Citrix NetScaler SDX extension
- Latest Dynatrace
- Extension
- Published Oct 27, 2025
Monitor your Citrix NetScaler SDX devices remotely.
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Overview
Monitor Citrix NetScaler SDX via ActiveGate extension to track network and hardware-provisioning metrics.
Citrix NetScaler SDX is a hardware-based Application Delivery Appliance for enterprise and cloud datacenters that allow users to provision and manage multiple virtual NetScaler machines. Dynatrace offers remote monitoring of NetScaler devices via the Citrix NetScaler SDX ActiveGate extension. Our extension queries devices every minute and retrieves key performance data. These metrics are paired with OneAgent and NetScaler ADCs data to provide real-time interaction visualization and the ability to follow transactions throughout your stack.
Use cases
- Monitor the health and status of the NetScaler infrastructue managed by SDX.
- Monitor NetScaler infrastructure with a dedicated dashboard and Dynatrace entities to represent core components.
- Detect and alert on anomalies.
Compatibility information
Citrix NetScaler SDX 13.x or 14.x
Activation and setup
Activate the extension in your environment using the in-product Hub, provide the required authentication configuration. Follow the instructions and prompts within the extension settings.
- Host
- Username
- Password
- SSL preferences (Optional)
Details
This extension uses the Netscaler Nitro API to collect important NetScaler component metrics:
- fans
- temperature
- voltage
- storage repository
- hardware
- software
Feature sets
When activating your extension using monitoring configuration, you can limit monitoring to one of the feature sets. To work properly the extension has to collect at least one metric after the activation.
In highly segmented networks, feature sets can reflect the segments of your environment. Then, when you create a monitoring configuration, you can select a feature set and a corresponding ActiveGate group that can connect to this particular segment.
All metrics that aren't categorized into any feature set are considered to be the default and are always reported.
A metric inherits the feature set of a subgroup, which in turn inherits the feature set of a group. Also, the feature set defined on the metric level overrides the feature set defined on the subgroup level, which in turn overrides the feature set defined on the group level.
voltage
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IPMI Sensor voltage | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_voltage.current_value | Current measurement of the IPMI sensor's voltage. |
| IPMI voltage sensor status | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_voltage.status | Health status of the resource. |
software
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Software status | netscaler.xen_health_resource_sw.status | Health status of the resource. |
fanspeed
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fan speed | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_fan_speed.current_value | Current measurement of the fan's speed. |
| Fan status | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_fan_speed.status | Health status of the resource. |
storagerepository
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Storage repository size | netscaler.xen_health_sr.size | Physical size of the storage repository. |
| Storage repository utilization | netscaler.xen_health_sr.utilized | Physical utilization of the storage repository. |
| Storage repository status | netscaler.xen_health_sr.status | Health status of the resource. |
temp
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IPMI Sensor temperature | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_temp.current_value | Current measurement of the IPMI sensor's temperature. |
| IPMI temperature sensor status | netscaler.xen_health_monitor_temp.status | Health status of the resource. |
hardware
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware current value | netscaler.xen_health_resource_hw.current_value | Current value of the hardware sensor. |
| Hardware status | netscaler.xen_health_resource_hw.status | Health status of the resource. |
