Figure 357: Basic Settings > Dashboard > Interface
The Interface module on the Dashboard is based on data provided by the Linux kernel (/proc and /sys directories). The standard Munin plugins query this information from these locations and they are displayed on the GUI.
Statistics
The memory types displayed are the following:
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Received: The network interface has received x Kilobytes per second.
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Sent: The network interface has sent x Kilobytes per second.
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Received error: The amount of errors, packet drops, and collisions on the network interface (in Kilopackets per second).
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Sent error: The amount of errors, packet drops, and collisions on the network interface (in Kilopackets per second).
Figure 358: Basic Settings > Dashboard > Load average
The Load average module on the Dashboard is based on data provided by the Linux kernel (/proc and /sys directories). The standard Munin plugins query this information from these locations and they are displayed on the GUI.
A measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs. The load average represents the average system load over a period of time. It conventionally appears in the form of three numbers which represent the system load during the last one-, five-, and fifteen-minute periods.
Statistics
The load average types displayed are the following:
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Load 1: Average load in 1 minute.
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Load 5: Average load in 5 minute.
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Load 15: Average load in 15 minute.
Figure 359: Basic Settings > Dashboard > Number of processes
The Number of processes module on the Dashboard is based on the output of the ps command.
Statistics
The process types displayed are the following:
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Processes: Number of running processes.
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Forks: Number of forks (system calls). It is an operation where a process creates a copy of itself.
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Context switches: Number of context switches. It is the switching of the CPU from one processor thread to another.
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Interrupts: Number of interrupts.
The following describes how to display statistics of a specific connection policy.
To display statistics of a specific connection policy
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Navigate to Basic Settings > Dashboard > Connection statistics.
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To display the statistics of a connection policy, enter the name of the policy into the Connection.
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Select the time period to display from the Select resolution field.
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Click View graph.