Adding Interfaces for Monitoring

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Last updated: Apr 23, 2024 by Mayuresh Balaji Kamble (Unlicensed)Version comment

On the MONITOR INTERFACE page, you can select the discovered Interfaces and add them for monitoring. The added Interfaces are monitored and are displayed in Views (see: Creating Views from Discovered Devices List).

To add Interfaces for Monitoring :

  1. Select  Operations > Configuration >Networks > Monitoring Interface.
  2. On the MONITOR INTERFACE page, click ADD NEW.
  3. Click Filters. On the FILTERS pop up, select the required details to search for the Interfaces to be added for monitoring.
  4. Click the Filters icon to specify a particular filter criteria to display the Interfaces. On clicking the Filters icon, the FILTERS pop-up page is displayed. Select the Tenant and other required details. Click SEARCH. To know more about the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page, see Filters.  
  5. Click SUBMIT. Based on the filter criteria, the list of discovered Interfaces is displayed.

  6. Select the check box corresponding to the Interface details that you want to add for monitoring. Click SUBMIT.

    MONITOR INTERFACES page
    Figure: MONITOR INTERFACES page

    Note:

    You should enable the Network Interface Status and Network Interface Utilization jobs on the CUSTOM SCHEDULER page to monitor the status and utilization of the network interfaces.

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the MONITOR INTERFACE page:

Field

Description

Check box

Select the check box corresponding to the Interface details to add the selected Interface for monitoring.

Interface

Displays the name of the Interface.

Interface Alias

Displays the alias of the Interface.

Description

Displays the description of the Interface.

IP Address

Displays the IP Address of the Interface.

Ifindex

Displays the ifindex of the Interface.

Capacity

Displays the capacity of the Interface.

Status

Displays the status of the Interface.

Remote Host

Displays the remote host of the Interface.

Remote Interface

Displays the remote Interface.

Interface Connectivity

Displays the Interface connectivity.

Service Entitlement

Lists the configured Service Entitlements. Select the Service Entitlement from the list.

Copy check box

Select the check box to replicate the first selected Service Entitlement value to the other selected rows of the Interfaces.

ACTIONS

Filters

Click the Filters icon to specify a particular filter criteria to display the Interfaces.

Filters pop-up page
Figure: Filters pop-up page

The following table describes the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page:

Field

Description

Tenant

Select a Tenant from the list.

Customer

Select the Customer from the list to display the Interfaces for the selected Customer.

Location

Select the location from the list to display the Interfaces for the selected location.

Host Name/IP Address

Select the Host Name/IP Address from the list to display the Interfaces for the selected location.


SHOW LIST

Click SHOW LIST to display the LIST table showing all the Interfaces added for monitoring.