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Release Notes for Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module 6.2

June 01, 2015

This document provides general information about Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (Prime NAM) Release 6.2 software.

This document includes the following sections:

- Introduction

- System Requirements

- New and Changed Features in Release 6.2

- Important Information

- Restrictions and Limitations

- Known and Resolved Problems in Release 6.2

- Cisco Bug Search

- EOL/EOS Products

- Accessibility Features in Cisco Prime NAM Release 6.2

- Documentation

Introduction

Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM) gives network administrators a holistic view of how the network is performing and how users are experiencing the delivery of applications and services. Comprehensive visibility helps you to:

- Optimize network resources

- Troubleshoot performance issues

- Deliver consistent performance levels

Cisco Prime NAM provides the following functionality:

- Interactive dashboards with purpose-designed workflows, contextual navigation, and one-click captures

- Comprehensive traffic statistics and application and voice/video performance metrics

- Visibility into overlay networks such as OTV, LISP, and VXLAN

- Detailed troubleshooting with insightful packet captures, advanced filters, and error scan

- Centralized management with Cisco Prime Infrastructure

For compatibility and device support details, see the NAM Compatibility Matrix . For more information about Prime NAM features for specific platforms, see the product data sheets available on Cisco.com .

System Requirements

For details about Cisco Prime NAM system requirements, see your respective installation documentation on Cisco.com.

For compatibility information on platform hardware and software, managed devices, and other support details, see the NAM Compatibility Matrix . Starting with this release NAM-2204, NAM-2220, and SM-SRE are no longer supported.

New and Changed Features in Release 6.2

This section contains:

- New and Changed Features in Prime NAM Release 6.2

- Supported Upgrade Paths

- Supported Device and Feature Information

- Supported Browsers

Table 1 provides a detailed list of new features and functions and enhancements to Release 6.2. You can use the topic that appears in column three to search the user guide on Cisco.com.

For Cisco Prime NAM features and benefits, see the data sheets for your specific platform, on Cisco.com .

Table 1 New and Changed Features in Prime NAM Release 6.2

Feature

Description

See...

New Features

Smart Licensing

Allows you to extend the evaluation period and permanently use the vNAM without expiration. It also allows you to increase the traffic rate that you can monitor on vNAM, for the purchased license.

See section “SMART Licensing” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details .

GUI idle timeout

To prevent unauthorized access to the NAM an idle timeout value can be set in Administration > System > Preferences page.

See Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details .

Support for UCSE

vNAM supports deployment on UCSE. You can install UCSE vNAM on VMware ESXi, RHEL KVM Hypervisor.

See Chapter “Installing Cisco UCSE Virtual Network Analysis Module” in Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM) Installation and Configuration Guide for more details.

Support for ACL capture on Nexus 7000 Series

Allows you to configure an ACL capture to selectively monitor traffic on an interface or VLAN. When you enable the capture option for an ACL rule, packets that match this rule are either forwarded or dropped based on the specified permit or deny action and will also be copied to an alternate destination port for further analysis.

See section “Configuring ACL Capture on Nexus 7000 Series” in Cisco Prime Virtual Network Analysis Module (vNAM) Installation and Configuration Guide for more details.

Image signing

Starting with the NAM 6.2 release, NAM images are digitally signed to prevent tampering. Installation of a signed image will abort if the signature is invalid.

See Upgrading the Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module Software for more details.

Export AVC information through NetFlow Export Templates

NAM allows you create, edit and delete NetFlow Export templates.

See section “Setting Up Data Export” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Video monitor

To monitor the Video streams, choose Analyze > Media > Video Streams from the NAM UI. The Video Streams window allows you to view video stream information, summary statistics on the stream, and per-interval statistics.

See chapter “Monitoring and Analyzing Traffic” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Enhancement or Removed Features

File Sharing to external storage via SMB or SFTP

Allows you to download the NAM data such as capture files and scheduled reports to external storage.

See section “Sharing Files” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

NAM in RISE environment

When NAM is in RISE environment, the VDC selector will be displayed. You can view the VDC selector in Analyze > Managed Device > Interface page.

You can configure LOCAL SPAN session on the SUP using RISE. This option is available for NAM appliance with Nexus 7000 devices only.

See Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Next Generation NAM 2400 Series Appliances

This release provides support for next generation NAM 2440 and NAM 2420 appliances.

See Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM) 2400 Series Appliances Installation and Configuration Guide.

High speed ERSPAN  on NAM appliances

The vNAM, NAM 2300 and 2400 series appliances will support ERSPAN termination on the data ports.

See section “Sample Configuration of ERSPAN Source” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

TCP Flags to capture software filters

You can define a software filter to filter based on TCP flag bits.

See section “Understanding Software Capture Filter Options” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Data source labeling and data port aggregation

NAM allows you to combine two or more data sources to generate a consolidated report for analyzing the traffic. Data source labeling is supported on all platforms, whereas data port aggregation is supported only on NAM 2300/2400 and NAM-3.

See section “Aggregating Data Ports Using the Web GUI” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Workflow enhancements

Enhancements include:

- Endpoint global search drill down

- Host conversation detailed views

- Application response time distribution

- Consistency in Application Transaction Time reporting

- NBAR2 protocol pack upload tips

- URL monitoring support on multiple data ports and ERSPAN

See Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Support for secure transfer protocol (sftp/https)

You should enable HTTPS server to allow secure connections to the NAM GUI.

iVxLAN decoding

NAM supports troubleshooting traffic on fabric ports.

