Generating Top10 Reports in Performance Manager
You can generate historical Top10 reports that can be saved for later review. These reports list the entities from the data collection, with the most active entities appearing first. This is a static, one-time only report that generates averages and graphs of the data collection as a snapshot at the time the report is generated. These Top10 reports differ from the other monitoring tables and graphs in Performance Manager in that the other data is continuously monitored and is sortable on any table column. The Top10 reports are a snapshot view at the time the report was generated and are static. These are one-time reports that generate averages and graphs of the data collection as a snapshot at the time the report is generated.
Tip Name the reports with a timestamp so that you can easily find the report for a given day or week.
These Top10 reports differ from the other monitoring tables and graphs in Performance Manager in that the other data is continuously monitored and is sortable on any table column. The Top10 reports are a snapshot view at the time the report was generated.
Note Top10 reports require analyzing the existing data over an extended period of time and can take hours or more to generate on large fabrics.
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Set up the Cisco Traffic Analyzer according to the instructions in the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.
Step 2 Get the following three items of information:
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The IP address of the management workstation on which you are running Performance Manager and Cisco Traffic Analyzer.
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The path to the directory where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.
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The port that is used by Cisco Traffic Analyzer (the default is 3000).
Step 3 Start the Cisco Traffic Analyzer.
a. Choose
Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open
.
b. Enter the URL for the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format:
http://<ip address>:<port number>
ip address
is the address of the management workstation on which you have installed the Cisco Traffic Analyzer
:
port number
is the port that is used by Cisco Traffic Analyzer (the default is :3000).
c. Click
OK
.
d. Choose
Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Start
.
e. Enter the location of the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format:
D: is the drive letter for the disk drive where the Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.
directory
is the directory containing the ntop.bat file.
f. Click
OK
.
Step 4 Create the flows you want Performance Manager to monitor, using the Flow Configuration Wizard. See the “Creating a Flow with Performance Manager” section
Step 5 Define the data collection you want Performance Manager to gather, using the Performance Manager Configuration Wizard. See the “Creating a Collection with Performance Manager” section.
a. Choose the VSAN you want to collect information for or choose All VSANs.
b. Check the types of items you want to collect information for (Hosts, ISLs, Storage Devices, and Flows).
c. Enter the URL for the Cisco Traffic Analyzer in the format:
http://<ip address>/<directory>
where:
ip address is the address of the management workstation on which you have installed the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, and directory is the path to the directory where the Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.
d. Click
Next
.
e. Review the data collection on this and the next section to make sure this is the data you want to collect.
f. Click
Finish
to begin collecting data.
Note Data is not collected for JBOD or for virtual ports. If you change the data collection configuration parameters during a data collection, you must stop and restart the collection process for your changes to take effect.
Step 6 Choose
Performance > Reports
to generate a report. Performance Manager Web Server must be running. You see Web Services; click
Custom
then select a report template.
Note It takes at least five minutes to start collecting data for a report. Do not attempt to generate a report in Performance Manager during the first five minutes of collection.
Step 7 Click
Cisco Traffic Analyzer
at the top of the Host or Storage detail pages to view the Cisco Traffic Analyzer information, or choose
Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open
. The Cisco Traffic Analyzer page will not open unless ntop has been started already.
Note For information on capturing a SPAN session and starting a Cisco Traffic Analyzer session to view it, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.
Note For information on viewing and interpreting your Performance Manager data, see the “Creating a Flow with Performance Manager” section.
For information on viewing and interpreting your Cisco Traffic Analyzer data, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.
For performance drill-down, DCNM-SAN Server can launch the Cisco Traffic Analyzer in-context from the Performance Manager graphs. The aliases associated with hosts, storage devices, and VSANs are passed to the Cisco Traffic Analyzer to provide consistent, easy identification.