cisco multicast rendez vous point network devices monitoring

What is Cisco Multicast Rendezvous Point?

Cisco Multicast Rendezvous Point, commonly referred to as Cisco RP, is a critical component in a multicast network domain. It functions as a router that serves as the shared root for a multicast shared tree, also known as a Rendezvous Point (RP) tree. In this role, Cisco RP is responsible for aggregating multicast traffic from source routers and then distributing it to any receivers that have joined the multicast group. This streamlines the multicast traffic flow and ensures efficient bandwidth utilization. It has a central role in managing traffic within a network multicast domain and aims to simplify group management as well as traffic distribution.

How to monitor a Cisco Multicast Rendez-vous Point?

ServicePilot makes it very easy to monitor a Cisco Multicast Rendez-vous Point. Simply configure the SNMP interface of the Cisco Multicast Rendez-vous Point device. Then use the ServicePilot web interface to add a resource from the ServicePilot network-cisco-multicast-rendez-vous-point package.

The statistics gathered in this way include:

• System statistics (CPU, interfaces and ping response time),
• Multicast statistics (MSDP, MSDP Peers, Sources-Groups and ipMRoutes).

How to install a cisco-multicast-rendez-vous-point resource?

1. Use your ServicePilot OnPremise installation or a SaaS account.
2. Add a new cisco-multicast-rendez-vous-point resource via the web interface (/prmviews or /prmresources) or via API (/prmpackages page), the default ServicePilot agent or another agent will be provisioned automatically.

Details of the cisco-multicast-rendez-vous-point package are located in the /prmpackages page of the software.

Benefits

ServicePilot enables you to deliver IT services faster and more securely with automated discovery and advanced monitoring features.

By correlating the technology CISCO MULTICAST RENDEZ VOUS POINT with APM and infrastructure monitoring, ServicePilot is able to provide a more comprehensive view of an organization's IT environment.

This allows IT teams to quickly identify and diagnose issues that may be impacting application performance, and take corrective action before end-users are affected.

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