Users Guide

• Traffic in Kbps
• Packets
1. Navigate to the Network > Fabric Name > Switch Name > Summary screen.
2. Click the Performance tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. In the upper right of the screen, select the format for the data:
• Graphical
• Tabular
4. In the lower left of the screen near the Performance tab, select a data option:
• Real-Time Data (default)
– If you select real-time data, select the interval real-time data collection (in seconds) from the
Interval (seconds) drop-down menu:
* 15
* 30
* 45
* 60
• Historical Data
– If you select historical data, select one of the following options from the Date Range drop-
down menu:
* Last 12 hours
* 1 d
* 1 w
* 1 m
Data Collection
By default, AFM automatically enables data collection after deployment. To disable data collection for a
fabric:
1. Navigate to the Jobs > Data Collection screen.
2. Click Schedule Data Collection.
The Edit Data Collection window displays.
3. To disable data collection for a specific fabric, uncheck the checkbox for the fabric.
The Polling Rate is 15 minutes.
4. Click OK.
Threshold Settings
To configure the monitoring link bundle and Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) between the spine switches
and the leaf switches, use the Jobs > Data Collections > Edit Threshold Settings screen. The Average
Traffic Threshold option monitors the Layer 3 fabric link bundle. The TCA bandwidth option monitors
low bandwidth and high bandwidth for Layer 2 and Layer 3 fabrics.
If the average traffic or both utilization thresholds are exceeded, AFM receives an alarm from the switch
on the Alerts > Active Alerts screen.
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