Cisco Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM) 6.1 Data Sheet
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Feature
Benefit
Traffic analysis
View short- and long-term network usage by applications, hosts, conversations, differentiated-services-code-point
(DSCP) groups, and various supported encapsulations. Identify top consumers of network resources and isolate
network bottlenecks to optimize network resource-allocation.
(DSCP) groups, and various supported encapsulations. Identify top consumers of network resources and isolate
network bottlenecks to optimize network resource-allocation.
Insight into encapsulation
and overlay technologies
and overlay technologies
Design overlay networks for the efficient delivery of applications. Supported protocols include OTV, LISP, VXLAN,
CAPWAP, and others.
CAPWAP, and others.
Cisco TrustSec policy
validation
validation
Validate the Cisco TrustSec policies using security group tags (SGTs) and evaluate the endpoints or hosts,
applications, and conversations participating in one or more security groups.
applications, and conversations participating in one or more security groups.
WAN-optimized network
visibility
visibility
Obtain end-to-end proof points demonstrating how Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) has improved
application delivery (for example, decreased application transaction times or improved WAN bandwidth usage).
Accelerate your return on investment (ROI) by assessing the best site and application candidates for optimization
as part of the phased rollout plan.
application delivery (for example, decreased application transaction times or improved WAN bandwidth usage).
Accelerate your return on investment (ROI) by assessing the best site and application candidates for optimization
as part of the phased rollout plan.
Deep, insightful packet
analysis
analysis
Solve complex performance problems with trigger-based captures, filters, decodes, and error scan features.
Packet captures can be triggered based on performance thresholds, allowing you to focus on specific
performance problems. In addition, use external storage to collect extensive packet captures for offline analysis.
Packet captures can be triggered based on performance thresholds, allowing you to focus on specific
performance problems. In addition, use external storage to collect extensive packet captures for offline analysis.
Smart licensing
A flexible licensing scheme that allows the user to dynamically choose different performance levels (150 Mbps, 1
Gbps, or 3 Gbps). Traditional licensing is also available as well.
Gbps, or 3 Gbps). Traditional licensing is also available as well.
Open interface
Preserve investment in existing management assets through integration based on a standards-based
(REST/XML) API.
(REST/XML) API.
Any time, anywhere access Access the web interface from any desktop, eliminating the need to send personnel to remote sites or send large
amounts of data over WAN links to the central site.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
integration
integration
Manage NAMs from a single, centralized console. Collect and view NAM statistics from across the network to get
a big picture view of network performance.
a big picture view of network performance.
Examples of Deployment Scenarios
Monitor Workloads in the Multitenant Cloud
Deployed in a tenant network container (Figure 2), Cisco Prime vNAM analyzes the TCP-based interactions for the
hosted workload to assess performance. It provides metrics such as transaction time, server response time,
application delay, and more. Setting performance thresholds helps to proactively detect application response time
issues, minimizing the risk of violating service-level objectives. Cisco Prime vNAM also provides insight into
network usage by applications, top talkers, and conversations to help optimize use of the cloud infrastructure,
including overlay technologies such as VXLAN and LISP.
Figure 2. Track Application Performance and Resource Usage with Cisco Prime vNAM