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Add Custom IP Domains

Administrators can assign Harvesters, routers, interfaces, and CVIs to domains. We recommend that you set up any custom tenants and domains you need before you add the Harvesters. This lets you assign the correct tenant-domain setting when you add each Harvester.

Having the correct tenant association ensures that the appropriate SNMP profiles are available for the routers to poll their interfaces.

Note: This topic describes the steps to perform in CA Performance Center. If you install CA Network Flow Analysis and register it as a data source for CA NetQoS Performance Center, the steps are slightly different. For more information about tasks in CA NetQoS Performance Center, click Help in the CA NetQoS Performance Center Console.

Having the appropriate IP domains set up helps to achieve the following goals:

• Assign the correct tenant-domain when you add Harvesters so that their routers and interfaces inherit the correct associations.
• Make specific content accessible only to the operators who need to monitor it.
• Enable Administrators to create domain-specific ToS labels, protocol groups, and Autonomous System (AS) names in CA Network Flow Analysis.
• Avoid IP address conflicts.

  For example, suppose a router with a single IP address has interfaces that belong to different enterprises. The domain identifiers clarify that the interfaces are different managed items, even though they have the same IP address.

The Default Domain is created automatically. The Default Domain includes any items that are not assigned to a custom domain.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CA Performance Center Console as a user with the required administrative role rights.
2. Select Admin, Custom Settings, and click IP Domains.

   The Manage IP Domains page opens and shows the current list of IP domains. If you have not created any custom IP domains, only the Default Domain appears in the list.

3. Click New.

   The IP Domains Administration dialog opens.

4. Supply information for the following parameters:

   Name

   Identifies the domain.

   Description

   (Optional) Describes this domain namespace, such as naming the enterprise that owns it.

   Primary DNS Address

   Is the IP address of the primary name server for this domain.

   Primary DNS Port

   Is the port number that the primary name server uses.

   Secondary DNS Address

   Is the IP address of the secondary name server for this domain. Can be the same as the primary address.

   Secondary DNS Port

   Is the port number that the secondary name server uses.

5. (Optional) Select 'Enable DNS Proxy Address,' and supply the IP address of the proxy server. This step is required only if your network is located behind a DNS proxy server.
6. Click Save.

   The new IP domain appears in the list.

7. Repeat the steps as required to add more IP domains.