Configure UCT-C Settings

In GigaVUE-FM, you can control the number of permitted connections, refresh intervals and purge time intervals of the UCT-C solution. You can specify the purge interval to automatically remove the UCT-Cs that are disconnected for a long duration.

Note:  GigaVUE-FM generates an alarm for the disconnected UCT-C when the UCT-C heartbeats are not received for more than 15 minutes. Refer to Alarmsfor detailed information on Alarms.

To edit the UCT-C general settings:

1. In GigaVUE-FM, navigate to Inventory > CONTAINER > Universal Cloud Tap - Container > Settings, the Settings page appears with the existing General settings and UCT-C information.
2. On the Settings page, on the General section, click Edit. The Edit General Setting's quick view appears.
   
   
3. To exclude the pods from monitoring, provide the source criteria. In Criteria 1, from the drop-down list box, select any of the following Object Property to exclude them from the monitoring domain, and provide the value for the property selected in the Value field:

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pod name

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pod ip

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pod labels

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node name

4. Edit the required values in the General Settings section. 

   Field	Description
   Maximum number of connections allowed	Enter the maximum number of connections allowed in the UCT-C solution
   Refresh interval for Container target selection inventory (secs)	Enter a value for the refresh interval for container target selection inventory in seconds
   Purge time interval for disconnected UCT-Cs (days)	Enter a value for the purge time interval for the disconnected UCT-Cs in days

5. Click Save to save the updates made on the General Settings.

In GigaVUE-FM, you can control the level of logs created at each individual UCT-C for troubleshooting. The regular UCT-C log file name format is uct_tap.log.

To view or edit the UCT-C log level settings:

1. In GigaVUE-FM, navigate to Inventory > CONTAINER > Universal Cloud Tap - Container > Settings, the Settings page appears with the existing General settings and UCT-C information.
2. On the Settings page, on the UCT-C section, on any monitoring domain, click on the UCT-C fabric. The UCT-C setting's quick view appears.
   
   
3. Edit the required UCT-C log values in the LOGGING section. 

   Field	Description
   Log Level	Select one of the following: DEBUG—fine-grained log information for application debugging INFO—coarse-grained log information for highlighting application progress WARN—log information of potentially harmful situations ERROR—log information of the error events that allows the application to run continuously FATAL—log information of very severe error events that presumably lead the application to abort.
   Log File Size	Enter a value for the number of lines in the UCT-C log file.

On any of the above fields, click Reset to reset the value to default.