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This chapter describes the factors to consider and tasks to perform before you install Essentials and CWSI Campus. Although the two products have separate CDs and installation programs, they are part of the CiscoWorks2000 Family of Products and are related in several important ways.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The CiscoWorks2000 Family of Products consists of two products: Resource Manager Essentials (Essentials) and CWSI Campus. It ships in two configurations:
If you order Essentials only, you do not receive the CWSI Campus product or documentation (other than the CWSI Campus information in this document). If you order Essentials and CWSI Campus together, you receive both products and their documentation.
 | Caution You must install Essentials on the system before installing CWSI Campus. The install procedure for CWSI Campus will not work unless Essentials is installed first. |
Table 1-1 summarizes the hardware requirements for CW2000. The requirements listed for Essentials are for the server system only. For Essentials client system requirements, refer to the "Installing Essentials" chapter, "Essentials Client Requirements" section.
For more current and detailed system requirements, and information about how many devices you can manage with Essentials and Campus, refer to the Release Notes for CW2000 (HP-UX).
| Requirement Type | Essentials | Essentials and Campus |
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Memory (RAM) | 128 MB minimum; 256 MB recommended | 256 MB minimum |
Available drive space1 |
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System software2 | HP-UX version 10.20 or 11.0 | HP-UX version 10.20 or 11.0 |
Browser | None3 | Netscape 4.05 or 4.5 4 |
Additional software | None | Essentials |
| 1See the "Server Requirements" section in Chapter 2 for information about checking the available disk space on your system. 2HP-UX version 10.2 and 11.0 requires HP DCE/9000 Core Client Software. Additionally, HP-UX 10.2 requires the PHSS_15043 aCC patch or a superseding patch, and HP-UX 11.0 requires the PHSS_14577 aCC patch or a superseding patch. See the "Supported Device Import Software" section in Chapter 2 for more information. 3No browser is required for the Essentials server system. Client systems must have a supported browser installed. Refer to the "Essentials Client Requirements" section in Chapter 2 for more information. 4The browser is used only to display the CWSI Campus online help. |
Note the following browser information:
This section provides further information to help you choose a system that best meets your specific needs.
Three major considerations can help you to determine your minimum system configuration requirements:
1. The number of managed devices to be polled by Availability.
2. The number of Syslog messages expected daily.
3. The number of managed devices expected in Inventory and Device Configuration.
Availability is the primary consideration, after which you can then consider syslog messages and managed device expectations and determine your needs accordingly.
To improve system performance for Essentials, consider the following options:
Table 1-2 lists system recommendations for HP-UX systems running Essentials only.
| Minimum System Configuration | Availability 1 | Syslog 2 | Configuration 1 | Inventory 1 |
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HP 9000/782 (single processor) | 0 - 500 | 0 - 150,000 | 0 - 2,500 | 0 - 2,500 |
HP 9000/782 (dual processors) | 500 - 1,000 | > 150,000 | 2,500 - 5,000 | 2,500 - 5,000 |
For CWSI Campus, use a system configuration that will support the number of devices you want to manage using CWSI Campus and the number of end hosts you plan to manage using User Tracking. Select a configuration that will support the application with the higher requirement. For example, if you have 200 devices and 5,000 end hosts, choose the dual processor.
Table 1-3 lists CWSI Campus recommended system configurations.
| Minimum System Configuration | Number of Network Devices | Number of End Hosts (managed by UserTracking) |
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HP 9000/782 | < 250 | < 4,000 |
HP 9000/782 | 250 - 500 | 4,000 - 8,000 |
This section describes the supported upgrade paths for this product release.
The following Essentials upgrade paths are supported in this product release:
All of these upgrades are performed using the Essentials installation program. Refer to the "Installing Upgrades" section for instructions.
| Caution If you plan to use Essentials 2.1 with CWSI Campus, you must install CWSI Campus 2.3. Essentials 2.1 will not work with previous releases of CWSI Campus. |
The following CWSI Campus upgrade paths are supported in this product release:
All of these upgrades are performed using the CWSI Campus installation program. Refer to the "Reinstalling CWSI Campus or Upgrading from the Evaluation Version" section for instructions.
This manual describes how to install Essentials and CWSI Campus and how to set up Essentials. For instructions on how to set up CWSI Campus, see the document Getting Started with CWSI Campus.
Each chapter begins with a quick reference overview outlining the tasks you need to perform. This is followed by detailed procedures for performing each task. The detailed information in each chapter follows the same order as the quick reference.
Table 1-4 provides a quick reference overview of how to set up and install Essentials and CWSI Campus, including references to where you can find more details about each task.
| Task | Steps | References | ||
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| Step 1 Prepare for installation. | "Preparing to Install Essentials" section on | ||
Step 2 Install the software. | ||||
Step 3 Verify and troubleshoot the installation. | ||||
| Step 1 Prepare for installation. | |||
Step 2 Install the software. | "Upgrading to CWSI Campus 2.3" section on | |||
Step 3 Start Campus. | ||||
| Step 1 Access the server. | |||
Step 2 Perform administrator setup tasks. | ||||
| Step 1 Set up Inventory (including Contract Connection). | |||
Step 2 Set up Availability Manager. | ||||
Step 3 Set up Syslog Analysis. | ||||
Step 4 Set up the Configuration Archive. | ||||
Step 5 Set up Software Management. | ||||
| Step 1 Refer to the document Getting Started with CWSI Campus. | Getting Started with CWSI Campus |
Posted: Wed Nov 17 16:15:24 PST 1999
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