Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0 Data Sheet

 

 

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Cisco Prime Infrastructure enables embedded Cisco instrumentation and industry-standard technologies, such as 

NetFlow, Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR), Medianet, Performance Agent, and Simple Network 

Management Protocol (SNMP), to deliver network wide application-aware visibility. It provides operations 

monitoring and quality of experience workflows that reduce instrumentation configuration and data collection 

complexity to quickly and easily gain insight into network and application performance. It also integrates with Cisco 

Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM) to permit the collection and correlation of granular flow- and packet-based 

data from one NAM or many, helping to enable deeper analysis and troubleshooting to rapidly solve challenging 

application and network problems. 

Reduce Operational Expenses 

Cisco Prime In

frastructure’s scalable single-pane-of-glass solution significantly reduces operational costs by 

reducing the number of required management solutions. Cisco Prime Infrastructure scales to manage thousands of 

routers and switches, and hundreds of Cisco wireless controllers, which in turn can manage up to 15,000 Cisco 

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 access points. Through the Day 1 support program, new Cisco devices are supported the day they ship, 

thus eliminating gaps in your management operations, especially when it comes to service availability and 

troubleshooting. 

Cisco Prime Infrastructure offers both physical appliance and virtual appliance options for deployment flexibility 

without sacrificing scalability, ease of installation and setup, or serviceability and sustainability. 

Features and Benefit Summary 

Table 1 provides a summary of the features and benefits of Cisco Prime Infrastructure. 

Summary of Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Features and Benefits 

●  Streamlined workflows facilitate design, deployment, and operational lifecycle tasks that align with user roles. 
●  Contextual dashboards and 360-degree views display only the most relevant information for fast and efficient 

troubleshooting. 

●  Flexible user experience accommodates novice and experienced IT administrators, reducing the investment 

in multiple tools. 

●  The Cisco Prime Infrastructure Toolbar client widget provides real-time at-a-glance updates of network status 

from your browser or Microsoft Outlook clients. 

●  Cisco Prime Infrastructure Mobile application for Apple iOS devices helps enable fingertip access to view, 

troubleshoot, and resolve network issues anywhere and anytime. 

●  Integration with Cisco knowledge base helps to ensure optimal service and support, product updates, best 

practices, and reports to improve network availability. 

●  Day 1 support of new Cisco devices and software releases helps ensure up-to-date coverage with no 

manageability gaps. 

●  Smart Interactions streamline service request creation, reducing the time required to fix problems. 

●  Flexible virtual machine and physical appliance solutions provide cost-effective, easy-to-install options for 

small to global enterprise-class networks. 

●  Built-in high availability maximizes uptime for services delivery and improves operational efficiency. 

●  Role-based access control provides flexibility to segment the network into one or more virtual domains 

controlled by a single Cisco Prime Infrastructure platform. Virtual domains help deploy both large, multisite 
networks and managed services. 

●  Flexible authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) allow for local, RADIUS, TACACS+, or single 

sign-on options 

●  Single pane of glass solution for complete end-to-end infrastructure management, reducing the need for 

multiple tools, and lowering operating expenses and training costs.