Cisco Systems NAM, 5 Data Export, User Scenario, NetFlow, Scheduled Exports, Custom Export

Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Data Export

User Scenario

If you want the NAM to notify you of any violations of Response Time metrics for a particular server, and then initiate a packet capture, complete the following steps:

Step 1 Set up the e-mail and capture settings.

a.Choose Administration > System > E-Mail Setting to define the e-mail settings.

a.Choose Capture > Packet Capture/Decode > Sessions and create a capture session for this particular server.

Step 2 Define an Alarm Action.

a.Choose Setup > Alarms > Actions.

b.Click the Create button.

c.Enter a Name.

d.Check the “Email” check box.

e.Check the “Trigger Capture” check box, choose the session you created in Step 1 from the drop-down menu, and select the Start or Stop radio button.

f.Click the Submit button.

Step 3 Define the Threshold for this alarm.

a.Choose Setup > Alarms > Thresholds.

b.Click the Create button.

c.Choose the Response Time tab.

d.Give the Response Time Alarm Threshold a Name, and choose the Application and Severity.

e.Choose the server from the Host drop-down list.

f.Choose the action you created in Step 2, define the metrics for the thresholds, and click the Submit button.

Data Export

The NAM 5.0 Traffic Analyzer selections for setting up Data Export are:

•NetFlow, page 2-49

•Scheduled Exports, page 2-53

•Custom Export, page 2-55

NetFlow

The NAM as a producer of NDE (NetFlow Data Export) packets is a new feature for NAM Traffic Analyzer 5.0. The NAM’s new functionality of NDE is part of its new NBI.

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