Guides you through setting up Crosswork Data Gateways for data collection, including initial configuration, pool creation, device attachment, and job verification, with optional steps for geo-redundancy, external data destinations, custom collection jobs, and expanded device coverage.
Before setting up the Data Gateways, you must understand how Crosswork is set up. For more information, see Tasks to complete for initial setup.
Summary
This process explains how to configure Crosswork Data Gateway for collecting and transmitting data to Cisco Crosswork and other applications. It describes the setup tasks required for basic operation and outlines optional configurations to extend data collection capabilities. Before beginning, install Crosswork Data Gateway as described in Cisco Crosswork Network Controller 7.2.x Installation Guide.
Workflow
These are the stages of setting up Crosswork Data Gateway for data collection.
- Initial Data Gateway configuration
- Create the Data Gateway pools. See Create a Data Gateway pool.
- (Optional) Create the Data Gateway pools in geo-redundancy sites. See Create a pool in the geo redundancy-enabled sites.
- Attach devices to the Data Gateway. See Attach devices to Data Gateway.
- Verify that the default collection jobs are created and are running successfully. See Monitor the collection jobs.
- Extending Data Gateway capabilities (Optional). This stage describes optional configurations that extend the Data Gateway's capabilities.
Table 1. Setting up the Data Gateway When the user wants to... Then refer to the steps in... Extend device coverage to collect data from currently unsupported devices or third-party devices.
Forward data to external data destinations.
External data destinations Create custom collection jobs that function independently from those built by Cisco Crosswork.
Create a collection job from Crosswork UI
Result
When these stages are complete, Crosswork Data Gateway collects and transmits data to Cisco Crosswork and other configured applications. You can configure advanced features to further extend its capabilities.