Monitor and Troubleshoot Multicast Networks

Simplify multicast monitoring and troubleshooting of with Cisco Multicast Manager. This Web-based network management application is ideal for:

• Enterprise customers that employ multicast for financial market data
• Cable operators that use multicast to transport video over IP
• Service providers that need to manage a multicast VPN (MVPN) environment

Cisco Multicast Manager includes:

• Automated multicast discovery
• Active polling engine
• Real-time multicast diagnostics
• Alerting and reporting
• Cisco Catalyst 6500/7600 multicast diagnostics

Cisco Multicast Manager introduces several new features that will help customers manage, monitor, and troubleshoot multicast networks:

• Video operations solution: Provides monitoring support for video probes to detect poor-quality video
• Enhanced address management database: Indicates which video channels are being affected when problems with specific multicast groups are detected
• Monitoring and diagnostics for MVPNs
• Support for one-time passwords with TACACS
• Support for the Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) and Cisco Advanced Services Routers (ASR)

Several licensing options allow a wide range of enterprise and service provider deployments without restricting functionality or expandability. Additional licensing options allow customers with small or medium-sized networks to purchase scaled-down versions of the application based on number of devices.