About This Manual

This manual provides information on how to perform an automated, manual, or upgrade installation of Cisco WAN Manager (CWM) 9.2 and its associated software programs on a workstation running the Solaris 2.6 operating system. This release is based on CWM 9.2.06, however it is valid for all releases of CWM 9.2.

Objectives

The Cisco WAN Manager Installation for Solaris manual is intended to provide information on how to install and configure the CWM 9.2 product.

Audience

The Cisco WAN Manager Installation for Solaris manual is intended for experienced UNIX users who are involved with the installation and configuration of the CWM 9.2 product.

Chapter 1, "Introduction", describes the minimum hardware and software requirements for the CWM 9.2 release, how to configure your system for multi network support, and how to configure the Informix OnLine database.

Chapter 2, "First Time Automated Installation Procedures", guides you through a first time automated installation (the recommended method) of CWM 9.2 and its associated software programs.

Chapter 3, "Manual Installation Procedures", guides you through a first time manual installation of CWM and its associated software programs.

Chapter 4, Upgrade Installation Procedure, usually describes the procedures you follow when you are upgrading from a previous Solaris version of CWM to CWM 9.2. However, CWM 9.2 requires the Sun Solaris 2.6 operating system. Installing Solaris 2.6 results in a newly formatted hard disk. Upgrade installation procedures will be provided in a future release. The procedure for saving the Informix OnLine database is also provided in this chapter.

Chapter 5, "Configuring and Starting Cisco WAN Manager 9.2", describes how you configure and invoke the CWM 9.2 product.

Chapter 6, "Statistics Collection Manager Stand-alone Installation Procedures", describes the procedures you follow to install a stand-alone version of the Cisco Statistics Collection Manager.

Appendix A, "Installing Solaris and Disk Partitioning", describes installing the Solaris 2.6 operating system without a local NIS (YP) server.

Appendix B, "Disk Striping", describes how to use the optional disk striping enhancement which allows faster disk access.

An Index is also provided.

Document Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions and terminology:

pointer - indicates where the mouse action is to occur
select - to push and hold down the left mouse button
release - to let up on a mouse button to initiate an action
click - to select and release a mouse button without moving the pointer
double-click - to click a mouse button twice quickly without moving the pointer
drag - to move the pointer by sliding the mouse with one or more buttons selected.

The CWM software supports a three-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:

left button - selects objects and activates controls
middle button - adjusts a selected group of objects, adding to, or deselecting part of the group
right button - displays and selects from menus.

This manual uses this terminology throughout (even though it is possible for individual users to customize their devices to use buttons in an alternative manner).

In situations that allow more than one item to be selected from a list simultaneously, the following actions are supported:

to select a single item in a list, click on the entry. Clicking a second time on a previously selected entry deselects it.
to select a contiguous block of items, click on the first entry; then, without releasing the mouse button, drag to the last desired entry and release. (A subsequent click anywhere on the screen deselects all previous selections.)
to extend a currently selected block, hold the Shift key down and click on the entry at the end of the group to be added
to add a non-contiguous entry to the selection group, hold the Ctrl (Control) key down and click on the entry to be added.

Names of on-screen elements that you click or select (menu names and commands, and controls such as buttons, drop-down lists, and so on) are printed in bold style type.

The bold style is also used for keywords, names of commands, and names of keys on the keyboard.

Words and characters that are displayed on-screen are printed in courier font.

When set off from the main text, words and characters you should enter by the keyboard are printed in courier font in a bold style. When the word or character string is enclosed in angle brackets (< and >), you should substitute your own character string for the example presented in the text. When referenced in body text, the word is presented in the normal bold font (not courier).

For example, when you see:

: login: root

you should enter the string root at the login prompt. However, when you see:

: password: <rootpassword>

you should enter your own password in place of the character string <rootpassword>.

The italic style is used to emphasize words, to introduce new terms, and for titles of printed publications (but not titles of CD-ROMs or floppy disks).

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Reference Documentation

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:

Cisco WAN Manager Operations
Cisco WAN Manager Service Agent
Cisco WAN Manager Database Interface
Cisco WAN Manager Release Notes

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