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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
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 2-58 for 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.
Configure Capture Capture allows you to set up up to
ten sessions for capturing, filtering,
and decoding packet data, manage
the data in a file control system, and
display the contents of the packets.
Capture > Packet
Capture/Decode
Chapter 4, “Capturing and
Decoding Packet Data.”
Configure Scheduled Export You can set up scheduled jobs that
will generate a daily report at a
specified time, in the specified
interval, and then e-mail it to a
specified e-mail address.
In the Interactive Report
(left side of the dashboard),
click the Export button.
Scheduled Exports,
page 2-53
Set up Northbound API NBI (Northbound Interface), also
referred to as API (Application
Programming Interface), enables
partners and customers to provision
the NAM and extract performance
data.
You can write your own scripts
based on the NAM Northbound
API, but there is setup in the NAM
GUI needed.
For application developers
who want to use the NAM
APIs to provision network
services and leverage data,
see the Cisco Network
Analysis Module 5.0 API
Programmer’s Guide.
Set up TACACS+ server TACACS+ is a Cisco Systems
enhancement that provides
additional support for
authentication and authorization.
When a user logs into the NAM
Traffic Analyzer, TACACS+
determines if the username and
password are valid and what the
access privileges are.
Administration > Users >
TACACS+
Configuring a TACACS+
Server to Support NAM
Authentication and
Authorization, page 5-20
Change System Preferences You can change many preferences,
such as refresh interval, Top N
Entries, Data Displayed, and
enabling Audit Trail, as needed.
Administration > System
> Preferences
Chapter 5, “User and
System Administration.”
Table 1-3 Configuration Overview (continued)
Action Description GUI Location User Guide Location