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Power of Catalyst 6500 Series Cisco Prime NAM-3

Deepak Bhargava

Mar 15, 2012

Senior Product Line Manager

Damien Lim Technical Marketing Engineer

© 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

Cisco Prime NAM Overview

Demo

Deep-Dive into Cisco Cat6500 Series NAM-3

Use-Case Examples


Delivers network visibility to optimize resources, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure

consistent end-user experience

• Improved operational efficiency

• Consistent application

performance visibility across the

network

• Reduced total cost of ownership


Client: 10.21.65.180

Application: http

Reporting Time Range: Last 4 hours

Site: San Jose Campus

Time-based Filter

Identify the

participating

servers

Analyze Network

Key Performance

Indicators

Analyze Host Traffic


• 15+ Gbps Traffic Monitoring Throughput

• Enhanced Packet Capture Performance with External Storage

• IEEE 1588 based Accurate Time Synchronization

• Advanced Hardware and Software Filters

• Cisco Prime NAM 5.1(2) Software


Internal Hard Disk

(600 GB SAS)

SAS Controller FPGA

Backplane Connector

Memory (24 GB)

miniSAS

10GE SFP+ /

FCoE

1GE/1588

Sync CPU

2 x Intel Westmere

2GHz (6 Core)


• Applications, Host,

Conversations,

DSCP/QoS, VLAN

• Per-application and

per-user granularity

Application Performance Visibility

Traffic Analysis Troubleshooting

• Application Response Time Analysis

• Voice Quality Analysis

• URL Monitoring

• Advanced Filters,

Packet Capture,

Decodes, and Error

Scan

• Port/Interface

statistics

Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switch

Cisco Prime NAM-3


Preserve investment in existing management assets

Streamline troubleshooting and optimization decisions, boost productivity

Reduce time to problem resolution using a protocol/packet-level anomaly detection capability

Gain quick access to critical network information to improve operational efficiency

Interactive Reports

Standards-based API

Packet Capture Error Scan

Analysis Workflows

Align with network topology and comply with reporting requirement

Tackle unanticipated performance issues and traffic behavior to enhance service levels

Site-Based Monitoring

Historical analysis


Active Troubleshooting with Contextual One Click Packet Capture

Proactive Troubleshooting with Alarm Threshold based Triggered Packet

Capture

Historical Troubleshooting with Ongoing Packet Capture in conjunction with

Hardware Filters and External Storage

Packet Capture Error Scan for quickly Pin Pointing Problem Areas


Features:

•Mini-SAS port for

connecting to external

SAS Array

•10GE SPF+ FCoE port

for connecting to

FC/FCoE Array

•Ability to format, label

and group LUNs into

volumes from the GUI

Benefits:

•Centralized capture

storage for analysis

•Provides high speed

storage expansion

options

• Investment protection


Capture Session A

Raw Network Packets

Hardware Filter 1

Hardware Filter 2

Hardware Filter 3

Capture Session B

Software Filter X

Software Filter Y

Capture Session C

Software Filter Z

Memory Local File External File


Monitor 10GE Uplink in Core

Cat6500 Switch

Monitor multiple 1GE links or multiple

VLANs in Distribution Switches with a

total monitoring throughput of more

than 15Gbps

Monitor Voice and Data Services for

100,000 Individual End-points

Future proof Hardware with ability to

Extend available Storage via External

SAS/FCoE connectors

Hardware Support for New

Generation Time Synchronization

protocol – IEEE1588


Campus

SiSi

SiSi

NetFlow Data

Export to NAM

RSPAN

or

ERSPAN

WAN

SPAN

Simplified Manageability

• Managed as single entity with backplane integration

• Integrated Application Intelligence, Traffic Analysis and Performance Troubleshooting

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

• Reduced network footprint

• No External Connectors

• Improved Power Management

• Reduced rack space utilization


Analyze local traffic – Use SPAN

Examine remote switch traffic - Use

RSPAN and ERSPAN

Analyze WAN ports – Use VACLs or

exported NetFlow data.

