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Lewis Hickman
Federal NMS CSE
Cisco Hawaii Tech Days
Cisco Prime Network Management Overview

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• Independent "point"
products
• Untimely device and
technology support
• Reliance on highly
skilled staff
• Inconsistent user
experience
• Difficult to install,
administer, and
maintain
• Integrated workflows and
Common user
experience
• Integrated Smart
Interactions w. cisco.com
• Single solution and
virtual appliance
• Day-one device support
for the Cisco® Advantage
• Use of Cisco best
practices and
knowledgebase
The Old Way The Cisco Prime™ Way

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Cisco Prime DCNMCisco Prime LMS
Cisco Prime
Collaboration

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One
Management
One
Policy

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Benefits
– Consolidation and extensibility – reduces
OpEx and maximizes ROI
– Accelerates application and service
rollout, reduces downtime
– Consistent end-user quality of
experience
– Maximizes the network investment
•Comprehensive Lifecycle mgmt – simplify
end-to-end network operations
•Deep application visibility and performance
Assurance
•Rich compliance auditing and reporting
•One install – Single-pane-of-glass soln
Integrated Platform

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Comprehensive Manageability
– Customizable out-of-the-box Cisco best
practices and validated design configuration
templates for wired/wireless devices
– RF planning and optimization
– Manage L2/L3 services, DMVPN, GETVPN,
Zone-based Firewall, ScanSafe
– Plug-in-play Automated Deployment
– 360° End-user connectivity and application
experience monitoring & troubleshooting
– Multi-NAM management
– Infrastructure lifecycle reports – EoX & PSIRT
– 3rd party device support
– Scalable, deployable, extensible
•Comprehensive Lifecycle mgmt – simplify
end-to-end network operations
•Deep application visibility and performance
Assurance
•Rich compliance auditing and reporting
•One install – Single-pane-of-glass soln
Integrated Platform

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Assurance
End-to-End
Application
Experience &
Visibility
Plug & Play
Simplified
Deployment of
New Cisco
Devices
Lifecycle
Converged
Management with
Integrated Best
Practices
Convergence Consolidation Cisco Advantage

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Base License
Prime Infrastructure Management Node
(physical or virtual appliance)
Lifecycle
Management
Licenses
(per device)
Compliance
Management
Licenses
(per device)-
LMS Only
Assurance
Management
Licenses
(per device)
One and only one base
license required for each
management node
(physical or virtual
appliance)
Available in incremental
bundle sizes of 25,50,
100, 500, 1K, 2.5K, 5K,
and 10K Devices
Available in incremental
bundle sizes of 25, 50,
100, 500, 1K, 2.5K, 5K,
and 10K Devices
Available in incremental
bundle sizes of 25, 50,
100, 500, 1K, and 5K
devices
License
Dependency
Automated
Deployment
Gateway
(per Gateway
instance)

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Prime Infrastructure
Lifecycle Management
Technical Details

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• Stages in this Life Cycle approach:
 Design
 Deploy
 Operate
 Report
 Administration

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• Model-based templates are
provided for:
 Security ( ACL, DMVPN,
ScanSafe , GetVPN …)
 NAM
 Wireless controller
• User can create his own CLI
templates which can contains:
 parameters (prompted during
deploy)
 scripting construction in Apache
Velocity Template Language
(VTL)
• User can define composite
templates (template of templates)
• User can import existing Cisco
Prime LMS templates
Lot more data types are now
available in PI 2.0 !!!

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Out-of-the-box TrustSec
2.0 Readiness
Assessment
Configure
Security Mode
using easy
wizards !!!

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Identity Services Integration
• Shows where security &
policy problems exist
• Drill deeper into issue
details
CleanAir
• Detect RF Interference
• Locate the source
• Automatically adjust to
optimize the environment
Adaptive WIPS
• Assess wireless
vulnerabilities
• Auto-classify threats
• Protect the wireless
network
Context-Aware
• Contextual Info about Wi-
Fi clients and tagged
mobile devices
• Optimize application
delivery
MSE
MSE
ISE
• MSE – Mobility Service Engine
• ISE - Identity Service Engine
MSE

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Zoom &
Pan
Controls
Next-Gen Maps
• Reduced Clutter
• Faster Loading
• Better Navigation
• Scalable Vector
Graphics
• High quality
images with zoom
in/out
Active
Rogue APs
802.11u location
specific service

