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Step 5 Enable Predefined Probes

Three probes are required for the pre-flight checks to pass during onboarding. A set of optional probes is also available for better fabric visibility.

Required Probes:

  • Device Environmental Checks
  • Drain Traffic Anomaly
  • Interface Flapping (Fabric Interfaces)

Optional Probes:

  • Interface Flapping (Specific Interfaces)
  • Hot/Cold Interface Counters (Specific Interfaces)
  • EVPN VXLAN Type-5 Route Validation

All of these probes are predefined in Data Center Director. Follow these steps to instantiate them in your blueprint.

  1. From your blueprint, navigate to Analytics > Probes.


  2. Click Create Probe and select Instantiate Predefined Probe from the drop-down list.
  3. In the Instantiate Predefined Probe dialog, select the probe you want to enable from the drop-down list.
  4. Configure the probe to suit your anomaly detection requirements. The default settings work for most deployments.
  5. Click Create.
    Note:

    You must retain the default probe names during creation. Otherwise, Data Center Assurance won’t pick them up when it runs the pre-flight checks.

    The probe is instantiated and appears in the probes table. Repeat these steps for each required probe and any optional probes you want to enable.