IOS SLB conns/sec

Hi is it possible to get a conns/sec statistic from the IOS SLB configuration. I can only see conns and max conns etc. I'm trying to get a figure to use so that I can compare it to max conns/sec. I gather IOS SLB is capable of 20k max conns/sec with the 720BXL.
Thanks

Justin,
you'll need to perform the math manually (or within a script).
Get the number of conn every x sec and make (o2 - o1)/x to have conn/sec
Gilles.

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