Specifications

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All rights reserved.
Scenarios 3-21
NAM / Traffic Analyzer v3.5 Tutorial
© 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Scenarios 3-21
NAM / Traffic Analyzer v3.5 Tutorial
Scenario 2
Accessing the NM-NAM
Scenario 2
Accessing the NM-NAM
NM-NAM software is the
same as the NAM-1/2
software with a few minor
differences, hence,
access is the same.
NM-NAM software is the
same as the NAM-1/2
software with a few minor
differences, hence,
access is the same.
NAM Performance
Metrics
NAM Performance
Metrics
Accessing the NAM
Dean accesses the NM-NAM in exactly the same manner as he previously accessed the Catalyst 6500
series NAM by simply entering the IP address assigned to the NM-NAM as a URL in his browser. In fact, the
embedded analysis software in the NM-NAM is for all intensive purposes exactly the same as the embedded
analysis software in the NAM-1/2. The main differences are:
NAM-1/2: Switch Ports Reporting
Switch Health Reporting
VLAN Reporting
MAC Hosts/Conversation Reporting
MPLS Reporting
Support for Switch Alarms
NM-NAM: Router Interface Reporting
Router Health Reporting
NBAR Reporting
No VLAN, MPLS or MAC Reporting
After Dean enters the URL for the NM-NAM, he is presented with the Traffic Analyzer login screen. He logs
into the NM-NAM using the account information that he defined during installation (see Chapter 4 for more
details) and clicks the Login button. The Traffic Analyzer authenticates his login information and displays
the System Resources metrics. Dean reviews the System Resources metrics to ensure that the NM-NAM
has sufficient memory and CPU to accommodate his monitoring tasks because he knows that lack of
memory or CPU could mean that the NM-NAM might inaccurately collect and report statistics. If resource
utilization rises too high, he knows to reduce the number of monitoring tasks he has configured to relieve the
performance burden on the NM-NAM.