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CiscoWorks Windows 3.1 CD Installation Instructions for HP OpenView for Windows and Network Node Manager
for Windows NT

CiscoWorks Windows 3.1 CD Installation Instructions for HP OpenView for Windows and Network Node Manager
for Windows NT

This instruction book provides information about installing and running CiscoWorks Windows in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard's OpenView for Windows (HP OpenView Professional Suite) and Network Node Manager for Windows NT.

CiscoWorks Windows is comprehensive network management software that lets you easily manage your small to medium business network or workgroup. Information such as dynamic status, statistics, and comprehensive configuration information is available for Cisco routers, switches, hubs, and access servers. CiscoWorks Windows can manage Cisco's NetBeyond extended network system of modular, stackable LAN and WAN products as a single device.

For more information about using CiscoWorks Windows, see Overview for CiscoWorks Windows.

System Requirements

This section provides CiscoWorks Windows software and hardware requirements.

Software Requirements

You must install one of the following Microsoft (MS) operating systems with TCP/IP enabled to run CiscoWorks Windows:

CiscoWorks Windows uses the native WINSOCK stacks supplied with these operating systems.

Hardware Requirements

The following components are the minimum hardware requirements for running CiscoWorks Windows:

For Windows NT 4.0 Server, the disk space requirements are typically double that of the other supported platforms, assuming that Windows NT 4.0 was installed with the default allocation unit size of 65536 bytes. This results in a requirement for 438 MB of available hard disk space during installation. After installation, 100 to 180 MB of hard drive space is required, depending on the number of devices you install.
As you download device packages, space requirements increase. See the device README file for the size of the installed file.

Choosing the Installation Environment

You can install CiscoWorks Windows in one of two ways:

You can use CiscoWorks Windows as a standalone application in the following situations:

If you install CiscoWorks Windows as a standalone application, only the CiscoView and Configuration Builder applications are operational.

You can use CiscoWorks Windows with HP OpenView for Windows or HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT to perform the following operations:

CiscoWorks Windows provides an option to load its MIB into HP OpenView for Windows or HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT database during installation. The loading of the MIBs might take a significant amount of time. If you choose not to load the MIBs during installation, you can integrate them into the network management platform database later, if necessary. These MIBs can be used with the SNMP browser for troubleshooting. For detailed instructions about loading MIBs after installation, see the section "Loading the Management Information Base (MIB)".

Installing CiscoWorks Windows


Note  To install CiscoWorks Windows, you must be an administrator or a user with administrative rights.

This installation procedure performs the following functions:

The installation procedure upgrades Configuration Builder 1.1 or 2.0 to Configuration Builder 2.1. Back up all Configuration Builder 1.1 or 2.0 data files before beginning the installation, or they will be overwritten. For a list of data file types, see the "Using Configuration Builder, Show Commands, and Health Monitor" chapter in Overview for CiscoWorks Windows.

To install CiscoWorks Windows, perform the following steps:

    1. Insert the CiscoWorks Windows CD into your CD-ROM drive.

    2. Enter the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive followed by a colon, a backslash, and setup, then click OK, for example,

d:\setup
 

    3. Click Next.

    4. Enter your name and company name, then click Next.

    5. Click HP OpenView for Windows, HP Network Node Manager, or StandAlone, depending on your installation environment, then click Next.

    6. Click No if you do not want to integrate the MIBs. Click Yes if you do want to integrate the MIBs.

    7. Keep the default or enter the directory in which you want to install CiscoWorks Windows. You can click the Browse button to find the directory. After choosing the destination directory, click Next.

    8. The Device Installation dialog box appears. Select individual devices or click Select All to select all devices, then click OK.

    9. To begin the file installation, click Next.

    10. Select an option, then click Finish to complete the CiscoWorks Windows installation. The options that appear depend on your installation type, as follows:

Loading the Management Information Base (MIB)

If you are using HP OpenView for Windows or HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT and you do not wish to integrate the CiscoWorks Windows MIBs during installation, you can integrate them later using the command line interface. Do this by running the OVMIBS.BAT file, which is located in the MIBS subdirectory of the directory in which your Network Management platform is installed.

MIB compilation is useful only for browsing the Cisco MIBs using HP OpenView for Windows or HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT and integrating the Cisco traps with HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT. Therefore, if you do not plan to browse the Cisco MIBs frequently, it is recommended that you do not compile the MIBs when integrating CiscoWorks Windows with HP OpenView for Windows or HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT. If you do compile the MIBs while integrating with HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT, you might encounter some warnings.

