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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 9 Cisco Traffic Analyzer
Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Performance Manager
Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Performance Manager
Performance Manager works in conjunction with Cisco Traffic Analyzer to monitor and manage the
traffic on your fabric. Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Performance Manager requires the following
components:
• A configured Fibre Channel Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) destination (SD) port to forward Fibre
Channel traffic.
• A Port Analyzer Adapter 2 (PAA-2) to convert the Fibre Channel traffic to Ethernet traffic.
• Cisco Traffic Analyzer software to analyze the traffic from the PAA-2.
Note We recommend that you install Traffic Analyzer and Performance Manager on separate servers. Linux
server is recommended for installing Traffic Analyzer.
Figure 9-2 shows how Performance Manager works with Cisco Traffic Analyzer to monitor traffic on
your fabric.
Figure 9-2 Overview of Performance Manager Working with Cisco Traffic Analyzer
Understanding the PAA-2
The PAA-2 enables effective, low-cost analysis of Fibre Channel traffic. The device is a standalone Fibre
Channel-to-Ethernet adapter, designed primarily to analyze SPAN traffic from a Fibre Channel port on
a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. The main function of the Port Analyzer Adapter 2 is to encapsulate
Fibre Channel frames into Ethernet frames. This allows low-cost analysis of Fibre Channel traffic while
leveraging the existing Ethernet infrastructure.
The PAA-2 allows you to examine Fibre Channel frames of various sizes. Fibre Channel frames from
Layers 2, 3, and 4 may be examined without network disruption.
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