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Cisco Network Insights Advisor (Cisco NIA) application consists of monitoring utilities that can be added to the Cisco Application Services Engine using the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cisco APIC).
This section contains the steps required to download Cisco NIA application in the Cisco APIC in preparation for installation.
| Step 1 |
Access the Cisco DC App Center site in one of the two ways:
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| Step 2 |
Search for Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on the search bar. |
| Step 3 |
Select the Cisco Network Insights Advisor application you want to download and click Download for that app to begin the process of downloading the app to your local machine. |
| Step 4 |
Review the license agreement and, if OK, click Agree and download. |
This section contains the steps required to install Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on the Cisco Application Services Engine using the Cisco APIC. This set up is required for Cisco NIA application to show important information and gather relevant data.
Before you begin installing a Cisco Network Insights Advisor application, make sure the following requirements are met:
You have installed and configured Cisco Application Services Engine.
You must have administrator credentials to install Cisco Network Insights Advisor application.
| Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco APIC GUI with admin privileges. |
| Step 2 |
Click Admin tab and then click Downloads from the top navigation bar. |
| Step 3 |
Click Service Engine from the tabs on the far-right side. Then select Upload File. The Add File to Service Engine dialog appears. |
| Step 4 |
In the URL enter the http address and click Submit. You can click Refresh icon |
| Step 5 |
Once the Status is complete then click the Apps tab. The Cisco NIA application installation progress dialog appears. The Service Engine dialog describes that the application is for configuring the Cisco Application Services Engine cluster. |
| Step 6 |
Once the installation is complete then click Enable in the Cisco NIA application dialog. |
| Step 7 |
Click the Apps tab. Then click Open from the Cisco NIA application dialog. The Welcome to Network Insights Advisor dialog appears for the first installation. |
When the installation is complete, the application opens to Welcome to Network Insights Advisor dialog. Continue with the setup of the Cisco Network Insights Advisor application located in the Cisco NIA Initial Setup section of the next chapter.
This section contains the steps required to disable a Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on the Cisco Application Services Engine .
Before you begin to disable Cisco Network Insights Advisor application, make sure you have administrator credentials for Cisco Network Insights Advisor application.
| Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco APIC GUI with admin privileges. |
| Step 2 |
Click the Apps tab on the top navigation bar. |
| Step 3 |
Click Disable on the top right corner of the Cisco NIA application dialog. |
| Step 4 |
Click Yes on the disable application dialog. |
You can re-enable the Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on the Cisco NIA application dialog.
This section contains the steps required to delete a Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on the Cisco Application Services Engine .
You must disable the Cisco NIA app before you delete the app on the Cisco Application Services Engine.
You need administrator credentials for Cisco Network Insights Advisor application.
| Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco APIC GUI with admin privileges. |
| Step 2 |
Click the Apps tab on the top navigation bar. |
| Step 3 |
Click Delete on the top right corner of the Cisco NIA application dialog. |
| Step 4 |
Click Yes on the delete application dialog. The Cisco NIA application is removed. |
You can install the Cisco Network Insights Advisor application on Cisco Application Services Engine. See Installing Cisco NIA Application on Cisco Application Services Engine for details.
on the far-right side of the work pane.
on the far-right side of the Downloads work pane to check the upload
status.
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