Monitor port statistics on host Cisco

Catalyst switch

Prefilter Traffic of Interest - Use

VACLs with SPAN

Consistent application visibility –

Use of standardized NBAR based

Application ID

Campus

SiSi

SiSi

NetFlow Data

Export to NAM

RSPAN

or

ERSPAN

WAN

SPAN


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Cisco WAAS

Cisco 7200

Cisco WAAS

VMVMVMVM

Cisco Nexus

1000V

Manager Cluster

WAN

Application Servers

Data Center

SPAN/RSPAN

WAAS

WAAS

ERSPAN

NetFlow

NetFlow

NetFlow

• VM Network Visibility

• Packet Capture Analysis

• Alarms and Event Notification

• Application Response Time Analysis

• WAN Optimization Visibility

• Traffic Analysis NAM-3 Blade (with Cat6500 E-

Series)

Remote Branch


Features:

• Visibility into traffic running on all switch ports of both virtual switches from either NAM

• Simplification of application performance management by using SPAN to analyze traffic on both switches

• Monitoring of the health of both switches from either NAM

Benefits:

• Understand what is happening on the network before and after deploying Cisco® Catalyst® VSS.

• Ensure the consistent and efficient delivery of business-critical applications to end users.

• Improve the operational effectiveness of switch, server, and application resources.

Cisco Catalyst 6500

VSS with NAM

NAM NAM

SiSi SiSi


• Integrated Application Visibility, Traffic Analysis and Performance Troubleshooting

• 15+ Gbps Monitoring Throughput

• Precision performance analytics using IEEE 1588 timestamps

• Advanced Hardware and Software Filters for accelerated problem resolution

Bundle Description Savings

WS-C6509-E-NAM3-K9 6509E Chassis, VS-S720-10G-3C, NAM3, WS-C6509-

E-FAN, IP Services Image 8%

WS-C6506-E-NAM3-K9 6506E Chassis, VS-S720-10G-3C, NAM3, WS-C6506-

E-FAN, IP Services Image 8%

Catalyst 6500 Series NAM-3

Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

Valid through Q3 FY 2012


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Cisco WAAS

VMVMVMVM

Cisco Nexus

1000V

WAN

Application Servers

Cisco® Unified

Communications Manager Cluster

Branch – Data Center

Traffic

Inte

r-Bra

nch

Tra

ffic

Cisco WAAS

Converged Access Data Center/Virtualization and Cloud WAN/Branch/Campus

Remote Locations Data Center

Application Intelligence

End-User Experience

Proactive Monitoring

Health, Events, Alarms...

Configuration Templates

Traffic Analysis

WAN Optimization Visibility

User/App/Network Views

Delivers Centralized Performance Visibility with Integrated Network

Service Lifecycle Management

Prime 360 experience Open API Design Deploy Optimize Operate

NAM Appliance Cat6500 NAM Blade NAM on SRE NAM on Nexus 1010 ISR NAM Blade

Cisco Prime NAM

Portfolio


Central

Discovery

Hundreds of NAMs

Inventory Discovery (Data Sources)

Central

Configuration

/ Management

Application definitions

WAAS Server lists

NTP Settings

Image Management

Central

Reporting

Rolled up ART/Traffic

Statistics/RTP

Authoritative Data Source

Central

Packet

Capture

PCAP file management

Software filers definition & configuration

Capture sessions on multiple NAMs


Cisco Prime NAM

• Enables quick access to critical network information

• Simplifies manageability

• Delivers a common instrumentation across Cisco solution architectures

• Preserves investment into existing management assets


Cat6500 Cisco Prime NAM-3

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11659/index.html

Cisco Prime NAM Product Family

http://www.cisco.com/go/nam

Cisco Prime Assurance Manager (AM)

http://www.cisco.com/go/primeassurance

CDN Program Site for Network Management

http://developer.cisco.com/web/cdc/tech/networkmgt

Recording of Past Webinars

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le31/le46/nmtg_training/Cisco_NAM_Webcast_Series.htm

NAM Questions

[email protected]

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11659/index.html


http://www.cisco.com/go/primeassurance






mailto:[email protected]




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SiSi

LMS

Collaboration

CUCCM, CM,

CTS, Exchange

OM, PM, SM

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SiSi

Data Center

Distribution Campus

ASR

MPLS

San Jose

6500

N7K

N5K

UCS

3750S

LA Regional office SF Office

NY Office

RTP Office UK Office

SiSi

Cisco Corporate

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VOICE DATA VIDEO

https://192.168.154.91:8443/emsam/index.html

https://192.168.154.91:8443/emsam/index.html

https://192.168.154.91:8443/emsam/

http://192.168.136.129/traffic-analysis/index

Thank you.

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