User Guide for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5
Route Manager

Table Of Contents

Route Manager

Managing Reports

Route Table Reports

Specific Route Monitor Reports

Unicast

Multicast

Compare Baselines

View Baselines

Managing Diagnostics

Create Baseline

Check Routing Table


Route Manager


This section contains information concerning the underlying operation of CMM and will be of most interest to the System Administrator that supports the application.

This chapter covers:

Managing Reports

Managing Diagnostics

Managing Reports

Route Table Reports

To create route table reports:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Reporting.

The Reporting page appears

Step 3 Click Reporting Table Reports.


Specific Route Monitor Reports

Unicast

To create specific monitor reports for unicast:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Reporting.

The Reporting page appears

Step 3 Click Specific Route Monitor Reports.

Step 4 Click Unicast.


Multicast

To create route table reports:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Reporting.

The Reporting page appears

Step 3 Click Specific Route Monitor Reports.

Step 4 Click Multicast.


Compare Baselines

To compare baselines:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Reporting.

The Reporting page appears

Step 3 Click Compare Baselines.

Step 4 Select Router.

Field or Button
Description

Router

The Router field will reflect the chosen router.

Unicast Baseline 1

Select the first unicast baseline value.

Unicast Baseline 2

Select the second unicast baseline value.

Compare

Compares the value of Unicast Baseline1 and Unicast Baseline 2. Each time that you change a baseline value, click Compare.

Multicast Baseline 1

Select the first multicast baseline value.

Multicast Baseline 2

Select the second multicast baseline value.

Compare

Compares the value of Multicast Baseline1 and Multicast Baseline 2. Each time that you change a baseline value, click Compare.



View Baselines

To view routing table baselines:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Reporting.

The Reporting page appears

Step 3 Click View Baselines.

Step 4 Select Router.

Field or Button
Description

Router

Select a router.

Unicast Baseline

Select the unicast baseline value.

View

View the value of the Unicast Baseline. Each time that you change a baseline value, click View.

Multicast Baseline

Select the multicast baseline value.

View

View the value of the Multicast Baseline. Each time that you change a baseline value, click View.



Managing Diagnostics

Create Baseline

To create routing table baselines:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Diagnostics.

The Diagnostics page appears

Step 3 Click Create Baselines.


Note The CPU utilization of the router will be checked first to determine if a query of the routing table is acceptable based upon the configured CPU threshold. A value of -1, indicates that the routing table should be queried without checking CPU utilization.


Field or Button
Description

Routing Table Type

Select either Unicast or Multicast.

Select Router

Select a router.

Baseline

Enter the baseline value.

Replace Baseline

Check this box to replace an existing baseline value.

CPU Threshold

Enter the value of the CPU threshold.

Run

Click to run the process.



Check Routing Table

To check the routing table:


Step 1 Select the Route Manager tool.

Step 2 Click Diagnostics.

The Diagnostics page appears

Step 3 Click Check Routing Table.


Note The CPU utilization of the router will be checked first to determine if a query of the routing table is acceptable based upon the configured CPU threshold. A value of -1, indicates that the routing table should be queried without checking CPU utilization.


Field or Button
Description

Routing Table Type

Select either Unicast or Multicast.

Select Router

Select a router.

Baseline

Enter the baseline value.

Replace Baseline

Check this box to replace an existing baseline value.

CPU Threshold

Enter the value of the CPU threshold.

Run

Click to run the process.