> # Configuring Performance Manager for Use with Cisco Traffic Analyzer

> Performance Manager works in conjunction with the Cisco Traffic Analyzer to allow you to monitor and manage the traffic on your fabric. Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Performance Manager requires the following components:

> - A configured Fibre Channel Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) destination (SD) port to forward Fibre Channel traffic.
> - A Port Analyzer Adapter 2 (PAA-2) to convert the Fibre Channel traffic to Ethernet traffic.
> - Cisco Traffic Analyzer software to analyze the traffic from the PAA-2.

> ## DETAILED STEPS

> 1. Set up the Cisco Traffic Analyzer according to the instructions in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.
> 2. Get the following three items of information:
> - The IP address of the management workstation on which you are running Performance Manager and Cisco Traffic Analyzer.
> - The path to the directory where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.
> - The port that is used by Cisco Traffic Analyzer (the default is 3000).
> 3. Start the Cisco Traffic Analyzer.
> 1. Choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open.
> 2. Enter the URL for the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format:

>     http://<ip address>:<port number>

> ip address is the address of the management workstation on which you have installed the Cisco Traffic Analyzer

> :port number is the port that is used by Cisco Traffic Analyzer (the default is :3000).

> 1. Click OK.
> 2. Choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Start.
> 3. Enter the location of the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, in the format:

>     D:\<directory>\ntop.bat

> D: is the drive letter for the disk drive where the Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.

> directory is the directory containing the ntop.bat file.

> 4. Click OK.
> 4. Create the flows you want Performance Manager to monitor, using the Flow Configuration Wizard. See the "Creating a Flow with Performance Manager" topic
> 5. Define the data collection you want Performance Manager to gather, using the Performance Manager Configuration Wizard. See the "Creating a Collection with Performance Manager" topic.
> 1. Choose the VSAN you want to collect information for or choose All VSANs.
> 2. Check the types of items you want to collect information for (Hosts, ISLs, Storage Devices, and Flows).
> 3. Enter the URL for the 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 the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, and directory is the path to the directory where the Cisco Traffic Analyzer is installed.

> 4. Click Next.
> 5. Review the data collection on this and the next section to make sure this is the data you want to collect.
> 6. 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.

> 6. Choose Performance > Reports to generate a report. Performance Manager Web Server must be running. You see Web Services; click Custom then select a report template.

> Note It takes at least five minutes to start collecting data for a report. Do not attempt to generate a report in Performance Manager during the first five minutes of collection.

> 7. Click Cisco Traffic Analyzer at the top of the Host or Storage detail pages to view the Cisco Traffic Analyzer information, or choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open. The Cisco Traffic Analyzer page will not open unless ntop has been started already.

> Note For information on capturing a SPAN session and starting a Cisco Traffic Analyzer session to view it, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.

> Note For information on viewing and interpreting your Performance Manager data, see the "Creating a Flow with Performance Manager" topic.
> For information on viewing and interpreting your Cisco Traffic Analyzer data, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter 2 Installation and Configuration Note.

> For performance drill-down, DCNM-SAN Server can launch the Cisco Traffic Analyzer in-context from the Performance Manager graphs. The aliases associated with hosts, storage devices, and VSANs are passed to the Cisco Traffic Analyzer to provide consistent, easy identification.

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