Release Notes : BIG-IP Analytics 13.0.0 Release Notes

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Original Publication Date: 07/06/2017 Updated Date: 07/23/2020

Summary:

This release note documents the version 13.0.0 release of BIG-IP Analytics (AVR). You can apply the software upgrade to systems running software versions 10.1.0 (or later), or 11.x/12.x.

Contents:

Platform support

This version of the software is supported on the following platforms:

Platform name Platform ID
BIG-IP 6900 FIPS D104
BIG-IP 11050, 11050 NEBS E102
BIG-IP 2000 Series (2000s, 2200s) C112
BIG-IP 4000 Series (4000s, 4200v) C113
BIG-IP 5000 Series (5000s, 5050s, 5200v, 5250v) C109
BIG-IP 7000 Series (7000s, 7050s, 7055, 7200v, 7250v, 7255) D110
BIG-IP 10050 Series (10150s-NEBS, 10350v (AC), 10350v-NEBS, 10350v-FIPS) D112
BIG-IP 10000 Series (10000s, 10050s, 10055, 10200v, 10250v, 10255) D113
BIG-IP 12000 Series (12250v) D111
BIG-IP i2000 Series (i2600, i2800) C117
BIG-IP i4000 Series (i4600, i4800) C115
BIG-IP i5000 Series (i5600, i5800) C119
BIG-IP i7000 Series (i7600, i7800) C118
BIG-IP i10000 Series (i10600, i10800) C116
VIPRION B2100 Blade A109
VIPRION B2150 Blade A113
VIPRION B2250 Blade A112
VIPRION B4300, B4340N Blade A108, A110
VIPRION B4450 Blade A114
VIPRION C2200 Chassis D114
VIPRION C2400 Chassis F100
VIPRION C4480, C4480N Chassis J102, J103
VIPRION C4800, C4800N Chassis S100, S101
Virtual Edition (VE) Z100
vCMP Guest Z101

These platforms support various licensable combinations of product modules. This section provides general guidelines for module support.

Most of the support guidelines relate to memory. The following list applies for all memory levels:

  • vCMP supported platforms
    • VIPRION B2100, B2150, B2250, B4200
    • VIPRION B4300 blade in the C4480(J102) and the C4800(S100)
    • VIPRION B4450 blade in the C4480(J102) and C4800(S100)
    • BIG-IP 5200v, 5250v, 7200v, 7250v, 10200v, 10250v, 10350v, 12250v
    • BIG-IP i5800, i7800, i10800

Memory: 12 GB or more

All licensable module-combinations may be run on platforms with 12 GB or more of memory, and on VE and vCMP guests provisioned with 12 GB or more of memory. Note that this does not mean that all modules may be simultaneously provisioned on all platforms with 12 GB or more of memory. The BIG-IP license for the platform determines which combination of modules are available for provisioning.

Memory: 8 GB

The following guidelines apply to the BIG-IP 2000s, 2200s, 6900 platforms and to VE guests configured with 8 GB of memory. (A vCMP guest provisioned with 8 GB of memory has less than 8 GB of memory actually available and thus does not fit in this category.)

  • No more than three modules should be provisioned together.
  • On the 2000s and 2200s, Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) can be provisioned with only one other module.
  • To use Access Policy Manager (APM) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) modules together on platforms with exactly 8 GB of memory, Local Traffic Manager (LTM) provisioning must be set to None.

Memory: Less than 8 GB and more than 4 GB

The following guidelines apply to platforms, and to VE and vCMP guests provisioned with less than 8 GB and more than 4 GB of memory. (A vCMP guest provisioned with 8 GB of memory has less than 8 GB of memory actually available and thus fits in this category.)

  • No more than three modules (not including AAM) should be provisioned together.
  • Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) cannot be provisioned with any other module; AAM can only be provisioned standalone.
  • Analytics (AVR) counts towards the two module-combination limit (for platforms with less than 6.25 GB of memory).

Memory: 4 GB or less (VE only)

The following guidelines apply to VE instances provisioned with 4 GB or less of memory.

