Cisco Cisco Prime NAM 2304 Appliance Data Sheet

 

 

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Figure 3.    Cisco Prime NAM Traffic Summary Dashboard 

 

Extending Cisco AVC to the Campus Backbone and Data Center 

With Cisco Prime NAM 6.2, the network analysis module (NAM) just got richer. Specifically, version 6.2(2) adds 

support for the new NAM 2404 and builds on the features and improvements done in version 6.2. Version 6.2 

supports Remote Integrated Services Engine (RISE) technology, terminates Encapsulated Remote SPAN 

(ERSPAN) and extends video traffic monitoring capabilities. RISE technology makes the switch (Cisco Nexus

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7000 Switch and others) 

“see” the NAM appliance as a blade. By terminating the high-speed ERSPAN on the NAM 

data port, the NAM can now access the Type III ERSPAN header and process ERSPAN at higher speeds. The 

benefits are that the NAM can be an IP endpoint as well as a SPAN or ERSPAN destination, and can do 

centralized packet-level monitoring and troubleshooting. 

With the new video monitoring capabilities, NAM can now monitor live video sessions and provide video quality and 

analytics, similar to that of voice and Real-Time Protocol (RTP) calls. All these features and functions are in 

addition to the Cisco Network-Based Application Recognition 2 (NBAR2). NBAR2 is a Cisco technology included in 

Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) solutions; it performs deep packet inspection (DPI) to automatically 

recognize and classify applications to Layer 7. With it, NAM can provide visibility into the performance of your 

business-critical applications, no matter where they are hosted or how they are distributed. It can tell you whether 

transaction times are fast or slow. It can give you information about who is accessing the applications, which ones, 

how much, and when. And with these insights, it can help you prioritize those that the business depends on and 

throttle those that are business-irrelevant and simply hogging bandwidth. It enables more efficient and more 

economical operations. And all of that is natively in Cisco Prime NAM.