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Viewing details for an AWS instance

Use the Edge Services portal to view details for Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances provisioned for your organization. If you need to make changes to the information shown, you can edit the details for the AWS instance. You can also delete an instance and back up data stored on an instance. 

The details page shows the following information:

  • statistics, metrics, and health of the AWS instance
  • details specific to the provisioned instance such as status, name, type, location, and addresses

To view details for an AWS instance:

  1. Click Provisioning, then click Instances.

    The Edge Services portal shows the instances (e.g., bare metal servers, virtual machines) created for your organization.
Instances
  1. Click an instance to view more information. 
     
    The Edge Services portal shows details for the AWS instance you selected. Details vary based on the type of instance and your role.
AWS instance details

The details page provides the following information about the provisioning and configuration of your AWS instance:

  • The Instance section provides a graphical view of the AWS instance metrics, health, and running status. The section also shows the name, environment, operating system, and plan for the AWS instance. You can perform the following actions on the details page:
  • The Info section shows details selected during provisioning including the groups and clouds assigned to the AWS instance, OS configuration information, pricing, and provision time.
     
  • The VMS section shows details specific to the AWS instance including the current status, OS type, and OS version. This section also shows the name of the AWS instance given by the system and IP addresses assigned to the instance.
  1. To view more details, click one of the following tabs: 
Tab Description
Summary

If the agent is installed, graphical views of the AWS instance metrics are shown. The toggles at the bottom of the page display the following information:

  • Memory—cache used and the total amount of memory available.

  • Storage—used storage and the total amount available.

  • CPU—virtual CPU (vCPU) usage by system and user.

  • IOPS—IOPS (number of inputs/outputs per second) total or by breakdown of read and write.

  • Network—net transmission (TX) and reception (RX) rate.
Storage Provides statistics on the storage aspects of the AWS instance including the number of disks, IOPS and whether the storage is volume or local.
Network

Provides detailed information on the network performance such as:

  • peak bandwidth
  • average bandwidth
  • peak packets received
  • average received
  • peak packets transmitted
  • average transmit of packets
Environment Describes the AWS instance based on the OS image selected, as well as the IP assigned to the instance.
History Displays a historical view of activities associated with the AWS instance.
Console Provides a remote console window showing the activity on the AWS instance. Once the instance is provisioned, the console is connected and gives the user access to their AWS instance.

Log out of the console to terminate the connection.
Network Storage This feature is not functional.