    Article Summary

    The Citrix Load Balancing Report lets you analyze the usage trends of the load balancers in your organization. For the selected time frame, the report presents data about past activity and performance, either individually for each load balancer or in summary form for all selected load balancers.

    Use the report to answer questions like:

    • Do I need to add more capacity to serve the load balancers?
    • How many requests does a certain load balancer usually handle during business hours?
    • Is load balancer traffic and behavior influencing user experience?

    Select Which Load Balancers to View

    By default, the report shows all load balancers in your environment. To select which load balancers to include in the report:

    1. In the first dropdown, select which NetScalers to include. 
    2. In the second dropdown, select which load balancers to include. The list of available load balancers depends on your selected NetScalers.

    Select a Graph Display Mode

    Set whether to plot load balancers on the graphs individually, or as a summary of all selected load balancers.

    One Line - Summary plots all selected load balancers as a single line. If the metric is a percentage, the value is the average of the percentages of all selected load balancers. For all other metrics, the value is the sum of the average values of all selected load balancers.

    One Line - Per Appliance plots all selected load balancers individually.

    Note

    The graph display mode does not affect the grid at the bottom of the report.

    Report Details

    This section describes the data you can find in the report.

    Graphs

    Note
    Words in parentheses relate to One-Line Per Appliance mode. They replace the words immediately preceding them, which relate to the default mode, One Line – Summary.
    GraphContents

    Connections

    Total (average) number of client connections to all (each) of the selected virtual servers together (individually)

    Traffic In/Out

    Total (average) rate of request/response bitsfor all (each) of the selected load balancers together (individually), in Mbps 

    vServer Health

    The average percentage of services bound to all (each) of the selected virtual servers that were in an Upstate

    Grid Contents

    The grid at the bottom of the report shows data about each selected load balancer for the selected timeframe.

    ColumnDescription
    NetScaler NameName of the NetScaler

    Load Balancer Name

    Name of the Load Balancer

    • Click the name to open another Citrix NetScaler Load Balancing report with only this Load Balancer selected.

    Primary IP Address

    The IP address of the vServer

    Primary Port

    The port on which the service is running

    Protocol

    Protocol used by the Load Balancer for connections (HTTP, SSL, etc.)

    Traffic In

    The average rate of request bits for the Load Balancer, in Mbps

    Traffic Out

    The average rate of response bits for the Load Balancer, in Mbps

    vServer Health

    The average percentage of services bound to this virtual server that were in an Upstate

    Active Services

    The average number of active services bound to this virtual server

    Inactive Services

    The average number of inactive services bound to this virtual server

    Hit Rate

    Average rate per second of total requests received by this Load Balancer

    Spill Over

    Maximum number of spillovers experienced by the virtual server

    Surge Count

    The average number of requests in the surge queue

    Method

    The load-balancing method used by this Load Balancer (Round Robin, Least Connection, etc.)


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