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Gain insights into the performance of your F5 BIG-IP LTM and DNS solutions.

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Release notes

Overview

The F5 BIG-IP extension uses SNMP to collect data remotely. Data is collected from your F5 devices every minute and continuously analyzed by the Dynatrace platform. The insights provided go beyond simple charting capabilities cover both the Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and DNS (formerly Global Traffic Manager) modules of the BIG-IP platform. The unified analysis pages offer insight into the health and performance of the platform, while the Dynatrace analytics engine baselines and alerts on the most important indicators. The topology-first approach allows Davis AI to investigate and correlate detected problems between components and identify root causes.

This is intended for users who:

Want to monitor the health state and performance of their F5 BIG-IP devices
Look for analysis support for Ops, IT, and network admins.

This enables you to:

Monitor infrastructure with a comprehensive dashboard
Detect traffic anomalies and set up alerting for them
Take pre-emptive measures to avoid service degradations

Compatibility Requirements

F5 BIG-IP devices using SNMP v2c and v3

Use cases

Monitor F5 infrastructure and resource utilization
Understand the health and performance of Local Traffic Manager and DNS
Enable alerting on detected anomalies
Capture BIG-IP notifications by integrating with the SNMP Traps extension.

Get started

Activate the extension in your environment web-UI using the in-product Hub, provide the necessary device configuration, and you’re all set.

Read more in our SNMP extension documentation.

Details

The extension package contains:

SNMP data source configuration for metric ingestion
Topology and relationship definitions for physical (BIG-IP instance, disks, network interfaces) and logical (LTM & DNS virtual servers, pools, pool members, etc.) components of the BIG-IP platform.
Dashboards offering LTM & DNS monitoring overviews and a high level status overview
Alerts covering component availability and resource utilization
Unified Analysis pages for each entity

This extension is built on top of the new Extension 2.0 Framework.

More information can be found on the Dynatrace Product News Blog.

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Extension content

Content typeNumber of items included

screen logs cards

screen injections

screen actions

alerts

screen entities lists

generic relationship

log processing rule

screen chart groups

generic type

screen message cards

metric metadata

154

metric query

screen properties

list screen layout

screen layout

dashboards

Feature sets

Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual metrics can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.

