When you observe a network device that is an F5 load balancer, you can monitor the status and availability of servers or resources in the pool. Load balancer details are available in the Network area overview.

This feature requires the Network and Infrastructure subscription. See Network and Infrastructure Observability.

Individual items on the Load Balancers overview are displayed as color-coded hexagons.

Hexagon color reflects the entity status:

• Up
• Warning
• Down
• Unmanaged
• Unreachable
• Unknown

The Load Balancers tab includes the following groups:

F5 services

This group lists F5 service nodes. You can monitor the nodes' State, Status reason, Role, and Requests per second (number of incoming requests that F5 load balancer can process within a one-second time frame). Click a hexagon to see details for the service node in the Inspector Panel.

F5 Global Traffic Managers

Global Traffic Managers distribute incoming client requests across multiple data centers or server pools to ensure efficient utilization of resources. Click a hexagon to see details for the global traffic manager in the Inspector Panel.

F5 Local Traffic Managers

Local Traffic Managers intelligently distribute incoming client requests across a pool of servers based on various factors such as server health, server capacity, and application-specific rules. Click a hexagon to see details for the local traffic manager in the Inspector Panel.

F5 Virtual Servers

Virtual servers act as a front-end entry point that receives incoming network traffic and distributes it to the appropriate back end servers based on predefined rules and configurations. Click a hexagon to see details for the virtual server in the Inspector Panel.

F5 Pools

Pools are collections of back-end servers or resources that share a common purpose or provide the same application or service. Click a hexagon to see details for the pool in the Inspector Panel.

F5 Pool Members

Pool members are individual back-end servers or resources that are part of a pool within a load balancer configuration. Click a hexagon to see details for the pool member in the Inspector Panel.

Show entity details or related entities

Click a hexagon to display the Inspector Panel. The Inspector Panel displays an overview of the selected entity and related entities.

To display details for a related GTM, open the Inspector Panel for a load balancer entity, click the Related Entities tab, and click the View Details button for F5 GTMs.

Click View Details to go to the entity details page.