Configure Application Visualization for Virtual Environment

Application Visualization can be configured in the Edit Monitoring Session Canvas Page. To add an Application Visualization application to the canvas, follow the steps given below:

  1. Drag and drop Application Visualization from APPLICATIONS to the graphical workspace.
  2. Click the Application Visualization application and select Details. The Application quick view appears.
  3. In the Application quick view, enter or select the following details:

    Parameter

    Description

    Name

    Enter a name for the application.

    Description

    Enter the description.

    Export Interval

    The time interval in seconds at which the export must be done. The export interval is set to 300 seconds. It cannot be modified.

    Advanced Settings

    Number of Flows

    The number of flows supported by the application.
    Refer to the following table for the maximum number of flows supported for VMware, AWS, Nutanix, and Azure platforms.

      Cloud Platform

    Instance Size

    Maximum Number of Flows

    VMware

    Large (8 vCPU and 16GB RAM)

    200k

    AWS

    AMD - Large (c5n.2xlarge)

    300k

    AMD - Medium (t3a.xlarge)

    100k

    ARM - Large (c7gn.2xlarge)

    100k

    ARM - Medium (m7g.xlarge)200k

    Azure

    Large (Standard_D8s_V4)

    500k

    Medium (Standard_D4s_v4)

    100k

    Nutanix

    Large (8 vCPU and 16GB RAM)

    200k

    ■  Medium Form Factor is supported for VMware ESXi only when secure tunnels option is disabled. The maximum Number of Flows for VMware ESXi when using a medium Form Factor is 50k..
    ■  If the rate of unique UDP sessions per second exceeds the threshold—calculated as maximum number of flows per second divided by the UDP timeout value—the system may fail to classify applications correctly. In such cases, AFI may not filter packets accurately, resulting in incorrect packet passes or drops. However, this limitation does not apply to DNS flows.

    Monitoring

    You can use this option, enable or disable the Application Visualization application functionality.

    Fast Mode

    Enable the Fast Mode option for performance (less CPU cycles and less memory utilization) improvement. When the Fast Mode is enabled, some or all of the attributes of the applications will be disabled. If all the attributes of the application are disabled then the application itself is disabled. Refer to Application Intelligence Sessionsection for more information on the benefits and limitations of the Fast Mode.

    Note: This option is disabled for NetVUE Base Bundle License.

  4. Click Save.