Feature setsNumber of metrics included

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.tot.requests.count	The total number of requests to the specified pool.	Count
Connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.server.tot.conns.count	The total connections from server-side to the specified pool.	Count
Current sessions	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.cur.sessions	The current number of sessions to the specified pool.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Pool member state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool_member.state	State metric which captures details of F5 DNS (GTM) Pool Members. Value is always 1.	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Accepted syn cookies	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.wl.syncookie.accepts.count	The number of whitelist syn cookies received that were accepted.	Count
Rejected syn cookies	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.wl.syncookie.rejects.count	The number of whitelist syn cookies received that were rejected.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Total swap	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.mem.total.swap	The total amount of swap space configured for this host.	KiloByte
Available swap	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.mem.avail.swap	The amount of swap space currently unused or available.	KiloByte
Shared memory	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.mem.shared	The total amount of real or virtual memory currently allocated for use as shared memory. This object will not be implemented on hosts where the underlying operating system does not explicitly identify memory as specifically reserved for this purpose.	KiloByte
Cached memory	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.mem.cached	The total amount of real or virtual memory currently allocated for use as cached memory. This object will not be implemented on hosts where the underlying operating system does not explicitly identify memory as specifically reserved for this purpose.	KiloByte
Buffer memory	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.mem.buffer	The total amount of real or virtual memory currently allocated for use as memory buffers. This object will not be implemented on hosts where the underlying operating system does not explicitly identify memory as specifically reserved for this purpose.	KiloByte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Bits received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.bits_persec_in_count	The number of bits per second received by the specified virtual server.	BitPerSecond
Bits sent	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.bits_persec_out_count	The number of bits per second sent by the specified virtual server.	BitPerSecond
Packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.pkts_persec_in_count	The number of packets per second received by the specified virtual server.	PerSecond
Packets sent	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.pkts_persec_out_count	The number of packets per second received by the specified virtual server.	PerSecond
Connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.connections_count	The number of total connections to the specified virtual server.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Bytes received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.bytes.in.count	The number of bytes received by the specified virtual server from client-side.	Byte
Ephemeral bytes received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.ephemeral.bytes.in.count	The number of bytes received ephemeral by the specified virtual server.	Byte
Bytes transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.bytes.out.count	The number of bytes sent to client-side from the specified virtual server.	Byte
Ephemeral bytes transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.ephemeral.bytes.out.count	The number of bytes transmitted ephemeral from the specified virtual server.	Byte
Packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.pkts.in.count	The number of packets received by the specified virtual server from client-side.	Count
Ephemeral packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.ephemeral.pkts.in.count	The number of packets received ephemeral by the specified virtual server.	Count
Packets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.pkts.out.count	The number of packets sent to client-side from the specified virtual server.	Count
Ephemeral packets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.ephemeral.pkts.out.count	The number of packets transmitted ephemeral from the specified virtual server.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Total memory	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.host.memory.total	The total host memory in bytes (not including TMM). This is for a single host system.	Byte
Used memory	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.host.memory.used	The host memory in bytes currently in use (not including TMM). This is for a single host system.	Byte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Wide IP state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.state	State metric which captures the metadata details of an F5 DNS (GTM) Wide IP. The value is always 1.	NotApplicable
Wide IP to Pool link	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.pool_link	Relational metric linking F5 DNS (GTM) Pools to a Wide IP	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Bytes received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.server.bytes.in.count	The number of bytes received by the specified pool member from server-side.	Byte
Bytes transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.server.bytes.out.count	The number of bytes sent to server-side from the specified pool member.	Byte
Packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.server.pkts.in.count	The number of packets received by the specified pool member from server-side.	Count
Packets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.server.pkts.out.count	The number of packets sent to server-side from the specified pool member.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Idle CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.idle1m	The average time spent by the specified processor doing nothing for the system in the last one minute.	Percent
IO Wait CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.iowait1m	The average time spent by the specified processor waiting for external I/O to complete for the system in the last one minute.	Percent
IRQ CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.irq1m	The average time spent by the specified processor servicing hardware interrupts for the system in the last one minute.	Percent
Soft IRQ CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.softirq1min	The average time spent by the specified processor servicing soft interrupts for the system in the last one minute.	Percent
Stolen CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.stolen1m	The average time 'stolen' from the system in the last one minute.	Percent
System CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.system1m	The average time spent by the specified processor servicing system calls for the system in the last one minute.	Percent
User CPU	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.user1m	The average time spent by the specified processor in user context for the system in the last one minute.	Percent

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Ephemeral connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.ephemeral.tot.conns.count	The total ephemeral connections to the specified virtual server.	Count
Slow connections killed	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.slow.killed.count	The number of slow client-side connections that have been killed on the specified virtual server.	Count
Evicted connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.evicted.conns.count	The number of client-side connections that have been evicted on the specified virtual server.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Monitor status	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.monitor.status	The hierarchical load balance state for the specified node address, including parent status. Value is always 1. Status dimension takes values: unchecked(0), checking(1), inband(2), up(3), addr-down(18), down(19), forced-down(20), maint(21), irule-down(22), inband-down(23), down-manual-resume(24)	Unspecified
Pool Member state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.state	General state metric for the pool_member. Value is always 1, but dimensions 'Enabled state' and 'Availability state' define the state. The availability state takes the following values: 0 (none/error); 1 (green/available in some capacity); 2 (yellow/not currently available); 3 (red/not available); 4 (blue/availability is unknown); 5 (gray/unlicensed). Enabled state takes values 0 (none), 1 (enabled), 2 (disabled), 3 (disabled by parent).	Unspecified