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• Integrated Planning Tool
– Import floor plans from 3rd-party tools
– Configure access point placement,
coverage, and other variables
– Generate equipment proposal
• Hierarchical Maps
– Design multiple buildings, floors,
regions
• Location and Voice Readiness Tools
– View performance and coverage
estimates
Easily Visualize the
Ideal RF Environment
Planning Tool
Instant
Access
to Tools
Hierarchical Maps
• Eliminate improper RF designs and coverage problems
• Built-in tools perform site-surveys, RF reassessments and RF readiness evaluation

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• Device Health
(Availability/CPU/Memory) is
automatically turned on once
device is managed
• Advanced Monitoring can be
planned and designed before
actual monitoring
• Advanced monitoring
leverage Cisco Networking
Intelligence (Flexible Netflow,
NBAR/NBAR2, NAM)
• Thresholds can be tied to
packet capture profile for
automatic captures
• Template based configuration to
both wired and wireless devices
from single GUI
• Enable instrumentation on routers
and switches
• Create your own Golden templates
and parameterize it for any device
• Provide the capability to group
together discrete templates into a
single composite template
• Zero Touch Device Deployments
using Automated Branch
Deployment

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High-
Level
view of
managed
devices
Detailed
View for
Selected
Device
Filter by device type,
site groups, and user
defined groups
1-Click Access to day-to-day operational tools !

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Get to the user association history in couple of clicks !!!
IPv6 Visibility
Recognition of IPv6 Global
and Link Local Addresses

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Device Identity
or Profile from
ISE Integration
Policy Information
Including Posture
AAA Override
Parameters
Applied to
Client
Single pane of glass view and lifecycle management for Wired and Wireless

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• Archive and Versioning of Configuration
 Fetch & store all the configurations on network devices.
 Store multiple versions of configurations.
 Job based. for periodic archival
 Detect changes done outside the PI
server and archive the change
• Compare Configuration
 View configurations
 Compare configurations between
versions of same or different devices
 Reporting configuration mismatches
• Rollback Configuration Rollback
 Update the configuration on a device in the network
 Ability to specify which configurations to download.
 Ability to specify options like reboot, write mem etc.
 Job based.

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Import Analyze Distribute

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Alarm
indicator
trickle up the
tree to identify
the problem
area
Alarms can be
expanded to see
the de-duplicated
events
Use pre-defined
or create your
own filters
Click on ad-hoc
filter for keyword
based filtering
Take Actions -
Assign,Annotate,
Notify

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• Less time needed to resolve problems
• Communicate with other Cisco experts
 Integrated Cisco service
request management:
Automates the service
request process
 Create support cases with
Cisco-TAC and partners
 Case status look-up
 Automatic attachment of
problem context to the
support cases

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• PSIRT report based on your
configuration & not just the
IOS version
• EOX Report

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• Hierarchical dash boards that reflect
the converged network status in real
time
• Drill down capabilities to troubleshoot
and arrive at rich set of information in
one click
• User defined dashboards that allows
to create your own view
• Contextual Site, Device, Interface
Application, End User experience
dashboards to display dynamic
network health status
• Service/Domain specific contents
grouped in one view

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• Contextual site based
information from one view
• What services and users will be
affected in my site – Assessed by
looking at Devices that are down in a site
• My Applications are down, who
are the users that are affected
by that – Obtained by looking at
Applications accessed by end users in a
site
• What are the devices that needs
to be replaced or requires
maintenance in my site - Top N
worst devices that are underperforming in
a site
• Are other users in the site
affected by latency in
transaction time - Users having the
most issues in the site

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• Contextual Application based
information from one view
• What are the Top Server and Top
Clients in my network that are
having worst transaction time –
Assessed by looking at the Worst Clients
by transaction time and Application Server
Performance
• Which of my Sites are
experiencing worst transaction
time for any given application –
Obtained by looking at Worst Sites by
transaction time
• Which of my Clients are using
the most bandwidth- Top N Clients
(In and Out)
• How is my Application Traffic
statistics over time- Application
Traffic Analysis dashlet

