Table of Contents

Hardware and Software Requirements
Upgrading from QPM 1.0
Installing the Complete QPM
Installing the Remote QPM

Installing QPM

Before you install QoS Policy Manager (QPM), ensure that the systems meet the requirements for running QPM. These sections describe the requirements and procedures for installing QPM:

• Hardware and Software Requirements

• Upgrading from QPM 1.0

• Installing the Complete QPM

• Installing the Remote QPM

Hardware and Software Requirements

Table 2-1 shows the hardware and software requirements for installing QPM.

Table 2-1: Hardware and Software Requirements for QPM

Complete QoS Policy Manager	Remote QoS Policy Manager
Pentium 266 MHz processor or better. Works on single or multiple processor machines.	Pentium 266 MHz processor or better. Works on single or multiple processor machines.
64MB RAM or more.	64MB RAM or more.
40MB or more free hard disk space.	40MB or more of free hard disk space.
Windows NT Workstation or Server with Service Pack 4 or higher. You must be running TCP/IP and Microsoft Networking.	Any of these operating systems running TCP/IP and Microsoft Networking: Windows 95 with the Year 2000 upgrade Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation or Server with Service Pack 4 or higher.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 4 or higher. Needed to view the online help or QPM reports.	Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 4 or higher. Needed to view the online help or QPM reports.

Upgrading from QPM 1.0

You can upgrade a QPM 1.0 installation without first uninstalling it. Simply follow the instructions in the "Installing the Complete QPM" section (or the "Installing the Remote QPM" section for remote installations).

However, before you upgrade your QPM 1.0 installations, consider these changes in QPM 1.1:

• QoS databases are formatted differently in QPM 1.1. After you upgrade, your QoS databases are converted to the QPM 1.1 format when you open them in Policy Manager. Be sure to back up your QoS databases prior to opening them in QPM 1.1, so that you can restore the databases if you decide to uninstall QPM 1.1 and reinstall QPM 1.0.

• All QoS databases are now maintained by the QoS Manager service. In QPM 1.0, you could create databases on local drives. In QPM 1.1, all databases are created through QoS Manager. This change helps maintain the integrity of the database. A QPM 1.0 database must be in the database directory in the QPM installation directory on the machine running QoS Manager if you want to open it.

• QPM 1.1 includes user security. This security is based on Windows NT local user groups. During installation, QPM can create the required user groups. However, you can use existing groups. QPM uses two groups: one for read-write users, one for read-only users.

• You cannot mix versions of QPM. For example, you cannot use a QPM 1.0 remote installation to connect to a QPM 1.1 QoS Manager service.

• You can no longer create policy filters that consider the TOS value of a packet. Before upgrading to QPM 1.1, change any TOS-based policies to IP precedence-based policies. If you do not remove TOS filters, the TOS element is removed from the policy filters when you upgrade the database.

• When you upgrade the database, the devices defined in the database are queried to determine the card type (VIP or non-VIP) for the device's interfaces. The card type determines which QoS capabilities can be defined on the interface. QPM also verifies other device information during this query.

• Some QPM 1.0 policy or QoS property settings are changed when a QoS database is upgraded to a QPM 1.1 database. Table 2-2 describes these changes.

Table 2-2: Policy and QoS Property Conversions When Upgrading to QPM 1.1

QPM 1.0 Characteristic	QPM 1.1 Conversion
QoS Property is Custom Queuing or Priority Queuing Interface type is Frame Relay	FRTS is not enabled on the interface, and a standard custom queuing or priority queuing configuration is used.
Interface type is Frame Relay Committed Information Rate parameters are defined	FRTS is enabled on the interface, and Committed Information Rate parameters are preserved.
QoS Property is Custom Queuing or Priority Queuing Interface type is Frame Relay Committed Information Rate parameters are defined	FRTS is enabled on the interface, Committed Information Rate parameters are preserved, and custom queuing or priority queuing are configured through Frame Relay map classes.
QoS Property is Custom Queuing or Priority Queuing Card Type is VIP	QoS Property is changed to Do not Change, and all custom queuing or priority queuing policies are removed from the interface. VIP cards do not support these policies.
QoS Property is WFQ Card Type is VIP	QoS Property is changed to FQ (fair queuing). WFQ is not supported on VIP cards.
Device Model is Any	Device Model is changed to IOS_Family.
A subinterface is defined in the database, but its interface is not defined.	Any FRTS settings defined for the subinterface are removed.
A policy uses the TOS field in a filter.	The TOS setting is removed from the filter.

Installing the Complete QPM

The complete QoS Policy Manager includes the management interfaces that you use to create and distribute your QoS policies to network devices and the QoS Manager service used to manage and process the QoS database.

