Threshold configuration for AWS Direct Connect

Site24x7 makes programmatic API calls using various service level APIs to auto discover all Direct Connect connections in a region. Once done, Site24x7 creates a distinct monitor for each physical (1-gigabit or 10-gigabit Ethernet fiber-optic cable) connection in the console.

You can leverage the tags (key-value pairs) used to categorize Direct Connect resources to opt-out redundant connections for discovery. Learn more.

For every Direct Connect connection monitor created, a default threshold profile gets assigned. You can either edit the default profile or create yourselves a new one.

To learn more on how you can add users and customize alert settings visit our User and Alert management page.

To create a new threshold profile

To create a new threshold profile for your monitored Direct Connect connection please follow the below mentioned steps:

Choose Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability
In the Threshold and Availability screen choose Add Threshold Profile
Choose Direct Connect connection from the Monitor Type drop down. The performance metrics supported for the dedicated physical network connection between your on-premise network and AWS will get listed.
Provide an appropriate label in the Display Name field for identification purpose and start configuring values.

By default only three attributes are shown, you can select more by clicking on the Set Threshold Values drop down. Based on the value of the metric relative to a threshold, alerts will be triggered.

To edit the default threshold profile

To edit the default threshold profile assigned to your monitored Direct Connect connection follow the below mentioned steps:

Choose AWS > Monitored AWS account > Direct Connect
From the list of monitored Direct Connect connections, select the connection for which your want to configure thresholds
click on the icon adjacent to the display name > Edit
You'll find that the threshold profile (Default Threshold - Direct Connect connection) has already been assigned to the Threshold and Availability field, click on the pencil icon, configure new threshold values and click on Save.

To edit a newly created threshold profile

To edit a newly created threshold profile for your Direct Connect connection follow the below mentioned steps:

Choose Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability
Choose the threshold profile which you want to edit
Edit the configured threshold values and click Save.

To delete a threshold profile

To permanently delete a configured threshold profile for your Direct Connect connection follow the steps mentioned below:

Select Admin > Configuration Profiles > Threshold and Availability
Select the threshold profile and click Delete.