Cisco Systems 1 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION

  4
• DATA COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

  4
• TRAFFIC ANALYSIS INCLUDING TOP-N ANALYSIS

  4
• ART MONITORING

  4
• HISTORICAL INFORMATION

  4
• REAL TIME AND TRENDING REPORTS

  4
• PROACTIVE MONITORING

  4
• NAM GUI DRILL DOWN

  5
• CISCOWORKS AND LDAP INTEGRATION

  5
• DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND PLANNING

  6
• STEPS IN THE PVM DEPLOYMENT PROCESS

  6
• Basic questions about the Problems to be addressed

  7
• Placing Cisco NAM in Your Network

  7
• Typical workflow for deploying Cisco PVM

  8
• Configure the NAMs in Your Network

  8
• Deploy PVM and add the NAMs in Cisco PVM

  8
• Create the Datasource Groups (DSGs) in Cisco PVM

  9
• Start monitoring your network using Cisco PVM

  9
• USAGE SCENARIOS

  10
• NAM SETUP

  10
• CISCO PVM INITIAL SETUP

  11
• USAGE SCENARIOS: GATHER STATISTICS AND TEST MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

  19
• Scenario 1: Traffic Profiling

  19
• Scenario 2: Proactive Monitoring

  25
• Scenario 3: Troubleshooting

  31
• OVERVIEW OF PVM FUNCTIONALITY

  35
• Traffic Analysis using Cisco PVM

  35
• Application Response Time Analysis in Cisco PVM

  42
• Baselining and Alerts in Cisco PVM

  46
• CISCO PVM REQUIREMENTS AND SIZING

  51
• CISCO PVM INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION

  52
• MAINTAINING AND TROUBLESHOOTING CISCO PVM

  56
• CONCLUSION

  59
• APPENDIX

  60
• DEPLOYMENT Q&A

  60
• DEPLOYMENT TROUBLESHOOTING

  63
• FOR MORE INFORMATION

  65