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User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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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.
Tab l e 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
Information
Traffic will populate on the
dashboards if you have configured
the managed device.
Note This only applies to the
NAM 2200 Series
Appliance or an
NME-NAM device.
Setup > Managed Device
> Device Information
See Managed Device,
page 2-55.
Verify that traffic has started Traffic usage statistics for
applications, hosts, conversations,
VLANs, and DSCP are available on
the Traffic Summary Dashboard.
This will start automatically after
you turn on the NAM.
Home (Traffic Summary
Dashboard)
or
Monitor > Overview >
Traffic Summary
See Traffic Analysis ,
page 2-1.
Verify that Application Response
Time Metrics are being gathered
The NAM Traffic Analyzer
software provides response time
measurements and various
user-experience-related metrics,
which are computed by monitoring
and time-stamping packets sent
from the user to the server
providing services.
This will start automatically after
you turn on the NAM.
Analyze > Response
Time.
You can view response
times for applications,
networks, servers, and
clients.
See Application Response
Time Metrics, page 2-2