Manage IP Domains
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To monitor multiple tenants or environments with overlapping IP addresses, create an IP domain. Data sources report a domain identifier. This identifier associates monitored items with specific IP domains and tenants. Items that are not assigned to a custom IP domain in the data source are associated with the Default Domain.
The Default Domain is created automatically. This domain includes the items that are not assigned to a custom domain in the data source.
In this article:
View the List of IP Domains
You can view a list of IP domains from the
Manage IP Domains
page. To view this page, hover over Administration
, Configuration Settings
, and then click IP Domains
.Add or Edit an IP Domain
- Updates to device alias names and interface descriptions can take up to 5 minutes to appear.
- Editing an IP domain does not change the historical data for monitored items.
The procedure requires the Administer IP Domains role right.
Follow these steps:
- From theManage IP Domainspage, clickNewor select the IP domain that you want to edit, and then clickEdit.TheIP Domains Administrationdialog opens.
- Specify a domain name and description.
- (Optional) Configure a device alias name or interface description override. ClickBrowse, select the file, and then clickOpen.The CSV or TXT file must includes the following format:IP_Address,name,description,alias/alternate_descriptionUse the primary IP address of the associated devices. To find the primary IP address, look at the Address column of the Inventory Devices list.You can use the same alternate interface descriptions for more than one interface.Example:172.24.36.107,ethernet_7,vmxnet3 Ethernet Adapter,Connection to DallasTo change or remove an alternate description or device name alias, import a new file. To remove the alias or alternate description, leave the final column blank. When you remove the alias or alternate description, the original name or description reappears. If you change or remove alternate descriptions or device name aliases from a file using a spreadsheet program, include a column heading for that column.The preferred method to update device alias names and alternate interface descriptions is through REST.For more information, see Set Device Alias Names Using the Devices Web Service.To update multiple device alias names, use theupdate_alias_name.shscript that is included withDX NetOps Performance Management.For more information about this script, see Set Alias Names Using a Script.
- (Optional) To assign a primary and secondary DNS address for the domain inDX NetOps Network Flow Analysis(NFA), selectDNS Settings, and then specify the required values.Only NFA uses the DNS settings.DX NetOps Performance Managementdoes not directly use the DNS settings.
- ClickSave.
The IP domain displays in the list. The changes apply to the data sources in the next synchronization.
Assign Items to an IP Domain
You can assign the following managed item types with an IP domain:
- Devices
- Interfaces and interface addresses
- Networks
- VoIP Locations
Data collectors associate managed items with a single IP domain. To enable multi-tenant deployments, assign an IP domain to each data collector.
You cannot move items from one IP domain to another.
To assign items from other data sources to an IP domain, see the documentation for that data source or see the following pages:
DX NetOps Spectrum
(Spectrum) determines which models are synchronized with NetOps Portal
using IP domains.
For more information, see the
DX NetOps Spectrum
documentation.Use the following process to assign managed items to an IP domain:
Delete an IP Domain
Deleting an IP domain does the following:
- Deletes the monitored items in that IP domain, including historical data. This also deletes the items from registered data sources that use IP domains, such as NFA,DX NetOps Mediation Manager(DX NetOps MM), and (23.3.10 and lower)CA Application Delivery Analysis(CA ADA). Spectrum devices in the IP domain are removed fromNetOps Portal, but Spectrum continues to monitor the devices.
- Deactivates the data collectors and discovery profiles that are associated to the IP domain.You can continue polling or discovery by assigning these data collectors and discovery profiles to another IP domain.To retain associated data, do not delete an IP domain. You cannot recover deleted data.
Follow these steps:
- From theManage IP Domainspage, select the IP domain that you want to delete, and then clickDelete.
- At the prompt, confirm the deletion by clickingYes.
The IP domain is deleted.