Cisco N7K-SM-NAM-9G-K9 Network Switch Module Networking

Virtualization and cloud technologies present exciting opportunities for business transformation, innovative service delivery models, and improved economics. At the same time, they introduce a new dimension of service delivery challenges that demand real-time application and network visibility to boost operational agility.

The Cisco Nexus® 7000 Network Analysis Module (NAM-NX1) is a high-performance services module that offers comprehensive application awareness, rich performance analytics, and deep network visibility to simplify data center operations. It empowers network administrators with actionable details to characterize application experience, optimize use of network resources, and troubleshoot performance issues, improving service delivery in today’s dynamic IT environment.

Integrated with Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches, the Cisco® NAM-NX1 delivers the visibility you need to take maximum advantage of the fabric for efficient service delivery in a distributed environment. It helps you to:

- Monitor application experience and isolate the cause of latency in the event of performance degradation.
- Gain deeper insight into virtualization and overlay technologies such as OTV, LISP, and VXLAN to optimally design the network for distributed and efficient services delivery. For instance, in OTV environments, Cisco NAM-NX1 can look inside each overlay to provide traffic statistics, application performance metrics, and their breakdown by host, applications, conversations, and ways to help you analyze and ensure effective use of these technologies.
- Accelerate troubleshooting with interactive reports and purpose-built workflows; you can analyze data in the context of the specific application, site, client, and server; and extend visibility consistently across physical and virtual environments.
- Preserve investment in existing management assets, supporting integration using standards-based API.

Designed to meet the rigorous demands of the data center, Cisco NAM-NX1 takes advantage of leading edge hardware and backplane integration with the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis. The integration provides greater investment protection, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), improved power management, and reduced the network footprint saving premium rack space. It also enables collection of packets from the backplane, continuously or on demand, ensuring high reliability and accurate analytics.