User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor 4.2( With LMS 3.2) - Chapter 5 : IPM Collector Management [CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor]

Table Of Contents

Managing Collectors in IPM

Understanding Collector Management Page

Collector License Information

Working with IPM Collectors

Specifying Source Devices

Specifying Target Devices

Specifying IPM Operations

Defining Collectors

Configuring Collectors

Selecting Collectors

Scheduling Collectors

Viewing the Collector Summary

Viewing the Collector Page

Viewing the Collector List

Viewing the Collector Details

Editing a Collector

Deleting Collectors

Viewing Collector Graphs

Exporting Collector Configuration Information

Importing Collector Configuration Information

Monitoring a Collector

Stopping the Collectors

Starting the Collectors

Reconfiguring Collectors

Managing Collectors in IPM

This section explains how to configure collectors on the source router and gather statistics on availability, latency, and jitter from the network.

It contains the following topics:

•Understanding Collector Management Page

•Working with IPM Collectors

Understanding Collector Management Page

This section briefly describes all the collector-related tasks that you can perform on the Collector Management page, and also provides the various collector status and their validation details in Table 5-2.

Table 5-1 outlines the tasks that you can perform from the Collector Management page (Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors).

Table 5-1 Collector Management Page

Field/Buttons

Description

Collector Group Selector

Lists all the operation-based (system-defined) and user-defined collector groups in IPM.

List Collectors

Select one or more source devices and click this button to view the collectors associated with the source devices.

Filter

Filters the list of collectors in IPM.

For more information, see Filtering Collectors.

View

Allows you to view the collector details.

For more information, see Viewing the Collector Details.

Graph

Allows you to view the collector statistics or compare the latency of collectors based on the granularity.

For more information, see Viewing Collector Graphs.

Edit

Allows you to edit the following collector details:

•Collector Information such as Name and Description, and Source Interface.

•Scheduling Details such as End Time Details, Days of Week, and Time.

For more information, see Editing a Collector.

Delete

Deletes collectors from IPM.

For more information, see Deleting Collectors.

Export

Exports collector configuration information into a CSV file.

For more information, see Exporting Collector Configuration Information.

Monitor

Generates real-time graph for a collector in Running status.

For more information, see Monitoring a Collector.

Start

Starts the stopped collectors.

For more information, see Starting the Collectors.

Stop

Stops collectors in the Running status.

For more information, see Stopping the Collectors.

Import

Imports collector configuration information from CSV file into IPM.

For more information, see Importing Collector Configuration Information.

Reconfigure

Allows you to reconfigure Failed state.

For more information see Reconfiguring Collectors.

Create

Allows you to create collectors in IPM.

For more information, see Defining Collectors.

Refresh

(Icon)

Allows you to refresh the collector list.

Collector Status and Validation

Table 5-2 lists the various collector status, their description, and validation of the status with respect to the tasks.

Table 5-2 Collector Status and Validation

Collector Status

Description

Tasks

Scheduled

Collector is scheduled for a future date and time.

Allows you to edit or delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, or monitor the collectors.

Configuring

Configuration of the collector is in progress.

Allows you to edit or delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, or monitor the collectors.

Running

Collector is configured at the source router and the polling is in progress.

Allows you to stop, monitor, edit, or delete the collectors.

You cannot start the collectors.

Stopped

Collectors that are manually stopped and not being polled by IPM.

Allows you to start, delete, or edit the collectors.

You cannot stop or monitor the collectors.

Completed

Collector has reached its End Time and polling will not be performed again for this collector by IPM.

Allows you to delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, edit, or monitor the collectors.

Config Failed

Configuration of the collector failed on the source router. This may be caused by one of the following:

•Low memory allocated for IP SLA on the source router.

•Source router does not support the operation that you have selected while creating the collector.

For example, for ICMP Jitter operation, you must select a source router with IOS version > 12.4.

Allows you to edit or delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, or monitor the collectors.

Dormant

Collector is inactive on the source device. As a result, IPM does not poll for the statistical data during this period.

Allows you to edit or stop the collectors.

You cannot start, delete, or monitor the collectors.

Source Not Responding

Collector will move to this status while configuring/reconfiguring/polling statistics of a collector due to:

•Invalid credentials

•Device is not reachable

Allows you to edit or delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, or monitor the collectors.

MEP Missing

Maintenance End Point Missing.

Collector will move to this status when the Maintenance end Point is detected to be missed during polling and reconfiguring (start / edit / device reload).

Allows you to monitor and view the collectors. It also allows you to view graphs for the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, export or edit the collectors.

MEP missing collectors can be deleted but cannot be monitored. This state is applicable only for Auto IPSLA Ethernet collectors.

Collector Transient Status

Updating

Editing a collector is in progress.

Allows you to delete the collectors.

You cannot start, stop, or monitor the collectors.

Resuming

Intermediate status between Dormant and Running.

Stopping

Intermediate status between Running and Stopped.

Completing

Intermediate status between Running and Completed.

Dormant Pending

Intermediate status between Running and Dormant.

Deleting

Collector deletion is in progress.

Reconfiguring

Intermediate status between Config Failed and Running.

Or

When the collector is missing on the source router.

Filtering Collectors

The Filter option available in the IPM Collector Management dialog box, allows you to filter the Collectors based on certain fields and value. The filter operation uses "contains" as the default criteria to filter the Collectors based on the string provided in the filter text area. The Collector filter operation is not case sensitive.