Before You Begin

Exit Policy Manager and Distribution Manager if you are currently running either program. The installation program automatically stops the QoS Manager service.

Procedure

Step 1 Insert the QoS Policy Manager CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Step 2 Select Start>Run, and enter d:\setup.exe, where d: is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive.

Step 3 Read the Welcome screen and click Next.

Step 4 Unless you are installing on a system that already has a version of QPM installed, choose a destination folder (one is selected by default) and click Next. You cannot select an alternate folder if a version of QPM is already installed---the setup program installs the new copy in the same location as your existing copy.

Step 5 Select Complete QoS Policy Manager in the Setup Type window and click Next.

Step 6 Enter a Windows NT local group name in the Users Group Creation window, or use the default name shown, and click Next.

The QPM user group is used for authenticating QPM read-write users. Members of this group can save changes to the QoS database. You can enter the name of an existing group, or have QPM create a new group. The default users group is QPM_Users.

Step 7 Enter a Windows NT local group name in the Guest Group Creation window, or use the default name shown, and click Next.

The QPM guest group is used for authenticating QPM read-only users. Members of this group can view the QoS database, but they cannot save changes. You can enter the name of an existing group, or have QPM create a new group. The default guest group is QPM_Guests.

Step 8 Unless you are installing on a system that already has a version of QPM installed, the installation program asks you to specify or select a program group, if you do not want to use the default name, and click Next.

Step 9 Review your selections on the Start Copying Files screen. If you are satisfied, click Next. If you are not satisfied, click Back until you come to the screen that has selections you want to change.

After you click Next, QPM is installed on your system.

Step 10 Click Finish to complete the setup.

Tips

• To start Policy Manager, select Start>Programs>QoS Policy Manager>Policy Manager. You must log into QPM using a name defined in the Windows NT QPM user group (for read-write access) or guest group (for read-only access). If you used the installation defaults, log in as QPM_User, with no password, using the Windows NT machine name for the domain.

• The QoS Manager service gets started automatically whenever you boot your system, and appears in the Services control panel. It is started automatically when you install QPM, so you do not need to restart your system after installation.

• Use the Windows NT User Manager administrative tool to add users to the QPM user and guest groups. You can start User Manager directly from QPM.

• If you elect to create the QPM_Users local group, a user named QPM_User is defined in the group with no password. If maintaining QPM security is important to you, delete this user or update the user with a password. Ensure there is at least one user defined in QPM_User so that you can log into QPM.

Related Topics

• Hardware and Software Requirements

• Lesson 1How to Use the Policy Manager Application

• Managing QPM Users

Installing the Remote QPM

You can install the remote QoS Policy Manager on any machine that has access to QoS Manager (the Windows NT service installed with the complete QPM). This allows you to manage the QoS policies from remote locations, for example, from a laptop.

Before You Begin

Determine the NT name of the workstation where you installed, or intend to install, the complete QPM.

Exit Policy Manager and Distribution Manager if you are currently running either program.

Procedure

Step 1 Insert the QoS Policy Manager CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Step 2 Select Start>Run, and enter d:\setup.exe, where d: is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive.

Step 3 Read the Welcome screen and click Next.

Step 4 Unless you are installing on a system that already has a version of QPM installed, choose a destination folder (one is selected by default) and click Next. You cannot select an alternate folder if a version of QPM is already installed---the setup program installs the new copy in the same location as your existing copy.

Step 5 Select Remote QoS Policy Manager in the Setup Type window and click Next.

Step 6 Enter the Windows NT name of the machine that is running the QoS Manager service. This is the machine where you installed, or intend to install, the complete QPM.

Step 7 Unless you are installing on a system that already has a version of QPM installed, the installation program asks you to specify or select a program group, if you do not want to use the default name, and click Next.

Step 8 Review your selections on the Start Copying Files screen. If you are satisfied, click Next. If you are not satisfied, click Back until you come to the screen that has selections you want to change.

After you click Next, QPM is installed on your system.

Step 9 Click Finish to complete the setup.

Tips

• To start Policy Manager, select Start>Programs>QoS Policy Manager>Policy Manager. You must log into QPM using a name defined in the Windows NT QPM user group (for read-write access) or guest group (for read-only access). If the complete QPM was installed using the user group defaults, you can log into QPM using QPM_User, no password, and the name of the machine running QoS Manager for the domain.

• QoS Manager does not get installed, nor does it appear in the Services control panel, when you install the remote QPM.

Related Topics

• Hardware and Software Requirements

• Lesson 1How to Use the Policy Manager Application

Posted: Mon May 15 09:49:27 PDT 2000
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