Viewing Message Rate

The Message Rate tab shows the number of messages processed by the appliance over a 12-hour time period.

Procedure

  1. Choose Dashboards > System Status from the navigation menu.
  2. Click the Message Rate tab to view the Message Rate graph.
  3. If you are viewing a larger version of the Message Rate graph, click the back and forward buttons to display the number of messages during a specific time segment.
    For additional information about the graph, see the following table.
  4. Click the Refresh button to update the Message Rate graph.
    Message Rate Tab Elements
    Element Description
    Go back 12 hours.
    Go back 6 hours.
    Go forward 12 hours.
    Go forward 6 hours.
    Message Rate section
    <blue line> Real-time message traffic which includes UDP syslog and/or raw TCP (SyslogNG) traffic.
    <pink line> Average rate of the incoming messages for the time segment shown.
    <red line> Appears when inbound traffic exceeds the preset threshold
    Updates the Message Rate graph.
    To view message rate for a 30-day period, navigate to Dashboards > Advanced Dashboards > Advanced System Status. You can view Advanced Dashboards only if Advanced Features are enabled. To enable Advanced Features, contact your administrator.