Firewall packet engine performance counters
Applies To: Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)
The following table lists the Firewall Packet Engine performance counters.
| Performance counter | Description |
|---|---|
Active Connections |
The total number of active connections currently passing data. |
Allowed Packets |
The total number of packets that Forefront TMG allows to pass. |
Allowed Packets/sec |
The number of packets per second that Forefront TMG allows to pass. |
Backlogged Packets |
The number of backlogged packets. |
Bytes |
The total number of bytes that passed through Forefront TMG. |
Bytes/sec |
The number of bytes passed through Forefront TMG per second. |
Connections/sec |
The number of new connections created per second. |
Dropped Packets |
The number of packets dropped by Forefront TMG. |
Dropped Packets/sec |
The number of packets dropped by Forefront TMG per second. |
Log Items enqueued/sec |
The number of log items enqueued per second. |
Packets |
The total number of packets inspected by Forefront TMG. |
Packets Blocked by NIS |
The number of packets blocked by NIS in kernel mode. |
Packets Blocked by NIS/sec |
The number of packets blocked by NIS per second in kernel mode. |
Packets/sec |
The number of packets inspected by Forefront TMG per second. |
TCP Established Connections/sec |
The number of TCP connections newly established per second. A TCP connection is counted as established after the 3-way SYN handshake is completed successfully. |