Cisco Prime Infrastructure User guide

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.10 User Guide

First Published: 2021-09-24

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PART I

Get Started With Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1

CHAPTER 1

Prime Infrastructure Organization 1

Setup Tasks to Complete 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 5

Set Up and Use the Dashboards 5

How to Use the Dashboards 6

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

Add a Customized Dashlet to the Performance Dashboard 15

Troubleshoot Network Health Using Dashboards 16

Deﬁne Health Rules 16

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Deﬁne QoS and Interface Settings 17

Network Health Map Features 18

Network Health Display Options 18

Network Health Summary 19

QoS Metrics 19

Trafﬁc Conversation 20

Work In a Different Virtual Domain 21

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

Disable Idle User Timeout 26

Change List Length 27

Conﬁgure the Global Timeout for Idle Users 28

Manage the Inventory 29

PART II

Add and Organize Devices 31

CHAPTER 3

Add Devices to Prime Infrastructure 31

Understand the Discovery Process 33

Add Devices Using Discovery 34

Specify the Management IP Address Type (IPv4/IPv6) for Discovered Devices 35

Run Quick Discovery 35

Run Discovery with Customized Discovery Settings 36

Verify Discovery 37

Import Devices from Another Source 37

Create Device Import CSV Files 38

Add Devices Manually (New Device Type or Series) 39

Conﬁguring SNMP Engine Id 40

Add Devices to Prime Infrastructure 41

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Add a Virtual Device Context Device 43

Add a Meraki Device to Prime Infrastructure 43

Prerequisites for Adding Wireless Controllers 44

Validate Added Devices and Troubleshoot Problems 45

Check a Device's Reachability State and Admin Status 46

Device Reachability and Admin States 46

Move a Device To and From Maintenance State 48

Edit Device Parameters 48

Synchronize Devices 49

Smart Inventory 49

Add NAM HTTP/HTTPS Credentials 50

Export Device Information to a CSV File 50

Apply Device Credentials Consistently Using Credential Proﬁles 51

Create a New Credential Proﬁle 51

Apply a New or Changed Proﬁle to Existing Devices 51

Delete a Credential Proﬁle 52

Export and Import a Credential Proﬁle 52

Create Groups of Devices for Easier Management and Conﬁguration 53

How Groups Work 54

Network Device Groups 54

Port Groups 55

Data Center Groups 56

How Elements Are Added to Groups: Dynamic, Manual, and Mixed Groups 56

Groups and Virtual Domains 57

Create User-Deﬁned Device Groups 57

View All Groups to Which a Device Belongs 58

Create Location Groups 58

Create Groups Using CSV Files 60

Export Groups to CSV Files 60

Add APs to Device Groups and Location Groups 61

Create Port Groups 61

Create User-Deﬁned Data Center Groups 62

Edit User-Deﬁned Groups 63

Make Copies of Groups 63

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Copy User-Deﬁned and Location Groups 64

Hide Groups That Do Not Have Any Members 64

Delete Groups 64

Create Compute Resource Groups 65

View Devices 67

CHAPTER 4

View Network Devices 67

View Compute Devices 70

Create User Deﬁned UCS Groups 75

Create User Deﬁned Hosts and VMs 75

Manage Compute Resources 77

CHAPTER 5

Manage VMware Vcenter Server 77

Add a VMware vCenter Server 77

CSV File Requirements for Importing Vcenter 78

Monitor Compute Resource Performance 78

Set the Polling Interval for Data Center Devices 79

Set Up Cluster Monitoring 79

Manage Device Conﬁguration Files 81

CHAPTER 6

Set Up Device Conﬁguration File Management 81

Control How Archiving is Triggered 81

Set Up Event-Triggered Archiving 82

Specify Items to be Excluded When Conﬁguration Files Are Checked for Changes 83

Control the Timeouts for Conﬁguration Archive Operations 83

Control How Often the Archive Summary Is Updated 84

Control How Many Files Can Be Archived In Parallel 84

Control Whether Conﬁguration File Content Is Masked During Exports 84

Download Conﬁguration Files 84

Control When Device Conﬁguration Files are Purged from the Database 85

How Do I Find Out the Last Time Files Were Archived? 85

Back Up Device Conﬁguration Files to the Archive 85

What Is Backed Up to the Database? 86

Back Up (Archive) Conﬁguration Files 86

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View the Device Conﬁguration Files That Are Saved in the Archive 87