Starting CiscoWorks Windows Applications

Perform the following procedure to start CiscoWorks Windows applications:

    1. If you have installed CiscoWorks Windows in standalone mode, double-click the CiscoView icon in the CiscoWorks Windows Program Manager group in Windows NT 3.51 or select Start>Programs>CiscoWorks Windows>CiscoView in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 to start CiscoView.

    2. If you are using HP OpenView for Windows, you must rediscover all network maps to properly display Cisco devices. Use the HP OpenView Autodiscovery menu options to discover your network and create a network map. See the HP OpenView for Windows documentation for details.

    3. To display information for a Cisco device, do one of the following:


Note HP OpenView for Windows uses a significant amount of memory. If you have trouble starting CiscoWorks Windows, see Overview for CiscoWorks Windows.

Depending on your type of installation, the following programs are listed:

Downloading Device Packages

This section provides a quick reference to downloading device packages from CCO.

If you do not have Internet access, skip this section. To receive updated packages, you can order the Cisco Network Management Support CD-ROM. For additional information, see the "Downloading Device Packages" chapter in the Overview for CiscoWorks Windows.

For a detailed description of downloading from CCO, see one of the following:

http://www.cisco.com/public/library

To download device packages from CCO, perform the following steps:

    1. Verify that you are running CiscoView Version 4.1 or later by starting CiscoView (see the section "Starting CiscoWorks Windows Applications" for instructions) and selecting Help>About CiscoView.


Note In all cases, CiscoWorks Windows should be Version 3.1 or later. You can verify this by looking in the CiscoWorks Windows README file.

    2. Close CiscoView by selecting File>Exit.

    3. Create a permanent location for the cv_pkgs directory, for example, c:\cv_pkgs.

    4. Access CCO.

    5. Download the device tar file into the cv_pkgs directory.

    6. Unzip the device tar file.

    7. Add the package file to CiscoView.

    8. View the device.

    • For a standalone installation, double-click the CiscoView icon from the CiscoWorks Windows program group.

    • For HP OpenView for Windows, double-click on the device you just installed.

    • For HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows NT, select the device you just installed and, from the menu bar, select Monitor>CiscoView.

The downloading is complete. If there are any problems, check the cvnstall.log file in the C:\temp directory or see Overview for CiscoWorks Windows for installation messages.

Service and Support

This section describes how to contact Cisco Systems to order documentation and receive service and support.

Cisco Connection Documentation

Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a CD-ROM package, which ships with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM, a member of the Cisco Connection Family, is updated monthly. Therefore, it might be more up to date than printed documentation. To order additional copies of the Documentation CD-ROM, contact your local sales representative or call customer service. The CD-ROM package is available as a single package or as an annual subscription. You can also access Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.

If you are reading Cisco product documentation on the World Wide Web, you can submit comments electronically. Click Feedback in the toolbar, select Documentation, and click Enter the feedback form. After you complete the form, click Submit to send it to Cisco. We appreciate your comments.

Cisco Connection Online

Cisco Connection Online (CCO) is Cisco Systems' primary, real-time support channel. Maintenance customers and partners can self-register on CCO to obtain additional information and services.

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value-added services to Cisco's customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, product documentation, software updates, release notes, technical tips, the Bug Navigator, configuration notes, brochures, descriptions of service offerings, and download access to public and authorized files.

CCO serves a wide variety of users through two interfaces that are updated and enhanced simultaneously: a character-based version and a multimedia version that resides on the World Wide Web (WWW). The character-based CCO supports Zmodem, Kermit, Xmodem, FTP, and Internet e-mail, and it is excellent for quick access to information over lower bandwidths. The WWW version of CCO provides richly formatted documents with photographs, figures, graphics, and video, as well as hyperlinks to related information.

You can access CCO in the following ways:

For a copy of CCO's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), contact cco-help@cisco.com. For additional information, contact cco-team@cisco.com.


Note If you are a network administrator and need personal technical assistance with a Cisco product that is under warranty or covered by a maintenance contract, contact Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 800 553-2447, 408 526-7209, or tac@cisco.com. To obtain general information about Cisco Systems, Cisco products, or upgrades, contact 800 553-6387, 408 526-7208, or cs-rep@cisco.com.

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