  • No more than two modules may be configured together.
  • AAM should not be provisioned, except as Dedicated.
  • ASM can be provisioned with this amount of memory, but a sizing exercise should be performed to ensure that it does not hit capacity issues.

vCMP memory provisioning calculations

The amount of memory provisioned to a vCMP guest is calculated using the following formula: (platform_memory- 3 GB) x (cpus_assigned_to_guest / total_cpus).

As an example, for the B2100 with two guests, provisioned memory calculates as: (16-3) x (2/4) ~= 6.5 GB.

For certain platforms, the vCMP host can allocate a single core to a vCMP guest. However, because a single-core guest has relatively small amounts of CPU resources and allocated memory, F5 supports only the following products or product combinations for a single-core guest:
  • BIG-IP LTM standalone only
  • BIG-IP GTM standalone only
  • BIG-IP LTM and GTM combination only

Configuration utility browser support

The BIG-IP Configuration Utility supports these browsers and versions:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.x
  • Mozilla Firefox v40, or later
  • Google Chrome v44, or later

Compatibility of BIG-IQ products with BIG-IP releases

K14592: Compatibility of BIG-IQ products with BIG-IP releases provides a summary of version compatibility for specific features between the BIG-IQ system and BIG-IP releases.

User documentation for this release

For a comprehensive list of documentation that is relevant to this release, refer to the BIG-IP Analytics 13.0.0 Knowledge Center.

Release fixes, behavior changes, and known issues

For a comprehensive list of fixes, behavior changes, and known issues for this release, refer to the BIG-IP 13.0.0 Release Information page.

New in 13.0.0

Extended information about DoS attack system impact

In this release, the BIG-IP system monitors and presents extensive information regarding DoS attacks and their impact on the system. The DoS Visibility page allows you to view a system-based status summary, in addition to impact of attacks on system health and performance. Drill down and filtering capabilities into specific attacks have also been improved.

Note: If you are upgrading from BIG-IP v12.x or earlier, CPU consumption for avrd may increase significantly. The increase in analysis plane CPU usage is a result of the introduction of new AVR features such as the DoS Visibility dashboard. Intensive increased CPU consumption might influence system performance. If this issue persists, you can mitigate this issue by increasing the interval for real-time statistics collection. To do so, create a service request at support.f5.com.         

Enhanced visibility of HTTP statistics

This release includes the redesigned HTTP Overview page which increases flexibility for accessing statistical information.

Extended support for Scheduled Reports

Support for reports scheduling has been extended to all modules that are supported by AVR. System administrators have access to a global page that lists the report schedules for all modules.

Data Exporting Capabilities

Data exporting capabilities of AVR statistics to third party systems have been added.

Installation overview

This document covers very basic steps for installing the software. You can find complete, step-by-step installation and upgrade instructions in BIG-IP Systems: Upgrading Software, and we strongly recommend that you reference this information to ensure successful completion of the installation process.

Installation checklist

Before you begin:

  • Use BIG-IP iHealth to verify your configuration file. For more information, see K12878: Generating BIG-IP diagnostic data using the qkview utility.
  • Update/reactivate your system or vCMP host license, if needed, to ensure that you have a valid service check date. For more information, see K7727: License activation may be required prior to a software upgrade for the BIG-IP or Enterprise Manager system.
  • Ensure that your system is running version 11.x or later.
  • Download the .iso file (if needed) from F5 Downloads to /shared/images on the source for the operation. (If you need to create this directory, use the exact name /shared/images.)
  • Configure a management port.
  • Set the console and system baud rate to 19200, if it is not already.
  • Log on as an administrator using the management port of the system you want to upgrade.
  • Boot into an installation location other than the target for the installation.
  • Save the user configuration set (UCS) in the /var/local/ucs directory on the source installation location, and copy the UCS file to a safe place on another device.
  • Log on to the standby unit, and only upgrade the active unit after the standby upgrade is satisfactory.
  • Turn off mirroring.
  • If you are running Application Acceleration Manager, set provisioning to Minimum.
  • If you are running Policy Enforcement Manager, set provisioning to Nominal.
  • If you are running Advanced Firewall Manager, set provisioning to Nominal.

