--- title: Monitor with Admin Console description: For Analytics Platform System, the Admin Console is a web application that surfaces the appliance state, health, and performance information. Users connect to the Admin Console through an internet browser. author: mzaman1 ms.prod: sql ms.technology: data-warehouse ms.topic: conceptual ms.date: 04/17/2018 ms.author: murshedz ms.reviewer: martinle ms.custom: seo-dt-2019 --- # Monitor the appliance with the Admin Console - Analytics Platform System The Admin Console is a SQL Server PDW web application that surfaces the appliance state, health, and performance information. Users connect to the Admin Console through Internet Explorer. ## About the Admin Console ![Appliance Console Home](./media/monitor-the-appliance-by-using-the-admin-console/SQL_Server_PDW_AdminConsol_ApplHome.png "SQL_Server_PDW_AdminConsol_ApplHome") **Appliance** Home Provides a quick summary of the appliance state. Health Displays the appliance topology with indicators showing the health of each monitored component within each node. Allows you to view the current status of individual nodes and properties of the node components. Displays hardware and software alerts. Performance Monitor Displays performance monitor graphs. **Parallel Data Warehouse** Home Provides a quick summary of the PDW state. Sessions Displays active PDW user sessions. This can help for monitoring resource contention. Queries Displays a list of running queries and recently completed queries. It displays related errors, if any. Also provides the ability to view details of the query execution plan and node execution information. Loads Displays load plans, the current state of PDW loads, and related errors, if any. Backups/Restores Displays a log of PDW backup and restore operations. Health Displays the PDW topology with indicators showing the health of each monitored component within each node. Allows you to view the current status of individual nodes and properties of the node components. Displays hardware and software alerts. Resources Displays a list of PDW resource locks and their current status. Storage Summarizes the PDW storage utilization. Performance Monitor Displays PDW performance monitor graphs. > [!NOTE] > The admin console has a 1024x768 screen resolution. The admin console displays best with a screen resolution of 1280 X 1024 or higher. ## Connect to the Admin Console To connect to the Admin Console, requires: - At least Internet Explorer version 10. - Permissions to access the Admin Console. - The IP address of the Control node cluster. Obtain this from your SQL Server PDW administrator. To connect to the Admin Console, use Internet Explorer and https to browse to the IP address of the Control node cluster. For example, if the IP address of the Control node cluster is `10.192.63.102`, enter `https://10.192.63.102` in your browser address bar. The first screen will request your **LOGIN** and **PASSWORD**. Provide either a SQL Server Authentication login and password, or a Windows Authentication login and Windows password. If using a Windows Authentication login, the Admin Console will use impersonation. ## Admin Console Tasks The Admin Console provides the ability to monitor the following: ||| |-|-| |**Information Type**|**How to Access in the Admin Console**| |Overall status of the appliance|Click **Appliance State** in the top menu, or **Home**.| |Alerts|Click **Alerts**. For more information, see [Understanding Admin Console Alerts (Analytics Platform System)](understanding-admin-console-alerts.md).| |Appliance components and their status|Click **Appliance State** in the top menu, or **Home**.| |Monitor requests (including queries, loads, backups, and restores)|Click **Sessions** to see currently active or recent sessions.

Click **Queries** to see currently active or recent queries. The information displayed for queries includes loads, backups, and restores.

Click **Locks** to see active locks.| |Monitor additional information for loads, backups, and restores.|Click **Loads** or **Backups/Restores**.| |Performance information|Click **Performance Monitor**.| ## See Also [Appliance Monitoring (Analytics Platform System)](appliance-monitoring.md)