Cisco Prime Infrastructure User guide

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.5 User Guide

First Published: 2018-04-20

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CONTENTS

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PART I

Get Started With Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1

CHAPTER 1

Prime Infrastructure Organization 1

Setup Tasks That Should Be Completed Before Using Prime Infrastructure 2

Log In and Out 3

Change Your Password 3

Use the Main Window Controls 3

Change Your Default Home Page 4

Set Up and Use the Dashboards 5

How to Use the Dashboards 5

Customize the Dock Window 7

Types of Dashboards 8

Check the Health of the Entire Network Using the Network Summary Dashboard 8

Check the Health of All Devices or All Interfaces Using the Overview Dashboard 9

Check the Health of Wireless Networks Using the Wireless Dashboard 9

Check the Performance of a Specific Device or Interface Using the Performance Dashboard 10

Add Dashlets to Dashboards 12

Add a Predefined Dashlet To a Dashboard 12

Add a Customized Dashlet to the Device Trends Dashboard 13

Add a New Dashboard 14

Export Dashlets Data to a CSV or PDF File 15

Troubleshoot Network Health Using Dashboards 15

Define Health Rules 16

Define QoS and Interface Settings 17

Network Health Map Features 17

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Network Health Display Options 18

Network Health Summary 18

QoS Metrics 20

Traffic Conversation 21

Work In a Different Virtual Domain 22

Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard 22

Extend Cisco Prime Infrastructure Functions 24

Check Cisco.com for the Latest Documentation 24

Change Prime Infrastructure User Settings 25

CHAPTER 2

Set User Preferences 25

Change Your User Preferences 25

Change Your Idle-User Timeout 25

Change List Length 26

Manage the Inventory 29

PART II

Add and Organize Devices 31

CHAPTER 3

Add Devices to Prime Infrastructure 31

Understand the Discovery Process 32

Add Devices Using Discovery 33

Specify the Management IP Address Type (IPv4/IPv6) for Discovered Devices 34

Run Quick Discovery 34

Run Discovery with Customized Discovery Settings 35

Verify Discovery 36

Import Devices from Another Source 37

Create Device Import CSV Files 37

Add Devices Manually (New Device Type or Series) 39

Add a Virtual Device Context Device 40

Add a Meraki Device to Prime Infrastructure 41

Prerequisites for Adding Wireless Controllers 42

Validate Added Devices and Troubleshoot Problems 43

Check a Device's Reachability State and Admin Status 44

Device Reachability and Admin States 44

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Move a Device To and From Maintenance State 46

