Cisco Prime Infrastructure User guide

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 User Guide

First Published: 2020-12-17

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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 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

Add a Customized Dashlet to the Performance Dashboard 14

Export Dashlets Data to a CSV or PDF File 16

Troubleshoot Network Health Using Dashboards 16

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Define Health Rules 17

Define QoS and Interface Settings 17

Network Health Map Features 18

Network Health Display Options 18

Network Health Summary 19

QoS Metrics 21

Traffic Conversation 22

Work In a Different Virtual Domain 23

Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard 23

Extend Cisco Prime Infrastructure Functions 25

Check Cisco.com for the Latest Documentation 25

Change Prime Infrastructure User Settings 27

CHAPTER 2

Set User Preferences 27

Change Your User Preferences 27

Change Your Idle-User Timeout 27

Disable Idle User Timeout 28

Change List Length 29

Configure the Global Timeout for Idle Users 30

Manage the Inventory 31

PART II

Add and Organize Devices 33

CHAPTER 3

Add Devices to Prime Infrastructure 33

Understand the Discovery Process 35

Add Devices Using Discovery 36

Specify the Management IP Address Type (IPv4/IPv6) for Discovered Devices 37

Run Quick Discovery 37

Run Discovery with Customized Discovery Settings 38

Verify Discovery 39

Import Devices from Another Source 39

Create Device Import CSV Files 40

Add Devices Manually (New Device Type or Series) 41

Configuring SNMP Engine Id 42

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Add Devices to Prime Infrastructure 43

Add a Virtual Device Context Device 45

Add a Meraki Device to Prime Infrastructure 45

Prerequisites for Adding Wireless Controllers 46

Validate Added Devices and Troubleshoot Problems 47

Check a Device's Reachability State and Admin Status 48

Device Reachability and Admin States 48

Move a Device To and From Maintenance State 50

Edit Device Parameters 50

Synchronize Devices 51

Smart Inventory 51

Add NAM HTTP/HTTPS Credentials 52

Export Device Information to a CSV File 52

Apply Device Credentials Consistently Using Credential Profiles 53

Create a New Credential Profile 53

Apply a New or Changed Profile to Existing Devices 53

Delete a Credential Profile 54

Export and Import a Credential Profile 54

Create Groups of Devices for Easier Management and Configuration 55

How Groups Work 56

Network Device Groups 56

Port Groups 57

Data Center Groups 58

How Elements Are Added to Groups: Dynamic, Manual, and Mixed Groups 58

Groups and Virtual Domains 59

Create User-Defined Device Groups 59

View All Groups to Which a Device Belongs 60

Create Location Groups 60

Create Groups Using CSV Files 62

Export Groups to CSV Files 62

Add APs to Device Groups and Location Groups 63

Create Port Groups 63

Create User-Defined Data Center Groups 64

Edit User-Defined Groups 65

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Make Copies of Groups 65

Copy User-Defined and Location Groups 66

Hide Groups That Do Not Have Any Members 66

Delete Groups 66

Create Compute Resource Groups 67

View Devices 69

CHAPTER 4

View Network Devices 69

View Compute Devices 72

Create User Defined UCS Groups 77

Create User Defined Hosts and VMs 77

Manage Compute Resources 79

CHAPTER 5

Manage VMware Vcenter Server 79

Add a VMware vCenter Server 79

CSV File Requirements for Importing Vcenter 80

Monitor Compute Resource Performance 80

Set the Polling Interval for Data Center Devices 81

Set Up Cluster Monitoring 81

Manage Device Configuration Files 83

CHAPTER 6

Set Up Device Configuration File Management 83

Control How Archiving is Triggered 83

Set Up Event-Triggered Archiving 84

Specify Items to be Excluded When Configuration Files Are Checked for Changes 85

Control the Timeouts for Configuration Archive Operations 85

Control How Often the Archive Summary Is Updated 86

Control How Many Files Can Be Archived In Parallel 86

Control Whether Configuration File Content Is Masked During Exports 86

Download Configuration Files 86

Control When Device Configuration Files are Purged from the Database 87

How Do I Find Out the Last Time Files Were Archived? 87

Back Up Device Configuration Files to the Archive 87

What Is Backed Up to the Database? 88

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Back Up (Archive) Configuration Files 88

View the Device Configuration Files That Are Saved in the Archive 89

View All Archived Files 89

View Archived Files for a Specific Device 90

View the Raw Content of an Archived Configuration File 90

Label Important Configuration Files With Tags 90

Synchronize Running and Startup Device Configurations 91

Compare or Delete Device Configuration Files 91

Deploy an External Configuration File to a Device 92

Overwrite a Startup Configuration with a Running Configuration 93

Roll Back a Device’s Configuration To an Archived Version 93

Download Configuration Files 94

Check the Change Audit for Configuration Archive Operations 95

Manage Device Software Images 97

CHAPTER 7

Set Up Software Image Management 97

Make Sure Devices Are Configured Correctly 98

Verify the FTP/TFTP/SFTP/SCP Settings on the Prime Infrastructure Server 98

How to Control Images that are Saved to the Image Repository During Inventory Collection 99

Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices 99

Adjust Criteria for Cisco.com Image Recommendations 104

Adjust Image Transfer and Distribution Preferences 104

Add a Software Image Management Server to Manage Groups of Devices 106

Change Cisco.com Credentials for Software Image Operations 106

Copy Software Images from Devices to the Image Repository (Create a Baseline) 107

How Do I Find Out Which Images Are Used by Network Devices? 107

How Do I Know a Device Has the Latest Image? 108

How Do I Know Whether I have Permission to Download Software from Cisco.com 108

View the Images That Are Saved in the Image Repository 108

Find Out Which Devices Are Using an Image 109

View Recommended Images on Cisco.com 109

Download Images from Cisco.com 110

Add (Import) Software Images to the Repository 111

Add a Software Image That Is Running on a Managed Device 111

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Add a Software Image from an IPv4 or IPv6 Server (URL) 112

Add a Software Image for an FTP Protocol Server (Protocol) 113

Add a Software Image from a Client Machine File System 113

Import Software Images to the Virtual Image Repository 114

Change the Device Requirements for Upgrading a Software Image 115

Verify That Devices Meet Image Requirements (Upgrade Analysis) 115

Distribute a New Software Image to Devices 116

Activate a New Software Image on Devices 118

Deploy Software Images to Wireless/DC Devices 119

Supported Image Format for Stack Devices 120

Commit Cisco IOS XR Images Across Device Reloads 120

Check the Change Audit for Software Image Operations 121

ASD Exceptions and Error Conditions 122

Upgrade Controller Software using Rolling AP Upgrade 124

Perform Configuation Audits Using Compliance 125

CHAPTER 8

How To Perform a Compliance Audit 125

Enable and Disable Compliance Auditing 126

Create a New Compliance Policy 126

Create Compliance Policy Rules 127

Examples—Rule Conditions and Actions 128

Example: Block Options 128

Example Conditions and Actions: Community Strings 129

Example Conditions and Actions: IOS Software Version 130

Example Conditions and Actions: NTP Server Redundancy 131

Create a Compliance Profile That Contains Policies and Rules 131

Run a Compliance Audit 132

View the Results of a Compliance Audit 133

Fix Compliance Violations on Devices 134

View Violation Summary Details 135

View Violation Job Details 135

Import and Export Compliance Policies 136

View the Contents of a Compliance Policy XML File 136

View PSIRT and EOX Information 136

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View Device Security Vulnerabilities 137

