User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor 4.0
Chapter 2 What's New in This Release

Table Of Contents

What's New in This Release

New Features in IPM 4.0

Navigational Approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0

Managing IPM Devices

Managing IPM Operations

Understanding IP SLA Operations

Managing IPM Collectors

Managing IPM Collector Groups

Managing Archived Reports

Managing Report Jobs

Managing Audit Reports

Managing System Reports

Setting System Preferences

Managing Specific Settings for Standalone Client

Managing IPM Backup

Using IPM CLI Commands


What's New in This Release


This section explains the new features and enhancements in IPM 4.0. It also compares the navigational approach of IPM 4.0 and IPM 2.6.

It contains the following topics:

New Features in IPM 4.0

Navigational Approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0

New Features in IPM 4.0

The following are the new features and enhancements in Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) 4.0.

Import New Devices from Device and Credential Repository (DCR)

Leveraging Common Services Device Selector into IPM 4.0

Adhoc Target Devices

Integration with LMS Setup Center

One-Step Multiple Collector Creation

Rich Graphs and Improved Reports

Overlay Graphs

Lightweight Front End

Support for Latest IP SLA Operations

Infrastructure Support

Customizable Polling Frequency

Import New Devices from Device and Credential Repository (DCR)

IPM 4.0 is completely integrated with CiscoWorks LMS 3.0. You can import devices from DCR either automatically or manually.

To automatically import the devices, set the Automatically Manage Devices from the Credential Repository option on the Application Settings page.

For more information, see Adding Devices Using Device Management.

or

To manually import the devices, go to the IPM Devices page and select the required DCR devices.

For more information, see Adding Devices Using Device Management.

Leveraging Common Services Device Selector into IPM 4.0

The enhanced Device Selector in IPM 4.0 allows you to select devices, add devices, and perform a simple search on devices.

For more information, see Using Device Selector.

Adhoc Target Devices

Supports adding adhoc target devices into IPM. The adhoc target devices added are available only in the IPM and not in the DCR.

For more information, see Adding Adhoc Target Devices to IPM.

Integration with LMS Setup Center

IPM 4.0 allows you to view and modify the purge settings for historical and audit reports on the LMS Setup Center page.

See Common Services Online help.

One-Step Multiple Collector Creation

Supports a single wizard-based approach. This procedure allows you to create multiple collectors. This wizard involves the following steps:

1. Create Collectors—Allows you to specify a source, targets, and operations to create collectors.

2. Select Collectors—Allows you to select the required collectors that were created in the first step.

3. Schedule Collectors—Allows you to schedule the selected collectors.

4. View the Summary of the Collectors—Allows you to view the summary of the collectors that you have created.

For more information, see Defining Collectors.

Rich Graphs and Improved Reports

The Reports module in IPM 4.0 supports rich fusion Chart graphs and enhanced Historical reports. This module allows you to manage Archived reports, Report jobs, Audit reports, and System reports.

You can customize Historical reports by specifying the report type, granularity, report period, and schedule details.

You can generate system reports, audit reports, minute reports and graphs, and historical reports and graphs.

To generate real-time reports

For more information, see Monitoring a Collector.

To customize Historical reports

For more information, see Generating Statistical Reports and Graphs.

To generate Minute and Historical reports and graphs

For more information, see Working with Minute/Historical Reports and Graphs.

To generate Audit reports

For more information, see Generating Audit Reports.

To generate System reports

For more information, see Understanding System Reports.

Overlay Graphs

These graphs allow you to compare the latency of the collectors based on the granularity and time period. You can overlay graphs only for collectors in the Running, Completed, or Stopped status.

For more information, see Viewing Collector Graphs.

Lightweight Front End

Supports LMS UI standards to make IPM compatible with other LMS applications.

Support for Latest IP SLA Operations

Supports RTP, VoIP Gatekeeper Delay, VoIP Call Setup, and ICMP Jitter operations in addition to the existing operations in IPM 2.6.

UDP Jitter additionally supports MOS (Mean Opinion Scores) and ICPIF (Calculated Planning Impairment Factor) features. These features measure the voice quality in the network.

For more information, see Managing IPM Operations.

Infrastructure Support

IPM 4.0 is fully integrated with Common Services (CS) and will be shipped on CS 3.1 with LMS 3.0.

