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Assign a NI GigaStor to a Monitoring Device

After you add a NI GigaStor to the management console, assign it to a CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor to process digest files from the GigaStor Connector into response time data. Do not assign a NI GigaStor to a CA Virtual Systems Monitor.

To maximize the available resources on the CA Standard Monitor, disable packet monitoring when you add a CA Standard Monitor.

To load-balance the monitor feed from a single NI GigaStor for scalability reasons, assign the NI GigaStor to more than one CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor. When you load-balance a NI GigaStor between two monitoring devices, the GigaStor Connector automatically distributes traffic to each monitoring device based on the IP address of one of the endpoints:

• The server IP address, if it is a client-server connection
• The lowest IP address, in the case of a multi-tier application, server-server connection

The GigaStor Connector sends packet digest files for traffic from servers with an even IP address to one monitoring device, and traffic from servers with an odd IP address to the other.

As shown in the following example, you can assign a NI GigaStor to more than one CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor.

If your deployment consists of a single management console and a NI GigaStor, assign the NI GigaStor to the monitor on the management console.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Administration page.
2. Click Data Monitoring, Monitoring Devices in the Show Me menu.
3. Scroll to the ADA Monitoring Device List and click to edit the CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor to which you want to assign the NI GigaStor. Use the Active Feeds column to determine whether a NI GigaStor is assigned to a monitor.
4. Click Monitor Devices in the third Show Me menu.

   Monitor Devices opens.

5. Click a NI GigaStor from the AlarmNotifier Devices list and click OK.
6. Click the link to synchronize monitoring devices with the current client network, server subnet, and application definitions on the management console.

   Monitoring devices temporarily stop monitoring application performance during synchronization. To minimize interruptions to monitoring, complete all of your changes before synchronizing monitoring devices.

More information:

Monitoring with a CA Standard Monitor

Install and Configure Software on the NI GigaStor Appliance