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• Concise End-User information
about devices from anywhere
within the product
• 360 views available for wired
and wireless Users
• On click shows the following
 OS version and status
 License used/Capacity
 Number of Active Aps
 Number of Active Clients
 CPU and Memory utilization
• Provides snapshot of device(s),
alarms, and application used
per device per user

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• Concise wireless information
about devices from
anywhere within the product
• 360 views available for
wireless Controller & APs
• On click shows the following
•OS version and status
•License used/Capacity
•Number of Active Aps
•Number of Active Clients
•CPU and Mem utilization
• Provides snapshot of
wireless interfaces, alarms
and WLAN

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Identify the
Congested
Interface
View Applications and Clients over the Congested Interface
Change the QOS settings to shape traffic for non-critical applications

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Application/Server Delay Client & Network Delay
AnalysisExperience

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Worst RTP Streams
QOS Policy

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Cisco Prime Collaboration
Cisco Prime Collaboration Overview

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Advantages
• Easier to use – 1 product – 5
Functions
• Easier to install & maintain
• Less training required
• Better aligns with converged
customers deployments
• Speeds site rollouts and
reduces time required to add
and change users and services
• Ensures high quality of service
and timely issue resolution for
a superior end-user experience

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Unified, Simplified Management of Voice and Video Networks
Assurance
Continuous
monitoring and
diagnostics
Analytics
Long term
trending
and analytics
Provisioning
Simplified
deployment
and
configuration

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Packages Description
Single Cluster
• Single user interface with both native features and contextual cross-launch (phased out in future
releases)
• Provisions all services (voice, Cisco® Unified Communications Manager video and Cisco
TelePresence® endpoints, presence, voicemail, mobility)
• Audit log
• Three levels of role-based access control (RBAC)
- System level, advanced ordering level, and basic ordering level (no per-domain-group
granularity)
• LDAP integration, federated or non-federated, per domain group
• Batch provisioning
Standard
Advanced
Multi-Cluster
• Advanced RBAC and delegation; order admins can be assigned to different domain groups of users
• Ordering workflow (approver, MAC assigner, shipper, and receiver)
• Batch import of users, service additions and modifications, and import infrastructure settings
• Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco IOS® infrastructure templates with embedding and
chaining, keywords, and scheduled template-based provisioning
• Northbound workflow API (no longer optional)
• Managed services features

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• Accelerated site rollouts and
reduction in time required to add
users
• Delegation of moves, adds, and
changes to help desk personnel
• Lowering of training requirements
through single user interface for call
control, messaging, and presence
Reduced deployment and operating
costs through:
• Fine-grained, role-based access
control
• Tracking and auditing of all activity
for improved accountability and
troubleshooting
Improved operational consistency
and control:
CUCM
Interfaces
Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager cluster
Cisco Unity
Connect
voicemail
Cisco
Presence
Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager Express,
Cisco Unity Express
Unity
Connect
Interfaces
Cisco IOS®
CME and CUE
Interfaces
Cisco®
Presences
Interfaces
Unity®
Interfaces
Request for
Services
Service Active
Before Cisco Prime Collaboration
Provisioning
With Cisco Prime Collaboration
Provisioning

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Service Active
Request for
Service
Automated
Activation
Cisco® Unified
Communications Manager clusters
Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Express,
Cisco Unity Express
Cisco Unity® and UC
voicemail systems
Cisco Presence
systems
Audit Trail
Native Interface
Provisioning
Multiple Interfaces
Admin decides process
Service activation is more
than 15-20 minutes
Manual and duplicate entry
errors
No centralized tracking for
changes
Manual
Provisioning
Cisco Prime™
Collaboration Provisioning
Unified: One interface
Simplified: Business
process- and user-oriented
Rapid: Less than one minute
for activation
Accurate: Reduce manual
and duplicate entry errors
Tracking: Unified audit trail

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West Coast
Domain San Francisco
Service Area
Doctor
• Color video phone
• International dialing
• Special attributes
• Unified messaging
Nurse
• 7960 or 7940 phones
• No international calling
• Standard attributes
• Voicemail
Lobby Admin
• Monochrome phone
• Sidecars
• Local dialing only
• Restricted attributes
• No voicemail
• Defined CSS
• DN Blocks Defined
• SA Level Attributes Defined
San Jose
Service Area
Doctor
Nurse
Lobby
• Rules and Policies
• Domain-Level Attributes Defined
• Domain Admin Permissions
Subscriber Type
Subscriber Type
Subscriber Type
LA
Service Area
Doctor
Nurse
Lobby

