Customizing CA Network Flow Analysis › Create Interface Templates

Create Interface Templates

Create custom templates to standardize the way interface names appear in the NFA console and in related CA products, such as CA NetVoyant.

When you register CA Network Flow Analysis and CA NetVoyant as data sources with CA Performance Center, device and interface names that you view in CA Performance Center are displayed according to the following rules:

• Interface names defined in CA Network Flow Analysis take precedence over CA NetVoyant interface names.
• Device names defined in CA NetVoyant take precedence over CA Network Flow Analysis device names.

Follow these steps:

1. Display the Interface Templates page:
   1. Select Administration from the NFA console menu.

      The Administration page opens.

   2. Select System: Templates from the Administration page menu.

      The Interface Templates page opens.

2. Click Add.

   The Interface Templates page now shows options for adding a template.

3. Specify the interface template settings:
   • Name: Name that appears in the template list.
   • Interface Name: Text and/or properties that appear as the interface name.

     Example: To display either the interface alias or name attribute as the interface name, enter [ifAlias|ifName].

   • Interface Description: Text and/or properties that appear as the interface description.

     Example: To display either the port number or interface type as the interface description, enter [portName|ifType].

   Notes:

   • A template consists of text and properties, with the properties enclosed in square brackets. Any text that is not enclosed in square brackets is displayed as text.
   • To specify multiple properties for the Interface Name or Interface Description, separate the properties with a pipe symbol. The first property that returns a value is displayed. It is useful to specify multiple properties when some device attributes are not populated, such as the portName.

   The following list identifies all the valid properties:

   • [DeviceAlias] template property: Device name that is displayed in the NFA console.
   • [DeviceName] template property: DNS name or IP address of the device (router).
   • [ifDescr] template property: Interface description as defined in the SNMP ifEntry table.
   • [ifAlias] template property: Interface alias.
   • [ifName] template property: Name of the interface.
   • [portName] template property: Port name, which may be the port number
   • [ifIndex]: Index of the interface SNMP ifEntry table.
   • [ifType]: Interface type as defined in the ifType field of the SNMP ifEntry.
4. Click Submit.

Note: When you select a new interface template, by default the template takes effect at the next synchronization. The display reflects the new interface names within 5 minutes.