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Support for CA Application Delivery Analysis

The Multi-Port Monitor appliance aggregates and exports IPv4-based TCP metrics to CA Application Delivery Analysis. The appliance collects more data, faster, than multiple Standard Monitors. The appliance is an alternative for enterprises that require high-volume monitoring with more flexibility and less overhead.

When monitoring IPv4-based traffic, the appliance stores packets to let you perform enhanced packet-capture investigations in CA Application Delivery Analysis. With a Standard Monitor, these investigations capture only the packets that are sent after the investigation is initiated. By contrast, the capture files that are stored on the appliance let you perform a forensic analysis of a performance issue.

When monitoring IPv4-based traffic with Multi-Port Monitor and the CA Application Delivery Analysis management console, you can perform the tasks below:

• Process a network throughput rate equivalent to multiple single-port monitors.
• View data at 1-minute granularity, and select from multiple chart types.
• Generate packet-capture investigation files at the time the incident occurred, and store those files for up to 90 days.
• Perform rapid, accurate detection of networks, servers, and applications.
• Track TCP sessions on multiple switches, and drill down into detailed metrics from a high-level CA Application Delivery Analysis summary report.
• Leverage multiple filtering and sorting capabilities to analyze the available data and rapidly isolate problem hosts.
• Create and save analyses, which are troubleshooting work flows that combine frequently used filtering and reporting options.
• Export packet-capture files in PCAP format and send them to IT Engineering staff for further analysis.
• Monitor a Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (WAAS) environment without installing a separate Aggregator appliance.
• Calculate response time metrics from the packet digest files that NI GigaStor provides.

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Integrating with CA Application Delivery Analysis