Edit Device Parameters 46

Synchronize Devices 46

Smart Inventory 47

Add NAM HTTP/HTTPS Credentials 47

Export Device Information to a CSV File 48

Apply Device Credentials Consistently Using Credential Profiles 49

Create a New Credential Profile 49

Apply a New or Changed Profile to Existing Devices 49

Delete a Credential Profile 50

Export and Import a Credential Profile 51

Create Groups of Devices for Easier Management and Configuration 51

How Groups Work 52

Network Device Groups 52

Port Groups 53

Data Center Groups 54

How Elements Are Added to Groups: Dynamic, Manual, and Mixed Groups 55

Groups and Virtual Domains 55

Create User-Defined Device Groups 56

View All Groups to Which a Device Belongs 56

Find Device Groups By Device IP, Device Name or Group Name 57

Create Location Groups 57

Create Groups Using CSV Files 59

Export Groups to CSV Files 59

Add APs to Device Groups and Location Groups 59

Create Port Groups 60

Create User-Defined Data Center Groups 61

Edit User-Defined Groups 62

Make Copies of Groups 62

Copy User-Defined and Location Groups 63

Hide Groups That Do Not Have Any Members 63

Delete Groups 63

Create Compute Resource Groups 64

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View Devices 65

CHAPTER 4

View Network Devices 65

View Compute Devices 68

Create User Defined UCS Groups 72

Create User Defined Hosts and VMs 72

Manage Compute Resources 73

CHAPTER 5

Manage VMware Vcenter Server 73

Add a VMware vCenter Server 73

CSV File Requirements for Importing Vcenter 74

Monitor Compute Resource Performance 74

Set the Polling Interval for Data Center Devices 75

Set Up Cluster Monitoring 75

Manage Device Configuration Files 77

CHAPTER 6

Set Up Device Configuration File Management 77

Control How Archiving is Triggered 77

Set Up Event-Triggered Archiving 78

Specify Items to Be Excluded When Configuration Files Are Checked for Changes 79

Control the Timeouts for Configuration Archive Operations 79

Control How Often the Archive Summary Is Updated 79

Control How Many Files Can Be Archived In Parallel 80

Control Whether Configuration File Content Is Masked During Exports 80

Download Configuration Files 80

Control When Device Configuration Files are Purged from the Database 80

How Do I Find Out the Last Time Files Were Archived? 81

Back Up Device Configuration Files to the Archive 81

What Is Backed Up to the Database? 81

Back Up (Archive) Configuration Files 82

View the Device Configuration Files That Are Saved in the Archive 83

View All Archived Files 83

View Archived Files for a Specific Device 84

View the Raw Content of an Archived Configuration File 84

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Label Important Configuration Files With Tags 84

Synchronize Running and Startup Device Configurations 85

Compare or Delete Device Configuration Files 85

Deploy an External Configuration File to a Device 86

Overwrite a Startup Configuration with a Running Configuration 87

Roll Back a Device’s Configuration To an Archived Version 87

Download Configuration Files 88

Check the Change Audit for Configuration Archive Operations 89

Manage Device Software Images 91

CHAPTER 7

Set Up Software Image Management 91

Make Sure Devices Are Configured Correctly 92

Verify the FTP/TFTP/SFTP/SCP Settings on the Prime Infrastructure Server 92

How to Control Images that are Saved to the Image Repository During Inventory Collection 92

Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices 93

Adjust Criteria for Cisco.com Image Recommendations 98

Adjust Image Transfer and Distribution Preferences 98

Add a Software Image Management Server to Manage Groups of Devices 99

Change Cisco.com Credentials for Software Image Operations 100

Copy Software Images from Devices to the Image Repository (Create a Baseline) 100

How Do I Find Out Which Images Are Used by Network Devices? 101

How Do I Know a Device Has the Latest Image? 101

How Do I Know Whether I have Permission to Download Software from Cisco.com 102

View the Images That Are Saved in the Image Repository 102

Find Out Which Devices Are Using an Image 103

View Recommended Images on Cisco.com 103

Download Images from Cisco.com 104

Add (Import) Software Images to the Repository 105

Add a Software Image That Is Running on a Managed Device 105

Add a Software Image from an IPv4 or IPv6 Server (URL) 106

Add a Software Image for an FTP Protocol Server (Protocol) 107

Add a Software Image from a Client Machine File System 107

Import Software Images to the Virtual Image Repository 108

Change the Device Requirements for Upgrading a Software Image 109

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Verify That Devices Meet Image Requirements (Upgrade Analysis) 109