View All Archived Files 87

View Archived Files for a Speciﬁc Device 88

View the Raw Content of an Archived Conﬁguration File 88

Label Important Conﬁguration Files With Tags 88

Synchronize Running and Startup Device Conﬁgurations 89

Compare or Delete Device Conﬁguration Files 89

Deploy an External Conﬁguration File to a Device 90

Overwrite a Startup Conﬁguration with a Running Conﬁguration 91

Roll Back a Device’s Conﬁguration To an Archived Version 91

Download Conﬁguration Files 92

Check the Network Audit for Conﬁguration Archive Operations 93

Manage Device Software Images 95

CHAPTER 7

Set Up Software Image Management 95

Make Sure Devices Are Conﬁgured Correctly 96

Verify the FTP/TFTP/SFTP/SCP Settings on the Prime Infrastructure Server 96

How to Control Images that are Saved to the Image Repository During Inventory Collection 97

Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices 97

Adjust Criteria for Cisco.com Image Recommendations 99

Adjust Image Transfer and Distribution Preferences 100

Add a Software Image Management Server to Manage Groups of Devices 101

Change Cisco.com Credentials for Software Image Operations 102

Copy Software Images from Devices to the Image Repository (Create a Baseline) 102

How Do I Find Out Which Images Are Used by Network Devices? 103

How Do I Know a Device Has the Latest Image? 103

How Do I Know Whether I have Permission to Download Software from Cisco.com 103

View the Images That Are Saved in the Image Repository 104

Find Out Which Devices Are Using an Image 104

View Recommended Images on Cisco.com 105

Download Images from Cisco.com 105

Add (Import) Software Images to the Repository 106

Add a Software Image That Is Running on a Managed Device 106

Add a Software Image from an IPv4 or IPv6 Server (URL) 107

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Add a Software Image for an FTP Protocol Server (Protocol) 108

Add a Software Image from a Client Machine File System 108

Import Software Images to the Virtual Image Repository 109

Change the Device Requirements for Upgrading a Software Image 110

Verify That Devices Meet Image Requirements (Upgrade Analysis) 110

Distribute a New Software Image to Devices 111

Activate a New Software Image on Devices 113

Deploy Software Images to Wireless/DC Devices 114

Supported Image Format for Stack Devices 115

Commit Cisco IOS XR Images Across Device Reloads 115

Check the Network Audit for Software Image Operations 116

ASD Exceptions and Error Conditions 117

Upgrade Controller Software using Rolling AP Upgrade 119

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 126

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 130

View Violation Job Details 131

Import and Export Compliance Policies 131

View the Contents of a Compliance Policy XML File 132

View PSIRT and EOX Information 132

View Device Security Vulnerabilities 132

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View Device Hardware and Software End-of-Life Report 133