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Common connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.tot.compat.conns.count	The total number of concurrent compat connections with established SSL sessions being maintained by the filter.	Count
Native connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.tot.native.conns.count	The total number of concurrent native connections with established SSL sessions being maintained by the filter.	Count
Fatal alerts	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.fatal.alerts.count	The total number of the fatal alerts.	Count
DTLSv1 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.dtlsv1.count	The total connections for SSL DTLS protocol version 1.	Count
DTLSv2 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.sslv2.count	The total connections for SSL protocol version 2.	Count
SSLv3 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.sslv3.count	The total connections for SSL protocol version 3.	Count
TLSv1.1 connections.count	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.tlsv11.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.1.	Count
TLSv1.2 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.tlsv12.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.2.	Count
TLSv1 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.tlsv1.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Preferred lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.lb_preferred_count	The number of times which the preferred load balance method is used for the specified pool.	Count
Alternate lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.lb_alternate_count	The number of times which the alternate load balance method is used for the specified pool.	Count
Fallback lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.lb_fallback_count	The number of times which the fallback load balance method is used for the specified pool.	NotApplicable
Dropped messages	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.dropped_count	The number of dropped DNS messages for the specified pool.	Count
Return to DNS	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.return_to_dns_count	The number of times which a resolve was returned to DNS (for resolution) for the specified pool.	Count
Return from DNS	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.return_from_dns_count	The number of times which a resolve was returned from DNS for the specified pool.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.requests_count	The number of total requests for the specified wide IP.	Count
Resolutions	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.resolutions_count	The number of total resolutions for the specified wide IP.	Count
Persisted requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.persisted_requests_count	The number of persisted requests for the specified wide IP.	Count
Preferred lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.lb_preferred_count	The number of times which the preferred load balance method is used for the specified wide IP.	Count
Fallback lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.lb_fallback_count	The number of times which the fallback load balance method is used for the specified wide IP.	Count
Alternate lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.lb_alternate_count	The number of times which the alternate load balance method is used for the specified wide IP.	Count
Dropped messages	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.dropped_count	The number of dropped DNS messages for the specified wide IP.	Count
Return to DNS	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.return_to_dns_count	The number of times which a resolve was returned to DNS (for resolution) for the specified wide IP.	Count
Return from DNS	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.return_from_dns_count	The number of times which a resolve was returned from DNS for the specified wide IP.	Count
CNAME resolutions	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.wip.cname_resolutions_count	The number of times which a query is resolved by the CNAME of pools associated with the specified Wide IP.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Preferred lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool_member.lb_preferred_count	The number of times which the preferred load balance method is used for the specified pool member.	Count
Alternate lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool_member.lb_alternate_count	The number of times which the preferred load balance method is used for the specified pool member.	Count
Fallback lb requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool_member.lb_fallback_count	The number of times which the fallback load balance method is used for the specified pool member.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Bytes received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.server.bytes.in.count	The number of bytes received by the specified pool from server-side.	Byte
Bytes transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.server.bytes.out.count	The number of bytes sent to server-side from the specified pool.	Byte
Packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.server.pkts.in.count	The number of packets received by the specified pool from server-side.	Count
Packets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.stat.server.pkts.out.count	The number of packets sent to server-side from the specified pool.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Secure handshakes	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.secure.handshakes.count	The number of handshakes, including mid-stream re-negotiations, performed with peers supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Handshake failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.handshake.failures.count	The total number of handshake failures.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Profile state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.state	A state metric containing the details of a DNS Profile. The value is always 1, use the dimensions to understand the details.	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Virtual server state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.state	General state metric for the server. Value is always 1, but dimensions carry all details of a virtual server.	Unspecified