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• Domain groups can be defined to delegate subscriber provisioning
• Domain administrators can be defined to manage one or more domain groups
• Administrators do not need to have accounts on call processors or voicemail processors
in order to manage subscribers
Global Admin: Jane, Rudy, Mike
West Coast
Domain
East Coast
Domain
Domain Admin: MaryDomain Admin: Paul
Multi-Domain Admin: Shashi
France
Domain
Domain Admin: Tom

46. • View the sync status of your devices
• Quickly take a look at the logged and locked users; unlock them with a click
• View license status

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Packages Description
Single Cluster
• Single user interface with both native features and contextual cross-
launch
• Core UC components (CUCM, voicemail, and presence)
• Core video components (TS, VCS, MCU, Conductor)
• Fault and performance metrics and short-term trending (RTMT)
• Configurable performance alerts and email notifications (RTMT)
• TMS ticketing
• Search and status
Multi-Cluster
• Additional component coverage: CCE, CCX, CVP, UC8.6-9.x, gateways,
switches, routers, CMTS, CTS-Man, third-party SNMP
• Health dashboards (top five impacted MOS, trunk group, etc)
• Detail monitoring for endpoints: MOS, call failures, registration
• Auto-discovery, RBAC, grouping and topology views
• Fault and performance views of the network and video conferences
• Service quality (MOS, jitter, packet loss, etc.), call categorization and analysis,
call detail records reports
• Video session troubleshooting using Medianet
• Voice diagnostics views, Medianet call trace, and testing
• Alarm correlation, syslog events
• Managed services (for video only in Unified Communications 10.0; voice on
roadmap)
Standard
Advanced
Analytics
• Technology
adoption
• Capacity analysis
• Service
experience
• Asset usage
• Traffic analysis

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• Single pane of glass for the entire
collaboration network
• Single repository for all collaboration
inventory
Voice and video management
• View network status at a glance
• Quickly identify potential problems
• Instantly access troubleshooting tools
Dashboard summary
• Facilitates event notification reduction
• Email and SNMP forwarding
Alarm correlation
• Simulate traffic
• Test circuits and end points
Proactive troubleshooting

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• Phones, servers, and infrastructure
• Cluster-level groupings
Full voice network view
• KPI grouped by device type
• Multiple statistic overlay graphs
Diagnostic portal
• Run both real-time and scheduled
tests
• Check for dial tone, registration, and
end-to-end communication
• Test links with IPSLA to isolate jitter
and packet loss
• Verify emergency calling and phone
features are working
Diagnostic testing

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• View all sessions – scheduled,
completed, or in progress
• Rapidly isolate problems to the network
or endpoint
• Identify latency, jitter, and packet loss
End-to-end monitoring
• View end-to-end video session paths
over Cisco® and third-party devices
• On Cisco routers, view CPU, memory,
and interface statistics to locate
bottlenecks in the network
• On Cisco Medianet routers, view jitter
and packet loss statistics and DSCP
information to pinpoint hot spots
affecting session quality
Real-time diagnostics

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• Quickly know the user impact and Unified Communications services availability
• Navigate to troubleshoot and arrive at detailed set of information in one click
• Find congested locations and high-cost resource usage

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Phone outages: Locating and troubleshooting
to find the problem area is made easier
Problematic
Switch
The Endpoints Health Summary dashlet acts
as a single location to monitor IP phones.
New, integrated best practices flow pinpoints
the potential locations where users are
impacted.
Further navigation pinpoints the potential
devices and outages contributing to user
impact. Problematic
switch
Knowing unplugged phones exist, to locating the exact problem switch takes just two clicks

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• Identify the telepresence endpoints with call-
quality events
• Check the call-quality events according to
other impairment details such as jitter and
latency
• Click on 1 day, 1 week, or 4 weeks
• View as chart or grid options
• Navigate to look at all the events in one click

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• Quickly know the utilization of your Cisco TelePresence® endpoints
• See the top 10 “No Show” endpoints
• Find the number of telepresence sessions for one day, one week, and four weeks

56. • Bandwidth usage for top five WAN traffic locations
• Health summary for your Unified Communications applications
• Find the utilization for video ports and conferencing devices

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EaseValidationofNetworkReadinessPriortoNewVideoEndpointDeployments
• With Cisco® Medianet IPSLA VO,
generate synthetic traffic between
Medianet-enabled midpoints to
simulate a Cisco TelePresence® call
• Analyze results for any network
degradation
• Take action to correct network
degradation (e.g. add bandwidth)
• Run an IPSLA VO test again and
compare results
• This feature can also be used before
VIP sessions to determine if they will
be successful
I need to
add
bandwidth!
This session
will be
successful!