Distribute a New Software Image to Devices 110

Activate a New Software Image on Devices 112

Deploy Software Images to Wireless/DC Devices 114

Supported Image Format for Stack Devices 114

Commit Cisco IOS XR Images Across Device Reloads 115

Check the Change Audit for Software Image Operations 116

ASD Exceptions and Error Conditions 116

Upgrade Controller Software using Rolling AP Upgrade 118

Perform Configuation Audits Using Compliance 121

CHAPTER 8

How To Perform a Compliance Audit 121

Enable and Disable Compliance Auditing 122

Create a New Compliance Policy 122

Create Compliance Policy Rules 123

Examples—Rule Conditions and Actions 124

Example: Block Options 124

Example Conditions and Actions: Community Strings 125

Example Conditions and Actions: IOS Software Version 126

Example Conditions and Actions: NTP Server Redundancy 127

Create a Compliance Profile That Contains Policies and Rules 127

Run a Compliance Audit 128

View the Results of a Compliance Audit 129

Fix Compliance Violations on Devices 130

View Violation Summary Details 131

View Violation Job Details 131

Import and Export Compliance Policies 132

View the Contents of a Compliance Policy XML File 132

View PSIRT and EoX Information 133

View Device Security Vulnerabilities 133

View Device Hardware and Software End-of-Life Report 134

View Module Hardware End of Life Report 134

View Field Notices for Device 135

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Visualize the Network 137

PART III

Visualize the Network Topology 139

CHAPTER 9

Network Topology Overview 139

Datacenter Topology 140

View Detailed Tables of Alarms and Links in a Network Topology Map 141

Filter Data in the Detailed Tables 141

Determine What is Displayed in the Topology Map 142

Choose Which Device Group(s) to Display in the Network Topology Map 142

View the Contents of a Sub-Group in the Topology Map 143

Manually Add Devices and Networks to the Topology Map 144

Manually Add Links to the Topology Map 144

Change Which Link and Device Types are Shown in the Network Topology Map 145

Show/Hide Alarms and Labels in the Topology Map 146

Isolate Specific Sections of a Large Topology Map 147

Get More Information About Devices 147

Get More Information About Links 147

View Fault Information for Devices and Links 148

Change the Layout of a Network Topology Map 148

Save the Layout of a Network Topology Map for Future Web GUI Sessions 149

Show Clock Synchronization Networks on a Network Topology Map 149

Save the Topology Map as an Image File 150

Use Wireless Site Maps 151

CHAPTER 10

Introduction to Next Generation Wireless Site Maps 151

How Wireless Site Maps Are Organized 152

Guidelines for Preparing Image Files for Use Within Wireless Site Maps 152

Work with Site Maps 153

Add Sites 154

Remove a Site 154

Update a Site 154

Import Maps Archive 155

Export Maps Archive 156

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Import Bulk APs in CSV Format 156

Export Bulk APs in CSV Format 157

Import Access Points for GeoMap 157

Export Access Points for GeoMaps 158

Edit Map Properties 158

Configure Outdoor Areas 159

Add an Outdoor Area 159

Edit Outdoor Areas 160

Remove an Outdoor Area 160

Configure Buildings 160

Use Building 3D View 161

Add a Building 161

Edit a Building 162

Remove a Building 162

Monitor Floor Areas 162

Configure Floor Areas 166

Add Floor Areas to Building 166

Configure Display Setting for Various Floor Elements 167

Configuring Display Settings for Access Points 168

Configuring Display Settings for Mesh Access Points 169

Configuring Display Settings for 802.11 Tags 171

Configuring Display Settings for Overlay Objects 172

Configuring Display Settings for Clients 172

Configuring Display Settings for Rogue Access Points 172

Configuring Display Settings for Adhoc Rogues 173

Configuring Display Settings for Rogue Clients 173

Configuring Display Settings for Interferers 173

Configuring Display Settings for wIPS Attacks 174

Configuring Display Settings for MSE/CMX Site Maps Integration 174

Configuring Map Properties 174

Edit Floor Elements 175

Add, Position, and Delete APs 175

Quick View of APs 178

Add, Position, and Delete Choke Points 178

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Add, Position, and Delete WiFi TDOA Receivers 180

Add Coverage Area 181

Create Obstacles 182

Place Markers 183

Location Region Creation 183

Define Inclusion Region on a Floor 183

Define Exclusion Region on a Floor 184

Edit Location Regions 185

Delete Location Regions 185

Rail Creation 185

Place GPS Markers 186

Use Floor Tools 187

View Deteted Rogue APs 187

Use Monitoring Tools 187

View Charts 187

Track Client Movement Using Client Playback 188

Inspect Location Readiness 188

Inspect Voice Readiness 189

RF Calibration Methods 189

Adjust RF Calibration Models Used in Wireless Maps 190

Create New RF Calibration Models 191

Calibrate, Compute and Apply New RF Calibration Models 191

Compute Collected “Live” Data Points for New RF Calibration Models 193

Apply Fully Calibrated RF Calibration Models to Floors in Wireless Site Maps 194

Delete RF Calibration Models 194

View RF Calibration Model Properties 194

Apply RF Calibration Models to Wireless Site Maps 195

Using Planning Mode 195

What Does the Wireless Site Map Editor Do? 196

Guidelines for Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 197

Guidelines for Placing Access Points 197

Guidelines for Placing Inclusion and Exclusion Areas on a Floor Map 199

Launch and Use the Wireless Site Map Editor 199

Wireless Site Map Editor Icons 200

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Define Coverage Areas in Wireless Site Maps 201

