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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series NAM Benefits

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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series NAM Benefits: Improve operational efficiency with integrated monitoring and management solution. (4:47 min)

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The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM 1/NAM 2) offers unparalleled visibility into network performance, and helps you simplify the application delivery challenges of today's dynamic, evolving global organizations. It enables you to:

• Improve application performance with effective use of Cisco control and optimization mechanisms, such as QoS and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
• Accelerate problem resolution and increase operational efficiency with advanced troubleshooting
• Preempt performance issues with threshold-based, proactive alerts
• Quantify the before and after of a business change, such as server consolidation, WAN optimization, and VoIP rollout on application and network performance

Key Features:

• Voice monitoring: Measures voice quality with a mean opinion score based on ITU-T Recommendation G.107
• Intelligent application performance analytics: Characterizes the end-user experience with a comprehensive set of transaction-based statistics
• Visibility into WAN-optimized networks: Helps identify WAN optimization opportunities and validate the impact of Cisco WAAS
• Advanced troubleshooting: Offers intelligent packet captures, and decodes and filters to help resolve acute problems before they affect end users
• QoS analysis: Helps validate and fine-tune QoS planning assumptions to ensure delivery of end-to-end service levels
• LAN and WAN monitoring: Provides insight into local and remote switch and router traffic for comprehensive traffic analysis
• Remote management: Allows access from any desktop, eliminating the need to send staff to remote sites or transfer large amounts of data to a central site
• Deployment versatility: Cisco NAM can be deployed in existing Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers, protecting network investment and reducing the network footprint

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-1/NAM-2) is part of the Cisco NAM product portfolio. Visit the Cisco NAM Product Family page to learn more about other product offerings.