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Signature failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.dnssec.sig_failures_count	Total number of general signature failures.	Count
RRSET failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.dnssec.rrset_failures_count	Total number of failures due to an RRSET failing to be signed.	Count
DNSKEY queries	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.dnssec.dnskey_queries_count	Total number of queries for DNSKEY type.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
DNS queries	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.queries_count	The total number of DNS queries.	Count
DNS responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.responses_count	The total number of DNS responses.	Count
Cache requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.to_cache_count	The number of requests sent to the DNS cache.	Count
DNS requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.to_dns_count	The number of requests sent to backend DNS.	Count
Dropped messages	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.drops_count	The number of packets dropped (not sent to GTM, DNS-Express, DNSSEC, DNS64, or Backend DNS (e.g. BIND)).	Count
NOERROR responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.resp_noerror_count	The number of NOERROR responses sent.	Count
NXDOMAIN responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.resp_nxdomain_count	The number of responses whose return code is NXDOMAIN.	Count
SERVFAIL responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.resp_servfail_count	The number of responses whose return code is SERVFAIL.	Count
REFUSED responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.resp_refused_count	The number of responses whose return code is REFUSED.	Count
Malicious packets	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.profile.malicious_count	The number of malicious packets received.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.tot.requests.count	The total number of requests going through the specified virtual server.	Count
CPU Usage	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.vs.usage.ratio1m	The percentage of time Virtual Server was busy over the last 1 minute.	Percent
Connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.virtualserver.stat.client.tot.conns.count	The total connections from client-side to the specified virtual server.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
CPU Usage	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.cpu_usage_count	The CPU usage in percentage for the specified virtual server.	Percent
Memory available	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.memory_available_count	The memory available in bytes for the specified virtual server.	Byte

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Insecure handshakes accepted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.insecure.handshake.accepts.count	The number of handshakes, including mid-stream re-negotiations, performed with peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Insecure handshakes rejected	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.insecure.handshake.rejects.count	The number of rejected initial handshakes with peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Insecure renegotiations rejected	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.server.ssl.stat.insecure.renegotiation.rejects.count	The number of rejected renegotiation attempts by peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
GET Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.get.reqs.count	The total number of HTTP get requests.	Count
POST Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.post.reqs.count	The total number of HTTP post requests.	Count
2xx Responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.resp2xx.cnt.count	The number of server-side responses in range of 200 to 206 (successful responses)	Count
3xx Responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.resp3xx.cnt.count	The number of server-side responses in range of 300 to 307 (redirection responses).	Count
4xx Responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.resp4xx.cnt.count	The number of server-side responses in range of 400 to 417 (client errors).	Count
5xx Responses	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.http.stat.resp5xx.cnt.count	The number of server-side responses in range of 500 to 505 (server errors).	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Members	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.member.cnt	The total number of members in the specified pool.	Count
Active members	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.active.member.cnt	The number of the current active members in the specified pool.	Count
Pool state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool.state	General state metric for the pool. Value is always 1, but dimensions 'Enabled state' and 'Availability state' define the state. The availability state takes the following values: 0 (none/error); 1 (green/available in some capacity); 2 (yellow/not currently available); 3 (red/not available); 4 (blue/availability is unknown); 5 (gray/unlicensed). Enabled state takes values 0 (none), 1 (enabled), 2 (disabled), 3 (disabled by parent).	Unspecified

