Cisco Catalyst 6000 Network Analysis Module

Description:  Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, addresses the need for multiservice network management and monitoring in switched Ethernet LANs with Network Analysis Module (NAM). The NAM, an integrated solution fo.... Read More

Description:  Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, addresses the need for multiservice network management and monitoring in switched Ethernet LANs with Network Analysis Module (NAM). The NAM, an integrated solution for switch monitoring and management complements the complete family of switch probes for its award-winning, high-performance Catalyst® 6000 switch series. The Cisco Catalyst 6000 switch has built-in RMON features which capture data in the statistics, history, alarm, and event groups. Additional RMON/RMON2 features require the use of network monitoring instrumentation.  Providing remote-monitoring functions based on RMON and RMON-2 Management Information Bases (MIBs), the NAM collects data at all layers so network managers can obtain analyses used for fault-isolation and troubleshooting, capacity-planning and management, performance-management, application-monitoring, and debugging.  The Cisco Catalyst 6000 NAM is part of the end-to-end network-management and monitoring solution from Cisco. The NAM is a component of the Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID), which defines robust multiservice switching in Cisco LAN networks. As enterprises deploy converged networks, managers also need to collect statistics about the voice or video applications at the distribution and access layers. The NAM gathers multi-layer information about data and voice flows that go all the way to the application layer of a flow. Because the NAM integrates monitoring functions directly into the switch itself, the task of managing today’s complex, multiservice switched LANs is simplified for a variety of data, voice, and video applications, including the complete H.323 family. The voice support in the CiscoWorks2000 platform will be forthcoming. Minimize