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Introduction 1-8

NAM / Traffic Analyzer v3.5 Tutorial

Introduction 1-8

NAM / Traffic Analyzer v3.5 Tutorial

Chapter 1 Outline

• Network Performance Monitoring

- The Need To Manage Network Traffic

- Business Metrics, Data to Collect

- The Key to Performance Monitoring

- Understanding MIBs and RMON

• Network Analysis Modules

- Deployment

- Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series

NAM-1/2

- Cisco Branch Routers Series NM-NAM

• Traffic Analyzer Software

• Cisco Complementary Solutions

• Summary – Benefits Achieved

Chapter 1 Outline

Before introducing the NAMs and its embedded Traffic Analyzer software, the first step is to acknowledge the

importance of performing network performance monitoring in today’s environment. As will be discussed,

there is a real need for monitoring the network proactively; however, the effort to collect and analyze the

necessary data is often time-consuming, repetitive, and often difficult to interpret.

This will set the stage to introduce the need for a tool to collect and analyze the traffic traversing the network.

The NAM and the embedded software is presented as Cisco’s solution to performing network performance

monitoring to achieve all the benefits while minimizing the challenges. Chapter 2 will focus on all the features

of both the Cat6500 NAM and the NM-NAM, followed by usage scenarios in Chapter 3. Finally, Chapter 4 will

present further administrative information for installing, accessing, configuring for initial use, and maintaining

the NAM.