Cisco Cisco Prime Network Control System Appliance Getting Started Guide
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At-A-Glance
• Reduced operating expenses: Speed deployments, minimize IT staffing, and reduce
training requirements with easy-to-use tools, workflows, and automated best
practices that simplify network management
practices that simplify network management
• Lower capital expenditures: Make the most of network investments through
converged management and cross-integration with existing operations, systems,
and northbound processes
and northbound processes
Network Services Management Foundation
The Cisco Prime for IT network services management foundation is based on a
top-down approach to network management. This top-down approach begins at
the application layer and progresses through the services down to the network
infrastructure. This network services approach facilitates fast and efficient
troubleshooting. It allows operators to quickly isolate and find problems at the
infrastructure layer that are affecting service and application delivery (Figure 1).
top-down approach to network management. This top-down approach begins at
the application layer and progresses through the services down to the network
infrastructure. This network services approach facilitates fast and efficient
troubleshooting. It allows operators to quickly isolate and find problems at the
infrastructure layer that are affecting service and application delivery (Figure 1).
In addition, this approach supports integrated workflows that simplify the provisioning
and configuration of services such as Cisco EnergyWise™, Cisco TrustSec®, and
medianet to reduce errors and speed deployments.
and configuration of services such as Cisco EnergyWise™, Cisco TrustSec®, and
medianet to reduce errors and speed deployments.
Using a network services top-down management approach, Cisco Prime for IT
products speed troubleshooting and significantly improve operations efficiency.
products speed troubleshooting and significantly improve operations efficiency.
• Tier 1 support teams can solve an end-user Cisco TelePresence session problem
in minutes instead of hours, by tracking from the end-user session, to the media
session path, and to the infrastructure
session path, and to the infrastructure
• A problem with a wired or wireless user’s authentication can be quickly resolved by
tracking the end user’s session from the device, to the security policy, and to the
infrastructure with converged wired and wireless monitoring
infrastructure with converged wired and wireless monitoring
• Cisco EnergyWise services can be deployed, managed, and monitored from a
centralized location
• Application response time issues can be quickly isolated and pinpointed to the
source of the network problem
Figure 1. Network Services Management Foundation Facilitates Fast Troubleshooting
Services
Infrastructure
Network
Service/Network
Operator
Unified view across
all network layers
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18
Mbytes/sec
Time Line
video
voice
http
ssh
email
Users
Performance
Applications
Step1: An application
problem is detected
problem is detected
Step 3: The source
of the problem is
located on the
infrastructure device
of the problem is
located on the
infrastructure device
Step 2: The problem is
traced through services
traced through services
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Common Attributes
The Cisco Prime for IT common attributes deliver simplified management, improved
operations, and greater predictability across architectures, networks, and services.
Each Cisco Prime for IT product includes one or more of the six common attributes
(Figure 2).
operations, and greater predictability across architectures, networks, and services.
Each Cisco Prime for IT product includes one or more of the six common attributes
(Figure 2).