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Rule Status - Field Help

If applicable, edit any of the following configuration settings on the Rule Status panel and click Update Configuration.

Begin range

The lower value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule is true. The kind of value and its default depends on the type of rule:

  • ip address - the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default value is 0.0.0.0.
  • time of day - an integer. The default value is 0, representing midnight.
  • total connections - an integer. The default value is 0.
  • active connections - an integer. The default value is 0.
  • client port - an integer. The default value is 0.
  • reserved bandwidth - an integer. The default value is 0.

End range

The higher value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule is true. The kind of value and its default depends on the type of rule:

  • ip address - the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default value is 255.255.255.255.
  • time of day - an integer. The default value is 24, representing midnight.
  • total connections - an integer. The default value is 2 to the 32nd power minus 1.
  • active connections - an integer. The default value is 2 to the 32nd power minus 1.
  • client port - an integer. The default value is 65535.
  • reserved bandwidth - an integer. The default value is 2 to the 32nd power minus 1.

Priority

An integer representing the order in which rules will be reviewed. If no priority is given to the first rule you set, by default it will be given a priority value of 1. The next rule will then be given a priority value of 11 (last priority value + 10, in this case 1 + 10), third rule = 21, fourth rule = 31, then 41 and so forth.

Level to evaluate

Valid only for Total Connections, Active Connections and Reserved Bandwidth. Choose between evaluating all of the servers on the port or only the servers on the rule.

Level to share available bandwidth

Set the level at which you would like bandwidth to be shared - either at the cluster or at the executor level.

Sharing bandwidth at the cluster level allows a port (or ports) to share a maximum amount of bandwidth across several ports (applications/protocols) within the same cluster. Sharing bandwidth at the executor level allows a cluster (or clusters) within the entire Dispatcher configuration to share a maximum amount of bandwidth. The default value is 0. If the value is zero, then bandwidth cannot be shared.

Note: You should specify a maximum shared bandwidth value that does not exceed the total bandwidth (total server capacity) available.



The following current statistics are also displayed on the Rule Status panel:

Name

The name you chose for the rule. This name can contain any alphanumeric character, underscore, hyphen, or period. It may be from 1 to 20 characters and cannot contain any blanks.

Rule type

The type of the rule. Possible types are:

  • ip address - based on the client IP address.
  • time of day - based on the time of day.
  • total connections - based on the number of connections per second for the port.
  • active connections - based on the number of active connections total for the port.
  • client port - based on the client port.
  • reserved bandwidth - an integer. Based on the number of bytes per second being delivered by a set of servers.
  • shared bandwidth - an integer. Based on the amount of bandwidth to share at either the cluster or executor level. If the value is 0, then bandwidth cannot be shared.
  • always true - will always be true. (Think of it as an else statement in programming logic.)

Times fired

The number of times this rule has fired either since it was added or since the last time the executor was restarted.

Total active connections

The current total number of active connections for this port.

Connections per second

The current number of connections per second for this port.

KBytes transferred per second

The number of kilobytes being transferred per second on this port.



List of Servers

Shows the addresses of servers currently associated with the rule.