To configure an AA group policy

Note: AQP creation for an AA group policy is described separately in To configure an AQP .

Steps
 
1 

Choose Policies→ISA Policies→Application Assurance from the NFM-P main menu. The Application Assurance Policies form opens.

2 

Click Create→AA Group Policy or select an AA group policy and click Properties. The AA Group Policy (Create | Edit) form opens.

3 

Configure the parameters.

Note: You can set the Minimum ISA Generation parameter to 2 only if the ISA-AA group contains exclusively revision 2 ISA-AA MDAs.

4 

Select a default charging group and default tethered charging group, as required.

Configure default Apdex thresholds
 
5 

An Apdex threshold in an application or application group overrides a default threshold.

To modify a default Apdex threshold:

  1. Click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab, then on the Default Apdex Configuration tab.

  2. Select an Apdex entry and click Create. The Apdex Configuration (Edit) form opens.

  3. Click on the Thresholds tab.

  4. Select a tier entry and click Properties. The Apdex Threshold (Edit) form opens.

  5. Configure the parameters.

    A threshold value of -1 means that no value is specified.

    A frustrated threshold must be greater than the associated tolerated threshold, unless one or both values are inherited.

  6. Save your changes and close the forms.

6 

Repeat Step 5 to modify an additional threshold set, if required.

Create application groups
 
7 

You can also manage application groups using the right-click contextual menu options for the Application Groups object on the AA Identification Components tab.

To create one or more application groups:

  1. Click on the Application Groups tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application Group (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

    You must select the check box beside the Export ID parameter in order to configure that parameter.

  4. Click on the Charging Group tab.

  5. Select a charging group.

  6. To configure Apdex thresholds for the application group, click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab. Otherwise, go to 12 .

    An Apdex threshold in an application group overrides the associated default threshold configured in Step 5 .

  7. Click Create. The Apdex Configuration (Create) form opens.

  8. Configure the parameters.

  9. Click on the Thresholds tab.

  10. Select a tier entry and click Properties. The Apdex Threshold (Create) form opens.

  11. Configure the parameters.

    A threshold value of -2 means that the value is inherited.

    A threshold value of -1 means that no value is specified.

    A frustrated threshold must be greater than the associated tolerated threshold, unless one or both values are inherited.

  12. Save your changes and close the forms.

Create charging groups
 
8 

To create one or more charging groups:

  1. Click on the Charging Groups tab.

  2. Click Create. The Charging Group (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

    You must select the check box beside the Export ID parameter before you can configure that parameter.

  4. Save your changes and close the forms.

Create applications
 
9 

You can also manage applications using the right-click contextual menu options for the Applications object on the AA Identification Components tab.

To create one or more applications:

  1. Click on the Applications tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

    You must select the check box beside the Export ID parameter before you can configure that parameter.

  4. Click on the Application Group tab.

  5. Select an application group.

  6. Click on the Charging Group tab.

  7. Select a charging group.

  8. To configure Apdex thresholds for the application group, click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab. Otherwise, go to 16 .

    An Apdex threshold in an application overrides the associated application group threshold configured in Step 7 .

  9. Configure the Threshold Administrative State parameter on the General tab.

  10. Click on the Apdex Configuration tab.

  11. Click Create. The Apdex Configuration (Create) form opens.

  12. Configure the parameters.

  13. Click on the Thresholds tab.

  14. Select a tier entry and click Properties. The Apdex Threshold (Create) form opens.

  15. Configure the parameters.

    A threshold value of -2 means that the value is inherited.

    A threshold value of -1 means that no value is specified.

    A frustrated threshold must be greater than the associated tolerated threshold, unless one or both values are inherited.

  16. Save your changes and close the forms.

Create application filters
 
10 

You can also manage application filters using the right-click contextual menu options for the Application Filters object on the AA Identification Components tab.