Installing the software

You can install the software at the command line using the Traffic Management shell, tmsh, or in the browser-based Configuration utility using the Software Management screens, available in the System menu. Choose the installation method that best suits your environment.
Installation method Command
Install to existing volume, migrate source configuration to destination tmsh install sys software image [image name] volume [volume name]
Install from the browser-based Configuration utility Use the Software Management screens in a web browser.

Sample installation command

The following command installs version 13.0.0 to volume 3 of the main hard drive.

tmsh install sys software image BIGIP-13.0.0.0.0.1645.iso volume HD1.3

Post-installation tasks

This document covers very basic steps for installing the software. You can find complete, step-by-step installation and upgrade instructions in BIG-IP Systems: Upgrading Software, and we strongly recommend that you reference this information to ensure successful completion of the installation process.

After the installation finishes, you must complete the following steps before the system can pass traffic.
  1. Ensure the system rebooted to the new installation location.
  2. Use BIG-IP iHealth to verify your configuration file. For more information, see K12878: Generating diagnostic data using the qkview utility.
  3. Log on to the browser-based Configuration utility.
  4. Run the Setup utility.
  5. Provision the modules.
Note: You can find information about running the Setup utility and provisioning the modules in BIG-IP TMOS implementations Creating an Active-Standby Configuration Using the Setup Utility and Creating an Active-Active Configuration Using the Setup Utility.

Installation tips

  • The upgrade process installs the software on the inactive installation location that you specify. This process usually takes between three minutes and seven minutes. During the upgrade process, you see messages posted on the screen. For example, you might see a prompt asking whether to upgrade the End User Diagnostics (EUD), depending on the version you have installed. To upgrade the EUD, type yes, otherwise, type no.
  • You can check the status of an active installation operation by running the command watch tmsh show sys software, which runs the show sys software command every two seconds. Pressing Ctrl + C stops the watch feature.
  • If installation fails, you can view the log file. The system stores the installation log file as /var/log/liveinstall.log.

Upgrading from earlier versions

Your upgrade process differs depending on the version of software you are currently running.

Upgrading from version 11.x or later

When you upgrade from version 11.x or later, you use the Software Management screens in the Configuration utility to complete these steps. To open the Software Management screens, in the navigation pane of the Configuration utility, expand System, and click Software Management. For information about using the Software Management screens, see the online help.

Upgrading from versions earlier than 11.x

You cannot roll forward a configuration directly to this version from BIG-IP version 10.x or earlier. You must be running version 11.x (or later) software. For details about upgrading from earlier versions, see the release notes for the associated release.

Automatic firmware upgrades

If this version includes new firmware for your specific hardware platform, after you install and activate this version, the system might reboot additional times to perform all necessary firmware upgrades.

Upgrading earlier configurations

When you upgrade from an earlier versions of the software, you might need to know about or take care of these configuration-specific issues.

