Cisco Systems manual NAM Traffic Analyzer 5.0 Usage Scenarios

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NAM Traffic Analyzer 5.0 Usage Scenarios

This chapter describes usage scenarios for the Cisco Network Analysis Module Traffic Analyzer, Release 5.0.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Deployment

•Deploying NAMs in the Branch, page 6-2

•Deploying NAMs for Voice/Video applications, page 6-2

•Deploying NAMs for WAN Optimization, page 6-2

•Deploying Multi-NAM Consolidation, page 6-2

•Autodiscovery Capabilities of NAM, page 6-3

•Creating Custom Applications, page 6-3

•Utilizing Sites to Create a Geographically Familiar Deployment, page 6-3

•Integrating NAM with Third Party Reporting Tools, page 6-3

•Integrating NAM with LMS, page 6-4

Monitoring

•Understanding Traffic Patterns at the Network Layer, page 6-4

•Understanding Traffic patterns for DiffServ-Enabled Networks, page 6-4

•Using NAM to Evaluate Application-Level Performance Monitoring for TCP-Interactive Applications, page 6-4

•Using NAM to Evaluate Application-Level Performance Monitoring for UDP Realtime Applications, page 6-5

•Using NAM to Evaluate Potential Impact of WAN Optimization Prior to Deployment, page 6-5

Troubleshooting

•Using NAM for Problem Isolation, page 6-5

•Using NAM for SmartGrid Visibility, page 6-6

User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0

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