The status of Silk Meter server, along with statistical data, can be viewed via a Web interface using any Web browser.
After installing Silk Meter, the Silk Meter Server Status page will display the status "down/unknown" until the server receives the first request.
URL: http://machinename:webport
machinename: Computer name of the Silk Meter server
webport: Port number, which can be configured in the config.xml file (19462 is the default)
Two different views are provided: a status page for the new proxy service, which is responsible for connection handling, and a status page for the Core service.
The following table explains the data that is available on the Silk Meter Proxy Status page.
Status: |
Current status of the Silk Meter server. A status of OK indicates that the most recent request was successful. |
Last response: |
Time elapsed since the last response was sent |
Concurrent connections: |
Number of established connections from Silk Meter clients |
Mean client side RTT: |
Average round-trip time experienced by clients |
Mean Core RTT: |
Average round-trip time of requests processed by the Silk Meter Core |
Connection queue length: |
Queue length of client-side connection requests that have not yet been established to the Silk Meter Core |
Pending requests: |
Number of requests that have not yet received responses |
Connects: |
Total number of accepted connections |
Total requests: |
Total number of received requests |
License requests: |
Number of received license requests (start_use, end_use, probe_use, or check_use) |
Listening port: |
Configured listening port of the Silk Meter server (5461 is the default) |
Silk Meter Core status: |
Link to the Silk Meter Core Status page |
Reset Log |
Button that resets all data used in status views |
The following table explains the data that is available on the Silk Meter Core Status page.
VM size: |
Size of currently used Silk Meter Core virtual memory |
Handle count: |
Number of currently used Silk Meter Core handles |
CPU: |
Current CPU usage of the Silk Meter Core |
Starts: |
Number of Core starts (includes a log of all start-events, including reasons for the starts) |
<=back |
Button that links back to the Silk Meter Proxy Status page |