Monitoring with the Multicast Manager Tool
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Monitoring with the Multicast Manager Tool
Viewing the Multicast Manager Home Page
Viewing Router Topology and Multicast Information
Viewing Topology Including Probe Information
Monitoring with the Multicast Manager Tool
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Viewing the Multicast Manager Home Page
Viewing the Multicast Manager Home Page
When you log into the CMM, the Multicast Manager Home Page opens. To access this page from within the CMM, select the Multicast Manager tool, then select Home.
The Home page shows the last 20 events (see the "Latest Events" section).
Figure 3-1 Multicast Manager Home Page
Viewing Topology
Using Topology, you can display routers and their multicast information in the database, on an individual basis, or by showing the complete database.
If you are using video probes in your installation, the Cisco Multicast Manager home page displays threshold exceeded alerts that the probes generate. You can click on the group information in the alert (an underlined IP address) to launch the Diagnostics tool and view detailed information about the multicast, which includes a display of the network topology that includes both routers and probes.
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Viewing Router Topology and Multicast Information
To view router topology and multicast information:
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A network topology table appears, as shown in Figure 3-2. Router names appear at the top of each table.
Figure 3-2 Topology Display All
For each device, the table shows the following information:
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Topology information for the selected device appears, as shown in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3 Topology for an Individual Router
The topology display contains these fields and buttons:
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A topological display appears, as shown in Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4 PIM Neighbors
The topology display shows:
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Viewing Topology Including Probe Information
You can view topology information that shows probes and probe status from the Cisco Multicast Manager home page and from the Diagnostics tool.
The multicast diagnostic information shown on the home page includes:
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Managing Reports
To start managing reports, within the Multicast Manager tool, click on Reporting.
Within Reporting, you can view:
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Latest Events
Using the Latest Events page, you can set a configurable amount of the latest events generated by the CMM. Clicking Report lists the traps in time order.
Figure 3-5 shows the Latest Events page.
Figure 3-5 Latest Events
RP Polling Report
Using the RP Polling Report, you can monitor:
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To generate an RP Polling report:
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On the Reporting menu, select RP Polling Report.
The RP Polling Report page opens.
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An RP Polling Report appears, as shown in Figure 3-6. The report contains any events that have occurred in the last 24 hours.
Figure 3-6 RP Polling Report
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RP Group Threshold Report
Using the RP Group Threshold Report, you can monitor a list of RPs that have exceeded their active number of groups limit.
To generate an RP Group Threshold report:
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The RP Group Threshold Report page opens.
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An RP Group Threshold Report appears.
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RPF Failures
Using the RPF Failures Report, you can monitor all routers that are experiencing RPF failures above the configured threshold for the configured sources and groups.
To generate an RPF Failures report:
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The RPF Failure Report page opens.
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The report contains any events that have occurred in the last 24 hours.
Group Gone Report
The Group Gone Report is currently unsupported. Please refer to the S,G Polling Report (see S,G Threshold Report).
S,G Threshold Report
Using the S,G Threshold Report, you can monitor every source and group that has exceeded its configured threshold.
To generate an S,G Threshold report:
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Layer 2 PPS Threshold Report
Using the Layer 2 PPS Threshold Report, you can monitor all Layer 2 ports that have exceeded their configured thresholds.
To generate a Layer 2 PPS Threshold Report:
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SSG Report
Using the SSG Report, you can display information about groups that have more than one sender.
To generate an SSG Report:
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Tree Report
Using the Multicast Tree Report, you can draw and save multicast trees (called baselines). You can then set up the CMM to draw trees that have been saved in the background, and report any changes. (Only changes to Layer 3 devices are reported.)
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If a multicast tree you are monitoring changes, a trap is generated. You can then view the baseline and the changed tree. Changes are highlighted in the text and also in the drawing.
To generate a Multicast Tree Report:
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Selecting "trchanged" in the third column in the report will graphically show the baseline, along with the changed tree. Changes to the tree are highlighted in the table at the top as shown in the figure. The baseline and the current tree are also shown graphically.
Figure 3-7 Tree Report Page with Changed Tree Data
S,G Delta Report
Using the Multicast S,G Delta Report, you can view information about PPS rate deviation on multicast trees.
To generate a Multicast S,G Delta Report:
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Multicast Bandwidth Report
To generate a report for a router interface that has exceeded its multicast bandwidth thresholds:
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Video Probe Report
Each time CMM interrogates a probe and finds an exception it generates a video probe report and stores it on the hard drive. Using the Video Probe Report, you can view a detailed listing of video probe reports. Each report provides the following information from a video probe:
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To view video probe reports:
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The Video Probe Polling Report page appears, as shown in Figure 3-8.
Figure 3-8 Specifying Parameters for the Video Probe Report
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A report for the specified probe appears. Figure 3-9 shows a sample report.
Figure 3-9 Video Probe Report
VRF Count Report
To generate a VRF Count Report:
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The VRF Count Report page appears.
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A VRF Count Report appears.
VRF Interface Count Report
To generate a VRF Interface Count Report:
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The VRF Interface Count Report page appears.
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The VRF Interface Count report appears.
MDT Default Report
To generate a MDT Default Report:
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The MDT Default Report page appears.
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A MDT Default Report appears.
MDT Source Report
To generate an MDT Source Report:
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The MDT Source Report page appears.
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An MDT Source Report appears.
Historical Graphs
Using Historical Graphs, you can view historical data in a graph format. Historical data is collected when you start to monitor any of the following:
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To view Historical Graphs:
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Figure 3-10 Historical Graphs
Display All IOS Versions
Using the IOS Version Info page, you can view the IOS version of all discovered routers in the current domain. You can sort the table by device, IP address, IOS version, or model by selecting the corresponding column heading.
Figure 3-11 shows a sample IOS Versions Report.
Figure 3-11 IOS Version Info
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