Obstacle Color Coding in Wireless Site Maps 201

Define Inclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 202

Define Exclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 203

Define Rail Lines in Wireless Site Maps 203

Search Wireless Site Maps 204

Adjust RF Antennas Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 205

Locate Low-Coverage Areas Using AP Location Readiness 205

Assess the Quality of AP Coverage Using RF Calibration Data 206

Determine If RF Coverage is Sufficient for Voice Readiness 206

Show Wired Device Info 207

Configure Interferer Notification 208

Show/Hide 208

Export to PDF 209

Measure Distances 209

Data Filtering 209

Filtering Access Points Data 209

Filtering Clients Data 209

Filtering Tags Data 210

Filtering Rogue AP Data 210

Filtering Adhoc Rogues Data 210

Filtering Interferer Data 211

Filtering Access Points Heatmap Data 211

Use Planning Mode to Help Place APs in Wireless Site Maps 212

Use Planning Mode to Calculate Access Point Coverage Requirements 213

Configure Refresh Settings for Wireless Site Maps 214

How RF Heatmaps are Calculated 214

Floor View Navigation Pane Tools 215

Create Wireless Site Maps Using Automatic Hierarchy Creation 215

View Google Earth Maps in Wireless Site Maps 218

View Google Earth Map Details in Wireless Site Maps 219

Use Geographical Coordinates to Group APs into Outdoor Locations on Wireless Site Maps 219

Prerequisites for Creating Outdoor Locations Using Geographical Coordinates 219

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Use Google Earth to Import Geographical Coordinates Into Outdoor Locations On Wireless Site

Maps 220

Create Placemarks for KML Files Used in Wireless Site Maps 221

Create CSV Files to Import Geographical Coordinates Into Wireless Site Maps 222

Import Geographical Coordinate Files to Create Outdoor Locations in Wireless Site Maps 223

Add Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Details 223

Configure Your Google Earth Map Preferences 224

Monitor Mesh Access Points Using Maps 224

View Mesh Access Point Configurations Using Wireless Site Maps 225

View Device Details on Wireless Site Maps 225

What Is a Wireless Network Site Map? 226

Create a Simple Wireless Network Site Map 226

Monitor the Network 227

PART IV

Set Up Network Monitoring 229

CHAPTER 11

Set Up Port and Interface Monitoring 229

Set Up WAN Interface Monitoring 230

Set Up Enhanced Wireless Client Monitoring Using Cisco ISE 230

Add Cisco Identity Service Engines 231

Set Up NAM and NetFlow Data Collection for Performance Monitoring 231

Enable NAM Data Collection 231

Define NAM Polling Parameters 232

Enable NetFlow Data Collection 232

Configure NetFlow Export on Catalyst 2000 Switches 237

Configure NetFlow on Catalyst 3000, 4000, and 6000 Family of Switches 238

Configure NetFlow on ISR Devices 239

Monitoring Devices 243

CHAPTER 12

Set Up Packet Capture to Monitor Network Traffic 243

Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard 244

Monitor Wireless Devices 247

CHAPTER 13

Monitor Controllers 247

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Monitor System Parameters 247

What is Spanning Tree Protocol 249

What is Management Frame Protection 249

What are Rogue Access Points Rules 250

View System Details About Third-Party Controllers 250

View System Details About Switch Controllers and Configure the Switch List 250

Configure the Switch List Page 250

Monitor Access Points 251

View Access Points 251

Types of Reports for Access Points 251

View System Details About Access Points 253

View Access Point Radio Air Time Fairness Information 254

What is a Rogue Access Point 255

How Cisco Prime Infrastructure Detects Rogue Access Points 255

How Rogue Access Point States Are Determined 256

How Rogue Access Points are Classified 257

View Rogue Access Point Alarms 259

View Rogue Access Point Clients 259

What is an Ad hoc Rogue 260

View Ad Hoc Rogue Access Point Alarms 260

How Prime Infrastructure Locates, Tags, and Contains Rogue Access Points 260

Identify the Lightweight Access Points That Detect Rogue Access Points 261

View Access Points Interference Information from Spectrum Experts 262

Monitor WiFi TDOA Receivers 262

View RF Performance Using Radio Resource Management Dashboard 262

View Access Points Alarms and Events 263

View Access Points Failure Objects 263

View Access Points Rogue Access Points 264

View Access Points Ad Hoc Rogues 264

View Access Points Adaptive wIPS Events 264

View Access Points CleanAir Air Quality Events 264

View Access Points Interferer Security Risk Events 265

View Access Points Health Monitor Events 265

View Health Monitor Event Details 265

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Monitor Device and Network Health and Performance 267

