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Prerequisites

Prerequisites for adding a NI GigaStor monitoring device are listed below:

• The NI Observer Expert software is installed on the NI GigaStor. If you are upgrading the GigaStor Connector, you can download the NI Observer Expert upgrade program from the CA Support website at http://ca.com/support.
• Install the NI Observer Expert in Expert Mode. The CA GigaStor Connector requires Expert Mode. If the NI Observer Expert is not installed in Expert Mode, the CA GigaStor Connector will fail to connect to CA Application Delivery Analysis.
• The time and date on the NI GigaStor are configured to match the time and date on its assigned CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor.

  The performance data collected by a NI GigaStor is time stamped using the time stamp of its assigned monitor. If you configured the monitor to use the Network Time Protocol (NTP), configure NTP on the NI GigaStor.

• The monitoring device ratio is sized properly.
• A CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor is available to process digest files from the GigaStor Connector into response time data. To maximize the available resources on a CA Standard Monitor, disable packet monitoring when you add the CA Standard Monitor.
• The management console can communicate with the NI GigaStor on TCP-1001.
• The NI GigaStor can communicate with its assigned CA Standard Monitor or CA Multi-Port Monitor on UDP-9995.
• The management console users who want to open a packet capture investigation on the NI GigaStor can communicate with the NI GigaStor on TCP-25901 through TCP-25903.
• You can access the NI GigaStor by Remote Desktop with Windows Terminal Services (RDP) on TCP-3389.