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Capacity Analysis
• Busy-hour trunk analysis
• CAC bandwidth use
analysis
• Conferencing (MCUs)
use
• Trunk use analysis
Traffic Analysis
• Dialed-number analysis
• Off-net calls analysis
• Call traffic per location
analysis
• Traffic-type (external,
internal, local, etc. calls)
analysis
Technology Adoption
• Endpoint deployment trend
• Endpoint model and type
use trend
• Voice and video technology
use trend
Asset Use
• Least-usedendpoints analysis
• No-show Cisco
TelePresence® rooms trends*
• Most-used Cisco
TelePresence* endpoints
Service Experience
• Call-failure trends
• Service quality distribution
by location
• Most affected endpoints
analysis
* Planned for Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.5 release

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Technology Adoption
Service Experience
• Shows the weekly progress of collaboration deployments
• Breaks down the way endpoints are being used by type,
model and shows audio / video usage trends
• Identifies call failure trends, long-term service quality
distribution by location, and most impacted endpoints
• Identifies traffic patterns, top traffic locations and top traffic
destinations
Capacity Analysis and Asset Usage
Traffic Analysis
• Tracks Average Bouncing Busy Hour and top/bottom trunk,
conferencing (MCU), and CAC bandwidth utilization
• Tracks underutilized endpoints
• Tracks dialed numbers, off-net calls, call traffic per location
and traffic type (external, internal, local, and more)

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Cisco NetworkAnalysis
Module (NAM)
OverviewPresentation

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Deliver network visibility to optimize resources,
troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure
consistent end-user experience
• Improves operational efficiency
• Provides enhanced application
performance visibility across the
network
• Reduces total cost of ownership

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• Pre-packaged dashboards
• Packet Capture Error Scan
• Combined packet and flow analysis

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NAM Product
Family
SPAN ERSPAN RSPAN NetFlow CEF VACL WAAS
Cisco Prime Virtual
NAM (vNAM)
The unique design of the NAM combines a rich set of embedded data
collection and performance analytics with a remotely accessible, Web-
based management console, all on a single blade or appliance
Integrated Management &
Reporting Console
PA
Cat6500/C7600 Series
NAM1, NAM2 BladesCat6500 Series NAM3 Blade
Cisco Prime NAM for ISR
G2 SRE
Cisco Prime NAM for
Nexus 1100 Series
NAM 2300 Series Appliance
NAM-NX for N7K

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• Enhanced Packet Capture
and Analysis
• Overlay Network Visibility
(OTV/Fabric
Path/VXLAN/LISP)
• Trustsec SGT Awareness
• CAPWAP Decode and
Analytics
• Scheduled Reports
NEW!
Supported on All NAM Form-Factors

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Transaction Time -
MySQL
Last 1 hour
TroubleshootApplication Performance Issues
7
9
What is the
transaction time
trend for MySQL?
Transaction Time – MySQL (over DCI
link only)
Last 1 hour
What about the
transactions over the
DCI link?
Significant number of
responses are over 1
sec
Identify the server
with high Server
Response Time

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• Packet Capture and Decodes
• Packet Capture Error Scan
• Port and Interface statistics
• Gain consolidated view of
network performance and
resource usage
 Drill-down to NAM for flow- and
packet –level performance
analytics and troubleshooting
 Use Published API’s for in-depth
Integration or use NDE for
aggregated reporting
WAN
Cisco
Nexus
1000V
VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4
NAM
Form-
Factors
Partners: Prime Infrastructure,
Compuware, CA/NetQoS,
Netscout, Others
Data Roll-Up
Data Drill-
down

