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6From the Management Network menu, select the network to use to manage the probes.
a Select the check boxes of up to three monitoring vSwitches.
The vSwitches sniff traffic on the configured management network.
By default, the first three available vSwitches are selected.
b Select either the DHCP or Static IP option.
If you select Static IP, you must type values for each of the IP, Network, and Gateway (optional)
fields.
7Click Install Probes.
8 Review the installation summary and click OK.
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OTE If your management network was set to a temporary vSwitch and the probe failed to communicate
with AppSpeed Server, an error message appears when the probe deployment completes. The issue is
resolved when you perform the following steps, however the error message might continue to appear as
failed in the user interface.
a Right-click the probe name, select Edit Settings and specify the management network and monitor
network settings as required. For further information, see step 3 in “Configure the AppSpeed Probe
to Monitor a Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch.”
b Restart the probe by selecting the probe in the Inventory tree, and pressing CTRL+R.
9 (Optional) Delete the temporary vSwitch.
Multiple AppSpeed Servers
You can centrally manage AppSpeed through a single user interface when more than one AppSpeed Server is
installed.
Select a Server and Switch Between Servers
When you activate AppSpeed from the vSphere client with more than one AppSpeed Server installed, you are
redirected to a selection screen where you can select which server to connect to.
Procedure
1Click the Switch Server link at the top right of the page.
2 In the selection screen, type the namespace of the server to which you want to switch.
Limitations when You Use Multiple Servers
The following limitations apply when using multiple servers.
 No central license management exists.
 You can apply the license key to multiple AppSpeed Servers, as long as the actual number of
monitored CPUs does not exceed the number of CPUs defined in your license.
 The same virtual machine might be monitored by two or more different AppSpeed Servers. As a
result, the licenses are counted twice, once on each server. Nevertheless, only the actual number of
CPUs that are being monitored are relevant to your AppSpeed license.
 Topology and monitoring information is not shared between the servers. The same application can be
mapped in two or more servers. The monitoring data in the two servers might be different because the
two servers might detect different traffic. Changes in the configuration of the application, such as names
and thresholds, in one server are not reflected in the other.
 One AppSpeed Server can map the management traffic of a different AppSpeed Server as an application.