ID Number Description
588946 You can install v11.5.4 on the 12250v platform, but are unable to license BIG-IP. This is because v11.5.4 is not supported on the 12250v platform. Install BIG-IP v11.5.4 on a 12250v platform. BIG-IP v11.5.4 is not supported on the 12250v platform. Even though installation succeeds, it is not possible to license BIG-IP system. Workaround: Install a supported version of BIG-IP on the 12250v. Supported versions are 11.6.0 HF2 or later and 12.0.0 or later.
223704 When you import a single configuration file (SCF file) that contain VLANs of the same name that exist in different administrative partitions, the operation fails with a unknown operation error. Upgrading configurations with VLANs of the same name in different administrative partitions. Upgrade operation fails with a unknown operation error. Workaround: Before installing an SCF file, run the command: tmsh load sys config default. This returns the system to the default configuration, so subsequent configuration import operations should succeed as expected.
513501 When upgrading from a version prior to 11.5.0 to 11.5.0 or newer, the configuration might fail to load with an error similar to the following: LSN pool is configured with a prefix address that overlaps with a prefix address on another LSN pool. "On versions prior to 11.5.0, tmsh allowed users to configure overlapping DNAT and NAPT pools, even though this configuration is invalid and non-functional. Version 11.5.0 and later contain validation to prohibit such configurations. However, when upgrading versions newer than 11.5.0, a configuration that contains overlapping DNAT and NAPT pools fails to load." Configuration fails to load on upgrade. Workaround: Edit bigip.conf and locate the overlapping LSN pools. Either remove one of the pools or change the mode on the DNAT pool to NAPT.
571333 When a VIP is configured with a fastl4 profile that enables full acceleration and offload state to embryonic, and if a flow is offloaded to be hardware accelerated, the connection idle timeout during the TCP handshake is set to the "idle timeout" value of the fastl4 profile, but it should be set to the "tcp handshake timeout" instead. "1. Configure fastl4 profile with ePVA=full, offload state=SYN, apply to network VS 2. Ensure ARP entry exists for server node (static arp, ping, etc.) to satisfy requirements for offloading initial SYN 3. Send over SYN packet from client to server via VS" The connection may remain in the half-open state longer than what is set in the TCP handshake timeout value. Workaround: Set the offload state to "established"
436075 Using syslog include field when the command 'syslog-ng -s' does not succeed before the upgrade. Using syslog include field. It is possible to roll forward an include field with invalid syntax. This will cause the configuration to fail to load. Workaround: When using the syslog include field, ensure that the command 'syslog-ng -s' succeeds before the upgrade.
581932 Upgrading to a newer version of the BIG-IP software removes the signatures that were installed using an IM signature package, and returns app signatures to the default version. "- New '.im' signature package installed manually using the BIG-IP GUI or tmsh. This adds extra applications and categories to the default signatures. - TMOS software upgraded to a newer version, for example installing a rollup hotfix or an engineering ho" "After rebooting into the new software volume, all the additional categories and applications are gone but the signature package is still showing as installed. This makes a simple re-installation of the new .im signature package impossible. The applications and categories are actually back to default settings for version 11.6.0." Workaround:

    "1. After rebooting into the new software volume, open the bigip.conf file with a text editor and remove all the configurations from the 'ltm classification signature-version' stanza:
            ltm classification signature-version {
            }.
            
      2. Manually remove the following files:
            /shared/lib64/libcec.so.11.6.0*.
            /shared/tmp/classification_update.conf*.
            /shared/lib64/libqmprotocols.so*.
            
      3. Create the file /service/mcpd/forceload  to force a reload of the mcpd binary database after the reboot by running the command: touch /service/mcpd/forceload.
            
