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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series Network Analysis
Module with Software 5.0
Module with Software 5.0
General Overview
Q.
What is the Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM) and
what does it do?
A.
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series NAM is an integrated traffic and performance analysis
blade that empowers network administrators to quickly understand how traffic over the network is being used
and how it is performing to troubleshoot performance issues and help ensure a consistent end-user experience.
Its unique design combines a rich set of embedded data collection and analysis capabilities with a remotely
accessible, web-based management console, all of which reside on a single blade that is installed into the Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch or the Cisco 7600 Series Router.
The Cisco NAM with Software 5.0 includes an embedded, intuitive web-based graphical user interface (GUI)
with prepackaged reports, workflows, and contextual navigation to expedite problem resolution and optimization
decisions. It also includes a new Performance Database that preserves historical data, allowing you to
understand what happened in the past when an event that affected network performance occurred. Other NAM
5.0 innovations are highlighted in the NAM 5.0 section of this document.
Q.
What are the key features and benefits of the Cisco NAM?
A.
The key features and benefits of the Cisco NAM are provided in Table 1.
Table 1.
Key Features and Benefits of the Cisco NAM
Feature
Benefit
Performance assurance
integrated in the switch/router
integrated in the switch/router
Deployed in the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and the Cisco 7600 Router, the Cisco NAM provides greater
investment protection, lower total cost of ownership, and reduced footprint to save premium rack space.
investment protection, lower total cost of ownership, and reduced footprint to save premium rack space.
Intelligent application
performance metrics
performance metrics
Analyze transaction-aware analytics to help characterize the end-user experience and isolate application
response time problems to the network, server, or the application itself.
response time problems to the network, server, or the application itself.
Comprehensive voice quality
monitoring
monitoring
View Mean Opinion Score (MOS) along with key performance metrics for each Real Time Protocol (RTP) stream
to help ensure delivery of committed service levels to the end user.
to help ensure delivery of committed service levels to the end user.
Historical analysis
Takes you back to the past using the Cisco NAM’s Performance Database to understand what happened when
an event that affected network performance occurred. It supports historical data analysis to accelerate problem
resolution and advance optimization decisions.
an event that affected network performance occurred. It supports historical data analysis to accelerate problem
resolution and advance optimization decisions.
Visibility into WAN-optimized
networks
networks
Obtain end-to-end proof points demonstrating how Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) has improved
application delivery. NAM reports on application response time, WAN bandwidth usage, LAN/WAN data
throughput, and many other metrics to help ensure effective use of Cisco WAAS.
application delivery. NAM reports on application response time, WAN bandwidth usage, LAN/WAN data
throughput, and many other metrics to help ensure effective use of Cisco WAAS.
Monitoring virtual machine (VM)
network traffic
network traffic
Extends operational visibility to the virtual switching layer with Cisco Nexus 1000V switch deployments. Offers
insight into VM-to-VM interactions, virtual network traffic behavior, and virtual interface statistics. Monitors the
VMs un-interrupted by VM migration.
insight into VM-to-VM interactions, virtual network traffic behavior, and virtual interface statistics. Monitors the
VMs un-interrupted by VM migration.
Granular flow- and packet-based
traffic analytics
traffic analytics
View short- and long-term performance data on hosts, conversations, and applications that use critical network
resources.
resources.
LAN and WAN monitoring in one
solution
solution
Gain visibility into traffic from local and remote switches and routers for comprehensive traffic monitoring.
Web-based captures for deep,
insightful data analysis
insightful data analysis
Capture the packets to help resolve acute problems before they affect users. Perform captures using a web
browser from any desktop, and view packet capture decodes through the Traffic Analyzer GUI while the data is
still being captured. Quickly pinpoint and resolve problem areas using trigger-based captures, decodes, filters,
and packet capture error scan.
browser from any desktop, and view packet capture decodes through the Traffic Analyzer GUI while the data is
still being captured. Quickly pinpoint and resolve problem areas using trigger-based captures, decodes, filters,
and packet capture error scan.
Visibility into Virtual Switch
System (VSS) deployments
System (VSS) deployments
Monitor both virtual switches in VSS environments, reducing management overhead while improving operational
efficiency.
efficiency.
Pre- and postdeployment metrics Glean valuable before and after traffic analytics to help plan for and verify changes in network resources, such
as introducing new applications, establishing quality of service (QoS) policies, consolidating servers, and