CA NetQoS Administrator Guide

CA NetQoS
Administrator Guide

CIBER Enterprise Management Tools Team

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REVISION HISTORY

VERSION DATE REASON FOR CHANGE AUTHORED BY

1.0 19/06/2012 Start of document CIBER ITO - Monitoring
and Reporting Team

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Table of Contents

S.No. Particulars Page no:

1 Introduction 3
2 Configuring NetQoS Modules. 4
3 User Accounts 7
4 Creating Groups 9
5 Creation of SNMP Profiles. 10
6 Interfaces Administration 11
7 Report Generation 13
8 Enterprise overview 15

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INTRODUCTION

The NetQoS Report Analyzer is used to monitor the network traffic low in the network. The main
module contains 4 components Viz.,
a. Harvester
b. Report Analyzer Console(RA).
c. Network Performance Center (NPC).
d. Data Statistics Analyzer (DSA).

a. Harvester

The Netflow/IPFix enabled routers continuously sends the statistical data to the harvesters at
regular intervals. Harvester module is installed in the server 172.23.100.172, the harvester collects
all the network parameters from the interfaces under monitoring and it processes it to RA Console.

b. Report Analyzer Console (RA)

RA console is the important component in NetQoS. The RA console collects the information from
harvester, aggregates and move aggregated data to Data statistics Analyzer and when the user
requests the data from web interface, it pulls the processed data from DSA. The RA console is
installed in the server 172.23.100.171.

c. Network Performance Center (NPC)

Network performance center is the module that takes care of the administration tasks. NPC
Console will help user to generate the NetQoS Reports. This is simply a web user interface,
which connects the user to netqos. The NPC is installed in the server 172.23.100.174.

d. Data Statistics Analyzer (DSA)

DSA collects the aggregated data from the report analyzer. The DSA is the storage of NetQoS
were all the collected, aggregated data will be located. The DSA is installed in the server
172.23.100.173. The DSA will pass on the requested information to the user through RA Console

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CONFIGURING NETQOS MODULES

The Report Analyzer console is the primary console which is used for configuring the NetQoS
modules, enabling the connection between the harvester and DSA.
a. Configuring Harvester in RA Console.
Step 1:
Login to RA Console http://172.23.100.171/

Step 2:
Click on Administration and select harvester under administration tab.

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Step 3:
User can view the list of harvester configured to collect and the data to RA Cosnole.

Step 4:
In order to add a new harvester, click on Add. Enter the IP address of the new harvester and few
lines description. Confirm the inputs and select save. New harvester will added.

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b. Configuring DSA in RA Console.

Step 1:
Logon to RA Console. Click on Administration and Click on DSA under Administration tab. User
can now view the list of DSA’s Connected to RA Console.

Step 2:
If a new DSA need to be added to the RA console, Click on ADD. Enter the IP address and test
connection. If the test is successful, click on save.

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USER ACCOUNTS

The user accounts, is a so called major administration task. This task can be performed in
Network performance centre console.
a. Creating User Accounts
Step 1 :
In the RA console, under administration tab, select Users either Login to NPC cosnole
http://172.23.100.174/

Step 2:

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In order to edit a user, select the user and click on edit. Do the necessary changes and click on
save.

Step 3:
In order to add a new user, click on New and enter all the required fields. Ensure the Inputs are
valid and click on save.

Step 4:
If a new user need to be added with the existing user group privileges. Select the user from the list
and click on lone. Fill the required fields and click save.

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USER GROUPS CREATION

This section will explain the user about creating a user group.
Step 1:
Login to NPC Console, Under Admin tab select groups.

Step 2:

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Click on New group , Fill in all the required fields and Click save.

CREATION OF SNMP PROFILE

The Harvester collects the interface traffic details with the help of SNMP. This section will explain
how to create a SNMP Profile in NetQoS.
Step 1:
In the NPC Console, under the admin tab, select SNMP Profiles.

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Step 2:
In order to add SNMP profile, click on ADD. Ensure the Inputs and click on save.

INTERFACES ADMINISTRATION
Once the Data source, the RA Console and SNMP profile is added in the NPC, the interfaces that
have IPFix/Netflow enabled will send the traffic information to harvester. User can access all the
interface details and control the interface.
Step 1:
Logon to RA Console. Under interfaces tab, click physical and virtual. All the available devices will
be displayed.

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Step 2:
Select a device and click on Edit to change the properties of the selected device. Ensure the
inputs and save the changes.

Step 3:
In order to view the list of interface that is discovered under a particular device. Drill down the
device, click on the arrow mark. All the interfaces with respect to the device will be displayed.

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Step 4:
In order to enable or disable an interface. Under the Administration tab, click on enable interfaces.
Drill down the arrow mark near to the router, to view the status of the interface. Select an interface
and click on enable/disable.

REPORTS GENERATION

Once the interfaces are added to the NetQoS and enabled. The harvester will collect the
information of the interfaces, process it in Report Analyzer as a aggregated data and stores it in

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Data statistics Appliance. The User using the web user interface, can access the reports using the
following procedure.
Step 1:
Login to RA console click on any interface.

Step 2:
To generate report, Under the tab “For this interface show me:” scroll down and select report of
choice.

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Step 3:
To change the presentation type, click on the presentation pop up left of the screen and select the
presentation style of interest.

ENTERPRISE OVERVIEW

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This will show the current status of the interfaces, highlighting the top utilized protocols and
interfaces.
Step 1:
Log in to the Report Analyzer console and select Enterprise overview.

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