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IP Domains

IP domains are logical groupings that identify data from different devices and networks. Monitoring by domain means that IP addresses with associated interfaces or applications that belong to separate customer networks are monitored separately. When combined with appropriate permissions, IP domains are monitored from a single console, but users view data only for the domains that they monitor.

IP domains were designed for use by service providers monitoring the networks of multiple discrete customers. Each customer account—each tenant—would therefore contain one or more IP domains.

Administrators and Designers can create custom dashboards to monitor activity on a specific domain or group of domains. Service provider administrators (that is, global administrators The global administrator administers product settings for all tenants. This user account, also called the "Default Tenant administrator" because of its association with the Default Tenant, creates tenants and performs tenant configuration. ) can see data from all IP domains. But they can create user accounts that have permission to see data from a single customer domain.

Domain support is included with many CA data sources. Registration with CA Performance Center is required to enable it in the data sources.