View Module Hardware End of Life Report 134

View Field Notices for Device 134

Visualize the Network 135

PART III

Visualize the Network Topology 137

CHAPTER 9

Network Topology Overview 137

Datacenter Topology 138

View Detailed Tables of Alarms and Links in a Network Topology Map 139

Filter Data in the Detailed Tables 139

Determine What is Displayed in the Topology Map 140

Choose Which Device Group(s) to Display in the Network Topology Map 140

View the Contents of a Sub-Group in the Topology Map 141

Manually Add Devices and Networks to the Topology Map 142

Manually Add Links to the Topology Map 142

Change Which Link and Device Types are Shown in the Network Topology Map 143

Show/Hide Labels in the Topology Map 144

Isolate Speciﬁc Sections of a Large Topology Map 144

Get More Information About Devices 145

Get More Information About Links 145

View Fault Information for Devices and Links 145

Change the Layout of a Network Topology Map 146

Save the Layout of a Network Topology Map for Future Web GUI Sessions 146

Show Clock Synchronization Networks on a Network Topology Map 147

Save the Topology Map as an Image File 147

Use Wireless Site Maps 149

CHAPTER 10

Introduction to Next Generation Wireless Site Maps 149

How Wireless Site Maps Are Organized 150

Guidelines for Preparing Image Files for Use Within Wireless Site Maps 150

Troubleshoot Problems with CAD Image File Imports in Wireless Site Maps 151

Work with Site Maps 151

Add Sites 152

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Remove a Site 153

Update a Site 153

Import Maps Archive 153

Export Maps Archive 154

Import Bulk APs in CSV Format 154

Export Bulk APs in CSV Format 155

Import Access Points for GeoMap 155

Export Access Points for GeoMaps 156

Edit Map Properties 156

Conﬁgure Outdoor Areas 157

Add an Outdoor Area 157

Edit Outdoor Areas 157

Remove an Outdoor Area 158

Conﬁgure Buildings 158

Add a Building 158

Edit a Building 159

Remove a Building 159

Monitor Floor Areas 159

Conﬁgure Floor Areas 163

Add Floor Areas to Building 163

Conﬁgure Display Setting for Various Floor Elements 164

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Access Points 164

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Mesh Access Points 166

Conﬁguring Display Settings for 802.11 Tags 168

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Overlay Objects 168

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Clients 169

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Rogue Access Points 169

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Adhoc Rogues 169

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Rogue Clients 170

Conﬁguring Display Settings for Interferers 170

Conﬁguring Display Settings for wIPS Attacks 170

Conﬁguring Display Settings for MSE/CMX Site Maps Integration 170

Conﬁguring Map Properties 171

Edit Floor Elements 171

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Add, Position, and Delete APs 172

Quick View of APs 174

Add, Position, and Delete Choke Points 175

Add, Position, and Delete WiFi TDOA Receivers 177

Add Coverage Area 177

Create Obstacles 178

Place Markers 179

Location Region Creation 180

Deﬁne Inclusion Region on a Floor 180

Deﬁne Exclusion Region on a Floor 181

Edit Location Regions 181

Delete Location Regions 181

Rail Creation 182

Place GPS Markers 183

Use Floor Tools 184

Use Monitoring Tools 184

Track Client Movement Using Client Playback 184

Inspect Location Readiness 184

Inspect Voice Readiness 185

RF Calibration Methods 185

Adjust RF Calibration Models Used in Wireless Maps 186

Create New RF Calibration Models 187

Calibrate, Compute and Apply New RF Calibration Models 187

Compute Collected “Live” Data Points for New RF Calibration Models 189

Apply Fully Calibrated RF Calibration Models to Floors in Wireless Site Maps 189

Delete RF Calibration Models 190

View RF Calibration Model Properties 190

Apply RF Calibration Models to Wireless Site Maps 190

Using Planning Mode 191

What Does the Wireless Site Map Editor Do? 192

Guidelines for Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 192

Guidelines for Placing Access Points 193

Guidelines for Placing Inclusion and Exclusion Areas on a Floor Map 194

Launch and Use the Wireless Site Map Editor 195

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Wireless Site Map Editor Icons 195

