Cisco Network Analysis Module with Software 5.

0 At-A-Glance

Help Ensure Consistent and Efficient Delivery of Figure 1.  Traffic Summary Report Figure 2.  Cisco NAM Product Portfolio

Applications and Services

Network administrators need multifaceted visibility into the
network to help ensure consistent and cost-effective delivery
of service to end users. Cisco® Network Analysis Module
(NAM) delivers combined traffic and performance analysis
capabilities that empower network administrators to optimize
network resources, troubleshoot performance issues, and
deliver a consistent end-user experience. The Cisco NAM
comes in varying cost and performance form factors, which
include integrated services modules, standalone appliances,
and virtual service blades. The portfolio offers cost-effective
choices and deployment flexibility to meet your needs for
traffic and performance visibility across the network.
With Cisco NAM, you can:
• Characterize application performance accurately and
consistently across the network
• Improve service delivery with effective use of control
and optimization mechanisms such as Differentiated
Services (DiffServ)/ differentiated services code point
(DSCP), and Cisco Wide Area Application Services
(WAAS)
• Accelerate problem resolution with prepackaged inter-
active reports and one-click packet captures (Figure 1)
• Confront unanticipated performance issues with histori-
cal data analysis
• Extend operational visibility into the virtual machine
(VM) network consisting of Cisco Nexus 1000V
deployments
• Assess the impact on application and network perfor-
mance due to changes such as server consolidation,
VM migration, WAN optimization, and voice-over-IP
(VoIP) rollout
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Feature Highlights
Cisco NAM Product Family
The key features of NAM Software 5.0 include:
The Cisco NAM product portfolio (Figure 2) includes:
• Interactive reports with advanced filters and contextual • Cisco Branch Routers Series NAM: This service
navigation
module integrates with Cisco Integrated Services
• Site-based monitoring Routers (ISR) and ISR Generation Two (G2) family of
• Application performance intelligence and Voice quality routers to provide multiservice performance visibility,
analysis traffic analysis, and troubleshooting in Cisco Borderless
• Flow- and packet-based traffic monitoring Networks.
• Historical analysis with built-in performance database • Cisco Catalyst ® 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series
• Web-based packet capture, decode, and error scan NAM: These service modules help improve operational
• Standards-based API manageability of network resources in the enterprise
campus, data center, and WAN. In addition, deeper
Business Benefits insight into network and applications performance
Network administrators can benefit from Cisco NAM in helps simplify application delivery across the network.
many ways: • Cisco NAM Appliances: An extension of the Cisco
• Improve operational efficiency with faster problem NAM blades, these appliances offer next-generation
resolution and greater productivity performance, superior scalability, and maximum
• Enhance service levels with consistent application deployment flexibility. The appliances complements
performance visibility across the network Cisco NAM service modules offering comprehensive
performance visibility across your Cisco network.
• Maximize the value of IT investment with optimized use
of network resources • Cisco Nexus 1000V NAM Virtual Service Blade:
Integrated with the Cisco Nexus 1010 Appliance, this
• Reduce total cost of ownership with choices of inte-
virtual service blade (latest software version 4.2.1N) is a
grated NAM form factors and deployment flexibility
 Cisco Network Analysis Module with Software 5.0 At-A-Glance

dedicated solution for traffic and performance analysis Figure 3.  Cisco NAM Offers Consistent Performance Visibility across the network

in Cisco Nexus 1000V switch deployment.

• Cisco WAAS NAM Virtual Blade: Using the existing
WAAS footprint, the NAM virtual blade is an integrated
application performance monitoring and reporting
solution. This virtual blade is available for the WAAS 574 Cisco® Unified Communications
Manager Cluster
and 674 Appliances deployed in the data center. Campus

Why Cisco?
Cisco NAM provides granular packet-level analysis and Cisco Catalyst® Remote Locations
precise application performance measurements. Taking 6500-NAM NetFlow
Data Export
advantage of the deeper knowledge of the network, NAM
offers operational insight into platforms such as Cisco WAAS, NME-NAM

Nexus 1000V, and Catalyst 6500. NAM uniquely combines

packet and flow collection, offering visibility into applica- Cisco 7200

tion performance correlated with network traffic behavior

Data Center
analysis. Cisco WAAS

Cisco NAM is available as an integrated service module

Inter-Branch Traffic
or virtual service blade that is a part of the Cisco switch or
router infrastructure. NAM’s insertion into the switch/router
backplane directly couples it with the data source, producing Cisco NAM Appliance WAN
accurate and reliable data collection. Integration within the Application Servers NetFlow
Data Export
NME-NAM
switch or router also lowers the cost of administration. NAM is Cisco Nexus
1000V
also available as standalone appliances, allowing maximum
deployment flexibility across the network (Figure 3).
Cisco 7200

Cisco NAM preserves your investments in existing manage- Cisco NAM

Cisco WAAS
Branch-Data Center Traffic
Cisco WAAS
ment assets offering a northbound interface for integration Virtual Service
Blade
with third-party and your home-grown management
applications.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco NAM product family, visit http://www.cisco.com/ go/nam or contact either your local
account representative or the Cisco NAM product marketing group at nam-info@cisco.com.

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