Preparing to Use CD One

Now that you have installed CD One, you must configure the client system and prepare CD One for use.

This chapter consists of:

Note The server system can be used as both the client and server, in which case you must configure the web browser on the server.

Configuring Client Systems

Configure your client system to use with CD One.

Set Display Fonts

For Microsoft Windows systems only, set the display to use small fonts.

Step 1 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears.

Step 2 Double-click the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box appears.

Step 3 Click the Settings tab.

If Small Fonts is selected in the Font Size list, your display font is set correctly.
If Small Fonts is not selected, select it from the Font Size drop-down list, then click OK. The System Settings Change dialog box appears.

Step 4 Click Yes to restart your system.

Configure Web Browser

To configure your web browser:

Step 1 Enable Java and JavaScript.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences > Advanced. Select the Enable Java and Enable JavaScript check boxes, then click OK.
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Under the Java VM heading, select Java console enabled, Java JIT compiler enabled, and Java logging enabled, then click OK.

Step 2 Set your browser cache to at least 4 MB.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Cache. Set both the memory cache and the disk cache to at least 4096 KB, then click OK.
Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > General, then click Settings. Set the cache to at least 4 MB using the Amount of disk space to use slider bar. Click OK to close the Settings dialog box and return to the Internet Options dialog box, then click OK again.

Step 3 Configure your browser to accept all cookies.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences > Advanced. Select the Accept all cookies radio button, then click OK.
Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > Security. Select Internet, and click Custom Level. Scroll to Cookies and select Enable. Click OK, click OK again.

Step 4 Configure your browser to compare each page with its cached version every time it loads a page.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences >
Advanced > Cache. Select the Every Time radio button, then click OK.
Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > General, then click Settings. Select the Every visit to the page radio button, then click OK.

Note This option must be set to prevent Internet Explorer from using the cached information for context-sensitive help links. If it is not set, the first help link is displayed properly, but the second time you click a link, the first page is displayed again.

Step 5 Change the default timeout to 20 minutes.

Internet Explorer only: See the instructions on the Microsoft Support Web site.

Step 6 Enable style sheets.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences > Advanced. Select the Enable Style Sheets check box, then click OK.
Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > General, then click Accessibility. Make sure that the Format documents using my style sheet check box is not selected, then click OK to close the Accessibility dialog box, then click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Step 7 Change the default font to sans serif for improved readability.

Netscape Navigator: Select Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts. Select a sans-serif font and a font size in the Variable Width Font and Fixed Width Font selection areas, then click OK. The text in the browser window is redrawn using the new fonts.
Internet Explorer: Select Tools > Internet Options > General, then click Fonts. Select a sans-serif font from the Web page font and Plain text font lists, then click OK. Click OK to close the dialog box. The text in the browser window is redrawn using the new fonts.

If you have browser problems after configuring your browser, increase your disk cache settings.

After the web browser is installed on the client machine, there are no additional disk space requirements. However, because the browser uses the local machine's disk to store cached information, make sure you have enough disk space for the amount of cached information you want to store. All CD One information is stored on the CD One server.

Configure the Integration Utility

The Integration Utility allows you to launch CiscoView from an SNMP platform even when CiscoView is running on a different machine than the NMS. It also allows you to integrate other applications into NMS menus.

Refer to Using CiscoView for information about configuring the Integration Utility.

Accessing the CiscoWorks2000 Server

To access the server, enter the URL in the web browser:

http://server_name

where server_name is the name of the CiscoWorks2000 Server using the default TCP port. See also the "TCP and UDP Ports Used" section.

The main CiscoWorks2000 window, with the Login Manager displayed, appears. Refer to Getting Started with the CiscoWorks2000 Server for information about logging in.

Using CiscoView

CiscoView is a graphical SNMP-based device management tool that provides real-time views of networked Cisco Systems devices.

Refer to Using CiscoView for information about launching and using CiscoView.

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