Adding a Cisco ACI monitor

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an SDN solution that provides complete visibility of your network components, both physical and virtual. To monitor your Cisco ACI networks, you need to add them as monitors in Site24x7. 

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > Cisco ACI Monitors. Then, click the plus icon beside Cisco ACI Monitors. Alternatively, you can navigate to Admin > Inventory > Add Monitor > Cisco ACI.
3. Enter the values for the following fields: 
   
   1. Display Name: A unique name to identify your Cisco ACI network.
   2. Hostname/IP Address: The Hostname/IP Address of the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
      
      Note

      Enter the value without the protocol or port details.

   3. Primary Credential: The credentials that will be used to log in to the Cisco ACI dashboard via REST API. 
      
      Note

      Credentials and customer details are encrypted before being stored in Site24x7.

   4. Monitoring Protocol: Select a protocol to be used to monitor the availability and response time from the drop-down menu: ICMP or HTTP(S).
   5. Location Profile: Select the On-Premise Poller that will be used to monitor the Cisco ACI network. 
4. In the Configuration Profiles section, enter values for the following fields:
   1. Threshold and Availability: Select an existing profile from the drop-down, edit it by clicking the pencil icon beside the field, or add a new one.
   2. Tags: Select one from the existing tags or click Add Tag beside the field to add a new one.
   3. IT Automation: Select the type of automation and provide the necessary parameters to remediate routine actions automatically.
5. In the Alert Settings section, provide the values for the following fields:
   1. User Alert Group: The groups that must be notified when there's an alert. 
   2. On-Call Schedule: Select an On-Call Schedule to send alerts to users available during a particular shift from the drop-down, or click the plus + icon beside the field to add a new one. 
   3. Notification Profile: Select a value to specify to whom or how the notifications must be sent. You can edit an existing Notification Profile by clicking the pencil icon, or click the plus + icon to add a new one. 
6. In the Third-Party Integrations section, you can select the Services to which the alarms must be sent. 
7. Click Save. 

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