      4. Reboot the system.
            
      5. Re-install the .im signature package."

415961 The upgrade process does not migrate unassigned HTTP Class profiles to BIG-IP 11.4.0 and later When you upgrade a BIG-IP system to BIG-IP 11.4.0 or later, the upgrade process attempts to convert all assigned HTTP Class profiles to their equivalent local traffic policies. If an HTTP Class profile is not assigned to a virtual server, the upgrade process will not perform the conversion and the unassigned HTTP Class profile will no longer exist in the configuration of the upgraded BIG-IP system. Similarly, if you restore a UCS archive that contains unassigned HTTP Class profiles in BIG-IP 11.4.0 and later, the restoration process will not convert the unassigned HTTP Class profiles and these profiles will no longer exist. This behavior is by design. You might lose unused HTTP Class profiles in the configuration. Workaround: "When upgrading to BIG-IP 11.4.0 and later or saving a UCS archive from a pre-11.4.0 system, you should consider the following factor: Prior to upgrading or saving a UCS archive, ensure that all HTTP Class profiles are assigned to a virtual server."
401828 The following configurations are invalid for a SIP virtual server: a) TCP virtual server with a UDP profile and a SIP profile. b) UDP virtual server with a TCP profile and a SIP profile. TCP virtual server with a UDP profile and a SIP profile, or a UDP virtual server with a TCP profile and a SIP profile. If such a configuration exists in previous versions, it loads in 11.3.x but may cause a core. Workaround: "Fix the configuration manually, as follows: a) A SIP TCP virtual server must have TCP as one of its profile type. b) A SIP UDP virtual server must have UDP as one of its profile type."
490139 Loading iRules from the iRules file deletes last few comment lines immediately preceding the closing bracket. This occurs when loading an iRule file from versions prior to 11.5.1. Although the comments are removed, this does not affect iRule functionality. Workaround: Put comments in places other than immediately above the closing bracket.
496663 iRule object in non-Common partition referenced from another partition results in upgrade/configuration load failure in 11.x/12.x. This occurs when upgrading/loading a configuration containing an iRule in one non-Common partition that references an object in another non-Common partition. A configuration of this type can be saved only using pre-11.x versions of the software. The config upgrade fails, and the UCS/configuration files cannot be loaded. The system posts an error message similar to the following: 'myucs.ucs' failed with the following error message: 'Rule [/UNCOMMONPARTITION/RULEABC] error: Unable to find rule_object (...) referenced at line xyz: [element]'. Workaround: None.
532559 If the client-ssl profile is /Common/clientssl, its parent profile is supposed to be /Common/clientssl. But the configuration could potentially use 'defaults-from none'. "This condition could be caused by executing the following command when generating the configuration. 'tmsh modify ltm profile client-ssl clientssl defaults-from none'" The upgrade fails after booting into the new release, during the config loading phase. This occurs because the script extracts the line 'defaults-from none' and treats 'none' as its parent profile. Workaround: Edit the configuration prior to upgrading, changing the defaults-from value on the client-ssl profile to the name of that profile.
449617 If a configuration file includes a passphrase for an ssl-key file object, the object may fail to validate when loading the configuration. Passphrase present in ssl-key file object Configuration fails to load Workaround: Remove passphrase line from the file object.
586878 "During upgrade, configuration fails to load due to invalid clientssl profile cert/key configuration. The validation to verify whether at least one valid key/cert pair exists in clientssl profiles was enforced in software versions through 11.5.0. This validation was not in effect in versions 11.5.1, 11.5.2, and 11.5.3. The lack of validation resulted in invalid clientssl profiles (those containing empty key/certs or a cert/key of 'default'). When you upgrade such a configuration to 11.5.4 or later, you will receive a validation error, and the configuration will fail to load after upgrade." "The issue occurs when all the below conditions are met.

      1. You have a clientssl profile in a configuration from a version without validation (that is, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, or 11.5.3).
      2. The clientssl profile in the configuration has an empty cert/key, or a cert/key of 'default'.
      3. You upgrade to a version that has the cert/key validation (specifically, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, and versions 12.1.0 and later)." "Configuration fails to load. The system posts an error message that might appear similar to one of the following:
            -- 01070315:3: profile /Common/my_client_ssl requires a key Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed.
            -- 01071ac9:3: Unable to load the certificate file () - error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file.
            Unexpected Error: Loading configuration process failed."
Workaround: "To workaround this situation, modify the configuration file before upgrading:
      1. Check the config file /config/bigip.conf.
      2. Identify the clientssl profile without a cert/key.
            For example, it might look similar to the following:
            ltm profile client-ssl /Common/cssl_no-cert-key2 {
            app-service none
            cert none
            cert-key-chain {
            """" { }
            }
            chain none
            defaults-from /Common/clientssl
            inherit-certkeychain false
            key none
            passphrase none
            }
            
            Note: The profile might have cert-key-chain name but not the cert/key.
            In other words, it could also appear similar to the following example:
            ltm profile client-ssl /Common/cssl_no-cert-key2 {
            app-service none
            cert none
            cert-key-chain {
            default { }
            }
            chain none
            defaults-from /Common/clientssl
            inherit-certkeychain false
            key none
            passphrase none
            }
      3. Remove the clientssl profile from /config/bigip.conf.
      4. Run the command: tmsh load sys conf.
      5. Re-create the clientssl profiles you need."