Customizable Polling Frequency

In addition to the existing 60 minutes polling frequency, IPM 4.0 also supports 1, 5, 15, and 30 minutes polling frequencies. It allows you to specify the polling details such as frequency, day, and time while creating collectors.

For more information, see the Managing Collectors in IPM chapter in the IPM 4.0 User Guide.

Navigational Approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0

The following sections list the tasks in IPM and compare the differences between the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Managing IPM Devices

Managing IPM Operations

Managing IPM Collectors

Managing IPM Collector Groups

Managing Archived Reports

Managing Report Jobs

Managing Audit Reports

Managing System Reports

Setting System Preferences

Managing Specific Settings for Standalone Client

Managing IPM Backup

Using IPM CLI Commands

Managing IPM Devices

Table 2-1 lists the tasks in Device Management module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-1 Managing IPM Devices

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Viewing IPM devices

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Sources

Lists the source devices in IPM.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Targets

Lists the target devices in IPM.

or

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Configuration Reports > Sources

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Configuration Reports > Targets

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices

Lists all source and target devices in IPM.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Create

Lists the source devices, target devices, and responder-enabled target groups individually.

Viewing source device properties

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > View > Properties

To view source device details such as SNMP Retry and Timeout, go to Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices > Edit Device Attributes

To view source device details such as IOS version, IP SLA information, maximum configured collectors, go to Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > View

Viewing target device properties

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > View > Properties

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

To view the properties of a target device, you must associate it with a collector.

Adding devices manually from DCR

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Import From Device and Credential Repository > Sources

You can add sources, targets as SAA Responders, or target as IP devices.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices > Add Devices

By default, all devices are added as targets. Based on the IP SLA capability on devices, they are categorized as source or target responder devices.

Importing devices from DCR automatically

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings > Automatically Manage Devices from Credential Repository

Adding adhoc target devices into IPM space

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Target > Add

Adhoc target devices are not included in the device license count.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices > Add Adhoc Devices

Adhoc target devices are not included in the device license count.

Editing SNMP Retry and Timeout for a single or multiple devices

Update the ipm.env file to edit the SNMP Retry and Timeout details.

To edit the SNMP Retry and Timeout details, go to Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices > Edit Device Attributes.

You cannot edit the adhoc target device attributes.

Deleting IPM devices

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Sources > Delete

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Targets > Delete

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Devices > Delete

The devices deleted from IPM are still available in DCR.


Managing IPM Operations

Table 2-2 lists the tasks in the Operation module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-2 Managing IPM Operations

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Viewing the list of existing system defined and user defined operations

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Operations

or

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Configuration Reports > Operations

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Operations

Creating user-defined operations

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Operations > Add

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Operations > Create

See Table 2-3 for more information on each operation.

Editing an user-defined operation

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Operations > Edit

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Operations > Edit

Deleting user-defined operations

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Operations > Delete

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Operations > Delete

Viewing the details of an operation

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Config

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Operations > View


Understanding IP SLA Operations

Table 2-3 lists all the operations and a comparison of their features.

Table 2-3 List of IP SLA Operations

Operation Name
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Path Echo

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

Request Payload. The default value is 64 bytes.

Maximum Paths. The default value is 5.

Maximum Hops. The default value is 10.

Supported

Supported.

UDP Echo

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

Request Payload. The default value is 64 bytes.

Enable and disable data verification for UDP Echo operations

Maximum Hops. The default value is 10.

Target Port. The default value is 7. Valid values range between 7,1025 and 65535.

Supported.

Supported.

TCP Connect

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

Default Operations are NNTP, POP3, SMTP, TELNET

Target Port. The default value is 3000. Valid values range between 1 and 65535.

Supported.

Supported.

DNS

DNS Name Server

DNS Lookup Name

Supported.

Supported.

Since the workflow has changed, you must specify the DNS Lookup Name while creating the collectors as part of target.

HTTP

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

URL Lookup String

Enable and disable Download URL from cache

Enable and disable proxy server

Enable and disable proxy server.

To configure, enable the proxy server.

Supported.

Supported.

Since the workflow has changed, you must specify the HTTP server while creating the collectors as part of target.

FTP

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

FTP URL Lookup String

FTP session Mode (Active and Passive)

Supported.

Supported with the following workflow change:

User name and Password are specified while creating the operation.

FTP server is specified while creating collector as part of target.

