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Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.2

Collector Management Tasks

Report Tasks

Admin Tasks

Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.2

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Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) is a network troubleshooting application that gauges network response time and availability. It allows network administrators to proactively discover and address end-to-end network performance issues. Real-time and historical reports are used for network troubleshooting, helping administrators locate and diagnose congestion and latency problems.

This chapter provides mapping of IPM tasks in LMS 4.2.

This chapter explains:

•Collector Management Tasks

•Report Tasks

•Admin Tasks

Collector Management Tasks

This section provides information on the following IPM Collector Management Tasks in LMS 4.2

•IPM Devices Tasks

•IP SLA Operations

•Collector Tasks

•Outage Settings

•Group Administration Tasks

Table 7-1 Collector Management Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.2 Navigation	Description
IPM Devices Tasks
Viewing IPM Devices	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Devices	Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Devices	You can list devices, add adhoc target, edit device attributes, delete devices, enable IPSLA responder and update IPSLA config in this page.
IP SLA Operations
IP SLA Operations	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Operations	Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Operations	You can define one or more new operations to fit your needs. Although, you cannot modify the default operations, you can use them as templates for creating your own operations. The List of Operations page allows you to view the list of system-defined and user-defined operations and filter the list of operations. You can view, edit, create and delete user defined operation
Collector Tasks
Collector Management Page	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Collectors	Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Collectors	You can list all the operation-based (system-defined) and user-defined collector groups in IPM. You can list collectors, filter collectors, view collector details and view the collector statistics or compare the latency of collectors based on the granularity. You can also edit collector details, delete, monitor, start, stop, create collectors, export and import collectors, and reconfigure collectors.
Outage Settings
Managing Outgage Details	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Outage Settings	Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Outage Settings	Outages or downtime refers to the time span when the network fails to provide its primary function. You can create, edit, and delete a planned outage and view completed planned outages.
Group Administration Tasks
Group Administration Page	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Group Administration	Admin > System: Group Management > IPSLA Collector Groups	You can create user defined collector groups and also edit, delete, refresh and view properties of these collector groups.

Report Tasks

This section provides information on the following IPM Reports Tasks in LMS 4.2:

•Report Archive Tasks

•Report Job Browser Tasks

•Audit Reports

•System Reports

Table 7-2 Report Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.2 Navigation	Description
Report Archive Tasks
Using Report Archives	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives	Reports > Report Archives: IPSLA	You can manage the archived reports and create report jobs on the Historical Reports page You can create, view and delete report jobs here. The Filter option available in the Report Archives page, allows you to filter the reports based on certain fields and value.
Report Job Browser Tasks
Using Report Job Browser	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs	Admin > Jobs: Browser	The Reports Job Browser page allows you to manage the report jobs. You can perform the following: •Viewing the Job Details •Stopping the Report Jobs •Deleting Scheduled Jobs It also shows the report job statuses.
Audit Reports
Generating Audit Reports	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports	Reports > Audit: IPSLA	You can generate audit reports on all audit changes that occurred in the network during a specified time period.
System Reports
Viewing Daily System Reports	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports > System Reports	Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Daily	You can view the daily system report for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.
Viewing Weekly System Reports	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports > System Reports	Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Weekly	You can view the weekly system report for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.
Viewing Monthly System Reports	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports > System Reports	Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Monthly	You can view the monthly summary for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.

Admin Tasks

This section provides information on the following IPM Admin Tasks in LMS 4.2:

•Log Level Settings

•Application Settings

•Auto Allocation Settings

•IPSLA Syslog Configuration

•Purging Settings

Table 7-3 Admin Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.2 Navigation	Description
Log Level Settings
Log Level Settings	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Log Level Settings	Admin > System: Debug Settings > IPSLA Debugging Settings	You can use the Log Level Settings option to set the log levels for LMS modules. You can either set the log levels for all LMS modules or at a module level.
Application Settings
Application Settings	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings	Admin > Collection Settings: Performance > IPSLA Application Settings	The Application Settings page allows you to copy IP SLA (Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement) configuration to running-config, and set managed source interface.
Auto Allocation Settings
Auto Allocation Settings	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Auto Allocation Settings	Inventory > Device Administration: Device Allocation Policy	Before adding devices to LMS you can use the Auto Allocation Settings option to enable automatic allocation of devices from Device Credentials Repository (DCR).
IPSLA Syslog Configuration
IPSLA Syslog Configuration	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > IPSLA Syslog Configuration	Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > IPSLA Syslog Configuration	You can either enable or disable the IPSLA Syslog. However the IPSLA Syslog can be configured only by a Network Administrator or System Administrator. The Device Selector will display only the Source devices that are IPSLA enabled. It does not display any Target devices.
Purging Settings
Purging Settings	CiscoWorks LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Purge Settings	Admin > Network: Purge Settings > IPSLA Data Purge Settings	The Purge Settings page allows you to set the Purge period for Historical and Audit reports. You can also set the Purge period from the Setup Center. IPM purges the historical data automatically everyday, based on the purge period specified on the Purge Settings page. If the Purge period is not specified, it purges the historical data based on the default values.