Collecting performance monitoring statistics

You can use the Fabric Services system to collect statistics about some aspects of the managed network's performance.

The set of performance monitoring statistics that can currently be collected about a node, its platform, and its interfaces are described in Supported interface traffic statistics.

Configuring the Fabric Services System to collect performance monitoring data from managed nodes involves the following high-level steps:
  1. Create a label that you will use to designate one or more nodes for statistics collection.

    The creation of labels is described in Creating a label. Only labels with the key "Node-type" are supported for statistics collection.

  2. Apply that label to each node from which the Fabric Services System should collect performance statistics.

    Applying labels to nodes is described in Label assignments to fabric intent elements.

  3. Create a policy that will enable statistics collection for the labelled nodes.

    The policy identifies the nodes from which data is collected (using a label common to all participating nodes), and the specific performance monitoring data that is collected from all participating nodes.

    The creation of statistics collection policies is described in Creating a policy for statistics collection.