You can filter the Collectors based on any of the following fields:

•All

•Collector Name

•Source

•Target

•Operation

•Status

•VRF

Example:

If you want to filter the Collectors based on Collector Name and with value chen:

1. From the Filter Drop down, select Collector Name.

2. In the Filter text area enter chen

3. Click Filter

By default the filter operation uses "contains" to filter the Collectors.

All those Collectors whose names contain the value chen are filtered and provided in the results:

ChenColl

HTTPChenColl

Collector License Information

The number of collectors that you create in IPM depends on the device license limit. For example, if you have a license for 100 devices, you are allowed to create up to 300 collectors in IPM as shown in Table 5-3

Table 5-3 Collector License Information

Device License

Licensed Number of Collectors

100

300 Collectors

300

1000 Collectors

1500

1500 Collectors

5000

5000 Collectors

If the number of collectors you add exceeds the licensed number of collectors, you can add either 10% of the licensed limit or additional 100 collectors, whichever is minimum, apart from the licensed number of collectors.

The IPM Collector license limit applies only to historical hourly collectors and not to real-time collectors. However, you are allowed to create real-time collectors even after the licence limit is reached. There is no limit to the number of real-time collectors that you could create in IPM.

Examples

1. If you have a license for 100 devices, you can create up to 330 collectors in IPM, as 10% of 300 collectors is 30 collectors.

2. If you have a license for 5000 devices, you are allowed to create up to 5100 collectors in IPM. You can add additional 100 collectors more, apart from the licensed limit (5000 collectors). This is because 10% of 5000 collectors is 500 collectors, which is more than 100 collectors.

Note The AutoIPSLA generated collectors are accounted for license.

Working with IPM Collectors

A collector is defined as an entity that encompasses a source router, a target device, an operation, and the collector schedule. IPM allows you to create one or more collectors by selecting one source device, multiple target devices and operations.

The number of collectors you create depends on the device license. For more information on the device license, see Table 5-3.

After you create the collectors, they are configured on the source router by IPM to collect the network performance statistics.

Creating collectors involves

•Specifying Source Devices

•Specifying Target Devices

•Specifying IPM Operations

•Defining Collectors

This section also contains information on:

•Viewing the Collector Page (Added)

•Viewing the Collector List

•Viewing the Collector Details

•Editing a Collector

•Deleting Collectors

•Viewing Collector Graphs

•Exporting Collector Configuration Information

•Importing Collector Configuration Information

•Monitoring a Collector

•Stopping the Collectors

•Starting the Collectors

•Reconfiguring Collectors

Note You cannot start, stop, edit, delete, or monitor AutoIPSLA- generated collectors

Specifying Source Devices

IPM source is a device from which you initiate operations for measuring network performance statistics. Each source must be IP SLA capable and an SNMP agent.

The following MIBs are used by IPM to retrieve required information:

•RttMonMIB

•SystemMIB

The source devices are listed under Source Device Selector on the Collector Configuration page.

This list contains only IP SLA capable devices under the respective MDF categories and also in "All Devices" folder.

For more information on selecting devices, see Adding Devices Using Device Management.

Specifying Target Devices

IPM targets are destination devices for which you want to gather network performance statistics. A target can be any IP-addressable device or a Cisco device running the IP SLA Responder on which the source router performs IP SLA operations. Target devices with IP SLA Responder capability provide more accurate measurements than the other target devices.

Note The IP SLA Responder is supported only in Cisco IOS 12.1(2)T or later. We strongly recommend that you use software release 12.1 or later.

For more information on selecting devices, see Adding Devices Using Device Management.

Specifying IPM Operations

IP SLA operations are used to create collectors that is configured on the source router to measure network performance statistics.

IPM supports the following IP SLA operations:

•Echo Operations

–Echo

–Path Echo

–UDP Echo

•Jitter Operations

–ICMP Jitter

–UDP Jitter

•Services Operations

–DNS

–DHCP

–HTTP

–FTP

–DLSw

–TCP Connect

•VoIP-related Operations

–Gatekeeper Registration Delay

–Call Setup Post Dial Delay

–RTP

•Metro Ethernet Operations

–Ethernet Ping

–Ethernet Jitter

–Ethernet Ping Auto IP SLA

–Ethernet Jitter Auto IP SLA

For more information, see Managing IPM Operations.

Defining Collectors

IPM provides a single wizard-based approach that leads you through the procedure to create multiple collectors. This wizard process involves the following four steps:

•Configuring Collectors

•Selecting Collectors

•Scheduling Collectors

•Viewing the Collector Summary

You must complete all the four tasks in this sequence to create collectors. If you exit the wizard at any stage using Cancel, the details you have specified will be lost and the collectors will not be created.

Configuring Collectors

The Collector Configuration page allows you to configure collectors. You can configure collectors by specifying the collector information, a source device, target devices, and operations.

You can also configure collectors by specifying the VRF Name.

The collectors are created, based on the number of target devices and operations that you have selected. If you have selected M target devices and N operations, then M*N collectors are created.

Note Target device is not applicable for VoIP Gatekeeper Registration Delay, VoIP Post Dial Delay, Ethernet Ping Auto IPSLA, DHCP, Ethernet Ping, Ethernet Jitter and Ethernet Jitter Auto IP SLA operations. If you select target device a message appears indicating that they do not support target device.

The Maintenance End Point (MEP) number is referred to and considered as the Target device for Ethernet Ping and Ethernet Jitter operations.

The number of historical collectors you create in IPM, depends on your device license. For more information on the license, see Collector License Information.

