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17-1
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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17
Monitoring
Your

Network
Date:
3/

28/12
Note
When
naming

ACE

objects

(such

as

a

real

server,

virtual

server,

parameter

map,

class

map,

health

probe,
and
so

on),

enter

an

alphanumeric

string

of

1

to

64

characters,

which

can

include

the

following

special
characters:
underscore

(_),

hyphen

(-),

dot

(.),

and

asterisk

(*)

.

Spaces

ar

e

not


al

lowed.


If
you

are

using

ANM

with

an

ACE

module

or

ACE

appliance

and

you

configure

a

named

object

at

the
ACE
CLI,

keep

in

mind

that

ANM

does

not

support

all

of

the

special

characters

that

the

ACE

CLI

allows
you
to

use

when

configuring

a

named

object.

If

you

use

special

characters

that

ANM

does

not

support,
you
may

not

be

able

to

import

or

manage

the

ACE

using

ANM.
The
ANM

Monitor

function

allows

you

to

monitor

key

ar

eas

of

syst

em

usage.

The

fol

lowing
functionality
is

provided

under

Monitor

in

ANM:

•
Dashboards—Operate
as

a
central
location
for
you
to
view

monitoring
results

and

track

potential
issues.
There

are

three

types

of

dashboards

in

ANM:

ANM/Group

Dashboard,

ACE

Dashboard,

and
Context
Dashboard.

Each

dashboard

provides

quick

access

to

all

relevant

monitoring

pages.

See
“Using
Dashboards

to

Monitor

Devices

and

Virtual

Contexts”

section

on

page

17-4 .

•
Events—Lists
events
originated

from

devices

through
syslog,
SNMP

traps.

See
“Monitoring
Events”
section

on

pa

ge

17-55 .

•
Alarm
Notifications—Allows
you
t

o
define
thresholds

and

vi

ew

al

arms.

See
“Configuring

Alarm
Notifications
on

ANM”

section

on

page

17-57

and

“Displaying

Alarm

Notifications”

section

on
page
17-65 .

•
Settings—Allows
you

to

do

the

following:

–

Display

the

current

polling

status

of

all

the

objects

that

ANM

manages.

See

the

“Displaying

the
Polling
Status

of

All

Managed

Objects”

section

on

page

17-44 .

–

Set

global

polling

and

SMTP

configurations.

See

“Setting

Polling

Parameters”

section

on
page
17-46 .

–

Export

historical

data.

See

“Exporting

Historical

Data”

section

on

page

52 .

•
Topology
maps—Allows

you

to

display

a

network

topology

map

based

on

a

selected

virtual

or

real
server.
See

“Displaying

Network

Topology

Maps”

section

on

page

68 .

•
Tools—Allows
you
to

verify

connectivity
(using
the
ping

command)

between

a

virtual

context

and
an
IP

address

that

you

specify.

See

“Testing

Connectivity”

section

on

page

71 .