Cisco Systems 5 Analyze Media RTP, Streams, Analyze Media Voice, Call Statistics, System Time

Chapter 1 Overview

Configuration Overview

Table 1-3		Configuration Overview (continued)
	Action		Description	GUI Location	User Guide Location
	Verify that Voice/RTP Stream		After the NAM Traffic Analyzer is	Analyze > Media > RTP	See Voice Signaling/RTP
	Traffic is being gathered		started, Voice/RTP stream traffic	Streams	Stream Monitoring,
			will automatically start being	or	page 2-2
			monitored. The NAM enables you
				Analyze > Media > Voice
			to monitor all RTP stream traffic
			among all SPANed traffic, without	Call Statistics.
			having to know the signalling traffic
			used in negotiating the RTP
			channels.
			This will start automatically after
			you turn on the NAM.
	Set up the System Time		You will need to set up the System	Administration > System	System Time, page 5-5
			Time correctly; if you do not have	> System Time
			the time synchronized, then you
			will see either incorrect or no data.
	Configure NDE Data Export		The NAM as a producer of NDE	Setup > Data Export >	NetFlow, page 2-49
			(NetFlow Data Export) packets is a	NetFlow
			new feature for NAM Traffic
			Analyzer 5.0. The NAM's new
			functionality of NDE is part of its
			new NBI.
			The NAM sends out NDE packets
			only in NDE v9 format.
	Configure sites		A site is a collection of hosts	Setup > Network > Sites.	See Sites, page 2-58.
			(network endpoints) partitioned
			into views that help you monitor
			traffic and troubleshoot problems.
			If you want to limit the view of your
			network data to a specific city, a
			specific building, or even a specific
			floor of a building, you can use the
			Sites function.
			We recommend that sites are
			configured using prefix-based
			subnets instead of based on data
			source.
	Define Alarms and Thresholds		Alarms are predefined conditions	Setup > Alarms > Actions	Alarm Actions, page 2-36
			based on a rising data threshold, a	and	Thresholds, page 2-39
			falling data threshold, or both. You
				Setup > Alarms >
			can choose for what types of events
			you want the NAM to notify you,	Thresholds
			and how you want to be notified.
			Alarms that will be used for
			Thresholds should be created first,
			then then the Thresholds created
			second.
		User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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