Deﬁne Coverage Areas in Wireless Site Maps 196

Obstacle Color Coding in Wireless Site Maps 196

Deﬁne Inclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 197

Deﬁne Exclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 198

Deﬁne Rail Lines in Wireless Site Maps 199

Search Wireless Site Maps 199

Adjust RF Antennas Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 200

Locate Low-Coverage Areas Using AP Location Readiness 200

Assess the Quality of AP Coverage Using RF Calibration Data 201

Determine If RF Coverage is Sufﬁcient for Voice Readiness 201

Show Wired Device Info 202

Conﬁgure Interferer Notiﬁcation 203

Show/Hide 203

Export to PDF 203

Measure Distances 203

Data Filtering 204

Filtering Access Points Data 204

Filtering Clients Data 204

Filtering Tags Data 205

Filtering Rogue AP Data 205

Filtering Adhoc Rogues Data 205

Filtering Interferer Data 205

Filtering Access Points Heatmap Data 206

Use Planning Mode to Help Place APs in Wireless Site Maps 207

Use Planning Mode to Calculate Access Point Coverage Requirements 207

Conﬁgure Refresh Settings for Wireless Site Maps 208

How RF Heatmaps are Calculated 209

Floor View Navigation Pane Tools 209

Create Wireless Site Maps Using Automatic Hierarchy Creation 210

View Google Earth Maps in Wireless Site Maps 213

View Google Earth Map Details in Wireless Site Maps 213

Use Geographical Coordinates to Group APs into Outdoor Locations on Wireless Site Maps 214

Prerequisites for Creating Outdoor Locations Using Geographical Coordinates 214

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

Maps 215

Create Placemarks for KML Files Used in Wireless Site Maps 216

Create CSV Files to Import Geographical Coordinates Into Wireless Site Maps 216

Import Geographical Coordinate Files to Create Outdoor Locations in Wireless Site Maps 217

Add Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Details 218

Conﬁgure Your Google Earth Map Preferences 218

Monitor Mesh Access Points Using Maps 219

View Mesh Access Point Conﬁgurations Using Wireless Site Maps 219

View Device Details on Wireless Site Maps 220

What Is a Wireless Network Site Map? 220

Create a Simple Wireless Network Site Map 220

Monitor the Network 223

PART IV

Set Up Network Monitoring 225

CHAPTER 11

Set Up Port and Interface Monitoring 225

Set Up WAN Interface Monitoring 226

Set Up Enhanced Wireless Client Monitoring Using Cisco ISE 226

Add Cisco Identity Service Engines 227

Set Up NAM and NetFlow Data Collection for Performance Monitoring 227

Enable NAM Data Collection 227

Deﬁne NAM Polling Parameters 228

Enable NetFlow Data Collection 228

Conﬁgure NetFlow Export on Catalyst 2000 Switches 233

Conﬁgure NetFlow on Catalyst 3000, 4000, and 6000 Family of Switches 234

Conﬁgure NetFlow on ISR Devices 235

Monitoring Devices 237

CHAPTER 12

Set Up Packet Capture to Monitor Network Trafﬁc 237

Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard 238

Monitor Wireless Devices 241

CHAPTER 13

Monitor Controllers 241

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Monitor System Parameters 241