View Device Hardware and Software End-of-Life Report 137

View Module Hardware End of Life Report 138

View Field Notices for Device 138

Visualize the Network 141

PART III

Visualize the Network Topology 143

CHAPTER 9

Network Topology Overview 143

Datacenter Topology 144

View Detailed Tables of Alarms and Links in a Network Topology Map 145

Filter Data in the Detailed Tables 145

Determine What is Displayed in the Topology Map 146

Choose Which Device Group(s) to Display in the Network Topology Map 146

View the Contents of a Sub-Group in the Topology Map 147

Manually Add Devices and Networks to the Topology Map 148

Manually Add Links to the Topology Map 148

Change Which Link and Device Types are Shown in the Network Topology Map 149

Show/Hide Alarms and Labels in the Topology Map 150

Isolate Specific Sections of a Large Topology Map 150

Get More Information About Devices 150

Get More Information About Links 151

View Fault Information for Devices and Links 151

Change the Layout of a Network Topology Map 151

Save the Layout of a Network Topology Map for Future Web GUI Sessions 152

Show Clock Synchronization Networks on a Network Topology Map 152

Save the Topology Map as an Image File 153

Use Wireless Site Maps 155

CHAPTER 10

Introduction to Next Generation Wireless Site Maps 155

How Wireless Site Maps Are Organized 156

Guidelines for Preparing Image Files for Use Within Wireless Site Maps 156

Work with Site Maps 157

Add Sites 158

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Remove a Site 158

Update a Site 158

Import Maps Archive 159

Export Maps Archive 159

Import Bulk APs in CSV Format 160

Export Bulk APs in CSV Format 160

Import Access Points for GeoMap 161

Export Access Points for GeoMaps 161

Edit Map Properties 162

Configure Outdoor Areas 162

Add an Outdoor Area 163

Edit Outdoor Areas 163

Remove an Outdoor Area 163

Configure Buildings 164

Use Building 3D View 164

Add a Building 164

Edit a Building 165

Remove a Building 165

Monitor Floor Areas 165

Configure Floor Areas 169

Add Floor Areas to Building 169

Configure Display Setting for Various Floor Elements 170

Configuring Display Settings for Access Points 171

Configuring Display Settings for Mesh Access Points 172

Configuring Display Settings for 802.11 Tags 174

Configuring Display Settings for Overlay Objects 175

Configuring Display Settings for Clients 175

Configuring Display Settings for Rogue Access Points 175

Configuring Display Settings for Adhoc Rogues 176

Configuring Display Settings for Rogue Clients 176

Configuring Display Settings for Interferers 176

Configuring Display Settings for wIPS Attacks 177

Configuring Display Settings for MSE/CMX Site Maps Integration 177

Configuring Map Properties 178

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Edit Floor Elements 178

Add, Position, and Delete APs 178

Quick View of APs 181

Add, Position, and Delete Choke Points 182

Add, Position, and Delete WiFi TDOA Receivers 183

Add Coverage Area 184

Create Obstacles 185

Place Markers 186

Location Region Creation 186

Define Inclusion Region on a Floor 186

Define Exclusion Region on a Floor 187

Edit Location Regions 188

Delete Location Regions 188

Rail Creation 188

Place GPS Markers 189

Use Floor Tools 190

View Deteted Rogue APs 190

Use Monitoring Tools 190

View Charts 190

Track Client Movement Using Client Playback 191

Inspect Location Readiness 191

Inspect Voice Readiness 192

RF Calibration Methods 192

Adjust RF Calibration Models Used in Wireless Maps 193

Create New RF Calibration Models 193

Calibrate, Compute and Apply New RF Calibration Models 194

Compute Collected “Live” Data Points for New RF Calibration Models 196

Apply Fully Calibrated RF Calibration Models to Floors in Wireless Site Maps 196

Delete RF Calibration Models 196

View RF Calibration Model Properties 197

Apply RF Calibration Models to Wireless Site Maps 197

Using Planning Mode 198

What Does the Wireless Site Map Editor Do? 198

Guidelines for Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 199

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Guidelines for Placing Access Points 199

Guidelines for Placing Inclusion and Exclusion Areas on a Floor Map 201

Launch and Use the Wireless Site Map Editor 202

Wireless Site Map Editor Icons 202

Define Coverage Areas in Wireless Site Maps 203

Obstacle Color Coding in Wireless Site Maps 203

Define Inclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 204

Define Exclusion Regions in Wireless Site Maps 205

Define Rail Lines in Wireless Site Maps 206

Search Wireless Site Maps 206

Adjust RF Antennas Using the Wireless Site Map Editor 207

Locate Low-Coverage Areas Using AP Location Readiness 207

Assess the Quality of AP Coverage Using RF Calibration Data 208

Determine If RF Coverage is Sufficient for Voice Readiness 208

Show Wired Device Info 209

Configure Interferer Notification 210

Show/Hide 210

Export to PDF 210

Measure Distances 210

Data Filtering 211

Filtering Access Points Data 211

Filtering Clients Data 211

Filtering Tags Data 212

Filtering Rogue AP Data 212

Filtering Adhoc Rogues Data 212

Filtering Interferer Data 212

Filtering Access Points Heatmap Data 213

Use Planning Mode to Help Place APs in Wireless Site Maps 214

Use Planning Mode to Calculate Access Point Coverage Requirements 214

Configure Refresh Settings for Wireless Site Maps 215

How RF Heatmaps are Calculated 216

Floor View Navigation Pane Tools 216

Create Wireless Site Maps Using Automatic Hierarchy Creation 217

View Google Earth Maps in Wireless Site Maps 220

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View Google Earth Map Details in Wireless Site Maps 220

