Dashboard

This chapter has details about the Cisco Nexus Data Broker dashboard. The dashboard integrates information from multiple components and devices into a unified display.

Beginning with Release 3.10.1, Cisco Nexus Data Broker (NDB) has been renamed to Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker. However, some instances of NDB are present in this document, to correspond with the GUI, and installation folder structure. References of NDB/ Nexus Data Broker/ Nexus Dashboard Data Broker, can be used interchangeably.

Dashboard

The intent of Dashboard is to enable network and storage administrators to focus on particular areas of concern around the health and performance of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker. This information is provided as 24-hour snapshots.

From the left menu bar, choose Dashboard. The Dashboard window displays the following dashlets:

  • Status by Resources—Status of the resources connected to the Nexus Dashboard Data Broker controller are displayed in color-coded circles. The resources are:

    • NDB Devices

    • Input Ports

    • Filters

    • Monitoring Tools

    • Connections

  • Data Handled / Received since date —Overall amount of data received and transmitted by the Nexus Dashboard Data Broker controller since the indicated date.

  • NDB Runtime—Runtime of the current cluster.

  • NDB Last Restart—Date and time the cluster was last restarted.