However, we recommend that you create collectors based on the polling interval for better performance of the IPM server.

To configure collectors:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears.

Step 2 Click Create.

The Collector Configuration page appears.

Step 3 Specify the following details in the Collector Info section:

•The collector name in the Collector Name field.

•A brief description of the collector in the Description field.

Though the Collector Name field allows you to enter more than 15 characters, the source device and trap PDUs display only the first 15 characters for IOS versions that are lower than 12.4. However, the IPM database, contains the complete collector name.

Step 4 Select the source device from the Source Devices list.

For more information on selecting Source Device, see Table 5-4.

Table 5-4 Using Source Device List

Folder Name

Description

Search Input

Enter your search expression in this text field.

You can enter a single device name or multiple device names in this field. You can enter the following as search inputs to search multiple devices:

•Comma-separated list of complete device names.

•Device names with wildcard characters * and ? to search for multiple devices that match the text string entered in this input field.

•Combination of comma-separated lists of device names, and device names with wildcard characters.

All

Lists all devices that are available in IPM.

Selection

Lists all devices that you have selected in the All or Search Results tab or through a combination of both

Search Results

Displays the Simple search results. From the search result, you can:

•Select all devices

•Clear all devices

•Select a few devices

All Devices

Lists all devices in the application in alphabetical order of their display names.

The display names are defined when you add the devices in DCR.

Device Type Groups

Lists all devices in groups and subgroups, based on their Device Category, Series, and Model.

By default, the device grouping is based on their Device Categories, such as Routers, Switches, and Hubs

User-defined Groups

Lists IPM devices that satisfy the group rules. These group rules are defined by you when you create the User-defined groups.

Step 5 Select the Use VRF checkbox to enter Virtual Routing and Forwarding details.

When you select the Use VRF checkbox, the Select VRF button is activated.

Step 6 Either:

•Enter the VRF details in the VRF field.

If you enter an invalid VRF name or a VRF name that does not exist in the selected source, the collectors go to the ConfigFailed state.

Or

•Click Select VRF to select the VRF from the existing list of VRFs configured in the device.

When you Select VRF, the VRF List pop-up box appears. The VRF List displayed is based on the Source device that you selected in Step 4.

For more information on selecting the VRF from the VRF List pop-up box, see Table 5-5

Table 5-5 VRF List

Elements

Description

Get Latest From Device

Fetches the latest list of VRFs from that source device.

OK

Allows you to select the VRF from the VRF List.

You can select only one VRF from the VRF List.

Cancel

Exits the VRF List dialog box.

If the VRF List is blank, the VRF List dialog box displays the following message:

The VRF list is blank. Click Continue to refresh the list from the device.

You can configure collector using VRF only for the following operations:

•ICMP echo

•UDP echo

•ICMP path echo

•ICMP jitter

•UDP jitter

•TCP Connect

•HTTP

•FTP

•DNS

Step 7 Select one or more target devices from the Target Devices list.

For more information on selecting the Target device, see Table 5-6.

Table 5-6 Using the Target Devices List

Folder Name

Description

Search Input

Enter your search expression in this text field.

You can enter a single device name or multiple device names in this field. You can enter the following as search inputs to search multiple devices:

•Comma-separated list of complete device names.

•Device names with wildcard characters * and ? to search for multiple devices that match the text string you have entered in this input field.

•Combination of comma separated list of device names, and device names with wildcard characters.

All

Lists all devices that are available in IPM.

Selection

Lists all devices that you have selected in the All or Search Results tab or through a combination of both.

Search Results

Displays the Simple search results. From the search result, you can:

•Select all devices

•Clear all devices

•Select a few devices

All Devices

Lists all devices in the application in alphabetical order of their display names. The display names are defined when you add the devices in DCR.

Device Type Groups

Lists all devices in groups and subgroups based on their Device Category, Series, and Model.

By default, the device grouping is based on their Device Categories, such as Routers, Switches, and Hubs.

User-Defined Groups

Lists IPM devices that satisfy the group rules. The group rules are defined by you when you create the User-defined groups

Responder Enabled Devices

Lists all responder-enabled Target devices. UDP Jitter operation uses Responder Enabled Target devices.

Adhoc Target

Lists all external Target devices that are added into IPM.

Step 8 Select one or more operations from the Operations list.

For more information on the operations, see Table 4-1

Step 9 Enter a valid IP address in the Source Interface field.

This is the IP address of the Source Device Interface to which the packets are returned from the destination.

The Source Interface field is an optional field and does not apply to Ethernet operations.

Step 10 Click Next.

The Select Collector page appears.

Selecting Collectors

The Select Collector page allows you to select or deselect collectors that you want to create. By default, all collectors are selected.

A warning appears if the device that you specified on the Collector Configuration page, has wrong credentials or is not reachable.

To select collectors:

Step 1 Select the required collectors from the Select Collectors pane that you want to create.

For more information on the Select Collector page, see Table 5-7

Table 5-7 Select Collector Page

Field

Description

Source Details

Source Address

IP address of the Source device you have selected.

IOS Version

IOS version of the Source device.

Max Collectors

Maximum number of collectors that the Source device supports.

New Collectors Capacity

Number of collectors you can configure on the Source device.

Step 2 Click Next.

The Schedule page appears.

You can also filter the collector list using the Filter field. For more information, see Table 5-8.

Table 5-8 Filtering Collectors on Select Collector Page

Filter Criteria

Description

All

Lists all collectors in IPM.

