Viewing Details of a DCS Instance

Procedure

1. Log in to the DCS console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
4. Click an instance to go to the instance details page.
5. Search for DCS instances using any of the following methods:
   • Search by keyword.

     Enter a keyword to search.

   • Select attributes and enter their keywords to search.

     Currently, you can search by name, ID, connection address (IP address:port number), AZ, status, instance type, cache engine, and CPU.

   For more information on how to search, click the question mark to the right of the search box.

6. On the DCS instance list, click the name of a DCS instance to display more details about it. Table 1 describes the parameters.

   Table 1 Parameters on the Basic Information page of a DCS instance

   Section	Parameter	Description
   Instance Details	Name	Name of the chosen instance. To modify the instance name, click the icon.
   	Status	State of the chosen instance.
   	ID	ID of the chosen instance.
   	Cache Engine	Cache engine used by the DCS instance, which can be Redis or Memcached. If the cache engine is Redis, it is followed by the version number, for example, Redis 3.0.
   	Instance Type	Type of the selected instance. Currently, supported types include single-node, master/standby, Proxy Cluster, and Redis Cluster.
   	Cache Size	Specification of the chosen instance.
   	Used/Available Memory (MB)	The used memory space and maximum available memory space of the chosen instance. The used memory space includes: Size of data stored on the DCS instance Size of Redis-server buffers (including client buffer and repl-backlog) and internal data structures
   	CPU	CPU of the DCS instance. This parameter is displayed only for DCS Redis instances.
   	Created	Time at which the chosen instance started to be created.
   	Run	Time at which the instance was created.
   	Maintenance	Time range for any scheduled maintenance activities on cache nodes of this DCS instance. To modify the time window, click the icon.
   	Description	Description of the chosen DCS instance. To modify the description, click the icon.
   Connection	Password Protected	Currently, password-protected access and password-free access are supported.
   	IP Address	IP address and port number of the chosen instance.
   Network	AZ	Availability zone in which the cache node running the selected DCS instance resides.
   	VPC	VPC in which the chosen instance resides.
   	Subnet	Subnet in which the chosen instance resides.
   	Security Group	Security group that controls access to the chosen instance. To modify the security group, click the icon. This parameter is displayed only for DCS Redis 3.0 instances. DCS for Redis 4.0 and 5.0 are based on VPC endpoints and do not support security groups.
   Instance Topology	-	Hover the mouse pointer over an instance to view its metrics, or click the icon of an instance to view its historical metrics. Topologies are supported only for master/standby and cluster instances.