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
DNS Pool state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.pool.state	State metric which captures details of DNS (GTM) Pools. Value is always 1.	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Status	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.status	The current state of the specified interface.	Unspecified
Bytes received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.bytes.in.count	The number of bytes received on the specified interface.	Byte
Bytes transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.bytes.out.count	The number of bytes transmitted out of the specified interface.	Byte
Packets received	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.pkts.in.count	The number of packets received on this interface.	Count
Packets transmitted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.pkts.out.count	The number of packets transmitted out of the specified interface.	Count
Dropped incoming packets	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.drops.in.count	The number of packets dropped on ingress for various reasons on the specified interface.	Count
Dropped outgoing packets	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.drops.out.count	The number of packets aged out or with excessive transmission delays due to multiple deferrals on the specified interface.	Count
Incoming errors	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.errors.in.count	The number of received packets that are either undersized, oversized, or have FCS errors by the specified interface.	Count
Outgoing errors	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.interface.stat.errors.out.count	The number of excessive collisions, incremented for each frame that experienced 16 collisions during transmission and was aborted on the specified interface.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.failures.count	The number of failures for executing the specified rule.	Count
Aborts	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.aborts.count	The number of aborts when executing the specified rule.	Count
Executions	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.total.executions.count	The total number of event executions for the specified rule.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Common connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.tot.compat.conns.count	The total number of concurrent compat connections with established SSL sessions being maintained by the filter.	Count
Native connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.tot.native.conns.count	The total number of concurrent native connections with established SSL sessions being maintained by the filter.	Count
Fatal alerts	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.fatal.alerts.count	The total number of the fatal alerts.	Count
Secure handshakes	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.secure.handshakes.count	The number of handshakes, including mid-stream re-negotiations, performed with peers supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Handshake failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.handshake.failures.count	The total number of handshake failures.	Count
Insecure handshakes accepted	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.insecure.handshake.accepts.count	The number of handshakes, including mid-stream re-negotiations, performed with peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Insecure handshakes rejected	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.insecure.handshake.rejects.count	The number of rejected initial handshakes with peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
Insecure renegotiations rejected	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.insecure.renegotiation.rejects.count	The number of rejected renegotiation attempts by peers not supporting SSL secure renegotiation.	Count
DTLSv1 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.dtlsv1.count	The total connections for SSL DTLS protocol version 1.0.	Count
SSLv2 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.sslv2.count	The total connections for SSL protocol version 2.	Count
SSLv3 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.sslv3.count	The total connections for SSL protocol version 3.	Count
TLSv1 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.tlsv1.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.	Count
TLSv1.1 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.tlsv11.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.1.	Count
TLSv1.2 connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.profile.client.ssl.stat.tlsv12.count	The total connections for SSL TLS protocol version 1.2.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Virtual server state	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.gtm.virtualserver.state	State metric describing the details of a DNS virtual server. The value is always 1, use the dimensions to understand the details.	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Failures	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.failures.count	The number of failures for executing the specified rule.	Count
Aborts	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.aborts.count	The number of aborts when executing the specified rule.	Count
Executions	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.rule.event.stat.total.executions.count	The total number of event executions for the specified rule.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Requests	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.tot.requests.count	The total number of requests going through the specified pool member.	Count
Connections	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.pool_member.stat.server.tot.conns.count	The total connections from server-side to the specified pool member.	Count

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Failover and Sync status	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.cm.state	The failover and config synchronization status of the device. Failover states can be: (0)unknown - the failover status of the device is unknown; (1)offline - the device is offline; (2)forcedOffline - the device is forced offline; (3)standby - the device is standby; (4)active - the device is active. Synchronization status can be: unknown(0), syncing(1), needManualSync(2), inSync(3), syncFailed(4), syncDisconnected(5), standalone(6), awaitingInitialSync(7), incompatibleVersion(8), partialSync(9)	NotApplicable

Metric name	Metric key	Description	Unit
Block size	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.host.disk.block.size	The number of bytes in the specified partition.	Byte
Total blocks	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.host.disk.total.blocks	The number of total blocks in the specified partition.	Count
Free blocks	com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.host.disk.free.blocks	The number of free blocks in the specified partition.	Count

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✨ New in this version:

Added support for BIG-IP DNS (formerly GTM), including:
- Entities: DNS Wide IPs, Pools, Virtual Servers, Traffic Profiles
- Metrics: as defined by the feature sets starting with "gtm"
- Configuration filtering options similar to the LTM part of the extension
Added a GTM Overview Dashboard to showcase the newly added features

🚀 Improved in this version:

Availability state displayed next to state detail in tables of Pool, Pool Member, and Virtual server entities
Smoothing strategy added to charts of counter metrics to avoid inaccurate spikes
"Monitored server" filter added to lists of pool members to allow browsing OneAgents and Custom Devices

🚀 Improved in this version:

Better support for HA clustered devices.
- LTM Data is no longer collected for devices not in "active" failover mode. These devices will register only infrastructure metrics.
- Pool Members and Virtual Servers use IP Address & Port Number for unique entity creation. This means in a failover event, these entities are no longer duplicated and maintain a continuous view of performance.

