福禄克网络推出企业性能中心Enterprise Performance Center
近日，全球领先网络测试厂商福禄克网络新推出能够整合网络管理透视能力的企业性能中心（EPC）。企业性能中心（EPC）可以帮助网络工程师、IT经理以及管理人员全面透视企业级网络和应用性能，通过灵活的管理页面，将流量合网络应用分析系统紧凑结合在一起，提供用户最关注的网络性能和规划的数据。
EPC是一个基于WEB的管理平台，它将来自于RA网络流量分析仪和SA应用分析专家的数据集成在一起，帮助企业减少因基础结构更新引起的开销，更清晰地理解网络变化所带来的影响，加快了解决故障的速度。EPC通过个性化的管理界面方式，可以帮助IT组织更有效地进行性能规划、故障诊断和服务水平管理。用户可以创建自定义的视图以满足他们特定的需求。例如，仅通过红色或绿色状态指示，CIO即可检查关键的应用是否满足服务水平协议。同样还可以创建不同的视图来提供与特定部门或群组（例如实施、网络工程、业务管理或特定用户）相关信息。
ESCO公司的Internet技术经理说：“通过EPC，在一个平台上即可查看和分析端到端的网络应用性能、网络应用流量流程以及网络设备统计数据，从而缩短了解决网络问题的时间。EPC还可以快速方便地针对组织中不同的群组创建不同的视图。例如，我们的Help Desk团队可以通过为他们量身定做的视图查看满足需求的信息。”
简化IT基础结构，从少量供应商和产品中获取更多价值，这正是IT组织的当前所需。有了EPC，IT主管通过一个页面就可以快速、轻松、全面监测和分析网络性能。以前要依靠不同产品提供不同功能来解决问题，现在IT人员则可以一次性获取全部网络信息，用更专注的方法来定位网络应用性能问题。”
目前福禄克网络相关的产品包括用于端到端性能监测的SA应用分析专家、用于Cisco IOS® NetFlow流量报告和分析的RA网络流量分析仪。EPC已被包含于这两款产品中，无需单独购买。
Software Version Requirements and Compatibility
Question: What minimum versions of ReporterAnalyzer, SuperAgent, and Integrated Poller will Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 support?
Answer: Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 will support the following minimum versions:
|
Application |
Minimum Version | |
|
ReporterAnalyzer |
7.0.31 |
Hotfix 7 |
|
SuperAgent |
6.0.21 |
Hotfix 6 |
|
Integrated Poller |
3.5.14 |
(any) |
Question: Which server types may Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 be installed on?
Answer: Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 may be installed on the following servers:
Enterprise Performance Center
· ReporterAnalyzer Standalone (version 7.0.31, hotfix 7 or higher)
· ReporterAnalyzer Console (version 7.0.31, hotfix 7 or higher)
· SuperAgent StandAlone (version 6.0.21, hotfix 6 or higher)
· SuperAgent Master Console (version 6.0.21, hotfix 6 or higher)
Integrated Poller
· ReporterAnalyzer NetFlow Manager (version 4.0.22, hotfix 3 or higher)
· SuperAgent StandAlone (version 7.0 or higher)
· SuperAgent Master Console (version 7.0 or higher)
· Separate computer with IIS, ASP.NET, and .NET 1.1 installed
NOTE: The Integrated Poller is incompatible with all versions of SuperAgent below version 7.0.
Question: How many ReporterAnalyzer sources are supported by Enterprise Performance Center 1.0?
Answer: Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 provides support for a single ReporterAnalyzer source. ReporterAnalyzer is architected to support very large Enterprise networks.
Question: How many SuperAgent sources are supported by Enterprise Performance Center 1.0?
Answer: Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 supports multiple SuperAgent sources. A single instance of SuperAgent is designed to support five Collectors. It is not uncommon to have more than one SuperAgent instance deployed in an Enterprise network.
Question: Will Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 support ReporterAnalyzer 6.x?
Answer: No, Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 support begins with ReporterAnalyzer 7.0.31 Hotfix 7. Upgrade instructions and software are available from the Gold Support web site. Please contact Fluke Networks TAC for assistance to ensure that your upgrade is uneventful.
Question: Will Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 support SuperAgent 5.x?
Answer: No, Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 support begins with SuperAgent 6.0.21 Hotfix 6. Upgrade instructions and software are available from the Gold Support web site. Please contact Fluke Networks TAC for assistance to ensure that your upgrade is uneventful.
Question: What TCP Ports are used by Enterprise Performance Center 1.0?
Answer: Two TCP ports are used:
· Users will access Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 via TCP Port 80.
· The Performance Center will access ReporterAnalyzer and SuperAgent via TCP Port 80 and TCP Port 3306.
· Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 will access the Integrated Poller via TCP Port 3306.
The Integrated Poller
Question: Is the Integrated Poller part of the Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 executable installation file?
Answer: The Integrated Poller has its own executable installation file.
Question: How many Integrated Poller sources are supported by Enterprise Performance Center 1.0?
Answer: Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 supports only 1 Integrated Poller source.
Question: What data will the Integrated Poller provide?
Answer: The Integrated Poller provides data for only those devices monitored by ReporterAnalyzer and SuperAgent. The metrics provided for these devices are:
· Interface Utilization
· CPU Utilization
· Memory Utilization
· Errors/Discards
· Availability
Sub-interfaces display only interface utilization and discard statistics
Question: What is the polling interval of the Integrated Poller?
Answer: The polling interval for the Integrated Poller is 15 minutes and is not user-configurable.
Question: Can the Integrated Poller be installed on a SuperAgent 6.0 system?
Answer: No. SuperAgent 6.0 does not support the Integrated Poller due to database incompatibilities. SuperAgent 7.0 will be the first version to support the Integrated Poller.
Question: Which MIBs does the Integrated Poller access on monitored devices?
Answer: The Integrated Poller queries the following MIBs, (additional MIBs are utilized by SuperAgent and ReporterAnalyzer):
· RFC 1213 (MIB II)
· RFC 2790 (Host Resources)
· CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB
· CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB
Web Services
Question: What are WebServices?
Answer: A Web service is a software system designed to support machine-to-machine communication over a network. The WebServices allow Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 to obtain data from many different sources (such as ReporterAnalyzer, SuperAgent, and the Integrated Poller). It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP-messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with an XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.
Question: Where are the WebServices installed?
Answer: WebServices need to be installed on every data source accessed by Enterprise Performance Center 1.0. These may include the ReporterAnalyzer Console, SuperAgent Master Console, SuperAgent StandAlone, and/or the Integrated Poller. Please see the Enterprise Performance Center 1.0 Installation Instructions on the GOLD Support web site.
Performance
Question: Which views are the most processing intensive?
Answer: The Interfaces over Threshold, Top Flows by Interface and any Client Region views are processing intensive and will take time to load.
Question: What is the maximum number of views that can be added to a page?
Answer: Although there is no set maximum, Fluke Networks recommends no more than 8 views per page to ensure satisfactory page rendering performance.
Question: How much data can be obtained from the ‘Interfaces Over Threshold’ view?
Answer: The ‘Interfaces Over Threshold’ view only displays data from the past 24 hours. ReporterAnalyzer constrains this view, not Enterprise Performance Center 1.0.