Cisco Systems NAM, 5 Configuration Overview, Action Description GUI Location User Guide Location

Chapter 1 Overview

Configuration Overview

Configuration Overview

Table 1-3. “Configuration Overview” leads you through the basic configuration steps you can follow for the NAM Traffic Analyzer 5.0.

These are not necessarily in the order in which you need to perform them, and many are optional features.

Table 1-3	Configuration Overview
Action		Description		GUI Location	User Guide Location
Install the NAM		--		--	Platform-specific
					Installation and
					Configuration Guides
					(http://www.cisco.com/en/
					US/products/sw/cscowork/
					ps5401/prod_installation_
					guides_list.html)
Configure the Managed Device		Traffic will populate on the		Setup > Managed Device	See Managed Device,
Information		dashboards if you have configured		> Device Information	page 2-55.
		the managed device.
		Note	This only applies to the
			NAM 2200 Series
			Appliance or an
			NME-NAM device.
Verify that traffic has started		Traffic usage statistics for		Home (Traffic Summary	See Traffic Analysis,
		applications, hosts, conversations,		Dashboard)	page 2-1.
		VLANs, and DSCP are available on		or
		the Traffic Summary Dashboard.		Monitor > Overview >
		This will start automatically after
				Traffic Summary
		you turn on the NAM.
Verify that Application Response		The NAM Traffic Analyzer		Analyze > Response	See Application Response
Time Metrics are being gathered		software provides response time		Time.	Time Metrics, page 2-2
		measurements and various		You can view response
		user-experience-related metrics,
				times for applications,
		which are computed by monitoring
				networks, servers, and
		and time-stamping packets sent		clients.
		from the user to the server
		providing services.
		This will start automatically after
		you turn on the NAM.

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