Collector Name

Enter the complete Collector name or a part of it.

Target

Enter the complete Target name or a part of it .

Operation

Enter the complete Operation name or a part of it.

Scheduling Collectors

The Schedule page allows you to specify the collector type, schedule the start and end times for the collectors to configure, and specify the polling time intervals.

To schedule collectors:

Step 1 Select either of the following from the Collector Type section:

•Historical/Statistical—Gathers data and stores it in the IPM database for future analysis. This is the default setting.

Or

•Monitored/Real-time—Allows you to monitor network performance in real-time. However, the network performance data is not stored in the IPM database.

If you select Monitored/Real-time as the type, the Start Time Details, End Time Details, and Poller Settings fields are disabled.

Step 2 Define a schedule for the selected collectors in the Start Time Details section. To do this select either:

•Immediate—Starts the collector immediately after it is configured. This is the default setting.

Or

•Date—Select this from the Calendar icon. The collector will start at the specified date. The default setting for Date is the current date. That is, the date on which you define the collector.

The start time of the collector depends on the time defined in the Poller Settings field.

At the scheduled start time, IPM configures the collector in the router and the status is reflected in the Collector Management page.

The Date field is disabled if you have selected Immediate as the start time.

Step 3 Specify the end date for the collector in the End Time Details section. To do this, select any of the following:

•Forever—Runs the collector continuously. This is the default setting. To stop the running collector select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors > Stop.

•Duration—Removes the collector from the source router after the specified length of time has expired. The duration is specified in days. You can also specify 0 days as the duration. This is the current date.

For example, if you specify 0 days with polling time intervals 20:00:00 to 23:30:00, the collector stops polling at 23:30:00 hours.

•Date—Select this from the Calendar icon. The collector will stop at the specified date. The default setting for Date is the current date. That is, the date on which you define the collector.

The end time of the collector depends on the time defined in the Poller Settings field.

The Duration and Date fields are disabled if you select Forever as the end time.

Step 4 Specify the following in the Poller Settings section:

•Polling Interval—Specifies the polling frequency from IPM server to the source router to collect statistics. Select the polling interval from the drop-down list. The default polling interval is 60 minutes. The polling intervals available are 1, 5, 15, and 30, and 60 minutes.

We recommend that you create collectors based on the polling interval for better performance of the IPM server.

–You can generate Minute reports and graphs only if you have set the Polling Interval to any of these: 1, 5, 15, and 30 minutes.

–You can generate Historical reports and graphs for all Polling Interval such as 1, 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes.

•Days of Week—Select the days of the week when you want the polling to occur.

•Time—Specify the From and To time interval for the polling to start. You must specify the time in the format, Hour:Minutes:Seconds. The default From and To times are 00:00:00 and 23:59:59, respectively.

Step 5 Click Next.

The Summary page appears.

Viewing the Collector Summary

The Summary page provides information on the collector configuration, schedule, and poller settings. It provides the VRF details, if VRF is used while creating Collector. For more information, see Table 5-9.

To view the collector summary:

Step 1 Click Finish.

A message appears that the collectors were created successfully.

Or

Click Back.

This allows you to modify the settings defined in the Collector Configuration, Select Collector, or Schedule pages.

Step 2 Click OK.

The Collector Management page displays the newly- defined collectors.

Table 5-9 Collector Summary Page

Field

Description

Collector Name

Displays the collector name

Description

Collector Type

Collector type (such as Historical or Real time).

Configuration Details

Source Address

IP address of the Source device.

Target Addresses

IP addresses of the Target device.

Operation Names

Name of the operation.

VRF Name

Displays the name of the VRF specified while creating collector.

If you have not specified the VRF details, the field will be displayed as "Not Applicable".

Schedule Details

Start Date

Start date that you specified while creating collectors.

End Date

End date that you specified while creating collectors.

Poller Settings

Polling Interval (mins)

Polling time interval that you specified while creating a collector.

Polling Time

Start and end times of the polling times that you specified while creating a collector.

Days of Week Details

Days of the week when polling occurs. These are the days that you specified while creating a collector.

Viewing the Collector Page

The Collector Management page displays collectors. It also displays their details, such as collector name, source, target, operation, start time, end date, collector type, and status.

The Collector Management page has a sliding object selector labelled, Collector Group Selector. Click the red arrow on this selector to maximize or minimize the view of the Collector List.

You can perform the following tasks on this page:

•List Operation-based groups (See Listing Operation-Based (System-Defined) Groups)

Lists collectors based on the default operation types.

•List User-defined groups (See Listing User-Defined Groups)

Lists collectors based on the groups defined by users in Group Administration.

•Filter the collector list (See Filtering the Collector List)

Allows you to filter the collector list.

•Sort the collector list (See Sorting the Collector List)

Allows you to sort the collector list.

Note You can also use a combination of operation-based groups and user-defined groups to list the collectors.

Listing Operation-Based Groups

To list collectors, based on Operation-based groups:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears, displaying the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the operation you need from the Operation Based Groups folder in the left pane.

For example, to list collectors based on the operation, FTP, select the FTP check box.

Step 3 Click List Collectors.

The collector list for the selected operation appears in the right pane.

Listing User-Defined Groups

To list collectors based on User-defined groups:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears, displaying the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the required User-defined group from the left pane.

For example, to list collectors based on the location, USCollectors, select the USCollectors check box.

Step 3 Click List Collectors.0

The collector list for the selected User-defined group appears in the right pane.