Save scheduled exports to local disk

NAM allows you to download and rename a scheduled report.

See section “Scheduling Data Report Exports” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Support site/application/DSCP config's backup and restore

NAM allows you to import or export the site, application, and DSCP details.

See section “Importing/Exporting Configuration Details” in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Dashboard title change

The following dashboard titles have been changed:

Response Time Summary Screen

- From “TOP N Server Response by Server Response Time” to “TOP N Server-Applications by Server Response Time”

- From “TOP N Clients by Transaction Time” to “TOP N Client-Applications by Transaction Time”

- From “TOP N Servers by Bits (In and Out)” to “TOP N Servers by Traffic Rate (In + Out)”

- From “TOP N Clients by Bits (In and Out)” to “Top N Clients by Traffic Rate (In + Out)”

Site Summary Screen

- From “TOP N Site Pairs by Traffic” to “TOP N Application Traffic by Site to Site”

- From “TOP N Sites by Average MOS” to “TOP N Worst Site to Site by Average MOS”

See Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide for more details.

Supported Upgrade Paths

This section includes the supported upgrade paths to NAM 6.2.

- Release 6.1(1) to 6.2

- Release 6.0(2) to 6.2

- Release 6.0(1) to 6.2

- Release 5.1.x to 6.2

For details about how to upgrade Prime NAM, see Upgrading to Cisco Prime NAM . This document contains upgrade commands that work across all supported releases.

Note To improve the performance of monitoring Data Center protocols such as VxLAN, FabricPath, OTV, LISP, Segment ID, VNTag, and FCoE, we recommend that you upgrade the FPGA image in your Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NAM-NX1. For details on how to upgrade your FPGA image, see FPGA/EPLD Upgrade Note for Cisco Prime NAM-NX1, 6.0.

Supported Device and Feature Information

For supported Cisco devices, see the latest information in the NAM Compatibility Matrix on Cisco.com.

Supported Browsers

Prime NAM supports the following browsers:

- Mozilla Firefox ESR 31

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Important Information

KVM vNAM performance numbers are lower than the targeted value.

Restrictions and Limitations

This section contains important restrictions and limitation as follows:

- When the Nexus 7000 device has F2/F2E card and source is set as F2/F2E, ACL capture is only supported with destination to single NAM port, and is not supported for the following conditions:

– when destination is set to non-NAM port

– when multi-destination is set to NAM ports

– when multi-destination is set to NAM and non-NAM ports

For more details, see Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide, 6.2 .

Known and Resolved Problems in Release 6.2

For a complete list of known and resolved bugs and enhancements for this release, use the Cisco Bug Search tool.

Cisco Bug Search

Bug Search Tool (BST), the online successor to Bug Toolkit, is designed to improve our customers' effectiveness in network risk management and device troubleshooting.

BST allows partners and customers to search for software bugs based on product, release, and keyword, and aggregates key data such as bug details, product, and version. The service has provision to filter bugs based on credentials to provide external and internal bug views for the search input.

To use the BST to search for a specific bug or to search for all bugs in a release:

Step 1 Go to https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch .

Step 2 At the Log In screen, enter your registered Cisco.com username and password; then, click Log In . The Bug Search page opens.

Note If you do not have a Cisco.com username and password, you can register for them at https://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.

Step 3 To search for a specific bug, enter the bug ID in the Search For field and press Return.

Step 4 To search for bugs in the current release:

a. In the Search For field, enter Prime Network Analysis Module 6.2 and press Return. (Leave the other fields empty.)

b. When the search results are displayed, use the filter tools to find the types of bugs you are looking for. You can search for bugs by modified date, status, severity, and so forth.

Tip To export the results to a spreadsheet, click the Export All to Spreadsheet link.

Please see Bug Search Tools & Resources on Cisco.com. For more details on the tool overview and functionalities, check out the help page, located at http://www.cisco.com/web/applicat/cbsshelp/help.html

EOL/EOS Products

For information on older Cisco NAM platform and software releases not listed, see the End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Products pages:

- For software: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/eos-eol-listing.html

- For services modules: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/interfaces-modules/services-modules/eos-eol-notice-listing.html

Accessibility Features in Cisco Prime NAM Release 6.2

For a list of accessibility features in Prime NAM Release 6.2, see the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) on the Cisco website, or contact accessibility@cisco.com .

All product documents are accessible except for images, graphics, and some charts. If you would like to receive the product documentation in audio format, braille, or large print, contact accessibility@cisco.com.

Documentation

You can access the following additional Prime NAM guides on Cisco.com. For other documentation related to Prime NAM, see Related Documentation.

Note We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

- Cisco Prime NAM Documentation Overview

- Installation and Configuration Guides—All platforms

- Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module User Guide

- Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module Command Reference Guide

- Open Source Used in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module

- Release Notes for Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module 6.2 (this document)

Related Documentation

For additional information about other product documentation see the Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module Documentation Overview on Cisco.com. For platform-related software and hardware documentation, see the Related Documentation section in your Cisco NAM installation guides.

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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