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Prime Advanced Service Portfolio
DC & Virtualization
Collaboration
Borderless Networks
Prime Infrastructure --
Lifecycle
Prime Infrastructure --
Assurance
Prime LMS
Deployment
2 Week Engagement 2 Week Engagement
• Develop application
monitoring design
• Examples: Netflow, NBAR,
NAM, Performance Agent
• Tuning of the alarms and
thresholds for applications
2 Week Engagement
• Knowledge transfer (shadowing of
deployment)
• Customized User Groups (Limited to 7)
• Basic segmentation (Site, Device Group
and Virtual Domains--Limited to 15 ea)
• Coordinate pre-discovery and device
requirements
• Discovery of the network infrastructure
(supported devices only)
• Troubleshooting discovery issues
• Tuning of the alarms and thresholds
• Knowledge transfer (shadowing of
deployment)
• Customized User Groups (Limited to
7)
• Basic segmentation (Site, Device
Group and Virtual Domains--Limited to
15 ea)
• Coordinate pre-discovery and device
requirements
• Discovery of the network infrastructure
(supported devices only)
• Troubleshooting discovery issues
• Tuning of the alarms and thresholds

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(including Assurance)
Americas
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EMEAR
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Day Prime Demo Series Topic Same Time Same Place
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(including Assurance) 9:30 AM GMT
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PrimeDemoSeries
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• Detailed, 18-segment Quick Start VoDs cover
essentials of how to download, deploy,
configure and customize Prime Infrastructure.
• Available on Cisco’s YouTube Channel & PEC
• VoD Series available here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7406F0EF2BC7DED
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www.cisco.com/go/prime
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
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Cisco Prime Collaboration
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Prime Demos, VoDs, Online Training, Evaluations
www.cisco.com/go/prime-demo

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74. Thank you.

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Prime Infrastructure
Architecture & Deployment
Technical Details

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• Virtual Appliance
 Virtual Appliances are supported on ESXi 4.1 and 5.0 and above with VMFS
3.1 and 5.0 resp.
 UCS B-Series with external storage is recommended way to deploy Prime
Infrastructure
• Physical Appliance
Prime Infrastructure Appliance comes pre-installed with Prime Infrastructure
2.0
Deploying Cisco Prime NCS Virtual Appliance on CiscoWorks Wireless LAN
Solution Engine (WLSE) models 1130-19 or 1133 is not supported.
Physical Appliances are field upgradable

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• PI supports High Availability in Active/Standby mode
• Failover can be automatic or manual
• Automatic failover is triggered by database check, Server check ,
Heartbeat
Prime
Infrastructure
Primary
Primary
Health Monitor
Prime
Infrastructure
Secondary
Secondary
Health Monitor
Primary
DB
Secondary
DB
Heartbeat
(Every 5s ) /
3 times
Database Sync
Check
Database

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• Centralized Data Visibility
- Visibility into multiple PI
instances on one screen
- Single search capability
- Consolidated reports
- Max 20 PI instances
Static Data Device
Affinity
Device
Affinity
Prime Infrastructure Instances
Prime Infrastructure Collectors
Prime Infrastructure (Cluster Console)
Static /
Network Data
Static /
Network Data
Static /
Network Data
Static /
Network Data
Phase 1
Single Pane of
Glass Monitoring
• Unified Assets
View
• Unified Alarms
View
• Unified Clients
views
• Consolidated
Reports
• Consolidated
Dashlets
• Consolidated
Search

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Prime Infrastructure
Scalability & Hardware Sizing
Technical Details

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• Cisco UCS can be used as a virtual infrastructure deployment. i.e ESX/ESXi running on UCS should be okay if the VM
requirements are met.
• Physical Appliances are field upgradable
• Prime Infrastructure Appliance that comes pre-installed with Prime Infrastructure 2.0
• Deploying Cisco Prime NCS Virtual Appliance on CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) models 1130-19 or 1133
is not supported.
Physical
Appliance
Physical CPU Memory HDD Size Throughput
(Disk I/O)
Web Clients API Clients
Cisco Prime
Appliance
8 Cores
(16 Threads)
32 GB 900 GB
(4x300GB RAID5)
200 MBps 25 5
Virtual
Appliance Size
Virtual
CPU
Memory
(DRAM)
HDD Size Throughput
(Disk I/O)
Express 4 12 GB 300 GB 200 MBps
Standard 16 16 GB 900 GB 200 MBps
Pro 16 24 GB 1200 GB 200 MBps

