Monitor overlay networks

Monitor control components and devices in fabrics

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

    The list of fabrics appears.

  2. Select your fabric.

  3. In the Controller View area, click the control component that you want to monitor—SD-WAN Manager, SD-WAN Validator, SD-WAN Controller, Cloud Gateways, or vEdge.

  4. In the Control Components window, you can filter by network usage, CPU usage, or duration. Filter by state, type, version, or region to further narrow the list.


    Note

    To align with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN rebranding, the Controllers tab is renamed as the Control Components tab from Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.13.1a.

View fabric and control component details

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

    The list of fabrics appears.

  2. Click the name of the fabric.

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

View change window notifications

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Change Window Notifications

2021-02 Release

Change window notifications let you view when your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN fabric maintenance events start or end. You can also access details about the scheduled change notification and the planned maintenance operation.

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 let you view the start and end times of your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN fabric maintenance events. You can also access details about the scheduled change notification and the planned maintenance operation.

Banner alerts are displayed for notifications scheduled to start or that begin within 10 days. If a notification is completed 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 shows as ongoing in the banner alert.

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

Before you begin

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

Only a CloudOps user can schedule or start a change window notification.

View change window notifications for all fabrics

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

    The Dashboard > Change Window Notifications page is displayed with the list of fabrics.

    A banner alert is displayed for every change window notification.

    View all change window notifications for your fabrics on this page.

  2. Optionally, filter by status to change the number of fabrics displayed.

  3. Click Change Window Notifications to display all change window notifications and view their descriptions in the details column.

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

View change window notifications for specific fabrics

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

    The Dashboard > Overlays > Details page is displayed.

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

    For change window notifications specific to a fabric, the banner alert is displayed without the fabric name because you are already viewing it.

    On this page, view change window notifications for the selected fabric.

View the list of change window notifications

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

    The Dashboard > Overlays page displays.

  2. Click the fabric 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.