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Virtual server details

This page shows detailed information about the virtual server you select.

Go to Fortiview > Server Load Balance > Virtual Server.

Select the virtual server you want by clicking on its name, on the left side; it will lead you into the page illustrated below.

Below the virtual server name are four tabs, which allow you to display the data about the virtual server by

Analytics

The Analytics page provides real-time analysis of data about the virtual server using colored icons, charts, and diagrams, etc. See the following figure:

In the upper-right corner of the page is a drop-down box. Click the down arrow to pull down the drop-down menu which contains for setting the time frame for the graph the bottom of the page. The options are:

  • 1 Hour
  • 6 Hour
  • 1 Day
  • 1 Week
  • 1 Month
  • 1 Year

In the lower-right corner of the page is another drop-down box which contains data options you can choose to show in the graph. The options are:

  • End to End Timing (default)
  • Throughput
  • Concurrent Connections
  • Connections per Second
  • Request
Health

This page uses a bar graph to show the virtual server's health status in a specific time frame, as shown in the following figure:

Health

In the upper-right corner of the page is a drop-down menu, which provides the time frames that you can choose from for the graph. The options are the same as those described in the section above.

Client

This page depicts the clients of the virtual server across the globe, as illustrated in the following figure:

The Client page has the following sections:

  • Location—This part of the page shows the top five countries in the world where most of the client traffic is coming from. The dots on the map shows the locations of those countries. Mouse over a dot to see the name of that country in the tool tip. The + (plus) and – (minus) signs allow you to zoom in or out on the map. The table below the map shows percentage of client traffic from each of those countries: the green up arrows indicate that traffic is increasing; the percentage in green indicates the percentage increase in client traffic since the last data was sampled; and the percentage in black indicates the percentage of traffic each of the counties accounts for in total client traffic.
  • Device—This part of the page shows the types of devices that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the devices since the last data was sampled, and the percentage of a type of device among all devices that are used.
  • Browser—This part of the page shows the web browsers that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the browsers, and the percentage of each of the browsers among all browsers that are used.
  • Operating System—This part of the page shows the operating systems that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the operating systems since the last data was sampled, and the percentage that each operating system accounts for among all the operating systems that are used.
  • Top URLs—This part of the page shows the top five web browsers that the clients are using, and the percentage that each of them accounts for among all the browsers that are used.
Session

This page shows all the active sessions that the virtual server currently maintains. The table provides the same information and tools as described in All Sessions

Persistence

This page shows all the active persistence sessions that the virtual server currently maintains. The table provides the same information and tools as described in All Sessions

Statistics

This page shows the statistics for this particular VS, its counters. After reboot, all the counters will restart on their own. It is limited to HTTP/HTTPS virtual servers.

Virtual server details

This page shows detailed information about the virtual server you select.

Go to Fortiview > Server Load Balance > Virtual Server.

Select the virtual server you want by clicking on its name, on the left side; it will lead you into the page illustrated below.

Below the virtual server name are four tabs, which allow you to display the data about the virtual server by

Analytics

The Analytics page provides real-time analysis of data about the virtual server using colored icons, charts, and diagrams, etc. See the following figure:

In the upper-right corner of the page is a drop-down box. Click the down arrow to pull down the drop-down menu which contains for setting the time frame for the graph the bottom of the page. The options are:

  • 1 Hour
  • 6 Hour
  • 1 Day
  • 1 Week
  • 1 Month
  • 1 Year

In the lower-right corner of the page is another drop-down box which contains data options you can choose to show in the graph. The options are:

  • End to End Timing (default)
  • Throughput
  • Concurrent Connections
  • Connections per Second
  • Request
Health

This page uses a bar graph to show the virtual server's health status in a specific time frame, as shown in the following figure:

Health

In the upper-right corner of the page is a drop-down menu, which provides the time frames that you can choose from for the graph. The options are the same as those described in the section above.

Client

This page depicts the clients of the virtual server across the globe, as illustrated in the following figure:

The Client page has the following sections:

  • Location—This part of the page shows the top five countries in the world where most of the client traffic is coming from. The dots on the map shows the locations of those countries. Mouse over a dot to see the name of that country in the tool tip. The + (plus) and – (minus) signs allow you to zoom in or out on the map. The table below the map shows percentage of client traffic from each of those countries: the green up arrows indicate that traffic is increasing; the percentage in green indicates the percentage increase in client traffic since the last data was sampled; and the percentage in black indicates the percentage of traffic each of the counties accounts for in total client traffic.
  • Device—This part of the page shows the types of devices that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the devices since the last data was sampled, and the percentage of a type of device among all devices that are used.
  • Browser—This part of the page shows the web browsers that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the browsers, and the percentage of each of the browsers among all browsers that are used.
  • Operating System—This part of the page shows the operating systems that the clients are using, the percentage increase in the use of each of the operating systems since the last data was sampled, and the percentage that each operating system accounts for among all the operating systems that are used.
  • Top URLs—This part of the page shows the top five web browsers that the clients are using, and the percentage that each of them accounts for among all the browsers that are used.
Session

This page shows all the active sessions that the virtual server currently maintains. The table provides the same information and tools as described in All Sessions

Persistence

This page shows all the active persistence sessions that the virtual server currently maintains. The table provides the same information and tools as described in All Sessions

Statistics

This page shows the statistics for this particular VS, its counters. After reboot, all the counters will restart on their own. It is limited to HTTP/HTTPS virtual servers.