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VMware vCenter AppSpeed Installation and Upgrade Guide
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Configure AppSpeed to Monitor Cisco Nexus 1000V Switches
This section details the processes you must follow to monitor Nexus 1000V switches,
To deploy a probe, at least one Nexus wi1000V switch must be available on the ESX serverhost for the probe
to monitor. If the host does not have any switches configured, or if all other switches are already being
monitored by other probes, you must create a new temporary vSwitch before you deploy the new probe.
See “Create a Temporary vSwitch” on page 21.
Install a probe on a Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
You can install a probe on one host at a time, or you can install a probe on multiple hosts at the same time.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home. On the Solutions and Applications tab, click the AppSpeed icon.
2 (Optional) If the name displayed in the Connect to text box is incorrect or the AppSpeed Server name is
not in the list, type the correct namespace.
3(Optional) If the AppSpeed icon does not appear, verify that the AppSpeed plug-in is enabled in the
Plug-ins menu.
4Click the Administration tab and select Probes Management.
5 Select the check boxes for one or more hosts or clusters on which to install a probe and click the Install
Probes button.
A probe is installed on each selected host, regardless of whether another probe is already installed on the host.
When you select the check box for a cluster, the check boxes for each host that it contains are selected.
Similarly, when you select a host, the probes already installed on it are selected.
The Probe Installation window displays a separate entry for each host that you select. Each entry appears
in a separate pane.
6Click the Install Probes button.
7 Review the installation information, and click OK.
Alternatively, click Back to return to change any of the settings.
The installation progress is indicated in the Probe Status column in the Probes Management window.
Upon completion, the new probe is added to the <namespace> Probes folder in the vSphere Client. The
probe is powered on and set up.
8 Delete the AppSpeed Server virtual machine snapshot after you finish deploying all the probes.
Configure the AppSpeed Probe to Monitor a Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
After the probe is deployed and set up, you can configure AppSpeed to monitor a Nexus 1000V switch.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home. On the Inventory tab, select Hosts and Clusters.
2 In the Inventory tree, right-click the probe in the Nexus 1000V and select Edit Settings.
3 Select the required network adapter.
4From the Network Connections menu, select the relevant Nexus port group.
5 Verify that both the Connected and Connect at power on check boxes are selected and click OK.