Using the Cisco MC3810 Visual Configuration Tool

The Cisco MC3810 Visual Configuration Tool (VCT)provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) to configure the Cisco MC3810 mulitiservice concentrator. This chapter includes the following sections:

Entering the Visual Configuration Tool

The Visual Configuration Tool (VCT) requires a Sun SPARC 20 workstation with a minimum of a single CPU, 128 MB of memory and a 2-GB hard disk with a CD-ROM drive. Solaris is the only supported operating system.

To enter the VCT application for the first time, type the following at the UNIX prompt:

vct

After you have created devices and communities using the configuration tool, you can specify them when entering the command. You have a number of options when entering the command. The full command syntax is:

vct [-device<devicename/IP>] [-community<community>] [[-debug | -nolog]] [-infile <filename> [-configdir <directory> [-help]

Table 1-1 lists the parameter options for the vct command.

Table 1-1: VCT Command Parameters

Parameter	Meaning
-device <device name/IP>	Specifies the device name or device IP address. If this parameter is not specified, the VCT displays a blank configuration, or uses the configuration specified with the -infile parameter.
-community <community>	Specifies the Read/Write community string of the give device. If the community string is not specified, "public" is used as the default.
-debug	Use to enable debug mode. The default is nodebug.
-nolog	By default, all warning log information goes into the $VCT_TMP directory under vctXXXX.log file. The "XXXX" is the time stamp of the file. Use the -nolog option to turn off the logging operation.
-infile <filename>	Specifies the input configuration text filename.
-configdir <directory>	Specifies the file directory for storing device grouping information and device configuration. If this parameter is not specified, the VCT will not use the default directory setup during installation.
-help	Specifies the use of online help to describe VCT input parameters.

The configuration file used depends on whether you specify the -device parameter or the -infile parameter. If you specify neither parameter, the VCT display will open showing a blank configuration.

Note To access remote configurations, you must configure the TFTP server. For more information, refer to the appendix "Configuring a TFTP Server."

Using the VCT Graphical User Interface

After you enter the vct command, the main VCT window displays, as shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1: VCT Main Window Display

The VCT window contains the following components:

The Device and Community fields--Display the Device name and if configured, the Community name.
The Tree View--Displays the configuration components of the device being configured. To configure the components, you select the folder of the configuration component. When you select the folder, the Configuration Folder at the bottom of the display changes to enable you to configure that component.

Configuration Folder--The Configuration Folder at the bottom of the display is where the specific device configuration takes place. The Configuration Folder is divided into separate pages, one page for each configuration component in the Tree View. When you select a configuration component, the configuration page for that component displays.

: Each configuration page is divided into tabs that you select to configure the components of the device. The configuration commands in the tab displays map directly to the Cisco IOS configuration commands available on the Cisco MC3810.

GUI Mode and Text Mode

Using the VCT, you can configure the Cisco MC3810 in either GUI mode or text mode. The GUI mode, as shown in Figure 1-1, is the default mode. You can use the text mode to either display the text configuration file or enter changes directly into the text configuration file.

To enter text mode from the GUI mode, pull down the View menu and select Text Mode. The configuration editor then displays the configuration file in plain text, where you can manually type in the commands.

You can switch back and forth between GUI mode and text mode.

Note Some commands are not supported in GUI mode. These commands must be manually entered in text mode.

To refresh the screen display while in GUI mode, pull down the View menu and select Refresh.

Opening a Device Configuration File

To open a device configuration file, pull down the Device menu and select Open. A device group dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2: Device Group Display

The display shows a directory list and a group list. To display a list of devices to configure, select a group from the Group List box. A list of devices that belong to the group are displayed. To configure a device, select the device and click Configure at the bottom of the display.

The main configuration menu displays. For more information about the specific MC3810 configuration, refer to the next chapter, "Using the Visual Configuration Tool to Configure the Cisco MC3810."

Note The first time you open the device configuration file, no groups will have been created. To create device groups, see the next section "Creating and Editing Device Groups."

Creating and Editing Device Groups

You can assign a single Cisco MC3810 a device group containing multiple Cisco MC3810s. Device groups are used for two purposes:

Inventory purposes--To keep lists of devices in a target directory for future reference.

Netsys Integrity Checking--By assigning a group of devices to a device group, you can pass that list of devices to Netsys for configuration integrity checking and for topology display. For more information about the Netsys Connectivity Service Manager, refer to the Netsys documentation listed in the "About This Guide" section of this guide.

To create a device group, pull down the Device menu, and select Create Group. The Create Group display appears as shown in Figure 1-3.

Figure 1-3: Create Group Window Display

To create a device group, follow these steps:

Step 1 Highlight the desired directory in the directory box that will be the default location for the group.

Step 2 Enter the device group name in the Group Name field.

Step 3 Click Create.

Step 4 Click Save to save the device group.

After the device group is created, you can edit the group to assign specific devices to the device group.

To edit an existing device group, pull down the Device menu and select Edit Group. The Edit Group display appears, as shown in Figure 1-4. All device group filenames are appended by .grp.

Figure 1-4: Edit Group Window Display

The Edit Group display is divided into two halves. The left side of the display shows the group hierarchy. The right side of the display shows a list of devices that you can add to or delete from the group.

Add a Device

To add a device to a group, follow these steps:

Step 1 Highlight the device group name in the group list box.

Step 2 Highlight a device name in the device list box.

Note

Step 3 Click Add.

Step 4 Click Save.

The device is added to the selected device group.

Delete a Device

To delete a device from a group, follow these steps:

Step 1 Highlight the device group name in the group list box.

Step 2 Highlight a device name in the device list box.

Step 3 Click Delete.

Step 4 Click Save.

The device is deleted from the selected device group.

Import a List of Devices

To import a list of devices into the current group from a formatted text file, do the following:

Step 1 Highlight the device group name in the group list box.

Step 2 Click Import.

The Import dialog box displays.

Step 3 Select a file from the directory and click OK.

The devices in the file are included in the group.

Modify a Community String for a Device

To modify the community string for a device, follow these steps:

Step 1 Highlight a device name in the device list box.

The device name and the associated community name appear in the fields below the device list box.

Step 2 Enter the new community string.

Step 3 Click Modify.

The community string of the selected devices is updated in the group.

Delete a Device Group

To delete a device group, do the following:

Step 1 Highlight the device group name in the group list box.

Step 2 Click Delete Group.

The device group is deleted.

Managing Configuration Files

Using the VCT, you can perform the following operations to manage configuration files.

Read the Configuration File

To read a configuration file, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select Read Config from the Configuration pull-down menu.

A dialog box showing the file directories displays.

Step 2 Select the configuration filename.

The configuration file is displayed in GUI mode.

Save the Configuration File

To save the configuration file, select Save from the Configuration pull-down menu. The current configuration file is saved.

To save the configuration file as another name, select Save As from the Configuration pull-down menu, and enter the new filename.

Download an Existing Configuration File from a Target Device to the VCT

To download an existing configuration file from a target device, follow these steps:

Step 1 Select Download from the Configuration pull-down menu.

Step 2 Enter the device name or IP address and the community string, and click OK.

The configuration file is downloaded to the VCT, which displays the configuration file in GUI mode.

Upload a Modified Configuration File from the VCT to a Target Device

To upload an existing configuration file to a target device, do the following:

Step 1 Select Upload from the Configuration pull-down menu.

Step 2 Enter the device name or IP address and the community string, and click OK.

The configuration file is uploaded from the VCT to the target device.

To print a configuration, select Print Configuration from the File pull-down menu.

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