CWSI Campus Overview

CWSI Campus is part of the CiscoWorks2000 family of network management tools. CiscoWorks2000 also includes Resource Managers Essentials (Essentials). As part of CiscoWorks2000, CWSI Campus and Essentials share common background processes. You must install Essentials before installing CWSI Campus, but the two packages do not share a common user interface.

Essentials consists of a suite of web-based network management tools that enables administrators to collect the monitoring, fault, and availability information needed to track devices that are critical to the network. Essentials also provides the administration tools needed to rapidly and reliably deploy and upgrade Cisco devices. For additional information and assistance using Essentials, see the Getting Started with Resource Manager Essentials publication or the Essentials online help.

CWSI Campus is a suite of network management applications that allow you to configure, monitor, and manage a switched internetwork. The CWSI Campus applications provide you with a graphical user interface (GUI) of your network topology, configuration, and management.

These sections provide an overview of CWSI Campus:

What Applications Are Included with CWSI Campus?

Table 1-1 describes the CWSI Campus applications.

Table 1-1: CWSI Campus Applications

CWSI Campus Application What It Does

CWSI Campus map

CWSI Campus map provides a map of the physical devices and links in your discovered network. It allows you to locate a specific device or link in the network, and view and understand how the devices are linked together. CWSI Campus map also allows you to view the virtual topology of your virtual LAN (VLAN) configuration in relation to the physical topology.

VlanDirector

VlanDirector is a VLAN configuration and management tool that enables you to display, configure, modify, and manage VLANs. It also allows you to display reports on VLAN status and membership.

UserTracking

UserTracking simplifies moves within VLANs and tracks end user information. If an end station is moved and plugged into another port, UserTracking provides configuration information from the Media Access Control (MAC)-VLAN mapping that allows the device to remain on the original VLAN without manual reconfiguration. You can also verify and look up end-station changes in the UserTracking database.

CiscoView

CiscoView displays a graphical representation of a device and allows you to configure and monitor device chassis, port, and interface information. It also provides color-coded indicators to monitor port status.

TrafficDirector

TrafficDirector provides Remote Monitoring (RMON), protocol analysis, application usage monitoring, traffic analysis, and troubleshooting of network performance problems.

AtmDirector

AtmDirector discovers Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switches, physical links, and permanent and switched virtual circuits. It provides performance monitoring of ATM switches and links within the ATM network, and traffic analysis of RMON-enabled ATM links. AtmDirector also allows you to display and monitor ATM-VLANs and Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) components and their status in the network.

CWSI Campus Application	What It Does
CWSI Campus map	CWSI Campus map provides a map of the physical devices and links in your discovered network. It allows you to locate a specific device or link in the network, and view and understand how the devices are linked together. CWSI Campus map also allows you to view the virtual topology of your virtual LAN (VLAN) configuration in relation to the physical topology.
VlanDirector	VlanDirector is a VLAN configuration and management tool that enables you to display, configure, modify, and manage VLANs. It also allows you to display reports on VLAN status and membership.
UserTracking	UserTracking simplifies moves within VLANs and tracks end user information. If an end station is moved and plugged into another port, UserTracking provides configuration information from the Media Access Control (MAC)-VLAN mapping that allows the device to remain on the original VLAN without manual reconfiguration. You can also verify and look up end-station changes in the UserTracking database.
CiscoView	CiscoView displays a graphical representation of a device and allows you to configure and monitor device chassis, port, and interface information. It also provides color-coded indicators to monitor port status.
TrafficDirector	TrafficDirector provides Remote Monitoring (RMON), protocol analysis, application usage monitoring, traffic analysis, and troubleshooting of network performance problems.
AtmDirector	AtmDirector discovers Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switches, physical links, and permanent and switched virtual circuits. It provides performance monitoring of ATM switches and links within the ATM network, and traffic analysis of RMON-enabled ATM links. AtmDirector also allows you to display and monitor ATM-VLANs and Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) components and their status in the network.

What Tasks Can Be Accomplished?

Table 1-2 lists common management tasks and describes how to perform them using the CWSI Campus applications.

Task	To Perform This Step	Use This Tool	For More Information
Display the CWSI Campus map	Discover the physical network, except ATM	CWSI Campus map	See the "Preparing for Network Discovery" chapter.
Discover the ATM portion of the network and set up LANE services	CWSI Campus map and VlanDirector	See the "Preparing for Network Discovery" chapter.
Display network and VLAN topology	Display physical devices and links	CWSI Campus map	See Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.
Display Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) VLAN and STP configurations	CWSI Campus map and VlanDirector	See Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.
Display ATM, PNNI, and ATM-VLAN topologies	AtmDirector	See Using the Campus AtmDirector Application.
Configure VLANs	Create VLANs	VlanDirector or CiscoView	See `Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.`
Configure ATM-VLANs	Create LAN emulation clients	Command-line interface (CLI)	See the software configuration guide for your ATM devices.
Configure LANE servers	VlanDirector	`See Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.`
Check and monitor LANE configuration across the ATM fabric	AtmDirector	See `Using the Campus AtmDirector Application.`
Obtain end-station user information	Handle VLAN moves through dynamic MAC addressing	UserTracking	See `Using the Campus UserTracking Application.`
Verify and track user information regarding moves and changes	UserTracking	See `Using the Campus UserTracking Application.`
Look up VLAN switch information	VlanDirector	See `Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.`
Display device information	Display graphical representation of devices	CiscoView	See `Using the CiscoView Application.`
Display switch model and version information	CiscoView or CWSI Campus map	Click the device, card, or port representation on the map.
Perform device management	Check the status of a chassis, card, or port	CiscoView	See the CiscoView online help.
Set up VLAN information per device	CiscoView or VlanDirector	See `Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.`
Display reports	CWSI Campus map	See the "Troubleshooting" chapter.
VlanDirector	See `Using the Campus VlanDirector Application.`
AtmDirector	See `Using the Campus AtmDirector Application.`
Monitor traffic	Monitor device traffic	TrafficDirector	See `Using the Campus TrafficDirector Application.`
Perform RMON monitoring and protocol analysis	TrafficDirector	See `Using the Campus TrafficDirector Application.`
Perform RMON monitoring and traffic analysis on ATM links	AtmDirector	See `Using the Campus AtmDirector Application.`
Manage MLS devices	Display port protocol filtering	CWSI Campus map	See the "Interpreting the CWSI Campus Map" chapter.
Display MLS devices in network	CWSI Campus map	See the "Viewing the CWSI Campus Map" chapter.
Display relationship among MLS devices	CWSI Campus map	See the "Interpreting the CWSI Campus Map" chapter.

What is the CWSI Campus Map?

When you install CWSI Campus, the software automatically discovers your network devices starting with the seed device that you specify during installation and displays a network map of your network in the CWSI Campus map window.

This guide describes the CWSI Campus map, which you use in conjunction with the other CWSI Campus applications. For example, from the CWSI Campus map, the following information is available:

Topology services providing extensive network discovery and mappings of physical and logical environments
Multilayer switching (MLS) devices and the relationship among the MLS devices in your network
LANE and VLAN topology information from the VlanDirector application
The ability to start TrafficDirector application from a link highlighted on the CWSI Campus map
CiscoView ports highlighted by VLAN on the CWSI Campus map
Switches supporting a specific end user in UserTracking

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