435482 "BIG-IP configuration object names that include a space may cause an upgrade or user configuration set (UCS) load to fail. As a result of this issue, you may encounter the following symptoms: Your attempts to upgrade the BIG-IP system or load a UCS fail. After loading a UCS file or upgrading from a configuration that has object names with spaces on BIG-IP 11.4.0 or a later version, the Configuration utility displays an error message similar to the following example: The configuration has not yet loaded. If this message persists, it may indicate a configuration problem. After loading a UCS file that has configuration object names that include spaces on BIG-IP 11.4.0 or a later version, a message appears similar to following example: Unexpected Error: Configuration cannot be saved unless mcpd is in the running phase. Save was canceled. See 'show sys mcp' and 'show sys service'. If 'show sys service' indicates that mcpd is in the run state, but 'show sys mcp' is not in phase running, issue the command 'load sys config' to further diagnose the problem." "This issue occurs when one of the following conditions is met: You attempt to upgrade a BIG-IP system from 11.3.0, or an earlier version, with a configuration that has configuration object names with spaces. You attempt to load a BIG-IP 11.3.0 or earlier UCS file, that has configuration object names with spaces, on BIG-IP 11.4.0 or a later version." The BIG-IP system upgrade or UCS load fails. Workaround: "To work around this issue, you can boot back to the previous BIG-IP 11.3.0 or earlier version and rename all affected configuration objects to exclude spaces before upgrading or saving a UCS file. Impact of workaround: Performing the suggested workaround should not have a negative impact on your system."
489015 An LTM request-log profile that references a non-existent pool can pass validation in 11.0.0 or 11.1.0, but fails in 11.2.0 or later, with an error similar to the following: 'The requested Pool (/Common/poolname) was not found.' "This issue occurs when all of the following conditions are met: The UCS file has a Request Logging profile configuration with at least one of the following conditions: A Request Logging profile references a non-existent pool. A Request Logging profile references a pool in a non-default administrative partition without specifying the path to the /<partition>/<pool>. You upgrade from 11.0.0 or 11.1.0 to 11.2.0 or later and roll forward the configuration. You attempt to load an affected UCS created on 11.0.0 or 11.1.0 to a system running 11.2.0 or later." This can cause a load failure when rolling forward the configuration. Workaround: Correct the request-log profile in the config either prior to upgrade or by editing the config after.

Changing the resource provisioning level of the Analytics Module

After upgrading or installing a new version, before you can use the Analytics Module, you must set the Analytics Module resource provisioning level to Nominal. You can do this from the command line, or using the Configuration utility.

Important: Wait 5 minutes after you set the resource provisioning level before making any configuration changes to the Analytics Module. The system overrides all configuration changes that are made before this process is completed. When the process is not completed, the system informs you by displaying, in the Configuration utility, this message: AVR is not ready. The system informs you when the process is completed by indicating in the log (/var/log/avr) the following message: AVR started successfully.

Setting the Analytics Module resource provisioning level to Nominal from the command line

You can set the Analytics Module resource provisioning level to Nominal from the command line.
  1. Open the command-line interface utility.
  2. Type the command: tmsh modify sys provision avr level nominal .
  3. Type the command: tmsh save sys config.
The screen refreshes, and the resource provisioning level of the Analytics Module is set to Nominal.

Setting the Analytics Module resource provisioning level to Nominal using the Configuration utility

You can set the Analytics Module resource provisioning level to Nominal using the Configuration utility.
  1. On the Main tab, click System > Resource Provisioning . The Resource Provisioning screen opens.
  2. Set the Application Visibility and Reporting (AVR) option to Nominal.
  3. Click Submit.
The screen refreshes, and the resource provisioning level of the Analytics Module is set to Nominal.

