[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] October PACUG Meeting

[Kris Quinby]

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Hello everyone,

The topic winner for October was Performance Monitoring and=20
Troubleshooting.  I had previously sent out an email saying that we=20
would have to postpone the topic one month because I misunderstood what=20=

Jim was telling me.  Turns out Jim found Tom Zingale to talk about two=20=

things you can use to monitor network performance, Netflow and IP=20
Service Level Agreements (formerly known as SAA).  I hope everyone can=20=

make it.  Please see below for a more details.

The meeting will be held at the Cisco Offices in Lake Oswego at our=20
normal first Wednesday of the month (6th), at the normal 5:30pm time. =20=

Please email me if you need an exact address.

_________________________________________

We will=A0have Tom Zingale,=A0Cisco Systems Product Manager, present on=20=

these=A0key features required to look at your network performance and =
get=20
the most out of your IOS bases devices.=A0=A0=A0

Netflow
Cisco IOS=AE Software includes a comprehensive=A0is an IOS feature used =
for=20
  Network Monitoring, Application Monitoring and Profiling, User=20
Monitoring and Profiling, Network planning, Security Analysis,=20
accounting and billing. By analyzing NetFlow data, a network engineer=20
can identify the cause of congestion; determine the class of service=20
(CoS) for each user and application; and identify the source and=20
destination network for your traffic. NetFlow allows extremely granular=20=

and accurate traffic measurements and high-level aggregated traffic=20
collection.=A0

Cisco IOS=AE IP Service Level Agreements is a capability embedded within=20=

nearly all devices that run Cisco IOS Software, which allows Cisco=20
customers to understand IP service levels for IP services, increase=20
productivity, lower operational costs, and reduce the frequency of=20
network outages. =A0Service Providers will measure and provide SLAs,=20
Enterprises will verify service levels and outsourced SLAs, and=20
understand network performance with Cisco IOS IP SLA. =A0It can perform=20=

network assessments, verify Quality of Service (QoS) and ease=20
deployment of new services, and assist administrators with network=20
troubleshooting. =A0Cisco IOS IP SLA uses unique service level assurance=20=

metrics and methodology to provide highly accurate, precise service=20
level assurance measurements.=

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<x-tad-bigger>Hello everyone,


The topic winner for October was Performance Monitoring and
Troubleshooting.  I had previously sent out an email saying that we
would have to postpone the topic one month because I misunderstood
what Jim was telling me.  Turns out Jim found Tom Zingale to talk
about two things you can use to monitor network performance, Netflow
and IP Service Level Agreements (formerly known as SAA).  I hope
everyone can make it.  Please see below for a more details.

</x-tad-bigger>

The meeting will be held at the Cisco Offices in Lake Oswego at our
normal first Wednesday of the month (6th), at the normal 5:30pm time.=20
Please email me if you need an exact address.


_________________________________________


<fontfamily><param>Arial</param>We will=A0have Tom Zingale,=A0Cisco
Systems Product Manager, present on these=A0key features required to
look at your network performance and get the most out of your IOS
bases devices.=A0=A0=A0


<bold>Netflow</bold>

Cisco IOS=AE Software includes a comprehensive=A0is an IOS feature used
for  Network Monitoring, Application Monitoring and Profiling, User
Monitoring and Profiling, Network planning, Security Analysis,
accounting and billing. By analyzing NetFlow data, a network engineer
can identify the cause of congestion; determine the class of service
(CoS) for each user and application; and identify the source and
destination network for your traffic. NetFlow allows extremely
granular and accurate traffic measurements and high-level aggregated
traffic collection.=A0


<bold>Cisco IOS=AE IP Service Level Agreements</bold> is a capability
embedded within nearly all devices that run Cisco IOS Software, which
allows Cisco customers to understand IP service levels for IP
services, increase productivity, lower operational costs, and reduce
the frequency of network outages. =A0Service Providers will measure and
provide SLAs, Enterprises will verify service levels and outsourced
SLAs, and understand network performance with Cisco IOS IP SLA. =A0It
can perform network assessments, verify Quality of Service (QoS) and
ease deployment of new services, and assist administrators with
network troubleshooting. =A0Cisco IOS IP SLA uses unique service level
assurance metrics and methodology to provide highly accurate, precise
service level assurance measurements.</fontfamily>=

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