Filtering the Collector List

To filter the collector list:

Step 1 Select the filter type from the Filter drop-down list.

Step 2 Click Filter.

The Filter Collector list appears. See Table 5-10.

Table 5-10 Filtering Collector List

Filter Criteria

Description

All

Displays the entire collector list.

Collector Name

Enter the complete Collector name or part of it.

Source

Enter the complete Source device name or part of it.

Target

Enter the complete Target device name or part of it.

Operation

Enter the complete Operation name or part of it.

Status

Enter the complete Status name or part of it.

VRF

Enter the complete VRF name.

Table 5-11 Using Source Devices List

Folder Name

Description

Search Input

Enter your search expression in this text field.

You can enter a single device name or multiple device names in this field. You can enter the following as search inputs to search multiple devices:

•Comma separated list of full device names.

•Device names with wildcard characters * and ? to search for multiple devices matching the text string entered in this input field.

•Combination of comma separated list of device names, and device names with wildcard characters.

For more information, see Performing Simple Search.

All

Lists all the devices that are available in IPM.

Selection

Lists all the devices that you have selected in the All or Search Results tab or through a combination of both.

Search Results

Displays the Simple search results. From the search result, you can:

•Select all devices

•Clear all devices

•Select a few devices

All Devices

Lists all the devices in the application in the alpahabetical order of their display names. The display names are defined when you have added the devices in DCR.

Device Type Groups

Lists all devices in groups and subgroups based on their Device Category, Series, and Model. By default, the device grouping is based on their Device Categories such as Routers, Switches, and Hubs.

User Defined Groups

Lists IPM devices that satisfy the group rules. The group rules are defined by you when you create the User-Defined groups.

Step 3 Select one or more target devices from the Target Devices list.

For more information on selecting the Target device, see Table 5-12.

Table 5-12 Using the Target Devices List

Folder Name

Description

Search Input

Enter your search expression in this text field.

You can enter a single device name or multiple device names in this field. You can enter the following as search inputs to search multiple devices:

•Comma separated list of full device names

•Device names with wildcard characters * and ? to search for multiple devices matching the text string entered in this input field.

•Combination of comma separated list of device names, and device names with wildcard characters.

For more information, see Performing Simple Search.

All

Lists all the devices that are available in IPM.

Selection

Lists all the devices that you have selected in the All or Search Results tab or through a combination of both.

Search Results

Displays the Simple search results. From the search result, you can:

•Select all devices

•Clear all devices

•Select a few devices

All Devices

Lists all the devices in the application in the alphabetical order of their display names. The display names are defined when you have added the devices in DCR.

Device Type Groups

Lists all devices in groups and subgroups based on their Device Category, Series, and Model. By default, the device grouping is based on their Device Categories such as Routers, Switches, and Hubs.

User-Defined Groups

Lists IPM devices that satisfy the group rules. The group rules are defined by you when you create the User-Defined groups.

Responder Enabled Devices

Lists all the responder enabled target devices. UDP Jitter operation uses Responder Enabled target devices.

Adhoc Target

Lists all the external target devices added into IPM.

The Target List does not apply to the Gatekeeper Registration Delay, Post Dial Delay operations, Ethernet Jitter Auto IP SLA and Ethernet Ping Auto IP SLA, because they do not support Target devices.
For Ethernet Jitter and Ethernet Ping the maintenance endpoint ID (MEPID), which is in the operation, is considered as the target.

Step 4 Select one or more operations from the Operations list.

Step 5 Enter a valid IP address in the Source Interface field.

This is the IP address of the source device interface to which the packets are returned from the destination. The Source Interface field is an optional field.

The Source Interface field is not applicable for Ethernet operations.

For more information on this field, see Managed Source Interface Setting.

Step 6 Click Next.

The Select Collector page appears.

Viewing the Collector List

The Collector Management page displays all the operation-based (system-defined) and user-defined collectors, and their details, such as collector name, source, target, operation, start time, end date, collector type, and status.

You can perform the following tasks on this page:

•Listing Operation-Based (System-Defined) Groups

Lists collectors based on the default operation types. The operation-based groups are also referred to as system-defined groups.

•Listing User-Defined Groups

Lists collectors based on the groups defined by users in Group Administration.

For more information, see Creating User-Defined Collector Groups.

•Filtering the Collector List

Allows you to filter the collector list.

•Sorting the Collector List

Allows you to sort the collector list.

Note You can also use a combination of operation-based groups and user-defined groups to list the collectors.

Listing Operation-Based (System-Defined) Groups

To list collectors based on operation-based groups:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the required operation from the Operation Based Groups folder in the left pane.

For example, to list collectors based on the operation, `FTP', select the FTP check box.

Step 3 Click List Collectors.

The collector list for the selected operation appears in the right pane.

You can further filter this list of collectors. For more information, see Filtering the Collector List.

Listing User-Defined Groups

To list collectors based on user-defined groups:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors by default.

Step 2 Select the required user-defined group from the left pane.

For example, to list collectors based on the location, `USCollectors', select the `USCollectors' check box.

For more information on user-defined group, see Managing Collector Groups.

Step 3 Click List Collectors.

The collector list for the selected user-defined group appears in the right pane.

You can further filter this list of collectors. For more information, see Filtering the Collector List.

Sorting the Collector List

To sort the collector list, click one of the column titles. By default, the information is sorted based on collector name. Optionally, you can sort the information based on other parameters such as start time, target, or operation type.

Viewing the Collector Details

To view the collector details:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the collector for which you want to view the details from the Collector List section.