What is Spanning Tree Protocol 243

What is Management Frame Protection 243

What are Rogue Access Points Rules 244

View System Details About Third-Party Controllers 244

View System Details About Switch Controllers and Conﬁgure the Switch List 244

Conﬁgure the Switch List Page 244

Monitor Access Points 245

View Access Points 245

Types of Reports for Access Points 245

View System Details About Access Points 247

View Access Point Radio Air Time Fairness Information 248

What is a Rogue Access Point 248

How Cisco Prime Infrastructure Detects Rogue Access Points 249

How Rogue Access Point States Are Determined 249

How Rogue Access Points are Classiﬁed 250

View Rogue Access Point Alarms 252

View Rogue Access Point Clients 253

What is an Ad hoc Rogue 254

View Ad Hoc Rogue Access Point Alarms 254

How Prime Infrastructure Locates, Tags, and Contains Rogue Access Points 254

Identify the Lightweight Access Points That Detect Rogue Access Points 255

View Access Points Interference Information from Spectrum Experts 256

Monitor WiFi TDOA Receivers 256

View RF Performance Using Radio Resource Management Dashboard 256

View Access Points Alarms and Events 257

View Access Points Failure Objects 257

View Access Points Rogue Access Points 257

View Access Points Ad Hoc Rogues 257

View Access Points Adaptive wIPS Events 258

View Access Points CleanAir Air Quality Events 258

View Access Points Interferer Security Risk Events 258

View Access Points Health Monitor Events 259

View Health Monitor Event Details 259

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Using Telemetry 259

Monitor Device and Network Health and Performance 261

CHAPTER 14

How Device Health and Performance Is Monitored: Monitoring Policies 261

Set Up Basic Device Health Monitoring 262

Set Up Basic Interface Monitoring 262

Default Monitoring Policies 263

Modify Default Monitoring Policies 265

Use the Dashboards To Check Network and Device Health 266

Check What Prime Infrastructure Is Monitoring 266

Check Which Parameters and Counters Are Polled By a Monitoring Policy 268

Check a Monitoring Policy’s Device, Polling, Threshold, and Alarm Settings 268

Adjust What Is Being Monitored 269

Create a New Monitoring Policy Based On An Existing Policy 270

Create a New Monitoring Policy Using Out-of-the-Box Policy Types 270

GETVPN Monitoring Policies 271

DMVPN Monitoring Policies 272

LISP Monitoring Policy 273

Nexus Virtual Port Channel (VPC) Health Monitoring Policy 273

Create a Monitoring Policy for Unsupported Parameters and Third-Party Devices 274

Example: Monitor IP SLA 275

Check the Status of Past Monitoring Policy Data Collections 275

Change the Device Set a Policy is Monitoring 275

Change the Polling for a Monitoring Policy 276

Change Thresholds and Alarm Behavior for a Monitoring Policy 276

Monitor Network Performance Using Reports 278

Monitor Alarms and Events 279

CHAPTER 15

What Are Alarms and Events? 279

How are Alarms and Events Created and Updated? 280

Link Up/Down Flapping 281

Find and View Alarms 281

Set Alarm and Event Management Preferences 282

Set Up Your Alarm and Event Display Preferences 283

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Customize the Alarm Summary 284

Interpret Event and Alarm Badges and Colors 285

Alarm Severity Icons 285

Get Troubleshooting and Detailed Alarm Information 286

View an Alarm's Details 286

Find Troubleshooting Information for an Active Alarm 286

Find Out Which Events Are Associated With An Alarm 286

Acknowledge and Clear Alarms 287

Not Acknowledged 287

Acknowledged 287

Cleared 287

Add Notes To an Alarm 288

Manage How Alarms are Triggered (Alarm Thresholds) 288

Which Events Are Supported? 289

View Events 289

View Syslog Policies 290

Create a New Syslog Policy 290

Edit a Syslog Policy 291

Delete Syslog Policy 291

Change Syslog Policy Ranks 292

View Syslogs 292

Export Alarms, Events or Syslogs to a CSV or PDF File 292

Working with Alarms, Events and Syslog Reports 293

Create a New Alarm Report 293

Create a New Events Report 294

Create a New Syslog Report 294

Get Support from Cisco 295

Respond to Problems Within Prime Infrastructure 295

What is an Alarm Policy? 296

Types of Alarm Policies 296

Alarm Policy Ranks 297

View Alarm Policies 298

Create a New Alarm Policy 298

Edit an Existing Alarm Policy 299

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Delete Alarm Policy 299

Alarms and Events Notiﬁcation Policies 300

Monitor Network Clients and Users 301

CHAPTER 16

What is a Network Wired/Wireless Client 301

Monitor Network Users and Clients Using Client Summary Dashboard 302

How Do I View Network Clients and Users 303

Export the List of Network Clients and Users to CSV Files 305

Launch the Network Client Troubleshooting Tool 305

About the Client Troubleshooting Page 305

How the Client Troubleshooting Tool Gives Advice 307

How To Use the Network Client Troubleshooting Tool 309

Debug Commands for RTTS 314

Find Out When Network Clients Connect 315

Set Up Notiﬁcations About Clients Connecting to the Network 316

Identify Unknown Network Users 317

Import List Of Unknown Network Users 318

Export List Of Unknown Network Users 319

Customize the Controller Client and Users Page 319

Set Up Automatic Controller Client Troubleshooting on a Diagnostic Channel 320

Obtain Radio Measurements for Wireless Network Clients 320

View Results of Network Client Radio Measurements 321

Run a Test to Display Network Client V5 Statistics 321

Run a Test to Display Network Client Operational Parameters 322

View Network Client Details 324

Disable Network Clients 325

Remove Network Clients From Prime Infrastructure 325

Locate Network Clients on a Wireless Map 326

View Network Client Roaming Using Reports 327

Identify Access Points That Can Hear a Network Client 327

View the Location History for a Network Client 328

Monitor Network Performance Using PfRv3 Monitoring 329

CHAPTER 17

What is PfRv3? 329

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Get Access to PfR Monitoring for a User Group 330