🪲 Fixed in this version:

Availablility alerts trigger false positives for Pool Members and Virtual Servers which are expected to be unavailable.
- All availability alerting now filters for data coming only from "active" devices. This means alerts are no longer raised for entities being unavailable on "standby" F5 devices.
A deprecated OID was causing some Pool Member performance metrics to not be linked with entities

⚠️ Note:

When upgrading from a previous version of this extension, all existing Pool Member and Virtual Server entities will be temporarily duplicated!
- This is an unavoidable side effect of changing the entity ID pattern (from using names, to using IP addresses) in order to provide support for clustered deployments.

🚀 Improved in this version:

Chart colors match the value of their dimensions [RFE]
Pool name filters now extend to their pool members too. This should reduce the amount of duplication when adding the pool member filtering.
- Example: $prefix(/Common/) will include for monitoring Pools in the Common partition as well as their pool members.
Filtering fields now support up to 50,000 characters
Graph charts connect gaps for a better view of the data

🪲 Fixed in this version:

In very large environments, entity list screens would be empty due to loose entity selector condition

✨ New in this version:

Larger feature sets have been split further to offer more flexibility with metric collection and DDU consumption
Pool Members can create topology relationships to other Custom Devices. For example, when the Pool Member points to a DataPower device monitored through a different extension.

⚠️ Note:

After updating, the newly introduced feature sets (around connectivity metrics) are disabled by default. These must be enabled manually otherwise the metrics are not collected.

🪲 Fixed in this version:

Management Zones no longer need metric-based rules to include all data. Entity selector are sufficient.

🪲 Fixed in this version:

This version also works with ActiveGate 1.253

✨ New in this version:

Configuration variables now support multi-line text of up to 10,000 characters
F5 Traps are now processed as logs and linked to the F5 instance
- This feature relies on the SNMP Traps Extension

🪲 Fixed in this version:

Virtual server unavailability alert message contains an invalid placeholder
Direct update of previous configurations not possible
Properties card of F5 Instance would display an error if the SNMP Traps extension is missing

Fixed in this version:

Interface MAC Address removed due to invalid hex formatting from F5

New in this version:

Quick actions to configure extension and read documentation are available on all default screens
Messaging around list of monitored pools improved
Create alert action enabled on all charts where possible

Fixed in this version:

"Pool member name" property of the F5 Instance correctly renamed to "Node name"

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New in this version:

"Node" has been renamed everywhere to "Pool Member" for clarity
Screen Improvements:
- Instance, Pool Member, Virtual Service, and Pool screens have been redesigned
- Filtering by related entities has been added on all lists
Topology Improvements:
- Pool Members are separated by port number
- Pool Members are automatically linked to OneAgent-monitored Hosts

Fixed in this version:

Soft IRQ CPU reported incorrect values (metric key has been renamed to com.dynatrace.extension.f5.bigip.sys.global.host.cpu.softirq1min)
Some charts on the Overview and Status dashboards would show incorrect values for absolute timeframes

Version requirements:

Min. ActiveGate and Dynatrace version 1.241

Min. Dynatrace version updated to 1.237

New in this version:

All entity screens use Breadcrumbs for easy navigation
All entities use custom icons
Two Custom Events for Alerting are provided for High CPU Usage on the F5 Instance and Virtual Servers
All metrics now have readable dimension names
The F5 Profile entity details page now hides metrics that don't apply to the profile type

Fixed in this version:

F5 Profile entity list page not listing its members
Update to metric selector formatting prevented users from deploying to Dynatrace 1.232+

Minimum platform requirements:

Dynatrace ActiveGate 1.230
Dynatrace Cluster 1.2300

No release notes