mandatory

Enables mandatory Application Visibility Control (AVC) statistics reporting for a specified application group. When configured, the RF Domain manager reports usage stats for applications, in the specified group, to the on-premise, Extreme NSight server. By default, only the top-ten applications by usage are reported. This option allows you to configure mandatory stats reporting for applications that are not in the top-ten list.

To enable mandatory stats reporting for an application or set of applications, create an application group, add the desired application(s) and enable mandatory stats reporting for the group.

The RF Domain manager reports only the top-ten applications, by usage, to the Extreme NSight server. However, if you enable mandatory application stats reporting, applications that are not in the top-ten, most-used applications list are included in the report. This is done by dropping some of the top-ten applications. For example, if mandatory application reporting is enabled for five (5) applications, the report will contain these 5 applications, plus first 5 of the top-ten, most-used applications identified by the system. Thereby totaling the number to ten.

AVC and statistics reporting is available on both the WiNG 5.9.X and WiNG 7.1.X operating systems. However, the DPI engine used to check the data points varies. The WiNG 7.1.2 OS uses Extreme Application Analytics, formerly known as Purview™, and WiNG 5.9.X uses a third-party DPI engine. Consequently, the configuration differs depending on AP type.

Supported in the following platforms:

Syntax

mandatory app stats [app-group|purview-app-group]

mandatory app stats app-group <APP-GROUP-NAME>

mandatory app stats purview-app-group <PURVIEW-APP-GROUP-NAME>

Parameters

mandatory app stats app-group <APP-GROUP-NAME>
mandatory app stats Enables mandatory, app-usage stats reporting for a specified application group
app-group <APP-GROUP-NAME> Specifies the application group for which usage statistics reporting is to be made mandatory. Use this option for the WiNG 5.9.X access points that use a third-party DPI engine for data inspection.
  • <APP-GROUP-NAME> – Specify the application group name.
 
mandatory app stats purview-app-group <PURVIEW-APP-GROUP-NAME>
mandatory app stats Enables mandatory, app-usage stats reporting for a specified purview application group
app-group <PURVIEW-APP-GROUP-NAME> Specifies the Purview application group for which usage statistics reporting is to be made mandatory. Use this option for the new, 802.11ax, WiNG 7.X.X access points that use the Purview™ DPI engine for data inspection.
  • <PURVIEW-APP-GROUP-NAME> – Specify the Purview application group name.

Examples: Configuring mandatory, app-usage stats reporting for the new, WiNG 7.X.X APs.

The WiNG 7.1.X APs use Extreme Networks' Purview™ DPI engine. Follow the steps below to enable mandatory, app-usage stats reporting on these APs:
  1. Create a purview-application-group.
    <CONTROLER>(config)#purview-application-group <APP-GROUP-NAME>
    Example,
    nx9500-6C8809(config)#purview-application-group PURVIEW
    1. Specify the target applications for mandatory stats reporting. 
      <CONTROLLER>(config-purview-app-group-PURVIEW)#application <APPLICATION-NAME>
      Example,
      nx9500-6C8809(config-purview-app-group-PURVIEW)#show context
purview-application-group PURVIEW
 application ChatCube
 application ChatCube_apache
nx9500-6C8809(config-purview-app-group-PURVIEW)#
  2. Create an NSight policy.
    <CONTROLER>(config)#nsight-policy <POLICY-NAME>
    Example,
    nx9500-6C8809(config)#nsight-policy PURVIEW
    1. Enable mandatory stats reporting for the application-group created in Step 1.
      nx9500-6C8809(config-nsight-policy-PURVIEW)#mandatory app stats purview-app-group PURVIEW
    2. Specify the Extreme NSight server's IP address or hostname.
      nx9500-6C8809(config-nsight-policy-PURVIEW)#server host 1.2.3.4 https
    3. Enable the NSight policy.
      nx9500-6C8809(config-nsight-policy-PURVIEW)#enable
  3. Use the NSight policy created in Step 2 in the AP's RF Domain context.
    Example,
    nx9500-6C8809(config-rf-domain-PURVIEW)#use nsight-policy PURVIEW

Related Commands

no (nsight-policy-config-commands) Disables mandatory app-usage statistics reporting
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