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Managing the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch
Network management applications are instrumental in lowering operating expenditures (OpEx) while improving
network availability by simplifying and automating many of the day-to-day tasks associated with managing an
end-to-end network. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches offer both a superior CLI for detailed configuration
and Cisco Prime
and ongoing provisioning, ongoing monitoring and maintenance, configuration templates, and device and user
360-degree views and serves as the FNF collector for user traffic views using the Prime Assurance Manager
module.
For detailed information about Cisco Prime infrastructure, go to
www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/index.html.
Unified Access One Management
Cisco Prime Infrastructure combines the wireless functionality of
the wired functionality of
monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of
This single solution can enable IT organizations to consolidate tools and converge workflows, reducing operational
overhead and increasing productivity. It provides a new operational model based on lifecycle processes aligned
with the way network operators do their jobs.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides:
Converged wired and wireless management of access, branch, and wide area networks
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Comprehensive network lifecycle management, including user access visibility, inventory, configuration
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management, plug and play, radio frequency planning, and best practices reporting
End-to-end application and service assurance visibility to quickly isolate and troubleshoot performance
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issues, using technologies such as flexible NetFlow, Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR), and
Medianet Performance Agent
Prime 360 Experience providing a relational, multidimensional view of users, applications, and network to
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simplify the diagnostics and remediation of network and service affecting issues
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is built with scalability and extensibility in mind. It has the ability to manage global
enterprise networks with thousands of network devices and hundreds of thousands of access devices, or smaller
commercial networks with the same level of control and resiliency. It also provides powerful REST-based APIs
enabling IT and service organizations to gather and distribute network information for operations, capacity
planning, automation, and business intelligence.
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infrastructure for unified wired plus wireless management. Prime infrastructure provides day 0
Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution
Cisco Prime Network Control System
(LMS) with rich application performance
Cisco Prime Assurance Manager.
(NCS) and
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