Enhanced UDP Jitter

IP QOS Type is configured as:

IP Precedence

DSCP

IP QoS Settings range between 0 and 7.

Request Payload. The default value is 64 bytes.

Packet intervals. The default value is 10 milliseconds.

No.of packets. The default value is 20.

Target port. Valid values range between 0 and 65535.

The default value is 16400 for Voice and 2000 for other traffic.

Supported.

Supported, but referred as UDP Jitter.

DLSw

Request Payload. The default value is 64 bytes.

Response Payload. The default value is 64 bytes.

Supported.

Supported.

DHCP

Enable and disable DHCP server. You can configure the name and IP address only if the DHCP server is enabled.

Supported.

Supported.

Since the workflow has changed, you must specify the DHCP server while creating the collectors as part of target.


Managing IPM Collectors

Table 2-4 lists the tasks in Collector module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-4 Managing IPM Collectors

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Viewing the collector list

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Collectors

Or

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Configuration Reports > Collectors

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors

Viewing the collector state summary

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > View > Collector State Summary

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors

Viewing collector properties

Internetwork Performance Monitor > View > Properties

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > View

Creating collectors using a source device, target devices, and IP SLA probes

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Collectors > Add

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Collectors > Create

Editing collector details such as collection information and scheduling details

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Collectors > Edit

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Collector Management > Collectors > Edit

Deleting collectors

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Configuration > Collectors > Delete

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Delete

Exporting collector configuration information

The ipm mirror CLI command supports exporting collectors.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Export

Importing collector configuration information

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > File > Open Seed File

Or

Using the CLI command, ipm loadcoll

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Import

Generating real-time graph for a collector in Running status

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > View > Real-time Statistics

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Monitor

Starting the stopped collectors

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Start

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Start

Stopping the collectors in Running status

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > Edit > Stop

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Stop

Comparing the latency of various collectors based on the granularity

You can view the statistics for more than one collector.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Overlay


Managing IPM Collector Groups

Table 2-5 lists the tasks in Collector Groups module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-5 Managing IPM Collector Groups

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Creating user-defined collector groups

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Group Administration > Create

Editing a user-defined collector group

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Group Administration > Edit

Viewing collector group details

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Group Administration > View

Refreshing group membership

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Group Administration > Refresh

Deleting user-defined collector groups

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Group Administration > Delete


Managing Archived Reports

Table 2-6 lists the tasks in Report Archives module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-6 Managing Archived Reports

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Creating report jobs

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives > Create

Generating Minute reports and graphs

Not supported

You can generate statistical data for a single or group of collectors on a Minute basis. To do this, go to:

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives > Create > Generate Report

Generating Historical reports and graphs

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Configuration Reports > Collectors > Hourly

You can generate statistical data for a single or a group of collectors on a Hourly, Daily, Monthly, and Weekly basis. To do this, go to:

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives > Create > Generate Report

Viewing Archived report details

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives > View

Deleting Archived reports

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives > Delete


Managing Report Jobs

Table 2-7 lists the tasks in Report Jobs module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-7 Managing Report Jobs

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Viewing the output of the completed report jobs

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs > Show Output

Viewing the Report job details

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs

Stopping the Report jobs that has Running or Scheduled status

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs > Stop

Deleting the Report jobs

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs > Delete


Managing Audit Reports

Table 2-8 lists the tasks in Audit Reports module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-8 Managing Audit Reports

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Generating Audit reports

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports > Generate

Purging Audit reports

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Purge Settings


Managing System Reports

Table 2-9 lists the tasks in System Reports module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-9 System Reports

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Viewing Daily system reports

You can view the system report only for Latency, Jitter, and HTTP.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports

You can generate system reports for Availability, Latency, UDP Jitter, HTTP, ICMP, PathEcho, and RTP report types.

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Reports > System Reports > Daily

Viewing Weekly system reports

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Reports > System Reports > Weekly

Viewing Monthly system reports

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Reports > System Reports > Monthly


Setting System Preferences

Table 2-10 lists the tasks in Administration module and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-10 Setting System Preferences

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Server Info

Viewing process status

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Server Info > Process Status

Common Services > Admin > Processes

Viewing version details

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Server Info > Version Info

Common Services > Software Center > Software Updates

Viewing server logfile

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Server Info > Server Log File

You can find the server log file at the following location:

Windows: NMROOT\log

where NMSROOT is CiscoWorks Installation directory.

