Network & bandwidth
Switches
Section titled “Switches”Add switches under Network → Switches with their address, vendor, site and SNMP credentials (v2c community, or v3 user with authentication and privacy keys). Sync ports reads the port list; each port can then be mapped to a server.
Counter orientation tells TrixOS whether the switch counts traffic from its own view (port in = server out) or the server’s. With port admin enabled, TrixOS can shut down and enable mapped ports, for example to suspend a server’s network; that is a destructive action with the typed hostname.
A switch’s page lists its ports with their mapping and the current rate per port, with filters.
Power distribution units have their own tab, Network → PDUs: see PDUs & power usage.
Bandwidth
Section titled “Bandwidth”Every 5 minutes TrixOS reads the 64-bit traffic counters of every mapped port over SNMP and stores the difference. From that it shows, per server:
- the current rate in and out,
- traffic of the last 1, 7, 14 and 30 days,
- the 95th percentile in, out and total over 30 days,
- graphs over any time range.
Counter wrap-arounds and switch reboots are handled. Bandwidth samples are kept for 400 days.
Sensors
Section titled “Sensors”Temperatures, fan speeds and power draw are read from the BMC every 5 minutes and kept for 90 days; the live values are on the server page.