Cisco Systems NAM, 5 Configuring and Viewing Data, Capture Packet, Capture/Decode, Preferences

Chapter 1 Overview

Configuration Overview

Table 1-3	Configuration Overview (continued)
Action		Description	GUI Location	User Guide Location
Configure Capture		Capture allows you to set up up to	Capture > Packet	Chapter 4, “Capturing and
		ten sessions for capturing, filtering,	Capture/Decode	Decoding Packet Data.”
		and decoding packet data, manage
		the data in a file control system, and
		display the contents of the packets.
Configure Scheduled Export		You can set up scheduled jobs that	In the Interactive Report	Scheduled Exports,
		will generate a daily report at a	(left side of the dashboard),	page 2-53
		specified time, in the specified	click the Export button.
		interval, and then e-mail it to a
		specified e-mail address.
Set up Northbound API		NBI (Northbound Interface), also		For application developers
		referred to as API (Application		who want to use the NAM
		Programming Interface), enables		APIs to provision network
		partners and customers to provision		services and leverage data,
		the NAM and extract performance		see the Cisco Network
		data.		Analysis Module 5.0 API
		You can write your own scripts		Programmer’s Guide.
		based on the NAM Northbound
		API, but there is setup in the NAM
		GUI needed.
Set up TACACS+ server		TACACS+ is a Cisco Systems	Administration > Users >	Configuring a TACACS+
		enhancement that provides	TACACS+	Server to Support NAM
		additional support for		Authentication and
		authentication and authorization.		Authorization, page 5-20
		When a user logs into the NAM
		Traffic Analyzer, TACACS+
		determines if the username and
		password are valid and what the
		access privileges are.
Change System Preferences		You can change many preferences,	Administration > System	Chapter 5, “User and
		such as refresh interval, Top N	> Preferences	System Administration.”
		Entries, Data Displayed, and
		enabling Audit Trail, as needed.

Configuring and Viewing Data

Some of the NAM 5.0 features require configuration of sites. A site is a collection of hosts, or network endpoints, partitioned into views that help you monitor traffic and troubleshoot problems (see Sites, page 2-58for more detailed information). These features include those in which the NAM provides measurements of application performance on networks where WAAS devices are deployed, and dashboards that show traffic levels between sites and alarms levels per site. All other NAM features can still be used without defining any sites (the default configuration).

If you have set up sites, you will be able to select a particular site to view in the Interactive Report and view data relevant to that site only. In some cases, you can select both a Client Site and a Server Site to view data pertaining to interaction between hosts at different sites.

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