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User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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About This Guide
This guide describes how to use Cisco Network Analysis Module Traffic Analyzer 5.0 (NAM 5.0)
software. This preface has the following sections:
• Chapter Overview, page xi
• Audience, page xii
• Conventions, page xii
• Notices, page xii
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page xiii
For a list of the platforms that Cisco NAM 5.0 supports, see Overview of the NAM Platforms, page 1-5.

Chapter Overview

This guide contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Overview” provides an overview of the NAM Traffic Analyzer, discusses new features
in this release, describes the new GUI, and provides information about how to use various
components of the NAM Traffic Analyzer.
• Chapter 2, “Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer,” provides information about the first steps users
should take after booting up the NAM and setting up the NAM Traffic Analyzer applications.
• Chapter 3, “Monitoring and Analysis” provides information about options for viewing and
monitoring various types data.
• Chapter 4, “Capturing and Decoding Packet Data” provides information about setting up multiple
sessions for capturing, filtering, and decoding packet data, managing the data in a file control
system, and displaying the contents of the packets.
• Chapter 5, “User and System Administration” provides information about performing user and
system administration tasks and generating diagnostic information for obtaining technical
assistance.
• Chapter 6, “NAM Traffic Analyzer 5.0 Usage Scenarios” provides scenarios for NAM deployment
and the details you may need to know about them.