Cisco Cisco Prime Performance Manager 1.2
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Cisco Prime Performance Manager 1.2 Release Notes
OL-26465-01
Introduction
Introduction
Cisco Prime Performance Manager is a simple-to-deploy and easy-to-use, unified management system
that helps you monitor an all-Cisco or multi-vendor and multi-technology network. It allows you to view
reports and perform administrative tasks, using a Web 2.0 user interface.
that helps you monitor an all-Cisco or multi-vendor and multi-technology network. It allows you to view
reports and perform administrative tasks, using a Web 2.0 user interface.
Prime Performance Manager is an integral part of the Cisco Prime product family. You can use it with
Cisco Prime Central to provide a seamless user experience to view performance reports, integrated with
network and service topologies.
Cisco Prime Central to provide a seamless user experience to view performance reports, integrated with
network and service topologies.
Prime Performance Manager:
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Collects network performance information and generates statistics on delay, jitter, and packet loss
in a packet network.
in a packet network.
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Monitors performance statistics for IP/MPLS, Carrier Ethernet, and mobile backhaul networks.
Using a web-based user interface, you can view over 1400 reports in the following areas:
Using a web-based user interface, you can view over 1400 reports in the following areas:
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Application traffic
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Availability
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IP Protocols
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IP QoS
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IP SLA
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Mobile IOS statistics
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Mobile StarOS statistics
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Resources
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Security
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Transport statistics
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Video broadcast
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Allows you to integrate with Cisco Prime Central. Prime Central is the presentation tier for the Cisco
IP NGN suite, which includes Prime Performance Manager, Cisco Prime Network, Cisco Prime
Optical, and other domain managers.
IP NGN suite, which includes Prime Performance Manager, Cisco Prime Network, Cisco Prime
Optical, and other domain managers.
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Allows you to discovery network devices by importing the Prime Network device inventory or by
running device discovery from Prime Performance Manager.
running device discovery from Prime Performance Manager.
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Allows you to install cross-launch scripts on Prime Network gateways, which enables
Prime Performance Manager reports to be launched from the Prime Network GUI.
Prime Performance Manager reports to be launched from the Prime Network GUI.
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Synchronizes device lists, credentials, and business tags from Prime Network.
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Provides a simple administrative interface that allows you to manage gateways and units, assign
devices to units, administer autodiscovery, manage users, administer reports, and other tasks.
devices to units, administer autodiscovery, manage users, administer reports, and other tasks.
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Reduces time to troubleshoot and recover from problems that affect service.
Prime Performance Manager features and benefits include:
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Carrier class scale—Prime Performance Manager can manage 25,000 devices with up to 1.1 million
interfaces and 50 GUI clients. Prime Performance Manager is designed for low startup and
administrative costs with support for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Linux, and VMware.
The Prime Performance Manager embedded database eliminates third-party license and
maintenance costs. Its distributed architecture provides reliability, deployment flexibility, and
horizontal scaling to grow with the network.
interfaces and 50 GUI clients. Prime Performance Manager is designed for low startup and
administrative costs with support for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Linux, and VMware.
The Prime Performance Manager embedded database eliminates third-party license and
maintenance costs. Its distributed architecture provides reliability, deployment flexibility, and
horizontal scaling to grow with the network.