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This chapter contains the following sections:
CWM Release 9.2 must be installed on a Sun workstation (see Section, "Cisco WAN Manager Hardware Requirements" for details.) The Solaris 2.6 operating system must be installed on the Sun workstation before you install CWM 9.2. Appendix A, "Installing Solaris and Disk Partitioning", provides instructions on installing the Solaris 2.6 operating system. For complete details, refer to the appropriate Sun documentation.
Hewlett Packard's OpenView 5.01 is used to produce CWM 9.2 topologies and for logging traps. When HP OpenView 5.01 is already installed on your workstation, or if you do not want to use HP OpenView 5.01 to produce topologies or log traps, proceed with the installation of CWM 9.2. Otherwise, you must install HP OpenView 5.01 on the Sun workstation before you install CWM 9.2. For instructions on installing HP OpenView, refer to the appropriate HP documentation.
If you are installing Cisco WAN Manager software on a Sun workstation that has been in use as a network management system, remember to record the following information and possibly store it in a temporary location.
The minimum recommended hard disk and memory configuration requirements are provided in this section.
Three levels of workstations are supported for Cisco WAN Manager 9.2 as standard platforms. They are low-end, mid-range and high-end platforms.The configuration of each platform type is listed in Table 1-1, "Sun Platform Requirements".
The selection of a proper CWM platform depends on a number of factors, such as number of CWM desktops, number of managed connections and number of statistics collected and stored.
| Platform Type | Machine Type | Number of CPU | Size of RAM | Hard Disk Drives | Swap Space | Desktops Supported | Connections Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low End | Sun Ultra Enterprise 1 Model 170 or Sparc 20 Model 151 or Ultra 10 with SCSI controller | 1 | 256 MB | One 2 GB and one 4 GB drive | 512 MB | less than five | less than 5,000 |
Mid Range option 1 | Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 Model 2300 or Ultra 30 model 300 | 1 | 512 MB | Two 4 GB drives or one 9 GB drive | 1 GB | 5 - 10 | 5,000 - 25,000 |
Mid Range option 2 | Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 Model 2300 or Ultra 60 | 2 | 512 MB | Two 4 GB drives or one 9 GB drive | 1 GB | 5 - 10 | 25,000 - 50,000 |
Mid Range option 3 | Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 Model 2300 or Ultra 60 | 2 | 1 GB | Two 4 GB drives or one 2 GB and one 9 GB drives | 2 GB | 5 - 10 | 50,000 - 100,000 |
High End | Sun Enterprise 4000 or | at least 4 | 1 GB | One 4 GB drive and one 9 GB drive or disk array | 2 GB | more than 10 | more than 100,000 |
The following are additional notes for CWM platform requirements:
When a single CWM 9.2 NMS (Network Management Station) workstation is connected to a large network, the statistics collection performance of the Statistics Collection Manager can be markedly improved (up to 40% more I/O throughput) by adding a second SCSI-2 interface and a second external hard disk drive. The second external hard drive capacity should be 2-GB or greater.
Three types of machines are supported for CWM 9.2.06 stand-alone SCM as standard platforms. They are low-end, mid-range and high-end platforms. The configuration of each platform type is listed in Table 1-2, "Platform Requirements for Stand-Alone SCM". Other equivalent platforms running Solaris 2.6 are also supported.
| Platform Type | Machine Type | Number of CPUs | Amount of RAM | Hard Disk Drives | Swap Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low End | Sun Ultra Enterprise 1 Model 170 or Sparc 20 | 1 | 128 MB | One 2 GB drive | 256 MB |
Mid Range | Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 Model 2000 or Sun Ultra-30 | 1 | 256 MB | One 2 GB drive | 512 MB |
High End | Sun Ultra 60 | 2 | 512 MB | One 2 GB drive | 1 GB |
The CWM 9.2 NMS workstation requires the following software components:
The following software packages are provided on the CWM Release 9.2 CD:
The CWM 9.2 NMS workstation interfaces with the following optional software applications:
CWM 9.2 supports the following Cisco software:
When installing required software on a Sun workstation, install the different software packages in the following sequence:
1. Sun Solaris 2.6 operating system
2. HP OpenView 5.01
3. Cisco CiscoView 4.2
4. Wingz 2.55
5. Cisco WAN Manager
CWM can manage up to forty, multiple networks. When you plan to manage more than eight networks with CWM, you should configure the CWM workstation's buffer cache to 6MB (6 x 1024). You can do this configuration either before or after installing CWM. You must add the following entry (as user root) to the /etc/system file, and then reboot the workstation for this change to take affect.
