Working with Tiers

Overview

Tier is a logical entity that constitutes a high-level grouping of individual nodes and nodes can be individual servers, app pools, or JVMs. There are two types of tiers, such as ND Tiers, and Non-ND Tiers. You can perform various operations on a tier, such as:

  • Drill down a tier to view various reports
  • View top 10 transactions
  • Group/Ungroup a tier
  • Show Dashboard of Tier
  • Show Tier Info
  • Show Flowmap for Selected Tier
  • Show/Hide Tier Integration
  • Change Icon
  • Search By

Type of Tiers

There are two types of tiers:

  • ND Tiers: Those tiers in which an ND instance is running.
  • Non-ND Tiers: Those tiers in which an ND instance is not running.