F5 Big IP: Virtual machine port outgoing packets Health Monitor

Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.F5BigIp.VMPOutgoingPackets.2.1 (AggregateMonitor)

This monitor catches Xian events that notifies when the Virtual machine port outgoing packets if has changed its state.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Number of outgoing packets from virtual machine port is over threshold.

The number of outgoing packets from the virtual machine port is above the maximum threshold configured in Xian Network Manager 2012.

Causes

Increase of network demand sent from the virtual machine port.

Resolutions

Evaluate configuration of virtual machine port to ensure that it is allowing the crucial packets. If required, implement additional security appliances or evaluate a demand redistribution to reduce outgoing traffic from virtual machine port.

Additional

Monitors outgoing packets from virtual machine port.

Element properties:

Target

Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.F5Networks.JsXF5BigIpV9VirtualMachinePortElement

Parent Monitor

System.Health.PerformanceState

Algorithm

WorstOf

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Low

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Virtual machine port outgoing packets Alert

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Source Code:

<AggregateMonitor ID="Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.F5BigIp.VMPOutgoingPackets.2.1" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="ThirdParty_F5Networks!Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.F5Networks.JsXF5BigIpV9VirtualMachinePortElement" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="VMPOutgoingPackets_AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>

</AggregateMonitor>