Step 3 Click View.

The Collector Details window appears. For more information, see Table 5-13.

Step 4 Click OK.

Table 5-13 Collector Details

Field

Description

Details

Name

Collector name specified while defining a collector.

Description

Description of the collector specified while defining a collector.

Operation Name

The name of the operation while defining a collector.

Admin Index

Unique number that represents each collector on the device.

VRF Name

VRF name of the collector.

Source Interface

Source Interface details.

Last Modified Time

Last modified time of the collector.

Source Device details obtained when a collector was last configured by IPM

Display Name

Display name of the device specified while adding the device in DCR.

IOS Version

Displays the IOS version of the source device.

IP SLA Version

Displays the IP SLA version of the source device.

Max Collectors

Maximum number of collectors the source device supports.

New Collectors Capacity

Number of collectors that you can configure on the source router.

Last snmp Set Time

Date and time when the source device was last modified while creating or modifying a collector.

Last reboot Time

Last reboot time of the source device.

Target Details

Display Name

Display name of the device specified while adding the device in DCR.

Responder Enabled

Displays whether the target device is Responder Enabled or not.

Scheduling Details

Scheduling Type

Displays whether the collector type is Historical or Monitored/Real-time.

Start Date

Displays the start date specified while creating collectors.

End Date

Displays the end date specified while creating collectors.

Polling Details

Polling Interval (mins)

Polling time interval specified while creating a collector.

Polling Time

Start and end time of the polling time specified while creating a collector.

Days of Week

Displays days of the week when polling happens, specified while creating a collector.

Editing a Collector

You can edit the description and the scheduling details of a collector. You cannot edit the details of a source, target, or operation.

Note You are not allowed to edit inidividual IPSLA Ethernet auto discovered collectors.

To edit a collector:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the required collector from the Collector List section to edit.

Step 3 Click Edit.

The Collector Configuration page displays the configuration details of the selected collector.

Step 4 Modify the following fields, if required, in the Collector Info section:

•Collector Name

•Description

Step 5 Modify the Source Interface field, if required, in the Selected Devices Info section.

You cannot modify the Source Device, Target Device, VRF Name and Operation fields in this section.

Step 6 Click Next.

The Schedule page appears with the scheduling details.

Step 7 Edit the following fields, if required.

•End Time Details

•Poller Settings

For more information on these fields, see Scheduling Collectors.

Step 8 Click Next.

The Summary page appears with the updated information for the selected collector.

For more information on the Summary page, see Table 5-13.

Step 9 Click Finish.

A message appears that the selected collector's information is updated successfully.

Step 10 Click OK.

Deleting Collectors

Using the Delete option, you can delete collectors that you no longer need. When you delete a collector, the collector configured on the source router and the data stored in the database are deleted.

After deleting, the collector remains in the Delete Pending state until the data is completely deleted from the IPM database. It may take several minutes or more to delete a collector that has a large amount of statistics information stored in the IPM database. You can delete more than one collector at a time.

If you want to delete a collector in the Running status, you must first move the collector to the Stop status before attempting to delete.

Note You are not allowed to delete inidividual IPSLA Ethernet auto discovered collectors.

To delete collectors:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the collectors that you want to delete.

Step 3 Click Delete.

The Delete Confirmation dialog box appears.

Step 4 Click OK.

The selected collectors are deleted from IPM.

Viewing Collector Graphs

You can use the Graph option to view the collector statistics or compare the latency of the collectors (overlay graphs) based on the granularity and the report period. To generate overlay graphs, you must select collectors in Running, Completed, Dormant, or Stopped status.

Note You cannot view graphs for AutoIPSLA Ethernet collectors.

To view the collector statistics:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears.

Step 2 Select the required collectors from the Collector List.

Step 3 Click Graph.

The Graph Settings window appears.

Step 4 Select the type of graph from the Type drop-down list.

The available graph types are Availability and Latency.

Based on the collector you select, the report type is added in the drop-down list apart from Availability and Latency.

For example, if you choose RTP collector, RTP report type gets added in the Type drop-down list.

Step 5 Select one of the following granularity from the Granularity section:

•Minute

•Hourly

•Daily

•Weekly

•Monthly

Step 6 Specify the following in the Report Period section:

•From—Select the start date and time of your report. You can select the date from the calendar icon and the time from the drop-down list.

•To—Select the end date and time of your report. You can select the date from the calendar icon and the time from the drop-down list.

•Outage Option— You can :

–Check the Exclude Planned Outage Periods checkbox to exclude the outage period details.

Or

–Uncheck the Exclude Planned Outage Periods checkbox to include the outage period details.

Step 7 Click OK.

A Graph appears displaying the statistics for the selected collector.

•If you have checked the Exclude Planned Outage Period checkbox, the graph will not display the outage details.

•If you have unchecked the Exclude Planned Outage Period checkbox, the outage period will be watermarked in the graph and highlighted in red.

To know more about the graphs, click the required collector given below:

•Availability Reports and Graphs

•Latency (Round-Trip Time) Reports and Graphs

•UDP Jitter Reports and Graphs

•HTTP Reports and Graphs

•ICMP Jitter Reports and Graphs

•Path Echo Reports and Graphs

•RTP Reports and Graphs

•Ethernet Jitter Reports and Graphs

To overlay Collector graphs:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears.

Step 2 Select the required collectors from the Collector List.

Step 3 Click Graph.

The Graph Settings window appears.

