Installing the IPM Client Software Using the Web Server

You can use the IPM web server to download and install the IPM client software. Using the web server allows you to perform remote installation of the client software without mounting the IPM CD-ROM.

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

Requirements for Using the Web Server

Before you can install the IPM client using the web interface, the IPM server software must already be installed and the client workstation must have network access to the IPM server. In addition, you need to have the following information and resources:

60 MB hard disk space on the client workstation
Netscape Communicator version 4.05 or later (or Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 or later for Windows NT clients only)
URL for the web server

The URL for the web server is provided in the output listing of the server installation program. To see a sample of this URL information in an output listing, look at the end of the installation example provided in the "Sample Installation Output for Sun Solaris" section in the "Sample Installation Output" appendix.

The URL specifies the server's host name and port number to access the web server. The following is an example of the URL format:

http://ipm_host_name:1744

Where:

ipm_host_name is the name of the IPM server system.

1744 is the port number of the web server on the IPM server (note that this value might vary on your server system).

Downloading the IPM Client Software

This section describes accessing the web server and downloading the IPM client software for each available platform.

To download the IPM client software using the web server complete the following steps:

Step 1 From your browser, go to the URL that was specified in the output listing of the IPM server installation. The Cisco Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) home page appears (Figure 7-1).

Step 2 From the IPM home page, click the operating system platform on which you want to install the IPM client software.

Figure 7-1: Web Server Home Page for IPM Client Software

Step 3 From the system download and instruction page, click the instruction to download the software.

Step 4 When queried, specify the directory where you want the installation software files downloaded.

Step 5 Follow the instructions for installing the IPM client software on the platform that you selected.