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Requirements for the Network Analysis Module

Software Requirements

NAM and IOS Software Requirements for Virtual Switch System

Hardware Requirements

Browser Requirements

Requirements for the Network Analysis Module

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This chapter describes the software and hardware requirements to support the Catalyst 6500 series switch or Cisco 7600 series router NAM. This chapter contains these sections:

•Software Requirements

•Hardware Requirements

•Browser Requirements

Software Requirements

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Note Starting with maintenance image release 2.1(1), there is a single maintenance image for services modules. Refer to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cat6000-serv-maint

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Table 2-1 lists the NAM software compatibility requirements for Catalyst operating system software and Cisco IOS software and NAM software.

Table 2-1 Minimum Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Series IOS and CatOS Versions Required for NAM 4.1

Chassis	Supervisor Card	SXF	SXH	SXI	SRA	SRB	SRC	Other	CatOS
Catalyst 6500 Switches	SUP32	12.2(18) SXF	12.2(33) SXH(1)	12.2(33) SXI
	SUP 32 PISA							12.2(18) ZY(1)
	SUP720	12.2(18) SXF	12.2(33) SXH(1)	12.2(33) SXI					CatOS 8.2(1)
	SUP720-10GE		12.2(33) SXH(1)	12.2(33) SXI
7600 Series Routers	SUP32	12.2(18) SXF			12.2(33) SRA(1)	12.2(33) SRB(1)	12.2(33) SRC
	SUP720	12.2(18) SXF			12.2(33) SRA(1)	12.2(33) SRB(1)	12.2(33) SRC
	RSP720-1G						12.2(33) SRC
	RSP720-10GE							12.2(33) SRD

NAM and IOS Software Requirements for Virtual Switch System

Table 2-2 lists the NAM and IOS software requirements for NAM blades used in a Cisco Virtual Switch System (VSS) environment.

Table 2-2 NAM and IOS Software Requirements for VSS

NAM	NAM Software	IOS Software
WS-SVC-NAM-1	NAM 3.6.1a or later	IOS 12.2(33) SXH(1) or later
WS-SVC-NAM-2
WS-SVC-NAM-1-250S	NAM 3.6.1b or later
WS-SVC-NAM-2-250S

Hardware Requirements

Table 2-3 lists the NAM hardware releases that are supported by Catalyst operating system software and Cisco IOS software.

Table 2-3 NAM Hardware Compatibility

Module	Catalyst OS Software	Cisco IOS Software	Platform
WS-SVC-NAM-1 WS-SVC-NAM-1-250S WS-SVC-NAM-2 WS-SVC-NAM-2-250S	SUP720	SUP720 SUP32 RSP720-1G SUP720-10G RSP720-10G	•Catalyst 6500 Series Switches •Cisco 7600 Series Routers

Browser Requirements

Table 2-4 describes the browser requirements for all platforms. Cisco recommends the Interne Explorer browser, but Mozilla Firefox is also supported.

Table 2-4 Browser Requirements 

Browser	Versions	Client Platform	JVM Support1
Internet Explorer	6.0 (with Service Pack 2) 7.0	•Windows •Windows Vista •Windows XP Professional	•Java Plug-In 1.5.0_11
Firefox	2.0, 3.0	•Windows •Windows XP Professional •Solaris •Linux (RHEL)

1 A Java plug-in might be required to use the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

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Note Although Traffic Analyzer does not require a Java plug-in, you might be required to use the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java plug-in versions listed have been tested for browsers that require a plug-in for the JVM. Cisco recommends JRE Version 5.0 Update 6.

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