Specifications

Chapter 9 IOS® Software and Network Management
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Cisco IOS® Software and Network Management at a Glance
CiscoWorks Manager
IP Telephony
Environment Monitor
A suite of telephony management applications that ensures the readiness and manageability of
converged networks supporting VoIP and IP telephony traffic and applications. It enables operations
and administrative personnel to check the state and operational health of key resources in their
converged networks that support IP telephony implementations. The bundle includes:
• Voice Health Monitor
• Default Fault Manager
• CiscoView and
Downloadable Modules:
• IP Phone Information Utility
• IP Phone Help Desk Utility
• Gateway Statistics Utility
• WAN Performance Utility
• Tactical Graphics Utility
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CiscoWorks Voice
Manager for Voice
Gateways
Enables the management and monitoring of devices used as gateways between analog voice
equipment and the data network.
• Enhanced capabilities to configure and provision voice ports
• Create and modify dial plans on voice-enabled Cisco routers for voice over IP (VoIP), voice over
Frame Relay (VoFR), and voice over ATM (VoATM) network deployments
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CiscoWorks
QoS Policy Manager
(QPM)
Enables centralized administration and automated deployment of bandwidth reservation and
prioritization policies for network applications across converged voice, video and data networks.
• Differentiates services of Web applications, voice traffic, and business-critical applications
• Validate QoS settings and results with traffic analysis
• Real time and historical reports for QoS troubleshooting
• Control roles and privileges for policy view, modification and deployment
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CiscoWorks Wireless
LAN Solution Engine
A hardware based wireless LAN management solution that provides template-based configuration
with user-defined groups to effectively manage a large number of access points and bridges
• Monitors LEAP authentication servers
• Enhances security management through mis-configuration detection on access points and bridges
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CiscoWorks Hosting
Solution Engine
A hardware-based content management solution for e-business operations in Cisco-powered data
Centers. This product provides network infrastructure monitoring and Layer 4-7 hosted services
configuration and activation.
• Flexible security model offers tiered user access to server management
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Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series Network
Analysis Modules 1
and 2
NAM is an integrated, network monitoring instrumentation and Web-browser based traffic analysis
solution for the Catalyst 6500 based environments. It enables greater visibility into traffic at all layers
of the network by providing real time traffic analysis and troubleshooting capabilities.
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Cisco Network
Analysis Module for
Branch Routers -
Cisco 2600/3660/3700
Series Network
Analysis Module
The Cisco 2600/3660/3700 Series NAM is an integrated traffic-monitoring network module that
enables network managers to gain application-level visibility into network traffic with the ultimate
goal of improving performance, reducing failures, and maximizing return on network investments.
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Cisco Secure User
Registration Tool
(URT)
Provides organizations with increased LAN security by actively identifies users within the network
and creates user registration policy bindings that help support mobility and tracking:
• Ensures that users are associated with their authorized subnet/VLAN
• Addresses the challenges associated with campus user mobility
• Supports Web-based authentication for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux client platforms
• Secure user access to the VLAN with MAC address-based security option to allow multiple users
connected to a hub access to a VLAN served by single switch port
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Cisco Secure Access
Control Server (ACS)
for Windows and
Cisco Secure Access
Control Server
Solution Engine
Cisco® Secure Access Control Server (ACS) is a highly scalable, high-performance access control
server that provides a comprehensive identity networking solution and secure user experience for
Cisco intelligent information networks. An important component of the Cisco Identity-Based
Networking Services (IBNS) architecture. It supports several access connection types, including
wired and wireless LANs, dialup, broadband, content, storage, voice over IP (VoIP), firewalls, and
VPNs.
It helps ensure enforcement of assigned policies by allowing network administrators to control:
• Who can log in to the network
• Privileges each user has in the network
• Security audit or account billing information that is recorded
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Cisco IOS Tools
List of essential IOS web-based tools available on Cisco.com 9-9
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