Network Traffic - OS Test

This test monitors the incoming and outgoing traffic through each cloud PC.

Target of the test : A Windows 365 Cloud PCs Group

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every cloudPC:network_interface combination

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The nick name of the Windows 365 Cloud PCs Group component for which this test is to be configured.

Port

Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is NULL.

Report Powered OS

If this flag is set to Yes (which is the default setting), then the 'inside view' tests will report measures for even those Cloud PCs that do not have any users logged in currently. Such PCs will be identified by their name and not by the username_on_CloudPCName. On the other hand, if this flag is set to No, then this test will not report measures for those Cloud PCs to which no users are logged in currently.  

Report By User

This flag is set to Yes by default. The value of this flag cannot be changed. This implies that the Cloud PCs in environments will always be identified using the login name of the user. In other words, this test will, by default, report measures for every username_on_CloudPCName.

SUDOCMD

This test executes certain privileged commands to pull out the desired metrics from the cloud PCs. To enable the test to run these commands, you first need to install a sudo package on the cloud PC. Once the package is installed, you need to specify the full path to the install directory of the sudo package in the SUDOCMD text box.

Is Full Duplex

By default, this flag is set to Yes, indicating that the incoming and outgoing data traffic is handled in full duplex mode. This means that the network interfaces are sending and receiving data at the same time. If the data traffic in your environment is handled in half-duplex mode, set this flag to No. This means that the network interfaces are not sending and receiving data at the same time; in essence, it is a one-way conversation. In this case, the test halves the value of the Incoming traffic and Outgoing traffic measures.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Incoming traffic

Indicates the rate at which data (including framing characters) is received on a network interface.

Mbps

An abnormally high rate of incoming traffic may require additional analysis.

Outgoing traffic

Represents the rate at which data (including framing characters) is sent on a network interface.

Mbps

An abnormally high rate of outgoing traffic may require additional analysis.

Maximum bandwidth

An estimate of the capacity of a network interface.

Mbps

 

Bandwidth usage

Indicates the percentage of bandwidth used by a network interface.

Percent

By comparing the bandwidth usage with the maximum bandwidth of an interface, an administrator can determine times when the network interface is overloaded or is being a performance bottleneck.

Output queue length

Indicates the length of the output packet queue (in packets)

Number

If this is longer than 2, delays are being experienced and the bottleneck should be found and eliminated if possible.

Outbound packet errors

The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors

Number

Ideally, number of outbound errors should be 0.

Inbound packet errors

The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.

Number

Ideally, number of inbound errors should be 0.

Outbound packet discards

Indicates the number of error-free outbound packets that were discarded by this network interface during the last measurement period.

Number

Ideally, the value of these measures should be zero. These measures may report a non-zero value when an interface runs short of resources – e.g., NIC buffers.

 

Inbound packet discards

Indicates the number of error-free inbound packets that were discarded by this network interface during the last measurement period.

Number

Note:

If the Network Traffic - OS test is not reporting measures for a cloud PC, make sure that you have enabled the SNMP service for the cloud PC.