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Why Is the Rejected Connections Metric Displayed?
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If the **Rejected Connections** metric is displayed, check if the number of connected clients exceeds the maximum allowed number of connections of the instances.

To check the maximum allowed number of connections, go to the **Parameters** tab page of the instance and check the value of the **maxclients** parameter. (Proxy Cluster instances do not have this parameter. You can view the maximum number of connections on the instance creation page.)

To check the current number of connections, go to the **Performance Monitoring** tab page of the instance and check the **Connected Clients** metric.
