# Monitor Real Server

To access the Monitor Real Server dialog box:

1. Select Device > Configure > SLB Statistics.

2. With a server load balancing (SLB) instance selected, click Real Servers. The Real Server Info table is displayed.

3. Select an entry in the Real Server Info table and click Monitor.

This dialog box displays the following data:

- Connections Count (slbRealNumberOfConnections)

- Operating Weight (slbRealOperWeight)

- Metric value (slbRealMetric)

- Consecutive fails Count (slbRealConsecutiveFails)

- Total Fail Count (slbRealTotalFails)

- Total Connections Handled (slbRealTotalConnections)

- Connections Handled -64bit (slbRealHCTotalConnections)

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:

- To specify the refresh rate for this dialog box, select a value from the drop-down box.

- Click Start/Stop to begin/end device monitoring.

> Note: The Start/Stop toggle feature is supported only by CiscoView 5.x.

- Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

- Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.

- Click Help to access online help.

Connections Count (slbRealNumberOfConnections)

The number of TCP and UDP connections assigned to the real server.

Operating Weight (slbRealOperWeight)

The actual operating weight of the real server used by the load balancing algorithms. This can be adjusted dynamically by Dynamic Feedback Protocol (DFP).

A weight of zero indicates that no new connections will be assigned to the real server. Higher weight values shows that the real server can accept more work.

Metric value (slbRealMetric)

The value used by the least connections load balancing algorithm. The number of connections divided by the actual operating weight gives its value. New connections are given to the server with the smaller metric.

Consecutive fails Count (slbRealConsecutiveFails)

The number of connection failures. A connection is failed when a SYN timeouts or an RST is received from the real server.

Total Fail Count (slbRealTotalFails)

The number of times the real server has failed since the creation of the row.

Total Connections Handled (slbRealTotalConnections)

The number of assigned connections handled by the real server since it was configured.

Connections Handled -64bit (slbRealHCTotalConnections)

The number of assigned connections handled by the real server since it was configured. This is the 64-bit version of slbRealTotalConnections.