Microsoft Azure Network Interface

Microsoft Azure Network Interface - An Overview

A Network Interface acts as an interconnection between a Virtual Machine and it's underlying software network. An Azure virtual machine will have multiple network interfaces connected to it, with one or more public or private IP addresses that are static or dynamic. Monitoring Azure Network Interface is crucial to track the performance level of the network interfaces and thus maintain them with ease. Learn more about how Applications Manager's Azure Network Interface monitoring tool helps in achieving it.

Creating a new Microsoft Azure Network Interface Monitor

To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure Network Interface Monitor, click here.

Monitored Parameters

Navigate to the Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Hover over 'Child Monitors' under Microsoft Azure in the Cloud Apps table, and then select the Network Interfaces monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Azure Network Interface in three tabs:

Availability tab gives the Availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
Performance tab gives the Health Status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
List view enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.

The Microsoft Azure monitor provides a brief detail of the Azure Network Interface under the given subscription. Following are the list of metrics monitored in Azure Network Interface Monitoring in their corresponding tabs:

Overview

Parameter	Description
INVENTORY
No of IP Configurations	The number of IP Configurations in the Network Interface.
No of DNS Servers	The number of DNS Servers in the Network Interface.
No of Applied DNS Servers	The number of applied DNS Servers in the Network Interface.
INCOMING DATA
Rate of Incoming Data	The total number of Mebibytes received per second by the network interface, between the poll interval (in MiB/s).
Total Incoming Data	The total number of Mebibytes received by the network interface, between the poll interval (in MiB).
OUTGOING DATA
Rate of Outgoing Data	The total number of Mebibytes sent per second by the network interface, between the poll interval (in MiB/s).
Total Outgoing Data	The total number of Mebibytes sent by the network interface, between the poll interval (in MiB).
INCOMING PACKETS
Rate of Incoming Packets	The total number of packets received per second by the network interface, between the poll interval (in packets/s).
Total Incoming Packets	The total number of packets received by the network interface between the poll interval.
OUTGOING PACKETS
Rate of Outgoing Packets	The total number of packets sent per second by the network interface, between the poll interval (in packets/s).
Total Outgoing Packets	The total number of packets sent by the network interface between the poll interval.

Configuration

Parameter	Description
CONFIGURATION
Resource Group Name	The name of the resource group.
Location	The location of the resource.
Provisioning State	The current provisioning state of the network interface resource. Possible values: Succeeded Failed Updating Deleting
NIC Type	The type of the Network Interface resource. Possible values: Elastic/Standard.
Interface Type	The kind of the Network Interface.
MAC Address	The MAC address of the Network Interface.
Accelerated Networking	Indicates whether the network interface is configured for accelerated networking or not. Possible values: True/False
Is Primary Interface	Indicates whether the given network interface is a primary network interface on a virtual machine. Possible values: True/False
Network Security Group	Refers to the Network Security Group resource.
Virtual Machine	The name of the Virtual Machine where the Network Interface is attached.
Load Balancer	Refers to the Load Balancer.
PRIMARY IP CONFIGURATION
IP Configuration Name	The name of the unique resource within the resource group.
Private IP Address	The private IP address of the IP configuration.
Private IP Address Version	Indicates the version of the specific IP configuration. Possible values: IPv4/IPv6
Private IP Allocation Method	Indicates the method used for private IP address allocation. Possible values: Dynamic/Static
Public IP Address Resource Name	The name of the public IP address bound to the IP configuration.
Virtual Network	The name of the Virtual Network bound to the IP configuration.
Subnet Name	The name of the Subnet bound to the IP configuration.

Microsoft Azure Network Interface