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Main Dashboard
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Last Modified 2024-04-16 12:02 EDTThe Dashboard screen displays the first time you log into the SCALE web interface. To display the Dashboard screen again click Dashboard on the left side panel.
The Dashboard displays basic information about your TrueNAS system in widgets or information cards that group information about your TrueNAS by type. For example, CPU information appears in the CPU widget. These widgets display in a default layout that you can change.
Use the Reorder button to change the layout of the various widgets to suit your preference.
Use Configure turn the widget display on or off. When on, the widget displays on the dashboard.
The Dashboard Configuration panel allows you to turn widget displays on or off. There are three widget group types: System Widgets, Storage Widgets and Network Widgets. Storage and network widgets vary based on the pools and network interfaces configured on your TrueNAS.
Click on the slider to turn the information display on or off.
System Widgets control the display of the System Information, Help, CPU and Memory widgets.
Storage Widgets control the display of the Storage widget and individual widgets for each pool configured on your TrueNAS.
Network Widgets control the display of the Network widget and any individual interfaces configured on your TrueNAS.
Use Save to retain any setting changes you make. Click on the X or on any part of the UI screen away from the Dashboard Configure panel to close it without saving changes.
Click on the assessment icon to display the report screen that corresponds to that widget. For example, clicking the assessment icon on the CPU widget opens the Reporting > CPU screen.
The System Information widget displays general information about the SCALE system. It includes an option to synchronize the system server time with TrueNAS SCALE time if they get out of sync.
If installed on customer-provided servers the widget displays a generic TrueNAS image. If installed on iXsystems-provided hardware, a picture of the iXsystems hardware displays on the card above the Check For Updates button. Click on the image to display the View Enclosure screen.
If TrueNAS SCALE time gets out of sync with the system server time, the System Information widget displays a message and provides a Synchronize Time link that executes a time-synchronization operation.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Platform | Displays Generic for customer-provided server and hardware, and a TrueNAS logo displays to the left of the System Information fields. Displays the TrueNAS model number for the iXsystems-provided server and hardware, and a picture of the server displays in the area to the left of the fields. |
| Version | Displays the currently-installed software release of TrueNAS SCALE. Use the clipboard icon to display the full name of the release installed and to copy the version to the clipboard. |
| Hostname | Displays the host name for the TrueNAS system. Configure the host name on the Network > Global Configuration screen. |
| Uptime | Displays the number of consecutive days and the number of hours and minutes the system has run since the last reboot. |
| Check For Updates | Click to display the System Update screen. You can also display the System Update screen by selecting System Settings > Update on the main menu panel on the left side of the screen. |
| Synchronize Time | Executes a time-synchronization operation to bring the system server and TrueNAS SCALE time into alignment when time gets out of sync. This operation is not designed to correct time that is weeks out of sync, and only displays when the system and SCALE time are out of sync. |
The CPU widget displays information on the system CPU.
The widget includes an Avg Usage dynamic spinner that displays the percentage of usage at that moment on the CPU. The Stats Per Thread bar graph displays Usage in blue and Temperature in orange with the x axis with the number threads and the y axis the percent usage in 20 increment counts. It also details the number Cores as x cores (y threads), the Highest Usage as x% (y threads at x%), and the Hottest temperature as x°C (y cores at x°C).
The Memory widget displays information on the system memory.
The widget displays a spinner showing the GiB Free in blue, ZFS Cache in fuchsia pink, and Services in orange.
The Network widget displays network the status of the system interfaces, I/O stats, link status and the system IP address and port number.
The Network widget displays a dynamic graph of input (blue) and output (orange) I/O activity over the primary system interface.
If more than one interface is configured on your TrueNAS you can use the Dashboard Configuration panel to add an interface widget for each interface. The Interface card displays the information for that interface.
Click on the > to display the Addresses widget for that interface.
Click the edit icon to display the Network screen where you can select the interface to open the Edit Interface panel.
The Storage widget displays information on the root and other storage pools configured on your system.
The Storage widget displays the root pool status, path, and the number of VDEVs configured. It also displays the percentage of used space, free space and any caches. It reports on the number disks with errors, the total number of disks the root pool uses, and if a spare exists.
The individual pool information displayed in this widget includes the same information as the root pool.
The TrueNAS Help widget displays links to the TrueNAS Documentation Site and TrueNAS Community Forums. It also includes a link where users can sign up for the TrueNAS Newsletter, and a link to the Github web page for TrueNAS Open Source software. There is also a link for the iXsystems home page.
Click on each link to open it in a new browser tab.