Create an Application Intelligence Session

Application Monitoring gathers the application statistics, and sends this information to GigaVUE-FM, which acts as an application monitor. The monitoring reports are sent to GigaVUE-FM through the destination port 2056. The application statistics appear as an array of monitoring reports that provide application-usage data in an easy-to-read graphical interface. This provides you with greater insight and control over how your network is being used and what applications are utilizing the most resources. To perform Application Monitoring, you must create the required application intelligence sessions for a device.

 

To create an Application Intelligence Session:

1.   On the left navigation pane, click Traffic, select Solutions > App Intelligence.
2. Click the Cluster ID of the node for which you want to create the Application Intelligence Session.
3. From the navigation pane, click App Intelligence.
4. Click Create New. The Create Application Intelligence Session page appears.

Note:   If the Create button is disabled, check whether a valid license for Application Metadata Intelligence or Application Filtering Intelligence is available.

5. In the Basic Info section, enter the name and description for the session:
6. In the Configurations section, complete the following:
a. Select an export interval during which you want the Application Intelligence session to generate the reports for application monitoring. The valid range is 60–900 seconds.
b. Select a GigaSMART Group. You can also choose to create a new GigaSMART Group.
•   Provide a name in the Alias field.
•   Select a port or multiple ports from the Port List.
•   Click Save.

For more information about creating a new GigaSMART group, refer to the Using GigaSMART Operations - Example.

c. Select an IP interface that is used to create a dedicated channel to communicate all application statistics to GigaVUE-FM. You can also choose to create a new IP interface.
7. If you are unable to view the required port in the Port field, perform these steps:
o   Click Port Editor. Select the Type as Tool from the drop-down list for the required Port Id. Select OK.

The selected Port appears in the list.

o   Select the Type as:
o   IPv4 - to allow the traffic in IPv4 interface.
o   IPv6 - to allow the traffic in IPv6 interface.
o   Provide the IP Address, IP Mask, Gateway, and MTU.Provide the IP address corresponding to the IP interface selected.
o   Click Save.

For more information, refer to the Create an IP Interface section.

Note:  By default, Management Interface is enabled. To export the data through IP interface, uncheck the Management Interface check box. You can view the IP Interface field only after you select a GigaSMART Group.

8. In the DestinationSettings, enter the destination IP address. The version of IP address in the Destination field should be same as the version of IP address defined in the IP-interface. By default, the IP address of the GigaVUE-FM interface is displayed.
9. In the Source Traffic section, select a source port that require application monitoring in the Source ports field. Source port can be a single port, multiple ports, and port groups.

Note:   Ports already used as source ports in the orchestrated configuration will not be listed in the drop-down.

10. Configure the rules for filtering the required traffic in the L2-L4 Rules fields. To configure a rule:
a. Click Select Conditions. Select the required parameters from the drop-down list.
b. Select the value for the parameters from the drop-down.
c. Select the required options:
•   Pass or Drop - Based on the parameter selected in the Conditions fields, the traffic that matches the conditions will either be passed or dropped.
•   Bidirectional - Allows the traffic in both directions of the flow.

Note:  Click “+” to create multiple rules for filtering the required traffic, and click “+ New Source Traffic” to create multiple sources with filtering options.

11. Click Save. The session created is added in the list view.

The total applications participating in the network traffic are displayed in the Application Intelligence Dashboard. For more information about the dashboard, refer to the View the Application Intelligence Dashboard.

If the session configuration is unsuccessful, troubleshoot the error notified (refer to View the Health Status of a Solution). Click the Reapply all pending solutions button in the dashboard to redeploy the configuration.

Note:  GigaVUE-FM takes few seconds to display the application statistics.

You can also filter the traffic based on the applications. For more information, see Application Filtering Intelligence.

You can upgrade the protocol signature by upgrading the image file on the GigaSMART card, and by uploading the GigaSMART card image to GigaVUE-FM from the Internal Server or External Server. To select the image, follow the steps:

  • Internal Server—Upload the GigaSMART card image to GigaVUE-FM from the internal server and select the image that you need to upgrade from the selected GigaSMART card.
  • External Server—Provide the location of the image in the external server that you need to upgrade from the GigaSMART card.

For more information on upgrading the image, refer to the following topics: