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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
- Contents
- AppSpeed Overview
- Viewing Performance Data
- About Views
- View Summary Data for Applications and Servers
- View Application Data
- View Server Data
- View Transaction Data
- Performance Indicators
- Working with the Topology Map
- AppSpeed Administration
- Event Management
- Upgrading AppSpeed
- Troubleshooting
- Index
VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
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Create a Port Group
IfyoudeployavNetworkDistributedSwitch,itisrecommendedthatyouaddanewportgroup.
To create a port group
1InthevSphereClientorVIClientclient,selectHome>Networking.
2 CreateanewportgroupforthevNetworkDistributedSwitch:
a SelectthevNetworkDistributedSwitch.
bFromtheBasicTaskslist,createanew
portgroup.
Configure Promiscuous Mode
YoumustconfigurethevNetworkDistributedSwitchportstoworkinpromiscuousmodesothatthe
AppSpeedprobecanmonitortheswitch.
Toconfigurepromiscuousmodefortheportgroup.
1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>Networking.
2Right‐clickthecorrespondingportgroupinthevNetworkDistributedSwitch
andselectEditSettings.
3 SelectSecurity.
4SetthePromiscuousmodetoAccept.
5 Saveyourchanges.
Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor vNetwork Distributed Switches
Oncetheprobeisdeployed,youcanconfiguretheAppSpeedprobetomonitorthedistributedvSwitches.
To configure a probe to monitor a vNetwork distributed switch
1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.
2Right‐clickthecorrespondingportgroupinthedistributedvSwitchandselectEditSettings.
3 Selecttherequirednetworkadapter.
4FromtheNetwork
drop‐downmenu,selecttherelevantportgroup(bydefault,dvPortgroupX).
5VerifythatboththeConnectedandConnectatpoweroncheckboxesareselected.
Configuring AppSpeed to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches
IfonlyNexus1000VswitchesareconfiguredinthevCenterorifallothervSwitchesarealreadybeing
monitoredbyotherprobes,youneedtocreateanewvSwitchbeforeyoudeploytheprobe.
Create a vSwitch for Nexus 1000V Switches
YoucancreateanewvSwitchfortheNexus 1000Vswitches.
To create a switch
1InthevSphereClientorVIClient,selectHome>HostsandClusters.
2 Selectthedestinationhostonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheprobe.
3 SelectConfiguration>Networking>AddNetworkingWizard.
4IntheConnectionTypewindow,selectthe
VirtualMachineoptionandclickNext.
5 DeselectthecheckboxesfortheNICsandclickNext.
6 NamethevSwitchintheNetworklabeltextbox,settheVLANIDto4095,andclickNext.
7ClickFinish.