17-4
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
17






Monitoring

Your

Network
Using
Dashboards

to

Monitor

Devices

and

Virtual

Contexts

•
Application
Acceleration—Displays

optimization

statistics

for

ACE

appliances

on

which

you

have
configured
application

acceleration

functions.

See

the

“Monitoring

Application

Acceleration”
section
on

page

17-43 .

This

feature

is

only

available

on

ACE

appliances.

•
Polling
Settings—Allows

you

to

set

polling

parameters.

See

the
“Setting
Polling
Parameters”
section
on

page

17-46 .

•
Historical
Graphs—Allows
you

to

view

historical

data

for

a

group

of

monitoring

page

statistics.

See
the
“Configuring

Historical

Trend

and

Real

Time

Graphs

for

Devices”

section

on

page

17-48 .
Using
Dashboards

to

Monitor

Devices

and

Virtual

Contexts
ANM
dashboards

allow

for

faster

and

more

accurate

assessment

and

analysis

of

device

and

virtual
context
health

and

usage,

as

well

as

performance.

Cor

responding

monitoring

views

allow

for

quick
access
to

details

for

further

investigation

into

potential

problems

highlighted

in

the

dashboards.

Graphs,
as
well

as

monitoring

screens,

allow

you

to

view

historical

data

and

compare

the

performance

with

the
peer
objects.
Note
All
client
browsers

require
that
you
enable

Adobe

Flash

Player
9
to

properly

display

the

monitoring
graphs
provided

in

ANM.
Dashboards
in

ANM

provide:

•

A

central

location

for

you

to

view

monitoring
highlights.

•

Emphasis

on

potential

issues
that
require
your
attention.

•
Quick
access

to

relevant
ANM
pages

for

more

detailed

monitoring

data.
In
each

dashboard,

there

are

a

relevant

set

of

dashboard

panes.

The

information

shown

in

the

dashboard
panes
differ

based

on

the

device

or

groups

that

you

select

in

the

device

tree.

The

dashboard

panes

are
moveable
element

i

nside

the

das

hboard

that

can

be

mi

nimized/maximized,

moved,

and,

i

f

desired,
removed
fr

om

vi

ew.

You

can

also

display

a

larger

(full)

window

vi

ew

for


a

dashboard

window.
Note
Changes
made

to

dashboard

layout

or

pane

selections

are

only

applicable
for
the

current

session.

Those
changes
are

not

maintained

by

ANM

the

next

time

you

access

an

ANM

dashboard.
The
dashboard

tables

and

graphs

autorefresh

every

two

minutes.

If

desired,

you

can

disable

autofreshing
by
clicking

the

Pause

Autofresh

button

in

the

upper-right

corner

of

the

dashboard.
Note
All
dashboard

contents

are

under

Role-Based

Access

Control

(RBAC).

Options

will

be

grayed

or

not
displayed
if

proper

permission

has

not

been

granted

to

the

logged

in

user

by

the

administrator.

See

the
“How
ANM

Handles

Role-Based

Access

Control”

section

on

page

18-8

for


more

information

about
RBAC
in

ANM.
This
section

includes

the

following

topics:

•
ACE
Dashboard,
page
17-5

•
ACE
Virtual

Cont

ext

Dashboard,

page
17-12

•
ANM
Group

Dashboard,

page
17-16