Step 4 Select the type of graph from the Type drop-down list.

The available graph types are Availability and Latency.

Based on the collector you select, the report type is added in the drop-down list apart from Availability and Latency.

For example, if you choose RTP collector, RTP report type gets added in the Type drop-down list.

Step 5 Select the granularity period from the Granularity section:

•Minute

•Hourly

•Daily

•Weekly

•Monthly

Step 6 Specify the following in the Report Period section:

•From—Select the start date and time of your report. You can select the date from the calendar icon and the time from the drop-down list.

•To—Select the end date and time of your report. You can select the date from the calendar icon and the time from the drop-down list.

Step 7 Click OK.

A Graph appears displaying the latency for the selected collectors, where:

•X-axis represents the range of time period you have selected.

•Y-axis represents the latency of the selected collectors.

Each data point has a tooltip that displays the collector name, operation type, date, and time.

Figure 5-1 represents a sample overlay graph.

Figure 5-1 Overlay Graphs

Note There may be instances where the graphs of different collectors may overlap each other. So to view a particular graph curve, you can click on the legends available. This allows you to view only a particular graph corresponding to that selected legend.

Exporting Collector Configuration Information

You can export a list of collectors and their credentials from IPM User Interface into CSV file. For detailed information on the format of the CSV file, see Format of the CSV File.

Note You are not allowed to export IPSLA-generated collectors and their credentials.

The exported file is stored at:

Solaris:

–/var/adm/CSCOpx/files/ipm/export/collectors

Windows:

–NMSROOT\files\ipm\export\collectors

To export collector configuration information:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the collectors that you want to export.

Step 3 Click Export.

The Export Collector window appears.

Step 4 Specify the file/directory location and the directory content in the Collector File text box.

or

Click the Browse hyperlink to select a folder on the IPM server.

The Server Side File Browser window displays the default file/directory location and the directory contents.

a. Select the required file/directory location and the directory content on the IPM server.

b. Click OK.

The Export Collector window appears with the specified information.

Step 5 Click OK.

A message appears that the selected collectors are exported successfully.

Step 6 Click OK.

Sample Exported Collector File

;

Here are the columns of the file.

; Columns 1, 3,5,6, 9-14 are required.

; Columns 2,7,8 are optional.

; Column 4 is not applicable for DHCP, GatekeeperRegistrationDelay,

; CallSetupPostDialDelay, EthernetPingAutoIPSLA, EthernetJitterAutoIPSLA

; Operation types and should be left empty.

; For the Operations Ethernetjitter,Ethernetping represents MEPID.

; Col# = 1: Collector Name

; Col# = 2: Description of the collector

; Col# = 3: Source dispaly name

; Col# = 4: Target display name

; Col# = 5: Operation name

; Col# = 6: Operation Type [1 - Echo, 2 - PathEcho, 9 - UDP Jitter]

; For Other operations refer to online help

;

; Col# = 7: Vrf Name

; Col# = 8: Source Interface Address

; Col# = 9: Collector type [1 - Historical, 2 - Realtime]

; Col# = 10: Start date (must be in MM/DD/YYYY)

; Col# = 11: End date (must be in MM/DD/YYYY)

; Col# = 12: Poll Start time (hh:mm:ss)

; Col# = 13: Poll End time (hh:mm:ss)

; Col# = 14: Days of week (must be between 1-127)

; Col# = 15: Poll Interval (must be in milliseconds)

;

; Example for Echo Collector:

; test_Echo_Collector, ,10.77.209.9,10.76.90.106-NAM2,Test_Echo_Operation,1,blue, ,1,07/29/2008,01/31/2021,00:00:00,00:00:00,127,3600000

;

; Example for DHCP Collector:

; test_DHCP_collector, ,10.77.209.9, ,Test_DHCP_Operation,11, , ,1,07/29/2008,01/31/2021,00:00:00,00:00:00,127,3600000

;

; Here are the rows of data.

Importing Collector Configuration Information

You can import the collector configuration information from an external location within the IPM server or reuse the exported collector file information.

You can import the collectors with previous versions of IPM file format. Collectors will be created without VRF details.

For detailed information on the format of the CSV file, see Format of the CSV File.

To import collector configuration information from a CSV file to IPM:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Click Import.

The Select Import File window appears.

Step 3 Specify the file/directory location and the directory content in the Collector File text box.

or

Click the Browse hyperlink.

The Server Side File Browser window displays the default file/directory location and the directory contents.

a. Select the required file/directory location and the directory content on the IPM server.

a. Click OK.

The Select Import File window appears with the specified information.

Step 4 Click OK.

A message appears that the selected collectors are imported successfully.

Step 5 Click OK.

Format of the CSV File

The CSV file should have the following fields:

Name of the Field

Description

Example

Collector Name

Specify the name of the collector.

echo_coll1_10.77.209.209_echo

Description

Specify a brief description about the collector. This column is optional.

Source Display Name

Specify the display name of the source device

10.77.209.3

Target Display Name

Specify the display name of the target device.

The value of this column should be blank for the following operations:

•DHCP,

•GatekeeperRegistrationDelay,

•CallSetupPostDialDelay

•EthernetPingAutoIPSLA

•EthernetJitterAutoIPSLA

If the Operation Type is Ethernet Jitter or Ethernet Ping, the value of this column will be MEPID.

10.77.209.209

Operation Name

You can specify either the system defined or user-defined operations. The name is case-sensitive.

