The Multi-Port Monitor appliance and the CA Standard Monitor both aggregate and export IPv4-based TCP metrics to CA Application Delivery Analysis. The following table summarizes the most significant differences between the CA Application Delivery Analysis single-port monitor and Multi-Port Monitor when monitoring IPv4-based TCP traffic:
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Feature |
Standard Monitor |
Multi-Port Monitor |
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Monitors multiple mirrored switch ports |
Yes |
Yes |
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Offers availability monitoring of servers, applications, and networks |
Yes |
Yes |
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Offers self-monitoring and alerting |
Yes |
Yes. The CA Application Delivery Analysis Inactive Monitoring Device incident is supported. SNMP traps provide additional alerting. |
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Monitors URLs |
Yes |
No |
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Supports investigations from the CA Application Delivery Analysis management console |
Yes |
Yes. Enhanced packet-capture investigations are supported. |
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Collects all CA Application Delivery Analysis metrics |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supports automatic configuration of servers, applications, and networks |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ignores duplicate packets (from a mirrored VLAN, for example) |
Yes, after extra configuration. |
Yes, automatically. |
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Provides performance data at 1-minute granularity |
No |
Yes |
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Filters and displays captured data for the specified host, server, or application |
No |
Yes |
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Receives packet digest data from a Cisco WAE device |
Yes |
Yes |
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Receives packet digest data from NI GigaStor |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supports CA Application Delivery Analysis on a 64-bit operating system |
Yes |
Yes. CA Application Delivery Analysis must be running on a 64-bit operating system to be compatible with Multi-Port Monitor. |
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