Use the PfR Monitoring Page 330

View PfRv3 Service Provider and DSCP Charts 332

View Details About Site to Site Events Using PfRv3 333

Compare WAN Interfaces Usage Using PfRv3 335

Monitor Wireless Networks 337

CHAPTER 18

What is Radio Resource Management (RRM) 337

RRM Notiﬁcations Sent to Prime Infrastructure 338

Use the RRM Dashboard to Monitor APs 338

View AP Interferers 340

Edit the AP Detected Interferers Page 340

View RFID Tagged APs 341

Search for RFID Tags 341

Check RFID Tag Search Results 342

View Tag List 342

Monitor Wireless Media Streams 342

Troubleshoot Unjoined APs 342

Identify Low-Frequency Transmitting AP Devices (Chokepoints) 343

Add AP Chokepoints to Prime Infrastructure 343

Remove AP Chokepoints from Prime Infrastructure 344

Remove Chokepoints from Prime Infrastructure Maps 344

Edit AP Chokepoints 345

Enhance Tag Location Reporting with WiFi TDOA Receivers 345

Add a WiFi TDOA Receiver to MSE 346

Add WiFi TDOA Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps 346

Use Monitoring Tools 349

CHAPTER 19

Perform a Wireless Controller Voice Audit 349

Check AP Performance Using the Voice Diagnostic Tool 350

Wireless Conﬁguration Audit 350

Determine Which Autonomous APs Can Be Migrated to Lightweight APs 351

Ensure AP Location Accuracy with the Location Accuracy Tool 351

Set Up the AP Location Accuracy Tool 352

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Schedule a Location Accuracy Test 352

Run an On-Demand Location Accuracy Test 354

Monitoring IPSLA 355

Monitor Wireless and Data Center Performance Using Performance Graphs 357

CHAPTER 20

Create Performance Graphs 357

View Multiple Metrics on a Single Performance Graph 358

Performance Graphs Options 358

Troubleshooting 361

CHAPTER 21

Get Help from the Cisco Support Community and Technical Assistance Center (TAC) 361

Open a Cisco Support Case 361

Join the Cisco Support Community 362

Troubleshoot User Problems 362

Monitor Applications and Their Performance 365

Troubleshoot Wireless Device Performance Problems 366

Root Cause and Impact Analysis of Physical and Virtual Data Center Components 366

Troubleshoot UCS Device Hardware Problems 367

Troubleshoot UCS Device Bandwidth Problems 368

Use Operations Center to Monitor Multiple Prime Infrastructure Instances 369

CHAPTER 22

How to Monitor Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Instances 369

Use the Operations Center Conﬁg Dashboard to Manage Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers 370

Supported Reports in Operations Center 370

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 378

Distribute Virtual Domains to Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers 379

Enable Operations Center RBAC Support 379

Share Device Conﬁguration Templates Across Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations

Center 380

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View Conﬁguration Templates Using Operations Center 380

Deploy Conﬁguration Templates Using Operations Center 381

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 382

Activate Operation Center using Smart Licensing 383

Distribute Software Updates to Prime Infrastructure Instances Managed by Operations Center 383

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 385

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 397

Prime Infrastructure Report Data Retention Periods 398

Conﬁgure Devices 399

PART V

Create Templates to Automate Device Conﬁguration Changes 401

CHAPTER 25

Why Create New Conﬁguration Templates? 402

Ways to Create Conﬁguration Templates Using Prime Infrastructure 402

Create a New Features and Technologies Template Using an Existing Template 403

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