Cisco Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-3) Datenbogen
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Data Sheet
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis
Module (NAM-3) with Software 6.1
Module (NAM-3) with Software 6.1
Visibility into the network. You know it’s needed. Especially today, when the pace of
change facing IT departments is accelerating as new applications from cloud and
mobile environments become key business enablers. Do you know how your network
is being used? What applications are running on it? How they are performing? This
knowledge is vital. It forms the very foundation of a resilient, scalable, and secure
network. One that will
change facing IT departments is accelerating as new applications from cloud and
mobile environments become key business enablers. Do you know how your network
is being used? What applications are running on it? How they are performing? This
knowledge is vital. It forms the very foundation of a resilient, scalable, and secure
network. One that will
enable you to meet today’s evolving IT and business
challenges.
Product Overview
The Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
6500 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-3) provides pervasive visibility. It gives you
deep application awareness to identify the applications running on your network, insightful traffic usage statistics to
learn who is using them, extensive performance analytics to understand how they are performing, and granular
troubleshooting to rapidly solve performance issues. So, you can get control over the network. And stay ahead of
the rapidly changing IT landscape.
The Cisco NAM-3 (Figure 1) is purpose-built to meet the rigorous performance demands of multi-Gigabit Ethernet
enterprise campus, data center, and WAN environments. It takes advantage of leading-edge processing and
packet acceleration technologies onboard to deliver comprehensive visibility in real time and over time. It is also
integrated with Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6807 Switches, simplifying deployment, improving power
management, and saving rack space.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-3)
The Cisco NAM-3 comes with a remotely accessible web-based management and reporting console that runs the
Cisco Prime
™
Network Analysis Module Software (Figure 2). The software includes prepackaged dashboards that
provide an immediate view of network performance and workflows that streamline troubleshooting and optimization
decisions.