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Suitable for single switch deployment, Cisco Monitor Manager Embedded allows you to run the Cisco XNC and Cisco Monitor Manager applications directly on Cisco Nexus 3000 or 3100 Series switches. This allows data centers to create a low-cost switch-based network traffic monitoring solution that is deployed on a single switch.
Cisco Extensible Network Controller (Cisco XNC) is a software platform that serves as an interface between the network elements (southbound) and third-party applications (northbound). Cisco XNC is a JVM-based application that runs on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Cisco XNC is based on a highly available, scalable, and extensible architecture that supports a network. Cisco XNC is built for extensibility using the Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework, which allows new functionality to be added.
Cisco XNC can support multiple protocol plugins in the southbound direction. In the current release, Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow 1.0 is available.
Cisco XNC provides the following:
Cisco Monitor Manager is a network application that runs on Cisco XNC. Cisco Monitor Manager, in combination with the Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow and Cisco Nexus 3000 or 3100 Series switches, enables you to create a scalable and flexible replacement for matrix switches, which traditionally connect network monitoring devices to points within the network where monitoring is desired.
Cisco Monitor Manager provides management support for multiple disjointed Cisco Monitor Manager networks. You can manage multiple Monitor Manager topologies that may be disjointed using the same Cisco XNC instance. For example, if you have 5 data centers and want to deploy an independent Cisco Monitor Manager solution for each data center, you can manage all 5 independent deployments using a single Cisco XNC instance by creating a logical partition (network slice) for each monitoring network.
With the Cisco Monitor Manager solution, you can do the following:
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You can run Cisco Monitor Manager Embedded on either Cisco Nexus 3000 or 3100 Series switches. Before deploying the software, you need the following: