| title | description | author | ms.topic | ms.author | ms.service | ms.custom | ms.date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monitoring ExpressRoute data reference |
Important reference material needed when you monitor ExpressRoute |
duongau |
reference |
duau |
expressroute |
subject-monitoring |
06/22/2021 |
This article provides a reference of log and metric data collected to analyze the performance and availability of ExpressRoute. See Monitoring ExpressRoute for details on collecting and analyzing monitoring data for ExpressRoute.
This section lists all the automatically collected platform metrics for ExpressRoute. For more information, see a list of all platform metrics supported in Azure Monitor.
| Metric Type | Resource Provider / Type Namespace and link to individual metrics |
|---|---|
| ExpressRoute circuit | Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits |
| ExpressRoute circuit peering | Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits/peerings |
| ExpressRoute Gateways | Microsoft.Network/expressRouteGateways |
| ExpressRoute Direct | Microsoft.Network/expressRoutePorts |
Note
Using GlobalGlobalReachBitsInPerSecond and GlobalGlobalReachBitsOutPerSecond will only be visible if at least one Global Reach connection is established.
For more information on what metric dimensions are, see Multi-dimensional metrics.
ExpressRoute has the following dimensions associated with its metrics.
| Dimension Name | Description |
|---|---|
| PeeringType | The type of peering configured. The supported values are Microsoft and Private peering. |
| Peering | The supported values are Primary and Secondary. |
| PeeredCircuitSkey | The remote ExpressRoute circuit service key connected using Global Reach. |
| Dimension Name | Description |
|---|---|
| roleInstance | The gateway instance. Each ExpressRoute gateway is comprised of multiple instances, and the supported values are GatewayTenantWork_IN_X (where X is a minimum of 0 and a maximum of the number of gateway instances -1). |
| Dimension Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Link | The physical link. Each ExpressRoute Direct port pair is comprised of two physical links for redundancy, and the supported values are link1 and link2. |
This section lists the types of resource logs you can collect for ExpressRoute.
| Resource Log Type | Resource Provider / Type Namespace and link to individual metrics |
|---|---|
| ExpressRoute Circuit | Microsoft.Network/expressRouteCircuits |
For reference, see a list of all resource logs category types supported in Azure Monitor.
Azure ExpressRoute uses Kusto tables from Azure Monitor Logs. You can query these tables with Log analytics. For a reference of all Azure Monitor Logs / Log Analytics tables, see the Azure Monitor Log Table Reference.
The following table lists the operations related to ExpressRoute that may be created in the Activity log.
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| All Administrative operations | All administrative operations including create, update and delete of an ExpressRoute circuit. |
| Create or update ExpressRoute circuit | An ExpressRoute circuit was created or updated. |
| Deletes ExpressRoute circuit | An ExpressRoute circuit was deleted. |
For more information on the schema of Activity Log entries, see Activity Log schema.
For detailed description of the top-level diagnostic logs schema, see Supported services, schemas, and categories for Azure Diagnostic Logs.
When reviewing any metrics through Log Analytics, the output will contain the following columns:
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TimeGrain | string | PT1M (metric values are pushed every minute) |
| Count | real | Usually equal to 2 (each MSEE pushes a single metric value every minute) |
| Minimum | real | The minimum of the two metric values pushed by the two MSEEs |
| Maximum | real | The maximum of the two metric values pushed by the two MSEEs |
| Average | real | Equal to (Minimum + Maximum)/2 |
| Total | real | Sum of the two metric values from both MSEEs (the main value to focus on for the metric queried) |
- See Monitoring Azure ExpressRoute for a description of monitoring Azure ExpressRoute.
- See Monitoring Azure resources with Azure Monitor for details on monitoring Azure resources.