One option for specifying what network locations to monitor using Monitoring Server is to create a .csv file to list the locations. The following table shows the values, in a specific order, that a .csv file must contain for each location that you want to monitor.

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The following encodings are supported: ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16-LE. UTF-16-BE can be converted to UTF-16-LE by using the Save Asoption in Notepad.

CSV Fields to Specify Monitoring Locations

Field Name Description Mandatory Format

1

Monitor Flag

Indicates whether the location will be monitored. Individual call quality reports from this location are available even if monitoring is disabled.

Yes

True, False, 1, or 0

True | 1 : Enable monitoring for this location

False | 0 : Disable monitoring for this location

2

Location Name

Name of the location. This name will be used as the performance counter instance name.

Yes

May be up to 128 characters in length, of valid characters and numbers. Location names must start with an alphabetic character. The following special characters are not allowed: "(", ")", "#", "\", or "/".

3

Subnet 1

A subnet.

Yes

A valid IPV4 subnet address.

4

Subnet bits 1

The number of bits that will be used by the network portion of the subnet address in the Subnet 1 field.

Yes (if previous subnet address is present)

A number between 1 and 32.

5

Subnet 2

The second subnet for the location. If no location is specified, this subnet is treated as a separate location for monitoring purposes.

No

A valid IPV4 subnet address.

6

Subnet bits 2

The number of bits that will be used by the network portion of the subnet address in the Subnet 2 field.

Yes (if previous subnet address is present)

A number between 1 and 32.

5

Subnet <n>

The last subnet for the location. If no location is specified, this subnet is treated as a separate location for monitoring purposes.

No

A valid IPV4 subnet address.

6

Subnet bits <n>

The number of bits used that will be used by the network portion of the subnet address in the Subnet <n> field.

Yes (if previous subnet address is present)

A number between 1 and 32.

The following example shows what the .csv file would look like for four locations named S-10.10.1.10, Contoso, Contoso-Wireless, and Contoso-VPN:

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1,S-10.10.1.10,10.10.1.10,24
1,Contoso,10.20.1.1,24,10.20.2.1,24
0,Contoso-Wireless,10.80.1.1,24,10.80.2.1,24
False,Contoso-VPN,10.50.1.1,16

In the first line of this example, one location is being monitored, and it is named S-10.10.1.10. The location contains one subnet, with the address 10.10.1.10, and 24 bits will be used by the network portion of the subnet address.

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