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Supported Scale for Express/Standard/Pro Configurations
Parameter Express Standard Pro
Max Unified AP 300 5000 20,000
Max Controllers 5 500 1,000
Max Autonomous AP 300 3,000 3,000
Devices
Max Wired 300 6000 13,000
NAMs 5 500 1,000
Max device count not to exceed 500 15,000 48,000
Wired Clients 6,000 50,000 50,000
Wireless Clients 4,000 75,000 200,000
Changing Clients 1000 25,000 40,000
Events Sustained Rate (events/sec) 100 300 1000
Netflow Rate (flows/second) 3000 16,000 80,000
Concurrent GUI Clients 5 25 25
Concurrent API Clients 2 5 5
Max Number Sites/Campus 200 2,500 2,500
Max Groups :
(User Defined + Out of the Box + Device
Groups + Port Groups) 50 150 150
Max Virtual Domains 100 1,000 1,000
Max Interfaces 12,000 250,000 350,000
Max NAM Data Polling enabled 5 20 40
Mapping of PI 1.x to 2.x
OVA/Bundle/SKU
(In) PI 1.x (Maps to) PI
2.x
Small Express
Medium Custom
Express
Large Standard
Extra
Large
Pro

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Cisco NetworkAnalysis
Module (NAM)
BackupSlides

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• 15 Gbps Traffic Monitoring Throughput
• Enhanced Packet Capture Performance with External Storage
• IEEE 1588 based Accurate Time Synchronization
• Advanced Hardware and Software Filters
• Cisco Prime NAM 5.1(2) Software

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Internal Hard Disk
(600 GB SAS)
SAS Controller FPGA
Backplane Connector
Memory (24 GB)
miniSAS
10GE SFP+ /
FCoE
1GE/1588
Sync CPU
2 x Intel Westmere
2GHz (6 Core)

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Integrated Application Intelligence and Deep Network Visibility
100
Cisco Nexus 7K Series Switches
NAM-NX
NEW!
PRECISION
PACKET
TIMESTAMPS
Based on PTP/1588
time synchronization
NETWORK
INTELLIGENCE
OTV, Fabric Path,
Trustsec, VXLAN,
CAPWAP
PERFORMANCE
ANALYTICS
Application Response
Time, MOS, Jitter
APPLICATION
VISIBILITY
Layer 2-7 Deep Packet
Inspection
EXTENDED
CAPTURE
STORAGE
Choices across Mini-
SAS, FCoE, or iSCSI

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Application Awareness, Deeper Network Analytics and Deployment Flexibility
101
VERSATILITY Support ESXi, Hyper-V
and KVM
DEPLOYMENT
FLEXIBILITY
Multi-Tenant, Remote
Site, Wireless Access, …
PERFORMAN
CE
ANALYTICS
NETWORK
INTELLIGENC
E
OTV, Trustsec, VXLAN,
CAPWAP
Application Response
Time, MOS, Jitter
APPLICATION
VISIBILITY
Layer 2-7 Deep Packet
InspectionvNAM New!

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• UCS C220 M3 based appliance
• Two Intel Xeon E5-2609 processors
(2.4 GHz)
• 48 GB DDR3 memory
• 8x1TB hot-swappable, industry
standard SATA II drives
• RAID1 on two drives with operating
system and embedded performance
database; RAID5 on rest of the drives
for packet captures
• Monitoring Ports: 4x1 Gbps SFP or RJ-
45 Interfaces
• Management Port: 10/100/1000 RJ-45
An all-purpose analytics
solution
Well suited for deployments in
the Enterprise Unified Access,
Campus, WAN
Edge/Aggregation and
Managed remote sites (MSP).

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• UCS C240 M3-based appliance
• Two Intel Xeon E5-2640 processors
(2.5 GHz)
• 48 GB DDR3 memory
• 16x1TB hot-swappable, industry
standard SATA II drives, option to
extend to 24 drives
• RAID1 on two drives with operating
system and embedded performance
database; RAID5 on rest of the drives
for packet captures
• Monitoring Ports: 2x10 Gbps SFP+
Interfaces
• Management Port: 10/100/1000 RJ-45
A continuous packet capture
device with full analytics.
Well suited for deployments in
the Enterprise/SP Data Center,
Enterprise Campus core,
Wireless IP-RAN