Cisco Business Dashboard Settings

Cisco Business Dashboard helps you monitor and manage your Cisco 100 to 500 Series network with the use of the Cisco Business Dashboard Manager. The Cisco Business Dashboard Manager is an add-on that automatically discovers your network and allows you to configure and monitor all supported Cisco 100 to 500 Series devices such as Cisco switches, routers, and wireless access points.

Cisco Business Dashboard Manager is a distributed application which is comprised of two separate components or applications: one or more Probes referred to as Cisco Business Dashboard Probe and a single Manager called Cisco Business Dashboard Manager. An instance of Cisco Business Dashboard Probe is installed at each site in the network, performs network discovery and communicates directly with each Cisco device.

Note	For detailed instructions on how to setup the Cisco Business Dashboard Manager and Probe, please consult the Cisco Business Dashboard Quick Start Guide. https://cisco.com/go/cbd-docs

Complete the following steps on the switch graphical user interface (GUI) to enable a Probe connection to a Dashboard, configure the Organization and Network name, and other information required to allow connection to the Dashboard:

Procedure

Step 1

Click Administration > Cisco Business Dashboard Settings.

Step 2

Configure the following:

Probe Operation

Check to enable the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe operation.

Probe Status

Displays the status of the CBD probe. Possible value are Active, Inactive or Fault.

Probe Version

Displays the version of the Cisco Business Dashboard probe.

Logging Threshold

Select one of the following options (Information, Debug, Warning, or Error) from the drop-down list to limit the level of messages logged by the Cisco Business Dashboard probe agent. Only messages with the specified level or higher will be logged.

All Module Logging

Check to enable. This logs all communication and events between all modules.

Call Home Logging

Check to enable. This logs all communication between the Probe and Manger.

Discovery Logging

Check to enable. This logs the device discovery events and topology discovery.

Services Logging

Check to enable. This logs the message translation between northbound and southbound.

System Logging

Check to enable. This logs the core system process not covered by any of the other logs.

Northbound Logging

Check to enable. This logs the communication between the Manager and the Probe.

Southbound Logging

Check to enable. This logs the low level communication between the Probe and devices.

Dashboard Connection

Check to enable connection.

Dashboard Status

Displays the status (Connected or Disconnected) of the Cisco Business Dashboard Manager.

If the Dashboard Status is "Disconnected" an error reason will be displayed. Here are some examples:

Certificate-error- unspecified certificate verification error
Certificate-error- certificate is not yet valid
Certificate-error- certificate has expired
Certificate-error- certificate verify failed
Connection-error- Host not found (authoritative)
Connection-error- No route to host

Organization Name

Enter the organization name of the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe running on the device.

Network Name

Enter the site name of the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe.

Dashboard Definition

Define the address of the Cisco Business Dashboard. Select one of the following:

By IP address- this option requires you to enter a valid IP address to the IP Address/Name field.
By Name- this option requires you to enter a host name to the IP Address/Name field.

IP Address/Name

Enter the name or IP address of the Cisco Business Dashboard.

Dashboard Port

Specify one of the following TCP ports to connect to the Dashboard.

Use Default (443).
User Defined (Range: 1-65535). This option is available only if a valid address is entered in the Dashboard Address field.

Access Key ID

The Access Key ID field consists of 24 hexadecimal digits. Note that the field should only allow the input of hexadecimal characters.

Access Key Secret

Specify the secret to use for authentication. It can be Encrypted or in Plaintext format. The Plaintext format is specified as an alphanumeric string without white-spaces (up to 160 chars). The Key ID and Secret settings must be set together.

Note	When applying, if the Key ID field is empty and the Secret field is not, or if the Secret field is empty and the Key ID field is not, the following error message is displayed: “Key ID and Secret must be set together”.

Step 3

Click Apply to save the setting to the running configuration.

Note	The fields Organization Name, Network Name, Dashboard Address, Key ID cannot be modified if Dashboard Connection setting is enabled. To modify any of these settings clear the Dashboard Connection check box, click Apply, and redo steps 2-4 above.

Display Sensitive Data as Plaintext- Click to display the sensitive data a plain text.

Reset Connection - click to disconnect the current connection with the Dashboard, flush the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe cached data, and then attempt to reconnect to the Dashboard. A confirmation message is displayed before the operation starts. This control is enabled only if the Dashboard Connection and Probe Operation are enabled.

Note	The Reset Connection is only enabled if the Dashboard Connection and Probe Operation check boxes are checked.

Clear Probe Database- Click to clear the probe data. It is enabled only if the Probe Operation checkbox is unchecked (and has been unchecked since the screen loaded). Otherwise, the button is disabled with the following tooltip: “Probe Operation must be disabled prior to clearing probe database”.

Note

Many factors affect the number of network devices and clients that the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe on a switch can manage. We recommend that a probe on a switch manage no more than 15 network devices (switches, routers, and wireless access points) and no more than 150 connected clients. If your network is more complex, we recommend that you use other platforms for the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe. For more information about Cisco Business Dashboard, go to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/business-dashboard/index.html.