Cisco Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance Scheda Tecnica
Data Sheet
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Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module Software 5.1 for Nexus 1010
As mission-critical workloads migrate to virtual servers, visibility into the virtual switching infrastructure
becomes critical to manage end-to-end service delivery. The virtual switching layer extends the network
to the virtual servers. Lack of insight into this layer affects the ability of network administrators to manage
application services. In addition, the fluidity of the virtual infrastructure, in terms of workload-driven
dynamic resource allocation or virtual server migrations across hosts, poses a new set of management
challenges. In this dynamic environment, network administrators are not only responsible for
troubleshooting application performance issues but also for making sure that the network is ready to
support resource scaling in real time. This demands deeper network visibility and analytics to present
meaningful and consistent performance information for network administrators.
Product Overview
Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM) for Nexus 1010 allows network administrators to extend operational
visibility into Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch deployments (Figure 1). The Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch is a software switch
on a server that delivers Cisco Virtual Network Link (VN-Link) services to virtual machines (VMs) hosted on that
server. This distributed switch has two major components: the Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) and the Virtual
Supervisor Module (VSM), which manages the VEMs. A VSM can itself be deployed as a virtual machine; as an
alternate deployment scenario, the
can host multiple Virtual Supervisor
Modules (VSM) along with a number of Virtual Service Blades (VSBs) such as Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module
(NAM) and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG).
The Cisco Prime portfolio of enterprise and service provider management offerings supports integrated lifecycle
management of Cisco architectures and technologies based on a service-centric framework. Built on an intuitive
workflow-oriented user experience, Cisco Prime products help increase IT productivity and reduce operations costs
through innovative management solutions for the network services, infrastructure, and endpoints.
Integrated with the Cisco Nexus 1010 appliance, the Cisco Prime NAM offers combined network and application
performance visibility essential to address service delivery challenges in next-generation data centers. The Cisco
Prime NAM for Nexus 1010 allows you to effectively use embedded management features, such as Encapsulated
Remote Switched Port Analyzer (ERSPAN) and NetFlow, on the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch to:
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Analyze network usage behavior by application, host/VM, and conversation to identify bottlenecks that may
affect performance and availability
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Troubleshoot performance issues with extended visibility into VM-to-VM traffic, virtual interface statistics, and
application response times
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Assess impact on network behavior due to changes such as VM migration, new application deployment, and
port profile update
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Improve the efficiency of your virtual infrastructure and distributed application components with
comprehensive traffic analysis
As a distinctive advantage, Cisco Prime NAM allows you to monitor the network and virtual machines uninterrupted
by VMotion operations.