Introduction

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This section describes how to discover a Citrix: Netscaler system and monitor NetScaler devices in Skylar One (formerly SL1) using the "Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack" PowerPack.

What is Citrix: NetScaler ADC?

Citrix: NetScaler ADC is a network appliance that improves application performance, reliability, and security via high-speed load balancing and direction of traffic to different servers.

What Does the Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor Citrix NetScaler ACD systems and devices using Skylar One, you must install the "Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack" PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about Citrix NetScaler ADC systems and devices.

The "Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack" PowerPack includes:

  • An example credential you can use as a template to create an SNMP credential to connect to the NetScaler system you want to monitor

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and/or collect configuration data for NetScaler systems and devices
  • Device classes for each of the NetScaler systems and devices Skylar One monitors
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when NetScaler systems and devices meet certain status criteria

Installing the Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base PackPowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the "Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack" PowerPack.

Ensure you are running Skylar One version 12.3.1 or later before installing the "Citrix: NetScaler ADC Base Pack" PowerPack.

By default, when you install a new version of a PowerPack, it overwrites all content from that PowerPack that is already installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting on the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks, login required).
  2. In Skylar One, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and go to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack appears on the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack does not appear on the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack appears in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This modal appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.