SD-WAN solutions

Plixer Scrutinizer comes with built-in integrations for several leading SD-WAN providers/solutions.

Silver Peak

Plixer Scrutinizer can act as a collector for Silver Peak flow data.

This data can than be used in any combination to generate custom reports using the Plixer Scrutinizer Report Designer tool.

VeloCloud

When enabled, VeloCloud integration in Plixer Scrutinizer makes the following VeloCloud-data-based Reports from the web interface:

  • Application Flow Path

  • Application Link Policy

  • Application Policies

  • Application Priority

  • Application Route Type

  • Application Traffic Type

  • Conv Dst Edge

  • Dst Edge

  • Flow Path

  • Interface Jitter

  • Interface Latency

  • Interface Metrics

  • Interface Packet Loss

  • Link Utilization

  • Packet Loss Conv

  • Packet Loss Edge

  • Remediation Events

  • Traffic Type

Viptela

When enabled, Viptela integration in Plixer Scrutinizer makes the following Reports available when the vManage Exporter is selected when running a Report:

  • Carrier Performance

  • Transport Performance

  • Tunnel Performance

  • Application Performance

  • Status All Components

  • vEdge Health

  • SLA Events

  • Policies Added

  • Policies Removed

Setting up Viptela integration

Viptela integration is enabled and configured via the Plixer Scrutinizer web interface.

  1. Navigate to Admin > Integrations > Viptela Settings.

  2. Tick the checkbox to enable the Viptela integration and fill in the fields with the following information:

    • Viptela vManage NMS IP address or hostname

    • Maximum number of concurrent Viptela API requests that can be processed (default: 10)

    • Maximum number of records that should be returned by each Viptela API request (default: 1000)

    • Password of the user account to be used to connect with Viptela

    • Port number to be used by the Viptela vManage NMS to communicate with Plixer Scrutinizer (default: 8443)

    • Protocal to use for communications between Plixer Scrutinizer and Viptela (default: HTTPS)

    • Username of the user account to be used to connect with Viptela

  3. Click the Save button to save the configuration.

Important

The user account configured to connect to the Viptela API must have full read access.

If Viptela integration has been correctly configured, the new Reports can be run from the Reports > Run Report page of the web interface.

Additional tips

If if the configured settings are not working, try the following troubleshooting steps:

  • Check the Plixer Scrutinizer Collector log for errors.

  • Verify the credentials you entered in Plixer Scrutinizer are correct.

  • Use the Test button on the Viptela Settings page to confirm that Plixer Scrutinizer user can access the Viptela SD-WAN API.