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Chapter2 System Requirements for Cisco Network PlanningSolution Design and Analysis: System Requirements
Other RequirementsExternal Software Compatibility

Import of Network Topology

Device Configuration Import is an integrated feature of Design and Analysis that enables a simple
network model to be created by importing device configuration files for some vendor devices. It is
generally used to support test or evaluation scenarios where the Virtual Network Data Server is not
available. The requirements for external software compatibility discussed here apply to Device
Configuration Import, and not necessarily the Virtual Network Data Server.
Device Configuration Import is available for the following devices: Cisco IOS versions 10.0 and above,
Cisco CatOS version 4.1 and above, Cisco PIX 6.0 and above, and Juniper JunOS 4.0 and above.

Import of Network Traffic

Design and Analysis includes an integrated feature to import traffic information directly into a network
model exclusive of the Virtual Network Data Server. These requirements for external software
compatibility apply only to this feature.
Table2-4 Other Requirements for Design and Analysis
Supporting Software TCP/IP networking software
Special Requirements (UNIX) On UNIX installations, the license file must be stored in either the /opt
or /var/adm directory. The directory that is chosen must be located on
a local hard drive or partition, must not be a symlink, and must not be a
network mounted partition.
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Table2-5 Traffic Import Formats Supported by Design and Analysis
Product Version Supported Data Type
HP OpenView Performance Insight 4.6 Import of link loads
InfoVista 2.2 Import of link loads
MRTG 2.9.25 or higher Import of link loads
Network General Distributed Sniffer and Sniffer Pro 3.5 and higher Import of traffic flows
cflowd 2.1 Import of traffic flows
Network General Sniffer Analyzer 5.50 Traffic data may be imported from Sniffer
Analyzer in the following formats:
•Sniffer Analyzer Packet Trace CSV
•Sniffer Analyzer Expert Data CSV
Concord Network Health and eHealth 4.8 and 5.0.2 Import of link loads