Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.1

Troubleshoot Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10

Critical workloads and applications require constant availability. Dell EMC Networking offers tools to help you monitor and troubleshoot problems before they happen.

Packet and flow capture

Manages packet and traffic

Metrics measurement

Pings, round-trip times, jitter, response times, and so on

Analysis and reporting

Metrics and packet capturing

Alerting

Triggers problem reporting

Logging

Captures system history

Performance monitoring

Establishes baselines and defines triggers for detecting performance problems

Mapping and representation

Defines device locations and status

Dell EMC recommends the following best practices:

• View traffic end-to-end from the application’s view point.
• Deploy network management infrastructure rapidly, where needed, when needed, and on-demand.
• Extend analysis beyond the network and watch traffic to and from your host.
• Focus on real-time assessment and use trend analysis to backup your conclusions.
• Emphasize effective over absolute — leverage management solutions that resolve your most common, most expensive problem quickly.
• Address networking performance issues before you focus on the application performance.
• Use methodologies and technologies that fit your network and needs.
• Continuously monitor performance and availability as a baseline for system performance and system up time to quickly separate network issues from application issues.