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Planning for Cisco Cable Manager Installation
This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco Cable Manager (CCM), Release 1.0 as well as a description of the system components and requirements. CCM is the UNIX-based solution that can be run locally from the Cisco Cable Manager server console or remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC. CCM provides the following features:
- Display graphical views of the network
- Manage Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and DOCSIS-compliant cable modems elements
- Display a network inventory report of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router
- Generate predefined and customized reports for cable router and cable modem utilization, performance, and statistics
- Utilize system-wide fault management with SNMP-based alarm and threshold notifications
- Optionally use templates for single and batch-mode configuration of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers
Note Cisco Cable Manager template-based configuration requires Cisco IP Manager and Oracle.
- Isolate flapping modems using a flapping modem report
- Use Find/Ping tools to troubleshoot and verify connectivity
- Launch CiscoView to display chassis views and device management
The Cisco Cable Manager system includes the following components:
- Cisco Cable Manager server:
- Cisco Element Manager Framework (EMF)
- Cisco Element Manager Framework Event Manager EMF/EM
- Cisco Cable Manager, Release 1.0
- Cisco Cable Manager includes CiscoView for Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and cable modems
- Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite (optional)
- Oracle 8.x (optional)
- Cisco Cable Manager client (required for more than five simultaneous user sessions)
- Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers
- Cable modems
- You can access the Cisco Cable Manager server in two ways:
- Locally through the Cisco Cable Manager server console
- Remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC
Note Additional machines with identical settings are required to support redundancy. Cisco Cable Manager 1.0 supports only hardware redundancy. Multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers can be used to manage the devices throughout a network simultaneously. However, the Cisco Cable Manager servers function independent of each other with no synchronization between the management systems.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the Cisco Cable Manager system components.
Figure 1-1: Cisco Cable Manger System Components
Additional cable modem management can be added with multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers. When multiple Cisco Cable Managers are used, management data is not distributed or synchronized between the management systems.
Cisco Cable Manager server supports up to five simultaneous users. If more than five simultaneous user sessions are required, a Cisco Cable Manager client can be added to the network to provide an additional five simultaneous user sessions. Expanding on this architecture, additional Cisco Cable Manager clients can be added.
This section defines the component requirements for Cisco Cable Manager:
- Cisco Cable Manager server requirements
- Client server requirements
- User requirements
- Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router requirements
- Cable modem requirements
- Cisco IP Manager requirements (optional)
Before starting installation, ensure these requirements are satisfied.
Note Additional machines with identical settings are required to support redundancy. Cisco Cable Manager 1.0 supports only hardware redundancy. Also, multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers can be used to manage the same network simultaneously and independently with no synchronization between them.
This section lists the Cisco Cable Manager server hardware and software requirements.
Note Each Cisco Cable Manager server can support up to five simultaneous user sessions. For additional sessions, a Cisco Cable Manager client is required.
The server hardware requirements for Cisco Cable Manager are:
- Sun Ultra 60 or above with Solaris 2.6 OS installed
- 4-GB hard drive with at least the following free disk space:
- 300 MB in /opt/AV
- 100 MB in /opt
- 100 MB in /tmp
Note These requirements assume up to 30 days of performance and report data is maintained on the server. Any data over 30 days old is replaced with current data.
- 512 MB of RAM
- Two 400-MHz processors
- CD-ROM drive
- IP connectivity to the managed devices
Each Cisco Cable Manager server contains the following software components. Each of these components is packaged on a separate CD-ROM.
- Cisco Element Management Framework (CEMF) 2.1
- Cisco Element Manager Framework Event Manager (CEMF/EM) 1.1---A separate license is required for the CEMF/EM. For more information about this license requirement, see the Cisco Element Manager Framework documentation.
- Cisco Cable Manager, Release 1.0---Cisco Cable Manager includes CiscoView for managing Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and DOCSIS cable modems
- Optional requirements for template-based configuration management of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers:
- Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite
- Oracle database 8.x
A client server can be used to distribute the Cisco Cable Manager sessions between more than five simultaneous users. One Cisco Cable Manager client can support up to an additional five simultaneous Cisco Cable Manager user sessions. For example, to support 20 simultaneous user sessions per Cisco Cable Manager server, three Cisco Cable Manager clients (five users each) are required in addition to the five local user sessions available directly from the Cisco Cable Manager server.
If no more than five simultaneous user sessions are required, a Cisco Cable Manager client is not required.
The Cisco Cable Manager client requirements are:
- Sun Ultra 5with Solaris 2.6
- 512 MB of RAM
- 2-GB hard drive
- CD-ROM drive
- Ethernet connectivity to Cisco Cable Manager server
Users can access Cisco Cable Manager server sessions in two ways:
- Locally from the Cisco Cable Manager server console
- Remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from a UNIX workstation or PC X-server display
Note Each Cisco Cable Manager server can support up to five simultaneous user sessions. For additional sessions, a Cisco Cable Manager client is required.
You can launch Cisco Cable Manager from the Sun machine with the software installed. There are no additional requirements for local users.
Cisco Cable Manager allows you to remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) run Cisco Cable Manager from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC.
The UNIX workstation must meet the following requirements:
- Sun Ultra 5
- 256 MB of RAM
- 1-GB hard drive
- Ethernet connection to Cisco Cable Manager serve or Cisco Cable Manager client
The PC must meet the following requirements:
- Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95
- Pentium I/II
- 200-MHz processor
- 64 MB of RAM
- Exceed 6.1
- Ethernet connection to Cisco Cable Manager server or Cisco Cable Manager client
Note If not configured correctly, the X session software may truncate icons or cause other display anomalies. To solve this problem, either use the XDMCP option to launch a whole Solaris desktop login or change the X session settings. Also, color and keyboard map settings might need to be reset.
Cisco Cable Manager supports the management of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers with the following Cisco IOS releases:
- For Cisco IOS Release 11.x, releases 11.3(9)NA and higher
- For Cisco IOS Release 12.x, releases 12.0(5)T, 12.0(6)SC, and higher
The Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router has to be SNMP enabled in order to be managed by Cisco Cable Manager. This can be done using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI).
To set Read-Only (RO) and Read-Write (RW) community strings as public and private, respectively, enter the following commands on the router in the privileged mode:
snmp-server enable
snmp-server comm-string public RO
snmp-server comm-string private RW
Note The SNMP read-only string used by Cisco Cable Manager to read Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers data can be set as part of the autodiscovery process. This read-only string entered as part of the autodiscovery process needs to match the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router string setting. If the strings do not match, Cisco Cable Manager will not discover the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers.
A destination for SNMP traps also needs to be configured so Cisco Cable Manager can receive and process SNMP traps from the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers. To enable the Cable specific SNMP traps, configure the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers with the following commands:
snmp-traps enable traps cable
snmp-server trap-source [interface port/slot]
snmp-server host [IP address] [community string]
Multiple host IP addresses can be entered to forward traps to multiple SNMP management stations. For more information about SNMP configuration, refer to the Cisco IOS documentation.
Cisco Cable Manager supports the following cable modem management:
- Cisco uBR904 and uBR924 cable modems
- DOCSIS 1.0 compliant cable modems
Cable modems need to be SNMP enabled to be managed by Cisco Cable Manager and the community strings need to be set to public/private.
Cisco Cable Manager can optionally run with Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite to provide Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router configuration management through Cisco IP Manager templates.
Refer to the Cisco IP Manager 2.0 installation documentation for a complete list of the Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite requirements.
Posted: Tue Feb 22 16:35:20 PST 2000
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