Use Geographical Coordinates to Group APs into Outdoor Locations on Wireless Site Maps 221

Prerequisites for Creating Outdoor Locations Using Geographical Coordinates 221

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

Maps 222

Create Placemarks for KML Files Used in Wireless Site Maps 223

Create CSV Files to Import Geographical Coordinates Into Wireless Site Maps 223

Import Geographical Coordinate Files to Create Outdoor Locations in Wireless Site Maps 224

Add Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Details 225

Configure Your Google Earth Map Preferences 225

Monitor Mesh Access Points Using Maps 226

View Mesh Access Point Configurations Using Wireless Site Maps 226

View Device Details on Wireless Site Maps 227

What Is a Wireless Network Site Map? 227

Create a Simple Wireless Network Site Map 227

Monitor the Network 229

PART IV

Set Up Network Monitoring 231

CHAPTER 11

Set Up Port and Interface Monitoring 231

Set Up WAN Interface Monitoring 232

Set Up Enhanced Wireless Client Monitoring Using Cisco ISE 232

Add Cisco Identity Service Engines 233

Set Up NAM and NetFlow Data Collection for Performance Monitoring 233

Enable NAM Data Collection 233

Define NAM Polling Parameters 234

Enable NetFlow Data Collection 234

Configure NetFlow Export on Catalyst 2000 Switches 239

Configure NetFlow on Catalyst 3000, 4000, and 6000 Family of Switches 240

Configure NetFlow on ISR Devices 241

Monitoring Devices 243

CHAPTER 12

Set Up Packet Capture to Monitor Network Traffic 243

Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard 244

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Monitor Wireless Devices 247

CHAPTER 13

Monitor Controllers 247

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 254

How Cisco Prime Infrastructure Detects Rogue Access Points 255

How Rogue Access Point States Are Determined 256

How Rogue Access Points are Classified 256

View Rogue Access Point Alarms 258

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 263

View Access Points Ad Hoc Rogues 263

View Access Points Adaptive wIPS Events 264

View Access Points CleanAir Air Quality Events 264

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View Access Points Interferer Security Risk Events 264

View Access Points Health Monitor Events 265

View Health Monitor Event Details 265

Using Telemetry 265

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 276

GETVPN Monitoring Policies 277

DMVPN Monitoring Policies 278

LISP Monitoring Policy 279

Nexus Virtual Port Channel (VPC) Health Monitoring Policy 279

Create a Monitoring Policy for Unsupported Parameters and Third-Party Devices 280

