Monitor Overlay Networks

Monitor Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components and Devices in Overlay Networks

  1. From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard, click the List View tab.

    The list of overlays appears.

  2. Click the name of your overlay.

  3. In the Controller View area, click the control component that you want to monitor: vManage, vBond, vSmart, Cloud Gateways, or vEdge.

  4. On the Control Components window, you can filter by network usage, CPU usage, or duration. In the window, you can also filter by state, type, version, or region.


    Note


    From Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.13.1a, the Controllers tab is renamed as the Control Components tab to stay consistent with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN rebranding.


View Overlay and Control Component Details

  1. From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard, click the List View tab.

    The list of overlays appears.

  2. Click the name of the overlay.

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details page displays detailed information for your overlay.

View Change Window Notifications

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Change Window Notifications

February 2021 Release

This feature lets you see when your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN overlay maintenance event starts or ends, including detailed information about when the change notification is scheduled, and the planned operation for maintenance.

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal customers can only view change window notifications. A CloudOps user needs to schedule or start a change window notification.

Change window notifications allow you to see when your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN overlay maintenance event starts or ends, including detailed information about when the change notification is scheduled, and the planned operation for maintenance.

Change window notification alerts display for notifications started or scheduled within the next 10 days. If a notification is in a completed state or scheduled to start in more than 10 days, banner alerts are not displayed on the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard.

If a change notification has started, it displays as ongoing in the banner alert.

If a change notification is scheduled, it displays as started in the banner alert.

Before You Begin

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal customers can only view change window notifications.

A CloudOps user needs to schedule or start a change window notification.

View Change Window Notifications for All Overlays

  1. From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard, under Change Window Notifications, click an overlay that is scheduled or started.

    The Dashboard > Change Window Notifications page appears with the list of overlays.

    Banner alerts display for all of the change window notifications.

    This is the global view for viewing all change window notifications for all of your overlays.

  2. (Optional) You can filter the overlay by status to limit or expand the list of overlays.

  3. Click on Change Window Notifications to see the list of change window notifications, including the details column for the description of the change notification.

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details > Change Window Notifications page displays.

View Change Window Notifications for Specific Overlays

  1. To view a change notification for a specific overlay, from the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard, click an overlay that has a scheduled or started change notification.

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details page appears.

  2. Click an overlay that has a scheduled or started change window notification.

    Banner alerts display for the change window notifications specific to the overlay. The banner alert does not include the name of the overlay because you are already within the overlay.

    This is the individual view for viewing change window notifications for a specific overlay.

View the List of Change Window Notifications

  1. From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal dashboard, click the overlay for which you have a scheduled or started change window notification.

    The Dashboard > Overlays page displays.

  2. Click on the overlay name.

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details page displays.

  3. In Change Window Notifications, choose the scheduled or started change window notification.

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details > Change Window Notificationspage displays where you can view detailed information about your change notification event.