F5 System Throughput Test

This test tracks the throughput of the applications that were load balanced by the target traffic manager.

Target of the test : A Big-IP/F5 Local Traffic Manager

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target traffic manager that is being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The IP address of the traffic manager
Port	The port number on which the traffic manager is listening. By default, this is NULL.

Measurements made by the test
Measurements	Description	Measurement Unit
Service data rate	Indicates the rate at which data through the traffic manager was serviced.	Kbps
Average service data rate	Indicates the average rate at which data through the traffic manager was serviced.	Kbps
Data received rate	Indicates rate at which data was received by the traffic manager.	Kbps
Average data received rate	Indicates the average rate at which data was received by the traffic manager.	Kbps
Data transmitted rate	Indicates the rate at which data was transmitted from the traffic manager.	Kbps
Average data transmitted rate	Indicates the average rate at which data was transmitted from the traffic manager.	Kbps
Service packets rate	Indicates the rate at which packets were serviced through the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
Average service packets rate	Indicates the average rate at which packets were serviced through the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
Packets received rate	Indicates the rate at which packets were received by the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
Average packets received rate	Indicates the average rate at which packets were received by the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
Packtes transmitted rate	Indicates the rate at which packets were transmitted from the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
Average packets transmitted rate	Indicates the average rate at which packets were transmitted from the traffic manager.	Packets/sec
HTTP requests rate	Indicates the rate at which HTTP requests were received by the traffic manager.	Requests/sec
Average HTTP requests rate	Indicates the average rate at which HTTP requests were received by the traffic manager.	Requests/sec
SSL transaction rate	Indicates the rate at which SSL transactions were made through the traffic manager.	Transactions/sec
Average SSL transaction rate	Indicates the average rate at which SSL transactions were made through the traffic manager.	Transactions/sec