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Network Segments

The management console generates a separate set of metrics for each of the three network segments and treats each network segment as a separate application. The management console generates a separate set of metrics for the:

• Client segment, which is the network segment between the clients in the branch location and the branch Steelhead appliance. Deploy a CA Standard Monitor at the branch to monitor the unoptimized Client network segment.
• WAN segment, which is the network segment between the branch Steelhead appliance and the data center Steelhead appliance. Deploy a CA Standard Monitor at the data center to monitor the Steelhead-optimized WAN network segment.
• Server segment, which is the network segment between the data center Steelhead appliance and the data center servers. Deploy a CA Standard Monitor at the data center to monitor the unoptimized Server network segment.

  If necessary, use the CA Standard Monitor in the data center to monitor both the Steelhead-optimized WAN network segment and the unoptimized Server network segment.

The management console appends the network segment to the application name, for example, SMTP [Client], SMTP [WAN], and SMTP [Server]. In the example below, the SMTP application represents the unoptimized application performance. The unoptimized application response time is faster because the data comes from local users in the data center.