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Data Monitoring - FTP Application Properties

Add or edit an FTP application to monitor active FTP on a particular server. The management console automatically monitors all active FTP sessions. Any type of monitoring device, except Cisco WAAS, can monitor an FTP application. Cisco WAAS does not optimize FTP.

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is a control port application? A control port application uses two TCP ports. The control port sends and receives the request information, and the data port sends and receives the actual data. The same monitoring device must monitor both the control port and the data port traffic to determine the transaction response time. Any type of monitoring device can monitor a control port application.
• How does the management console monitor active FTP? In active FTP, the management console monitors the command and data ports as a pair to determine response time because the request and response actions take place on different ports. In active FTP, port 20 is the FTP server’s local data port to transfer data to the client, and port 21 command port to which a client connects to send FTP commands. If you want to monitor an active FTP application that uses different ports, you must create a Control Port application. Note that the management console also automatically monitors passive FTP. However, because passive FTP opens a random unprivileged port on the server to transfer data to the client, the application activity is low-volume. Therefore, it is unlikely that a passive FTP application will bubble-up into the Application List.
• Can the management console report on FTP applications across a WAN-optimized network? The management console cannot report on FTP applications in a Cisco WAAS environment because the flow records from the Cisco WAE do not provide this information.

Property Details

Complete the following fields:

Application Name

Defines a name for the application.

Make this a Priority Application

Specifies that you do not want the management console to groom or filter the application.

Beginning Port

Specifies the beginning port for an FTP application. The beginning port must be TCP-20.

Ending Port

Specifies the ending port for an FTP application. The ending port is required to be TCP-21.

Port Side

Specifies how the FTP application responds to client requests:

• Application listens on these ports. Choose this option when the server listens for client requests within the specified port range. This is the default.
• Application talks to these ports. Choose this option when the server responds to client requests within the specified port range on the client. This option is not applicable when monitoring an application with a Cisco NAM monitoring device.

Incident Response

(Optional) Specifies an application incident response to specify how the management console responds to a network or server incident that affects the application.

Availability Monitoring

(Optional) Specifies whether to enable or disable availability monitoring on the application. When enabled, the management console passively observes the availability of the application, and if necessary, actively checks its availability.

Notes

(Optional) Defines additional information about the server configuration; for example, type the name of the originator or requestor, a statement about the server’s purpose, and the contacts responsible for applications and troubleshooting.

More information:

How the Management Console Manages Database Growth

Create a Control Port Application

How Incident Responses Work

How Availability Monitoring Works

Monitoring Device Considerations

Naming Conventions