Echo

Operation Type

Specify the numeric value associated with the Operation Types. They are:

•Echo Operations

–Echo = 1

–Path Echo = 2

–UDP Echo = 5

•Jitter Operations

–UDP Jitter = 9

–ICMP Jitter = 16

•Services Operations

–DNS = 8

–DHCP=11

–HTTP = 7

–FTP = 12

–DLSw = 10

–TCP Connect = 6

•VoIP Operations

–Call Setup Post Dial Delay = 18

–Gatekeeper Registration Delay = 19

–RTP = 14

•Metro Ethernet Operations

–Ethernet Ping = 1019

–Ethernet Jitter = 1020

–Ethernet Ping Auto IP SLA = 1119

–Ethernet Jitter Auto IP SLA = 1120

1

Vrf Name

Specify the VRF name. This column is optional and is applicable only for IPM 4.2

Source Interface Address

Specify the source interface address . This column is optional.

Collector Type

Specify the numeric value associated with the type of collector. It can be:

•Historical = 1

•Real-time = 2

1

Start Date

Specify the start date in the MM/DD/YYYY format.

08/27/2009

End Date

Specify the end date in the MM/DD/YYYY format.

01/31/2021

Poll Start Time

Specify the poll start time in the Hour:Minutes:Seconds format.

0:00:00

Poll End Time

Specify the poll end time in the Hour:Minutes:Seconds format.

0:00:00

Days Of Week

Specify the days of the week when polling should happen. The numeric value for each day of the week is:

•Monday = 1

•Tuesday = 2

•Wednesday = 4

•Thursday = 8

•Friday = 16

•Saturday = 32

•Sunday = 64

If you want the IPM server to poll only on:

•Monday,Tuesday and Friday means, it will be: 19 (Mon+Tue+Fri = 1 + 2 + 16 = 19)

•Week days, it will be: 31 (Mon+Tue+Wed+Thu+Fri = 1+ 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 31)

•Saturday and Sunday, it will be: 96
(Sat + Sun = 32 + 64 = 96)

Poll Interval

Specify the frequency with which the IPM server polls the source router to collect the statistics. The value must be in milliseconds.

60000

; Example for Echo Collector:

; test_Echo_Collector, ,10.77.209.9,10.76.90.106-NAM2,Test_Echo_Operation,1,blue, ,1,07/29/2008,01/31/2021,00:00:00,00:00:00,127,3600000

;

; Example for DHCP Collector:

; test_DHCP_collector, ,10.77.209.9, ,Test_DHCP_Operation,11, , ,1,07/29/2008,01/31/2021,00:00:00,00:00:00,127,3600000

Monitoring a Collector

You can use the Monitor option to monitor the real-time statistics of a collector in the Running status. The statistical data displayed is not stored in the IPM database.You can view the real-time graph for both Historical/Statistical and Monitored/Real-Time collectors. You can monitor more than one collector's statistics in real time.

The sample interval, in the report, indicates the frequency at which the values are plotted on the real-time graph. For example, if the sample interval is 60 seconds, the values in the graphs are plotted every 60 seconds. The sample interval depends on the operation used by the collector.

Note You cannot monitor AutoIPSLA Ethernet collectors.

To monitor a collector:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select one of the following collectors for monitoring.

•A collector in Running status if the collector type is Historical/Statistical.

•A collector that has the collector type as Monitor/Real-Time.

Step 3 Click Monitor.

A Real-Time graph appears.

To know more about the graphs, click the required link given below:

•Latency (Round-Trip Time) Reports and Graphs

•UDP Jitter Reports and Graphs

•HTTP Reports and Graphs

•ICMP Jitter Reports and Graphs

•RTP Reports and Graphs

•Ethernet Jitter Reports and Graphs

Stopping the Collectors

You can use the Stop option to stop the collectors in Running status. As a result of stopping, the collectors become inactive on the source router and the data polling is stopped.

Note You are not allowed to stop inidividual IPSLA Ethernet auto discovered collectors.

To stop the collectors:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the collectors check box that you want to stop.

The selected collectors must be in the Running status.

Step 3 Click Stop.

The Stop Confirmation dialog box appears.

Step 4 Click OK.

The selected collectors are stopped.

Starting the Collectors

You can use the Start option to start the stopped collectors. As a result of starting, the collector is activated on the source device and IPM starts polling.

Note You are not allowed to start inidividual IPSLA Ethernet auto discovered collectors.

To start the collectors:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Select the collectors in Stopped status.

Step 3 Click Start to start the stopped collectors.

Reconfiguring Collectors

You can reconfigure collectors that are in Config Failed state and Source Not Responding State.

To reconfigure collectors:

Step 1 Go to LMS Portal and select Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Management > Collectors.

The Collector Management page appears with the list of collectors.

Step 2 Click Reconfigure to reconfigure collectors in the Config Failed state and Source Not Responding State.

The Reconfigure Collectors window appears with the list of Config Failed collectors and Source Not Responding State.

Note The Reconfigure page does not list the collectors that are moved to the Source Not Responding state during polling. This is because these collectors are already configured and running on the device . These collectors ill move to Running state during the next polling cycle.

Alternatively, you can select one or more source devices and click this button to view the Config Failed collectors associated with the source devices.

Also, you can click Filter to filter the collectors based on criteria.

For more information on how to filter collectors, see Filtering Collectors.

Step 3 Check the collectors and click:

•Reconfigure, to reconfigure the collectors.

Or

•Delete, to delete the collectors.

You can also click Cancel to revert to the Collector Management window without reconfiguring collectors.