To create one or more application filters:

  1. Click on the Application Filters tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application Filter (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

  4. Click on the General Properties tab.

  5. Configure the Flow Set-up Direction and HTTP Match All Requests parameters.

  6. Configure the parameters in the IP Protocol panel.

  7. To specify an application protocol, configure the parameters in the Protocol panel and select a protocol.

  8. You can specify server address properties or network address properties in an application filter, but not both.

    To specify server address properties, configure the Server Address Operator parameter. You can specify one server address range by configuring the Server Address and Server Address Mask parameters, or choose an IP prefix list to specify multiple server address ranges.

    Specify server address with netmask by configuring the Masked IP Address and Masked IP Address Mask parameters.You can specify server address properties or masked IP address properties in an application filter, but not both.

    Choose a DNS IP cache, if required, and go to Step 10 10 .

  9. To specify network address properties, configure the Network Address Operator parameter. You can specify one network address range by configuring the Network Address and Network Address Mask parameters, or choose an IP prefix list to specify multiple network address ranges.

  10. Configure the parameters in the Server Port panel.

  11. Configure the parameters in the HTTP Port panel.

  12. Click on the Application tab and choose an application.

  13. To create one or more application filter expressions, click on the Application Filter Expressions tab and click Create. The Application Filter Expression (Create) form opens.

  14. Configure the parameters.

  15. Save your changes and close the forms.

Create ASOs
 
11 

To create one or more ASOs:

  1. Click on the Application Service Options tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application Service Option (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

    The Displayed Name of an ASO cannot contain a forward slash (/) character.

  4. To create one or more ASO value entries, click on the Application Service Option Value Entries tab.

  5. Click Create. The Application Service Option Value Entry (Create) form opens.

  6. Configure the ASO Characteristic Value parameter.

  7. Save your changes and close the form.

Create application profiles
 
12 

To create an application profile:

  1. Click on the Application Profiles tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application Profile (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

  4. Click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab.

  5. Configure the Billing Reset Date parameter.

  6. Configure the parameters.

  7. Click on the Charging Group Thresholds tab.

  8. Click Create. The Charging Group Thresholds (Create) form opens.

  9. Configure the parameters.

  10. Select a charging group.

  11. Save your changes and close the form.

  12. Click on the Characteristics tab to create one or more application profile characteristics.

  13. Click Create. The Application Profile Characteristic (Create) form opens.

  14. Choose an ASO characteristic.

  15. Choose an ASO characteristic value.

  16. Save your changes and close the forms.

Create AQPs
 
13 

To configure one or more AQPs, perform To configure an AQP .

Create custom protocols
 
14 

To create one or more custom protocols:

  1. Click on the Custom Protocols tab.

  2. Click Create. The Custom Protocol (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

  4. Click on the Custom Protocol Expressions tab.

  5. Click Create. The Custom Protocol Expressions (Create) form opens.

  6. Configure the parameters.

  7. Save your changes and close the forms.

Configure default DCP group address rules
 
15 

To configure one or more address rules for a default DCP group:

  1. Click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab, then on the Default DCP Groups tab.

  2. Select a group and click Properties. The Default DCP Group (Edit) form opens.

  3. Click on the Address Rules tab.

  4. Click Create. The DCP Address Rule (Create) form opens.

  5. Configure the parameters.

  6. Save your changes and close the form.

Configure custom DCP groups
 
16 

To configure one or more custom DCP groups:

  1. Click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab, then on the Custom Residential DCP Groups tab.

  2. Configure the parameters.

  3. Click on the Address Rules tab.

  4. Click Create. The DCP Address Rule (Create) form opens.

  5. Configure the parameters.

  6. Save your changes and close the form.

Configure IP address-based application identification assistance
 
17 

To enable AA to assign an application to a traffic session based on the IP addresses in the session:

  1. Click on the IP Identification Assist tab.

  2. Configure the parameters on the General tab.

  3. Click on the DNS Trust Servers tab.

  4. Click Create. The IP Identity Assist DNS Server (Create) form opens.

  5. Configure the parameters.

18 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps