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How Monitor Feeds Work

A monitor feed is a source of response time data, for example, the:

• Packets monitor feed receives mirrored TCP packets on the monitor NIC.
• Riverbed WAN monitor feed receives WAN-optimized packets from a Riverbed Steelhead appliance.
• GigaStor monitor feed receives packet digest files on the management NIC from a CA GigaStor.
• WAN Opt monitor feed receives packet digest files on the management NIC from Cisco WAE devices.

The management console automatically assigns the monitor feed that is closest to the server as the source for monitoring TCP traffic on the server.

Edit a monitor feed to:

• Assign a particular domain. By default, a new monitor feed is assigned to the Default Domain. If you are not using domains to separate duplicate IP traffic, this is not applicable.
• Pair a secondary monitor feed for redundant data monitoring.
• View active sessions. Active sessions information helps you understand whether the monitor feed is monitoring active TCP sessions.

More information:

Managing Tenants

Create a Pair of Monitor Feeds