Cisco Cisco Prime NAM 2420 Appliance Getting Started Guide
Effective Application Delivery with Cisco NAM and
NetQoS Reporting
At-A-Glance
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Business Benefits for IT Executives
As businesses increasingly rely on enterprise applications
to help ensure efficient operations, IT can benefit by com-
bining Cisco NAM and NetQoS reporting in many ways:
to help ensure efficient operations, IT can benefit by com-
bining Cisco NAM and NetQoS reporting in many ways:
•
Enhance service levels with consistent application
performance
performance
•
Implement baselines and performance thresholds
for proactive management
for proactive management
•
Improve operational efficiency with faster problem
resolution and greater productivity
resolution and greater productivity
•
Increase productivity with role-based views, interac-
tive workflows, and actionable intelligence
tive workflows, and actionable intelligence
•
Maximize the value of IT investment with optimized
use of network resources
use of network resources
•
Anticipate infrastructure changes by analyzing
resource usage and traffic trends
resource usage and traffic trends
Why Cisco and NetQoS?
Cisco NAM is available as an integrated service module
or self-contained appliance, offering the deployment
flexibility and visibility required to deliver consistent
performance levels across the network. The NAM service
module can be easily installed into the leading switch-
ing and routing platforms, such as Cisco Catalyst
or self-contained appliance, offering the deployment
flexibility and visibility required to deliver consistent
performance levels across the network. The NAM service
module can be easily installed into the leading switch-
ing and routing platforms, such as Cisco Catalyst
®
6500
Series Switch, Cisco 7600 Series Router, and Cisco 2800
and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers. As an inte-
grated solution into the Cisco platforms, Cisco NAM uses
direct access to the data path to provide granular packet-
level visibility and precise application performance
analytics. Cisco NAM also allows third-party management
applications to pull meaningful data to build additional
value on top of Cisco NAM.
and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers. As an inte-
grated solution into the Cisco platforms, Cisco NAM uses
direct access to the data path to provide granular packet-
level visibility and precise application performance
analytics. Cisco NAM also allows third-party management
applications to pull meaningful data to build additional
value on top of Cisco NAM.
NetQoS SuperAgent uses Cisco NAM as a rich source of
performance information to deliver comprehensive appli-
cation response time reports with intuitive workflows. In
addition, NetQoS SuperAgent facilitates access to Cisco
NAM for real-time, granular visibility and troubleshooting
to help ensure effective application delivery.
performance information to deliver comprehensive appli-
cation response time reports with intuitive workflows. In
addition, NetQoS SuperAgent facilitates access to Cisco
NAM for real-time, granular visibility and troubleshooting
to help ensure effective application delivery.
* Note:
NetQoS and SuperAgent are registered trade-
marks of NetQoS, Inc. in the United States and in other
countries.
countries.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco NAM product family,
visit
visit
, contact your local
account representative or the Cisco NAM product market-
ing group at
ing group at
For more information about NetQoS SuperAgent, visit
or contact NetQoS at
At-A-Glance