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published Last Updated: Oct 9, 2026 HW: all

The sections below describe how to read the Monitoring Dashboard. An example dashboard for Greenville Walmart is shown at the bottom of this page.

  • Color Coding: You will see 4 different color codes inside of the dashboard.
    • Gray: Informational, does not indicate a status
    • Green: Operating nominal/currently online
    • Yellow: Standby mode
    • Red: Offline/ Severely Degraded from nominal status
  • Top Row: A grid of core systems we are monitoring connection to.
    • Cloudflare DNS: global DNS manager, used to determine general internet status
    • Google DNS: redundant DNS service to Cloudflare
    • Walmart DNS: can be used to evaluate local site internet health
    • Walmart Gateway: same concept to Walmart DNS
    • Zipline Comms Server Reachable: our AWS comms server, can be used to determine cloud comms issues
    • Wired WAN Interface: Primary ISP connection for the site
    • Cellular WAN Interface: Backup service for site monitoring, Yellow is expected, Green can be seen in some instances and is normal; Red is not expected.
  • SpeedTest Values / Internet Uplink Quality
    • General Speed Test results such as Download/Upload speeds, Jitter and packet loss
  • Site Switch Port Statuses
    • A per port breakdown of activity status and connectivity will be labeled on the dashboard tile

Example Dashboard

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