Viewing statistics after upgrade

Changes to AVR when upgrading from an earlier version

This version of AVR includes an updated set of dimensions and metrics. As a result, once the upgrade is complete, some of the values for the dimensions and metrics will not be retrieved as expected. The following tables describe the initial values for new and modified dimensions and metrics that are retrievable by the API and the GUI ( Security > Reporting : DoS : Dashboard ). These initial values will be replaced as new data is collected..

New Dimensions

New dimensions were added in this version.

The following table lists the new dimension titles and the initial value displayed in the GUI. Once new data is collected, the displayed value will appear as expected in the dimension field.

Dimension Title Initial Value After Upgrade
Behavioral Signatures Aggregated
Bot Defense Reasons Aggregated
Browser Names Aggregated
OS Names Aggregated
Vectors Aggregated
Triggers Aggregated
Mitigations Aggregated
Activity Types Regular Activity

New Metrics

New metrics were added in this version.

The following table lists the new metrics and the initial value displayed in the GUI. Once new data is collected, the displayed value will appear as expected in the metric field.

Metric Title Applying Metric(s) in GUI Initial Value After Upgrade
min_server_latency Min Server Latency MAX_INT
server_hitcount Avg Server Latency, Avg Application Response Time, Avg Server Network Latency 0
application_response_time Avg Application Response Time 0
max_application_response_time Max Application Response Time 0
min_application_response_time Min Application Response Time MAX_INT
client_ttfb_hitcount Avg Client TTFB 0
max_client_ttfb Max Client TTFB 0
min_client_ttfb Min Client TTFB MAX_INT
clientside_network_latency Avg Client Network Latency 0
max_clientside_network_latency Max Client Network Latency 0
min_clientside_network_latency Min Client Network Latency MAX_INT
serverside_network_latency Avg Server Network Latency 0
max_serverside_network_latency Max Server Network Latency 0
min_serverside_network_latency Min Server Network Latency MAX_INT
request_duration_hitcount Avg Request Duration 0
max_request_duration Max Request Duration 0
min_request_duration Min Request Duration MAX_INT
response_duration_hitcount Avg Response Duration 0
max_response_duration Max Response Duration 0
min_response_duration Min Response Duration MAX_INT

Updated HTTP Statistic Tables

The HTTP statistics tables were updated in this version. Non-cumulative metrics of the affected dimensions may display slightly different values after the upgrade.

The following table lists the affected HTTP dimensions and the initial values displayed in the GUI after the upgrade. Once new data is collected, the displayed value will appear as expected for the dimension.

Dimension Title Initial Value After Upgrade
DoS Profiles Aggregated
Bot Signatures Aggregated
Bot Signature categories Aggregated
Countries N/A

Merged Metrics to HTTP Statistics Tables

Metrics used in select HTTP tables in previous versions were merged into additional HTTP tables in this version.

The following table lists the metrics, the tables they were merged into, and the initial values displayed after the upgrade. Once new data is collected, the displayed value will appear as expected in the merged metric field in the additional HTTP tables.
Metric Title Applying Metric(s) in GUI Tables with Added Metric Initial Value After Upgrade
sessions Average Sessions URLs, Pool Members, Response Codes, Client IP Addresses, User Agents, HTTP Method 0
max_tps Max TPS User Agents, HTTP Method 0
client_latency_hits Avg Page Load time, Sampled Transactions User Agents, HTTP Method 0
max_client_latency Max Page Load Time User Agents, HTTP Method 0
client_latency Avg Page Load time User Agents, HTTP Method 0
max_server_latency Max Server Latency User Agents, HTTP Method 0
min_server_latency Min Server Latency User Agents, HTTP Method MAX_INT
server_latency Avg Server Latency User Agents, HTTP Method 0
max_request_throughput Max Request Throughput User Agents, HTTP Method 0
total_request_size Avg Request Throughput User Agents, HTTP Method 0
max_response_throughput Max Response Throughput User Agents, HTTP Method 0
total_response_size Avg Transaction Response size User Agents, HTTP Method 0

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