Example: Monitor IP SLA 281

Check the Status of Past Monitoring Policy Data Collections 281

Change the Device Set a Policy is Monitoring 281

Change the Polling for a Monitoring Policy 282

Change Thresholds and Alarm Behavior for a Monitoring Policy 282

Monitor Network Performance Using Reports 284

Monitor Alarms and Events 285

CHAPTER 15

What Are Alarms and Events? 285

How are Alarms and Events Created and Updated? 286

Link Up/Down Flapping 287

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Find and View Alarms 287

Suppress an Existing Alarm 288

Change Severity of an Existing Alarm 289

Set Alarm and Event Management Preferences 290

Set Up Your Alarm and Event Display Preferences 290

Customize the Alarm Summary 292

Interpret Event and Alarm Badges and Colors 293

Alarm Severity Icons 293

Get Troubleshooting and Detailed Alarm Information 293

View an Alarm's Details 293

Find Troubleshooting Information for an Active Alarm 294

Find Out Which Events Are Associated With An Alarm 294

Acknowledge and Clear Alarms 294

Not Acknowledged 295

Acknowledged 295

Cleared 295

Add Notes To an Alarm 296

Manage How Alarms are Triggered (Alarm Thresholds) 296

Which Events Are Supported? 296

View Events 296

View Syslog Policies 297

Create a New Syslog Policy 297

Edit a Syslog Policy 299

Delete Syslog Policy 299

Change Syslog Policy Ranks 299

View Syslogs 299

Export Alarms, Events or Syslogs to a CSV or PDF File 300

Working with Alarms, Events and Syslog Reports 301

Create a New Alarm Report 301

Create a New Events Report 302

Create a New Syslog Report 302

Get Support from Cisco 303

Respond to Problems Within Prime Infrastructure 303

What is an Alarm Policy? 303

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Types of Alarm Policies 304

Alarm Policy Ranks 305

View Alarm Policies 306

Create a New Alarm Policy 306

Edit an Existing Alarm Policy 308

Delete Alarm Policy 308

Alarms and Events Notification Policies 308

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 326

Export List Of Unknown Network Users 327

Customize the Controller Client and Users Page 327

Set Up Automatic Controller Client Troubleshooting on a Diagnostic Channel 328

Obtain Radio Measurements for Wireless Network Clients 328

View Results of Network Client Radio Measurements 329

Run a Test to Display Network Client V5 Statistics 329

Run a Test to Display Network Client Operational Parameters 330

View Network Client Details 332

Disable Network Clients 333

Remove Network Clients From Prime Infrastructure 333

Locate Network Clients on a Wireless Map 334

View Network Client Roaming Using Reports 335

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Identify Access Points That Can Hear a Network Client 335

View the Location History for a Network Client 336

Monitor Network Performance Using PfRv3 Monitoring 337

CHAPTER 17

What is PfRv3? 337

Get Access to PfR Monitoring for a User Group 338

Use the PfR Monitoring Page 338

View PfRv3 Service Provider and DSCP Charts 341

View Details About Site to Site Events Using PfRv3 341

Compare WAN Interfaces Usage Using PfRv3 344

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 350

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 352

Remove Chokepoints from Prime Infrastructure Maps 352

Edit AP Chokepoints 353

Enhance Tag Location Reporting with WiFi TDOA Receivers 353

Add a WiFi TDOA Receiver to MSE 354

Add WiFi TDOA Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps 354

Use Monitoring Tools 357

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Perform a Wireless Controller Voice Audit 357

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Check AP Performance Using the Voice Diagnostic Tool 358

Wireless Configuration Audit 358

Determine Which Autonomous APs Can Be Migrated to Lightweight APs 359

Ensure AP Location Accuracy with the Location Accuracy Tool 359

Set Up the AP Location Accuracy Tool 360

Schedule a Location Accuracy Test 360

Run an On-Demand Location Accuracy Test 362

Monitoring IPSLA 363

Monitor Wireless and Data Center Performance Using Performance Graphs 365

CHAPTER 20

Create Performance Graphs 365

View Multiple Metrics on a Single Performance Graph 366

Performance Graphs Options 366

Troubleshooting 369

CHAPTER 21

Get Help from the Cisco Support Community and Technical Assistance Center (TAC) 369

Open a Cisco Support Case 369

Join the Cisco Support Community 370

Troubleshoot User Problems 370

Monitor Applications and Their Performance 373

Troubleshoot Wireless Device Performance Problems 374

Root Cause and Impact Analysis of Physical and Virtual Data Center Components 374

Troubleshoot UCS Device Hardware Problems 375

Troubleshoot UCS Device Bandwidth Problems 376

Use Operations Center to Monitor Multiple Prime Infrastructure Instances 377

CHAPTER 22

How to Monitor Multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure Instances 377

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

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Supported Reports in Operations Center 378

Add Devices Using Operations Center 384

Move Device from One Prime Infrastructure Instance to Another Prime Infrastructure Instance 385

View Devices Managed by All Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations Center 385

Synchronize Devices Using Operations Center 386

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

Operations Center 386

Distribute Virtual Domains to Cisco Prime Infrastructure Servers 387

Enable Operations Center RBAC Support 387

Share Device Configuration Templates Across Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations Center

388

View Configuration Templates Using Operations Center 388

Deploy Configuration Templates Using Operations Center 389

Distribute Configuration Templates Across Managed Servers 389

Manage Prime Infrastructure Servers using Operations Center 390

View the Status of Multiple Prime Infrastructure Servers using Operations Center 390

Activate Operation Center using Smart Licensing 391

Distribute Software Updates to Prime Infrastructure Instances Managed by Operations Center 391

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

Center 392

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

Center 392

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

Center 393

Advanced Monitoring 395

CHAPTER 23

What are the Data Sources Used by Site Dashlets 395

Enable WAN Optimization 397

Manage Reports 399

CHAPTER 24

Reports Overview 399

Create, Schedule, and Run a New Report 399

Combine Reports in Prime Infrastructure 401

Create Custom Reports 403

Customize Report Results 405

Scheduled Reports in Cisco Prime Infrastructure 405

Saved Report Templates 407

Prime Infrastructure Report Data Retention Periods 408

Configure Devices 409

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