Cluster - Field Help

Configuration Settings

Edit the configuration setting on the cluster Configuration Settings tab, and then click Update Configuration.

Default port weight bound
The default weight bound for all future ports on this cluster. You can override this value on a per-port basis. The valid range is 1-to-10; the default value is 10.


Current Statistics

Cluster address
The dotted decimal IP address of this cluster.



Proportions

The following proportions of importance are given to each of these external factors, used by the manager to make weighting decisions.

Note: The weight of active connections, plus the weight of new connections, plus the weight of the advisor information, plus the weight of the system monitoring program information must total 100.

Proportion given to active connections
A number from 0-to-100 representing the proportion of weight given to the active connections. The default is 50.

Active connections is the number of active connections on each load-balanced server machine, as tracked by the Cisco CSS Switch.

The number of active connections is dependent upon the number of clients, as well as the length of time necessary to use the services that are provided by the load-balanced server machines.

Proportion given to new connections
A number from 0-to-100 representing the proportion of weight given to the new connections. The default is 50.

New connections is the number of new connections on each load-balanced server machine, as tracked by the Cisco CSS Switch.

Proportion given specific to the port
A number from 0-to-100 representing the proportion of weight given to the information coming from an advisor about a port. The default value is 0.

Proportion given to system metrics
A number from 0-to-100 representing the proportion of weight given to the information from the system metrics. The default value is 0.

Sum of Proportions (must be 100)
The sum of the above proportions. The total must equal 100.

List of system metrics
Current list of metric values and their proportions

Notes:

  1. You can change the relative proportion of importance to the manager of the four values; however, the sum must equal 100. The default ratio is 50/50/0/0, which ignores the advisor and system information. Try different proportions to find the combination that provides the best performance.
  2. Avoid setting the active connections and new connections proportions too low. You will disable Cisco Consultant's load balancing and smoothing unless these values are set to at least 20 each.


Lists

List of Ports
The port number shows port numbers that are currently active and the number of servers shows those that are currently active.
To remove a port, highlight the port in the list and click Remove.