CHAPTER 14

How Device Health and Performance Is Monitored: Monitoring Policies 267

Set Up Basic Device Health Monitoring 268

Set Up Basic Interface Monitoring 268

Default Monitoring Policies 269

Modify Default Monitoring Policies 271

Use the Dashboards To Check Network and Device Health 272

Check What Prime Infrastructure Is Monitoring 272

Check Which Parameters and Counters Are Polled By a Monitoring Policy 274

Check a Monitoring Policy’s Device, Polling, Threshold, and Alarm Settings 275

Adjust What Is Being Monitored 275

Create a New Monitoring Policy Based On An Existing Policy 276

Create a New Monitoring Policy Using Out-of-the-Box Policy Types 277

GETVPN Monitoring Policies 277

DMVPN Monitoring Policies 279

LISP Monitoring Policy 280

Nexus Virtual Port Channel (VPC) Health Monitoring Policy 280

Create a Monitoring Policy for Unsupported Parameters and Third-Party Devices 281

Example: Monitor IP SLA 282

Check the Status of Past Monitoring Policy Data Collections 282

Change the Device Set a Policy is Monitoring 282

Change the Polling for a Monitoring Policy 283

Change Thresholds and Alarm Behavior for a Monitoring Policy 283

Monitor Network Performance Using Reports 285

Monitor Alarms and Events 287

CHAPTER 15

What Are Alarms and Events? 287

How are Alarms and Events Created and Updated? 288

Link Up/Down Flapping 289

Find and View Alarms 289

Suppress an Existing Alarm 290

Change Severity of an Existing Alarm 291

Set Alarm and Event Management Preferences 292

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Set Up Your Alarm and Event Display Preferences 292

Customize the Alarm Summary 294

Interpret Event and Alarm Badges and Colors 294

Alarm Severity Icons 295

Get Troubleshooting and Detailed Alarm Information 295

View an Alarm's Details 295

Find Troubleshooting Information for an Active Alarm 295

Find Out Which Events Are Associated With An Alarm 296

Acknowledge and Clear Alarms 296

Not Acknowledged 296

Acknowledged 297

Cleared 297

Add Notes To an Alarm 298

Manage How Alarms are Triggered (Alarm Thresholds) 298

Which Events Are Supported? 298

View Events 299

View Syslog Policies 299

Create a New Syslog Policy 300

Edit a Syslog Policy 301

Delete Syslog Policy 301

Change Syslog Policy Ranks 301

View Syslogs 302

Export Alarms or Events to a CSV or PDF File 303

Get Support from Cisco 303

Respond to Problems Within Prime Infrastructure 303

What is an Alarm Policy? 303

Types of Alarm Policies 304

Alarm Policy Ranks 305

View Alarm Policies 306

Create A New Alarm Policy 306

Edit an Existing Alarm Policy 307

Delete Alarm Policy 308

Alarms and Events Notification Policies 308

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Monitor Network Clients and Users 309

CHAPTER 16

What is a Network Wired/Wireless Client 309

Monitor Network Users and Clients Using Client Summary Dashboard 310

How Do I View Network Clients and Users 311

Export the List of Network Clients and Users to CSV Files 313

Launch the Network Client Troubleshooting Tool 313

About the Client Troubleshooting Page 313

How the Client Troubleshooting Tool Gives Advice 315

How To Use the Network Client Troubleshooting Tool 317

Debug Commands for RTTS 322

Find Out When Network Clients Connect 323

Set Up Notifications About Clients Connecting to the Network 324

Identify Unknown Network Users 325

Import List Of Unknown Network Users 325

Export List Of Unknown Network Users 326

Customize the Controller Client and Users Page 326

Set Up Automatic Controller Client Troubleshooting on a Diagnostic Channel 327

Obtain Radio Measurements for Wireless Network Clients 327

View Results of Network Client Radio Measurements 328

Run a Test to Display Network Client V5 Statistics 328

Run a Test to Display Network Client Operational Parameters 329

View Network Client Details 331

Disable Network Clients 332

Remove Network Clients From Prime Infrastructure 332

Locate Network Clients on a Wireless Map 332

View Network Client Roaming Using Reports 333

Identify Access Points That Can Hear a Network Client 334

View the Location History for a Network Client 334

Monitor Network Performance Using PfRv3 Monitoring 335

CHAPTER 17

What is PfRv3? 335

Get Access to PfR Monitoring for a User Group 336

Use the PfR Monitoring Page 336

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View PfRv3 Service Provider and DSCP Charts 339

