Network Metrics and Dimensions

Table 1 Network metrics

Metric

Description

Value Range

Unit

Downlink rate (BPS) (recvBytesRate)

Inbound network traffic rate of a measured object

>= 0

Byte per Second (BPS)

Downlink rate (PPS) (recvPackRate)

Number of data packets received by the NIC per second

>= 0

Packet per second (PPS)

Downlink error rate (recvErrPackRate)

Number of error packets received by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Uplink rate (BPS) (sendBytesRate)

Outbound network traffic rate of a measured object

>= 0

BPS

Uplink error rate (sendErrPackRate)

Number of error packets sent by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Uplink rate (PPS) (sendPackRate)

Number of data packets sent by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Total rate (BPS) (totalBytesRate)

Total inbound and outbound network traffic rate of a measured object

>= 0

BPS

Table 2 Dimensions of network metrics

Dimension

Description

clusterId

Cluster ID

clustername

Cluster name

hostID

Host ID

hostIP

Host IP address

nameSpace

Cluster namespace

NIC

NIC

netDevice

NIC name

nodeIP

Host IP address

nodeName

Host name