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nGenius Performance Manager Operations (3-Day) |
End User/System Administrator Classroom
Training Course Description
| Course Length: |
3 Days |
| Course Hours: |
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Delivery Format: |
Instructor-led Lecture/Lab
40% Lecture, 60% Hands-on Laboratory Exercises |
| Price: |
(USD) $1875.00 |
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nCP Examination Included |
This course introduces students to
the administration essentials, capabilities,
and reporting functions of nGenius Performance
Manager v4.x. Through lecture, interactive
demonstrations, and practical exercises
students are instructed as to the procedures
and processes used to proactively assess
and monitor network performance using
a variety of data sources including nGenius Probes,
switches and routers. Students will
also verify system configuration settings
and solve network problems using a variety
of monitoring tools available within nGenius Performance
Manager v4.x.
Upon completion of the course, students
should be able to successfully configure
and use nGenius Performance Manager
to proactively monitor, troubleshoot,
and report on network performance. Additional
topics for this course may include an
overview of nGenius Application
Fabric Monitor (AFMon) and nGenius Analytics.
End users, System Administrators
Participants should have a basic understanding of networking concepts prior to attending this class.
Course Content Outline - Administrator-Level
Training
Day 1
Module 1: nGenius Performance
Manager Overview
- System Components
- Accessing the nGenius Performance
Management System (Web Browser/Client)
- Overview of nGenius Home Page,
Console and Server
Module 2: NetScout Probes – Overview
and Initial Configuration
- NetScout Probe Overview
- Probe Interface Modes
- NetScout Probe Firmware
- Upgrading NetScout Probe Firmware
- Agent Configuration Utility Overview
- Initial Configuration Procedures
- Command-Line Mode Overview (Objects/Device
Tools)
- Probe Interface Types (Physical and
Virtual)
- Port Spanning Overview
- Probe Collectors (NetFlow and IP SLA
support)
- AFMon Overview
Module 3: nGenius Performance
Manager – System Configuration
Essentials
- Licensing Information (Interface Counts)
- Device Configuration
- Adding Devices (Probes, Switches, Routers)
- Creating Monitored Element (MEL) Groups
- Port Spanning Configuration
- nGenius User Accounts (Adding
and Customizing)
- Database Backups
Module 4: Managing Applications, Data
Collection, and Alarms – Global
Settings and Template Manager
- Global Settings Overview
- Adding/Monitoring Custom Applications
- Adding Site Monitoring
- Adding Host Groups
- Adding/Monitoring URL-Based Applications
- Adding/Monitoring Published Citrix
Applications
- Adding/Monitoring Server-Based Applications
- QoS Groups Overview
- Template Manager Overview
- Probe/Switch/Forecast Templates Configuration
and Implementation
- Alarm Classifications
- Alarm Configuration
Day 2
Module 5: nGenius Performance Manager
Console – Monitoring Network
and Application Usage
- Navigation (Navigation Tree and Console)
- Setting nGenius Performance
Manager Console Preferences
- Workspace and View Attributes
- Understanding Performance Manager Console
views
- Creating and Viewing Ad Hoc Reports
(Overview)
- Voice over IP (VoIP) Monitoring
- NetFlow Collection Overview
Case Study: Monitoring Network Usage
- Link Layer, Network Layer and Application
Layer Analysis
- Identifying Top N Hosts and Conversations
- Creating and Viewing Ad Hoc Reports
Case Study: Confirming Custom Application
Usage
- Viewing unknown traffic (IP_OTHER)
- Adding custom applications
Module 6: Troubleshooting with
Packet Capture and Analysis Tools
- Data Capture and Decode Overview
- Configuring/Performing Data Captures
- Analyzing Packet Captures
- User Preferences
- Trace File Management
Day 3
Module 7: Monitoring Response Time
- Measuring Response Time - Client/Server
Latency Methods
- IP SLA Implementation and Configuration
- Understanding Fight Time (Single and
Multi-Probe Deployments)
- Responsiveness and Availability Power
Alarms
- Launching/Interpreting Response Time
Views
Case Study: Monitoring Custom TCP Applications
- Configuring Probes for Monitoring Response
Time
- Enabling Response Time through Global
Settings and Templates
- Configuring Response Time Parameters
- Viewing Worst Performing Applications/Servers
- Analyzing Server Response Time over
Time/Response Time Distribution over
Time
Module 8: NewsEditor and Newspapers – Administration
and Report Generation
Report Generation and Viewing
- Database Aging Parameters, Warehousing
and Baselines Overview
- Warehousing and Baseline Exclusions
- Forecast Templates
- Creating NewsPaper Style Reports
- Article Details and Customization
- Report (NewsStand) Distribution
Appendix:
- Application Fabric Monitor (AFMon)
Upon the completion of this course participants, should be able to:
- Describe the functions of the nGenius Server, nGenius Console and the nGenius NewsStand reporting mechanism.
- Explain the use of the nGenius Console and the utilities used to troubleshoot and solve problems, generate historical reports, and monitor response time information.
- Administer nGenius Performance Manager user accounts and roles to restrict access to Server preferences and configuration parameters.
- Implement device configurations to monitor and collect performance data from probes, switches and routers.
- Configure the device monitoring settings of NetScout probes for the collection of network and application performance data.
- Monitor, log and view network protocol and application performance usage data.
- Build a collection of real-time and historical views and graphs to build a performance profile used to analyze network health and assist with application roll outs or major changes in the network infrastructure.
- Properly monitor and evaluate performance and response time statistics for network infrastructure, application servers and clients.
- Perform web-based packet captures and conduct decode analysis.
- Create and implement time triggered and alarm-based data captures to address unique and customized network segment behaviors and data flows.
- Create, edit and view nGenius Ad-hoc and NewsPaper-style reports.
- Analyze nGenius reports based upon network segment details including utilization and volume statistics, network protocol usage, top hosts and conversations and the most active applications.
- Forecast network utilization on monitored segments through trending and statistical analysis.
- Analyze VoIP traffic behaviors on shared network facilities to include utilization and volume statistics as well as potential sources of delay related to QoS.
NetScout will provide morning and afternoon beverages/snacks.
Jay Magarian
Email: training@netscout.com
Phone: 1-978-614-4312
June Nugent
Email: training@netscout.com
Phone: 1-978-614-4335
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