Solaris: /var/adm/CSCOpx/log

Viewing console logfile

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Server Info > Console Log File

Not supported.

Viewing troubleshooting information

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Server Info > Troubleshooting Info

Common Services > Server > Admin > Collect Server Information

Download Client

Download ipm client for Windows from a Windows server

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Download Client > Windows Client > Download IPM Client for Windows

Not applicable.

Download ipm client for both Windows and Solaris from a Solaris server

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Download Client

System Preferences

Setting log level

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > File > Message Log Client

Internetwork Performance Monitor> Admin > Log Level Settings

Auto update from DCR

Not supported.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings

Copying IP SLA configuration to running-config

The ipm.env property file supports this feature.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings

Managing source interface settings

The ipm.env property file supports this feature.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings

Purging report data

Update the ipmDbPref.txt file to purge the report data.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Purge Settings


Managing Specific Settings for Standalone Client

Table 2-11 lists the specific settings for Standalone Client and compares the navigational approaches of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-11 Standalone Client Specific Settings

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Setting log level for each process

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client >File > Message Log Client

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Log Level Settings

Supports the following log levels:

Debug

Warning

Info

Error

Fatal

Creating log view by specifying:

Filter for log messages

Fields to be displayed

Automatic clearing of messages after `N' messages

Not applicable.

The messages are logged into log files like other LMS applications.

Clearing log view

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > File > Message Log Client > Log Display > Clear View

Not applicable.

The messages are logged into log files like other LMS applications.

Pausing/Resuming log view

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > File > Message Log Client > Log Display > Pause View

Not applicable.

The messages are logged into log files like other LMS applications.

Viewing all the process information:

Process name

Process ID

Process status

Last message

The ipm status CLI command displays process information.

You can view the process information on the CiscoWorks home page using pdshow.

Common Services > Admin > Processes

Viewing each process information

Not supported.

 

You can view each process details using pdreg-l.

Launching the CiscoWorks homepage

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Client > Web Client > View > CiscoWorks Home page

Not supported.


Managing IPM Backup

Table 2-12 compares the backup settings of IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-12 Managing IPM Backup

Task
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Backup

Windows allow two versions to be backed up.

Common Services Framework is used for backup. This framework supports any number of backups.


Using IPM CLI Commands

Table 2-13 lists the CLI commands supported in IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

See User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor 2.6 and User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor 4.0 for the syntax, description, and examples of CLI commands supported in IPM 2.6 and IPM 4.0.

Table 2-13 CLI Command Reference

Tasks
IPM 2.6
IPM 4.0

Process related commands

ipm start

ipm stop

ipm restart

ipm start/stop

ipm restart

ipm start client

ipm stopclients

ipm forcestop

ipm status

ipm pmstatus

ipm pmstatus

ipm password

ipm

Supports the following CLI commands:

ipm addadhoctarget

ipm baseline

ipm deletedevice

ipm export

ipm exportstats

ipm importcollector

ipm controlcollector

ipm deletereports

ipm generatereports

ipm listcollectors

All process related commands will be governed by Daemon Manager CLI utilities provided by Common Services Framework.

Adding source, target, and collector

ipm addsrc

ipm addtarg

ipm delsrc

ipm deltarg

Importing or exporting source, target, and collector using a seed file

ipm loadsrc

ipm loadtarg

ipm loadcoll

ipm viewsrc

ipm viewtarg

ipm viewcoll

ipm editsrc

ipm edittarg

ipm editcoll

Supports only import and export of collector configuration:

Importing collector configuration

ipm importcollector

Exporting collector configuration

ipm export

Database related

ipm backupdir

ipm dbbackup

ipm dbclean

ipm restore

ipm backupdir is not supported.

Supports ipm dbbackup, ipm dbclean, and ipm restore.

For the complete command syntax, see Common Services Framework.

Others

ipm regen

Supported as system jobs.

ipm export

ipm exportstats.

ipm.env file

Stores SNMP retry, timeout, timeout increment, source interface, and NVRAM enable in the database.

.dbPasswd

Not applicable.

ipmDbPref.txt

Purge settings and polling interval are stored in the database.

Polling interval is specified while creating collectors.

Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Admin > Purge Settings