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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 8 Cisco Traffic Analyzer
Configuring Cisco Traffic Analyzer for Fabric Manager Releases Prior to 2.1(2)
Step 2 Start Cisco Traffic Analyzer.
a. Choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open.
b. Enter the URL for Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format
http://ip_address:port_number
where ip_address is the address of the management workstation on which you have installed the
Cisco Traffic Analyzer, and :port_number is the port that is used by Cisco Traffic Analyzer (the
default is :3000).
c. Click OK.
d. Choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Start.
e. Enter the location of Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format
D:<directory\ntop.bat
where D: is the drive letter for the disk drive where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed, and
directory is the directory containing the ntop.bat file.
f. Click OK.
Step 3 Create the flows you want Performance Manager to monitor, using the Flow Configuration Wizard.
Step 4 Define the data collection you want Performance Manager to gather, using the Performance Manager
Configuration Wizard.
a. Choose the VSAN you want to collect information for or choose All VSANs.
b. Check the types of items you want to collect information for (hosts, ISLs, storage devices, and
flows).
c. Enter the URL for Cisco Traffic Analyzer in the format
http://<ip address>/<directory>
where:
<ip address> is the address of the management workstation on which you have installed Cisco
Traffic Analyzer, and <directory> is the path to the directory where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is
installed.
d. Click Next.
e. Review the end devices and links that you selected to make sure this is the data you want to collect.
f. Click Finish to begin collecting data.
Note Data is not collected for JBOD or for virtual ports. If you change the data collection
configuration parameters during a data collection, you must stop and restart the
collection process for your changes to take effect.