set bufhwm=6144
Specify the following command (as user root) to check the current size of the buffer cache. The number shown is in bytes. Therefore, divide it by 1024 to convert it to kilobytes, or divide it by 1048576 to convert it to megabytes.
host# sysdef | grep bufhwm
The CWM installation allows you to configure the CWM Informix OnLine database into one or three partitions. As each partition can be on a separate drive, multi-partition databases are intended to improve the performance of disk I/O operations. In a single partition database configuration, you should create the root database, the CWM database, and the log database in the same partition.
In the two partition database configuration, you should create the CWM database in one partition, and the root database and the log database in the other partition.
In the three partition database configuration, you should create the root database, the CWM database, and the log database in separate partitions.
You are prompted for the database partition information during the CWM installation (either automated or manual) process as follows:
Disk Configuration Migration to CWM Release 9.2 SOL
1) Single Raw Database Disk
2) Multiple Raw Database Disk
x) To Exit
You select the multiple disk partition configuration by selecting option number two (Multiple Raw Database Disk) when prompted for the disk configuration.
See Chapter 9, "Database Management" in the Cisco WAN Manager Operations guide for a more detailed explanation of the Informix OnLine database.
During the installation of the Sun Solaris operating system, you will be required to partition the hard disk drive or drives in your system. This might require you to change the size of your current partitions.
Table 1-3 lists the recommended partitioning for a system with one 9.1-GB hard disk.
| Slice | Partition | Size |
|---|---|---|
s0 | / (root) | 1000 MB |
s1 | swap | 743 MB |
s3 | /opt | 2000 MB |
s4 | /var | 1000 MB |
s6 | /usr/users | 2000 MB |
s7 | (raw partition) | 1950 MB |
lists the recommended partitioning for the first 4-GB hard disk in a workstation with two 4-GB drives. When you partition the disk, follow the recommended sequence to ensure that each partition receives the correct amount of space.
| Slice | Partition | Size |
|---|---|---|
s0 | / (root) | 1,000 MB |
s1 | swap | 1,000 MB |
s6 | /usr/users | 2,000 MB |
s5 | Overlap (entire disk) | 4,096 MB |
After installing the Sun Solaris 2.6 operating system, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Login to the workstation as user root.
Step 2 At the Solaris login window, click on Options > Session > CDE.
Step 3 Left click the TTT icon to launch the Style Manager and perform the following steps:
(a) Click on Screen, Screen Saver, and Screen Lock Off.
(b) Click on Backdrop, select GrayDk, then click Apply.
Step 4 Use the CDE Menu Bar to change to screens Two, Three, and Four, and select the same options for those screens. Return to screen One and close Style Manager when completed.
Step 5 Right click on the desktop and select Programs > Terminal.
Move this window to the upper-right corner of the screen.
Step 6 Right click on the desktop and select Programs > Console.
Reduce the height of this window so it displays at least five lines (to enable you to monitor system messages). Move the window so that it rests on the CDE Menu Bar and all icons are visible.
Step 7 Left click the TTT icon to launch the Style Manager, then select Startup, set Home Session..., and click OK.
This saves your startup login preferences for user root.
An installation guide focuses on installing the product. For complete information on other software products, refer to documentation specific to that product, such as Sun, HP, or Informix documentation for users and administrators.
Refer to the following documents for more information on CWM 9.2:
Posted: Fri Jun 30 17:34:00 PDT 2000
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