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How to Enable CA Spectrum Device Monitoring with CA Infrastructure Management

The integration between CA Spectrum and CA Performance Center lets a Data Aggregator monitor CA Spectrum devices. This configuration is optional and requires some additional configuration. We recommend performing these optional steps before you register the CA Spectrum data source.

To enable CA Infrastructure Management monitoring of the devices and interfaces that CA Spectrum discovers, take the following steps:

1. Create SNMP profiles in CA Performance Center for the SNMP-capable devices that are modeled in CA Spectrum.
2. Create IP domains in CA Performance Center. For more information, see the online Help for CA Performance Center.

   When database synchronization occurs, all IP domains are sent to CA Spectrum, where they appear in OneClick as special Global Collections, with a unique icon.

3. Install and assign a Data Collector for each IP domain.
4. Enable the CA Infrastructure Management Data Collector to discover CA Spectrum devices.

   Synchronized discovery requires less administration and enables your SpectroSERVERs to provide data to the Data Collectors that you can position where they are required.

5. Add the models to the appropriate IP Domains in OneClick.

   During synchronization, all CA Spectrum models that are associated with the CA Performance Center IP Domains are passed to the CA Infrastructure Management Data Aggregator. The associated CA Spectrum devices are discovered for CA Infrastructure Management Data Aggregator monitoring.

6. Create custom monitoring profiles for CA Spectrum devices and apply them to collections in the Data Aggregator administration pages.

   Monitoring profiles for a limited set of metrics are applied to the device items as Data Aggregator discovers them. These profiles determine how devices are polled for performance data. For more information, see the online Help for CA Infrastructure Management Data Aggregator.

As CA Spectrum adds devices to CA Performance Center, they are added to discovery profiles. Each discovery profile is automatically configured to run with a daily schedule. You can also run them manually or adjust the schedule as required to keep the Data Aggregator up-to-date with new devices from CA Spectrum.

If SNMP throttling is configured on CA Spectrum, it does not apply to ongoing polling by Data Aggregator. This feature protects critical devices from failing in case too many polling flows are configured. The throttling mechanism applies to any monitoring or discovery activities. Therefore, if you have configured CA Spectrum to throttle SNMP requests for a given device, apply the same setting in Data Aggregator.