Network Performance Management

Gain insight into how traffic usage is impacting network performance

In just one click you can quickly understand which sites/routers are experiencing link over-subscription and even understand which interfaces are running at the highest capacities. In addition, you will have visibility into the application traffic flowing across the entire enterprise.

One click views of busiest sites, interfaces and applications, devices and interfaces. (Click to view larger image)

Site Performance Views

Site performance views provide correlated application performance and usage metrics on a single screen with just one click! The breadth of visibility and depth of analysis provided will arm your IT organization with actionable visibility to diagnose networked application performance problems and isolate problem domain.

The site overview page provides visibility into all facets of an individual's sites performance including Utilization, Response Time, Heaviest Utilized Applications, and the associated conversations. (click to view larger image)

The site detail overview provides visibility into the performance of each site regardless of whether you are monitoring 20 or 2,000 sites. (click to view larger image)

Validating WAN optimization investment and impact on application performance

WAN optimization solutions provide a way to improve the performance of applications without having to upgrade wide area services. In order to prove out the investment, IT organizations need to be able to demonstrate a positive impact on application performance after the deployment of these solutions. Visual Performance Manager provides visibility of application performance in environments where Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) is deployed.

Showing the impact of Cisco WAAS on Data Transfer Time (DDT). DTT is reduced after deployment and increased back to predeployment level after WAAS optimization is turned off. (click to view larger image)	Comparing overall End-user Response Time of an application with optimization applied and one without. (click to view larger image)
Validate correct policy has been applied to the application by clicking on the transactions graph to see the specific Cisco WAAS optimization scheme has been applied to each transaction. (click to view larger image)

Visibility into the LAN, WAN and data center

IT organizations today are faced with the growing challenge of adequately managing performance across distributed networks in today’s complex environments. In order to be effective, IT organizations must have broad visibility and deep analytics to optimize delivery of business services.

In order to understand how usage is affecting overall network performance, managers need to have an end-to-end view of the network from the data center to remote sites and all points in between. Visual Performance manager provides the 'what, where and when' information they need to maximize uptime and minimize negative impacts on performance.

An intuitive user interface provides granular visibility of correlated data across the entire infrastructure giving the right long-term and real-time views to the right people.

Visual Performance Manager provides in depth application views for TCP and UDP including critical N tier applications. (click to view larger image)

Managing network convergence

The complexity of managing IP networks handling data, voice and video requires tools that provide the insight needed to make informed decisions about capacity management, quality-of-service provisioning and forward capacity planning.

Convergence is driving the need for real-time and historical reporting on all traffic types to ensure optimal delivery of services in this environment. Broad and deep visibility allows users to see all conversations, protocols, applications and bandwidth usage across the entire infrastructure and provides quality of service visibility.

Optimize MPLS performance

In order to effectively monitor and manage MPLS networks, there is a need to monitor traffic flows to and from all network segments. Any-to-any site connectivity introduces complexity requiring complete visibility of network performance between sites, and network managers must be able to ensure proper class of service configuration, while validating carrier SLAs. Security concerns include P2P, Hacking, Virus and multicast applications.

When managing the performance of an MPLS network, a true picture of application and traffic flows is necessary to ensure an informed investment and better understand if infrastructure build out is needed or if network optimization will solve performance problems.

Get Summary views of network and application performance. (click to view larger image)