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CH A P T E R 3-1 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 3 Monitor The Cisco PVM monitor function provides near real-t ime and real-time access to resource data, a s well as summary vie ws of aggregated traf f ic data with dril l-do wn capa bility , formatted into t ables and graphs for troubleshootin g and analyzing curr ent ne[...]
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3-2 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Monitor Navigation Both the Na vigation Menu and the Parameters P ane are hidden, howe ver , when the Monitor Ov erview display first opens. Figure 3-1 displays the Monitor GUI as it appears when it f irst opens Figur e 3-1 Monitor GUI—P arameters and Na vigation Hi[...]
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3-3 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Monitor Navigation Monitor Navigation Menu The Cisco PVM Generate Reports na vigation menu cate gorizes monitoring an d reports into suites. When the Monitor GUI opens, the system automatically runs the Ov erview report b ut hides the Generate Reports menu. Clicking t[...]
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3-4 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Monitor Navigation Note For samples and descript ions of individual reports, see Appendix B, “Report Samples for Monitor and Reports. ” Overview When the Monitor GUI opens, the disp lay defaults to Overvie w , which automatically displays i n graphic format the T [...]
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3-5 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports Using Monitor Figur e 3-3 Monitor—Ov erview Repor t Note The value of N in T opN reports is conf igured, under Setup > Prefer e nces , to v alues from 1 – 15. See Editing Preferences, page 2-50 fo r details. Additionally , unlike other T opN [...]
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3-6 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports U sing Monitor • Monitor Parameters Pane, page 3-7 • Running a Report, page 3-8 Report Generation Process The Cisco PVM Monitor tab opens automatically af ter you log in to the system. T o generate reports under the M onitor tab: 1. Log in to Ci[...]
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3-7 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports Using Monitor Note For a complete explanation of a vaila ble data vie ws and report types, see Understanding Data V iews, page 1-13 . Monitor Parameters Pane Reports in Cisco PVM are generated with minimal input parameters: each re port in the Cisco[...]
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3-8 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports U sing Monitor Running a Report The follo wing procedure uses the Applications report as an example. For sample s and descriptions of indi vidual reports, see the Appendix B, “Rep ort Samples for Monitor and Reports. ” appendix. For a complete e[...]
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3-9 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports Using Monitor Figur e 3-7 Data V iew Selection Step 6 (Optional ) If you have selected Data Source from th e Data V ie w list, select the specif ic data source you whose data you want to vie w in the report from the Data Source dr op-do wn list (see[...]
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3-10 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Generating Reports U sing Monitor Figur e 3-1 0 Calendar Selection Step 9 Click Refr esh . The system closes the parameters pa ne and displays the selected report. Figure 3-11 sh ows a sample report as i t appears in the Monitor windo w . Figur e 3-1 1 Sample Report [...]
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3-11 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Drill-Down Capabilities Drill-Down Capabilities Cisco PVM reports display hyper links for linking one report to another . For e xample, from the Applications Repo rt that displays a list of pro tocol s in table rows , you can click on a Protocol hyp e rlink to access[...]
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3-12 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Drill-Down Capabilities Drill-Down Link Formats Figure 3-12 depicts t he drill-down from a Ho sts report to the Host Details repo rt. Figur e 3-12 Sample Dr ill-Down F or mat - Hosts to Host Details The host IP address for wh ich the user wants to see details appear [...]
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3-13 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Drill-Down Capabilities T o use a repo rt drill-down links, com plete the fo llowing steps: Step 1 Open a tab ular report by running a new report or opening an archi ved report. Step 2 In the table, fi nd the linked resour ce about which yo u want more inform ation, [...]
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3-14 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Real-Time Charts Figure 3-13 NAM T raf fi c Analyzer Windo w Step 3 Re view or change N A M or switch/router parameters in the traf fic analyz er window . Note Changes you make using the traff ic analyzer aff ect future data aggr egation and reports only . Step 4 Clo[...]
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3-15 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Real-Time Charts This section contains the following topics: • V ariables A vailable for Real-Time Monitoring, pa ge 3-15 • Displaying a Real-T ime Chart, page 3-16 Variables Available for Real-Time Monitoring V ariables are displayed for indi vidual statisti cs [...]
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3-16 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Real-Time Charts Displaying a Real-Time Chart T o display a real-time ch art, complete the follo wing steps: Step 1 Run a tab ular report using either Da ta Source or All N AM vie ws, and look at the hyperlinks a vailable on the left side of the report pane. Step 2 C[...]
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3-17 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Real-Time Charts Figur e 3-14 Real-Tim e Chart Hyper link The Real-T ime Chart pop-up opens and be gins monitoring b y displaying the Data Source and v ariable selected in the original report , as shown in Figure 3-15 . Figur e 3-15 Real-Time Chart Sample Ta b l e 3 [...]
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3-18 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Trend Reports Note The chart refreshes and displays ne w data points e very 30 seconds. Step 3 Change the data being monit o red by: a. Selecting a desired Data Sour ce from th e drop-down list . b. Selecting a desired V ariable from the drop-do wn list. The chart re[...]
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3-19 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Trend Reports • DSCP • DSCP Application • DSCP Host • Hosts (IP) • Hosts (MA C) • VLAN ID and • VLAN Priority . The va rious metrics for each statistics ar e viewab le through links directly in the T rend Report. Drilling down from a tabular to a T rend[...]
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3-20 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Trend Reports Figur e 3-1 7 T rend Repor t Sam ple Ta b l e 3 - 7 describes the fields av ailable in Trend reports. T able 3-7 T r end Report Field Descr iptions Field Description T itle The report name from which the T rend Report was accessed (the original report a[...]
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3-21 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Trend Reports Ti p Y ou c an change th e data type being displa yed by clicking one of the green hype rlink boxes at the top of the report display . X-Axis The incremental timestamps for the trending in terval b eing monitored. Chart Body The trending line with data [...]
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3-22 Cisco Performance Visibility Mana ger User Guide OL-8620-03 Chapter 3 Monitor Trend Reports[...]