View Details About Site to Site Events Using PfRv3 339

Compare WAN Interfaces Usage Using PfRv3 342

Monitor Wireless Networks 345

CHAPTER 18

What is Radio Resource Management (RRM) 345

RRM Notifications Sent to Prime Infrastructure 346

Use the RRM Dashboard to Monitor APs 346

View AP Interferers 348

Edit the AP Detected Interferers Page 348

View RFID Tagged APs 349

Search for RFID Tags 349

Check RFID Tag Search Results 349

View Tag List 350

Monitor Wireless Media Streams 350

Troubleshoot Unjoined APs 350

Identify Low-Frequency Transmitting AP Devices (Chokepoints) 351

Add AP Chokepoints to Prime Infrastructure 351

Remove AP Chokepoints from Prime Infrastructure 351

Remove Chokepoints from Prime Infrastructure Maps 352

Edit AP Chokepoints 352

Enhance Tag Location Reporting with WiFi TDOA Receivers 352

Add a WiFi TDOA Receiver to MSE 353

Add WiFi TDOA Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps 354

Use Monitoring Tools 355

CHAPTER 19

Perform a Wireless Controller Voice Audit 355

Check AP Performance Using the Voice Diagnostic Tool 356

Wireless Configuration Audit 356

Determine Which Autonomous APs Can Be Migrated to Lightweight APs 357

Ensure AP Location Accuracy with the Location Accuracy Tool 357

Set Up the AP Location Accuracy Tool 358

Schedule a Location Accuracy Test 358

Run an On-Demand Location Accuracy Test 360

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Monitoring IPSLA 361

Monitor Wireless and Data Center Performance Using Performance Graphs 363

CHAPTER 20

Create Performance Graphs 363

View Multiple Metrics on a Single Performance Graph 364

Performance Graphs Options 364

Troubleshooting 367

CHAPTER 21

Get Help from the Cisco Support Community and Technical Assistance Center (TAC) 367

Open a Cisco Support Case 367

Join the Cisco Support Community 368

Troubleshoot User Problems 368

Monitor Applications and Their Performance 371

Troubleshoot Wireless Device Performance Problems 372

Root Cause and Impact Analysis of Physical and Virtual Data Center Components 372

Troubleshoot UCS Device Hardware Problems 373

Troubleshoot UCS Device Bandwidth Problems 374

Use Operations Center to Monitor Multiple Prime Infrastructure Instances 375

CHAPTER 22

How to Monitor Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Instances 375

Use the Operations Center Config Dashboard to Manage Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers

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Add Devices Using Operations Center 376

Move Device from One Prime Infrastructure Instance to Another Prime Infrastructure Instance 377

View Devices Managed by All Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations Center 377

Synchronize Devices Using Operations Center 378

Use Virtual Domains on Deployments with Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using

Operations Center 379

Distribute Virtual Domains to Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers 379

Enable Operations Center RBAC Support 380

Share Device Configuration Templates Across Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations Center

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View Configuration Templates Using Operations Center 381

Deploy Configuration Templates Using Operations Center 381

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Distribute Configuration Templates Across Managed Servers 381

Manage Prime Infrastructure Servers using Operations Center 382

View the Status of Multiple Prime Infrastructure Servers using Operations Center 383

Activate Operation Center using Smart Licensing 383

Distribute Software Updates to Prime Infrastructure Instances Managed by Operations Center 384

View Alarms on Devices Managed by Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations

Center 384

View Clients and Users Managed by Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations

Center 385

Run Reports on Deployments with Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations

Center 386

Advanced Monitoring 387

CHAPTER 23

What are the Data Sources Used by Site Dashlets 387

Enable WAN Optimization 389

Manage Reports 391

CHAPTER 24

Reports Overview 391

Create, Schedule, and Run a New Report 391

Combine Reports in Prime Infrastructure 393

Create Custom Reports 394

Customize Report Results 396

Scheduled Reports in Cisco Prime Infrastructure 397

Saved Report Templates 399

Prime Infrastructure Report Data Retention Periods 399

Configure Devices 401

PART V

Create Templates to Automate Device Configuration Changes 403

CHAPTER 25

Why Create New Configuration Templates? 404

Ways to Create Configuration Templates Using Prime Infrastructure 404

Create a New Features and Technologies Template Using an Existing Template 405

Prerequisites for Creating CLI Templates 405

Create a New CLI Configuration Template Using a Blank Template 406

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