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Configure Medianet-enabled Devices

A medianet is an IP architecture that enhances the performance of video, voice, and data, and automates many aspects of configuration. UC Monitor receives performance data about medianet-enabled (midstream) devices from the Flexible NetFlow protocol. Medianet data appears in the Midstream Devices reports.

Configure your medianet-enabled devices as follows. We recommend that you consult your network engineer or device vendor when configuring your devices for medianet.

For more information about using the Performance Monitor commands described in the following table, consult the Cisco IOS Media Monitoring Command Reference guide.

Component

Description

IPv4

Configure the devices for IPv4 routing.

Collection interval

UC Monitor supports a collection interval of 60 seconds or less. We recommend an interval of 15 or 30 seconds. Such an interval helps ensure correct correlation of data and accurate start and end times.

To configure the duration of the collection interval for a Performance Monitor policy, use the interval duration command in monitor parameters configuration mode.

Flow Monitor

When possible, use the predefined RTP record format (default-rtp) for the Flow Monitor record format.

When you create a custom record format, use at least use the following collect and match Performance Monitor commands when creating the record:

  • match ipv4 protocol
  • match ipv4 source address
  • match ipv4 destination address
  • match transport source-port
  • match transport destination-port
  • match transport rtp ssrc
  • collect ipv4 dscp
  • collect ipv4 ttl
  • collect transport packets lost counter
  • collect transport rtp jitter mean
  • collect transport rtp jitter maximum
  • collect interface input
  • collect interface output
  • collect application media packets counter
  • collect application media packets rate

Flow Exporter

In the Flow Exporter configuration, set the export destination (the collector) and the SNMP index-to-name mapping.

  • To configure the destination for a Performance Monitor Exporter, use the destination command in config-flow-exporter configuration mode.
  • To configure the interface-table option for a Performance Monitor Exporter, use the option command in config-flow-exporter configuration mode.