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BIG-IP® 3.x and earlier The following OIDs and configs are for BIG-IP® 3.x and prior, although with the latest version of 4.x I've tested (4.2 PTF-04), they still work. F5 does have them listed in the new MIB as being depreciated, however, so they could drop support at any 4.x revision or patch.   Bandwidth out of Each Interface The default MRTG configuration generated by the cfgmaker utility will provide the graphs for bandwidth in and out of each interface (usually the External and Internal interfaces). Total Available Memory A good metric to monitor on a BIG-IP® is available memory. This is important because of the way BIG-IP® manages it's resources. The more utilization a BIG-IP® is experiencing, the less memory becomes available. If you run out of memory, then you are in trouble as the BIG-IP® will become unresponsive. Also, there were some versions of BIG-IP's® code that experience memory leaks. While patched in current versions, this may help identify any potential memory leaks with the version you are running.   #--------------------------------------------------------------- Target[bigip1.memAvail]: 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0: public@bigip1 MaxBytes[bigip1.memAvail]: 10000 AbsMax[bigip1.memAvail]: 1000000 Title[bigip1.memAvail]: Total Available Memory PageTop[bigip1.memAvail]: <H1>Total Available Memory</H1> This server is a BIG/ip Options[bigip1.memAvail]: gauge,growright YLegend[bigip1.memAvail]: Available Memory ShortLegend[bigip1.memAvail]: Available Memory Legend1[bigip1.memAvail]: Available Memory Legend2[bigip1.memAvail]: Available Memory LegendI[bigip1.memAvail]:  kb: LegendO[bigip1.memAvail]:  kb: #--------------------------------------------------------------- Connections Per Second Connections per second is especially important in a server based load balancers, as chances are this is where you'll hit the wall with this metric as a performance limit than any other performance metric.   #--------------------------------------------------------------- Target[bigip1.contot]: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.1.1.51.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.1.1.51.0:public@bigip1 MaxBytes[bigip1.contot]: 2000 AbsMax[bigip1.contot]: 5000 Title[bigip1.contot]: Connections per Second PageTop[bigip1.contot]: <H1>Connections Per Second</H1> This server is a B IG/ip Options[bigip1.contot]: growright YLegend[bigip1.contot]: connections/s ShortLegend[bigip1.contot]: connections/s Legend1[bigip1.contot]: connections/s Legend2[bigip1.contot]: LegendI[bigip1.contot]: &nbsp;con/s: LegendO[bigip1.contot]: #--------------------------------------------------------------- Total Open Connections Total open connections monitors how many TCP sessions are active at any given moment. Generally, the more connections that are open, the more BIG-IP system resources (especially memory) are being used.   #--------------------------------------------------------------- Target[bigip1.concur]: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.1.1.52.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.1.1.52.0:public@bigip1 MaxBytes[bigip1.concur]: 100000 AbsMax[bigip1.concur]: 100000 Title[bigip1.concur]: Total Connections PageTop[bigip1.concur]: <H1>Total Connections</H1> This server is a BIG/ip Options[bigip1.concur]: gauge,growright YLegend[bigip1.concur]: total cons ShortLegend[bigip1.concur]: &nbsp; Legend1[bigip1.concur]: total cons Legend2[bigip1.concur]: LegendI[bigip1.concur]: total cons LegendO[bigip1.concur]: #---------------------------------------------------------------

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