Introduction

CA Multi-Port Monitor is a powerful appliance that captures session-level packet data from a monitored data center. The appliance captures data for reporting in CA Application Delivery Analysis (CA ADA) and CA Application Performance Management (CA APM).

Data from TCP packet headers help CA ADA monitor end-to-end performance to measure application response time.
Data from full HTTP packets help CA APM map transactions in your environment to monitor the end-user experience and measure service-level agreements.

This document describes how to install the appliance. After installation is complete, you can configure the appliance as a monitoring device for CA ADA, CA APM, or both.

The CA6300 MTP appliance ships with a Nuvoton WPCM450 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) for IPMI support. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) allows you to not only remotely control and power cycle the appliance, but also provides support for sending environmental alerts related to power, temperature, fans, and other items affecting the health of the CA6300. The IPMI feature is optional, but highly recommended.

Important: For information about post-installation configuration tasks, see the Multi-Port Monitor online help or the CA Multi-Port Monitor Administrator Guide.