Preparing to Install IPM

• IPM server---1

• IPM clients---unlimited number

• IPM collectors---unlimited number

For information about configuring IPM collectors, see the Cisco Internetwork Performance Monitor User Guide.

• From a locally-mounted CD-ROM drive

• From a Network File System-exported CD-ROM drive

• From the IPM Web server (IPM client software only)

• Sun Solaris version 2.6 or version 2.7 with the latest recommended patches from Sun Microsystems, Inc. (IPM server and client)

• Windows NT version 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later (IPM server and client)

• Windows 95 (IPM client only)

• Windows 98 (IPM client only)

• Windows 2000 Professional (IPM client only)

Minimum Cisco IOS Software Releases

To run IPM, you must have at least one of the following Cisco IOS software releases on your router:

• Release 11.2(18) or later

• Release 11.3(6) or later

• Release 12.0(5) or later

• Release 12.0(5)T or later

• Release 12.1(1) or later

Recommended Cisco IOS Software Releases

The recommended Cisco IOS software releases are as follows:

• Release 11.3(11) or later

• Release 12.1(3) or later

Note If you have already configured your routers to support SNMP, skip to Step 5.

To configure routers to support SNMP and send SA Agent-related traps:

> enable
 

Step 2 Type the password when prompted.

Step 3 To modify the router configuration, type the following command at the privileged mode prompt:

# config terminal
 

Step 4 Set the SNMP read password by entering the following command at the router:

# snmp-server community string RO
 

Where:

string is the read community string (a password for access to SNMP, usually set to public) in the router.

RO specifies read-only access to SNMP in the router.

Step 5 Set the SNMP write password with the following command:

# snmp-server community string RW
 

Where:

string is the write community string (a password for access to SNMP, usually set to private) in the router.

RW specifies read-write access to SNMP in the router.

Note Remember the SNMP community names. You must enter them when you add each source router to IPM.

Step 6 If you want SA Agent-generated traps sent to a network management host, configure the Cisco IOS software in every SA Agent-enabled router using the following command:

# snmp-server host address string [rtr]
 

Where:

address is the IP address of the network management host, such as 123.45.178.90.

string is the read community string for access to SNMP in the network management host.

rtr limits the traps sent to address to SA Agent-related traps. If you omit this value, no traps are sent to the named network management host.

Each trap includes an AdminTag variable with the following characteristics:

• The AdminTag variable consists of a RunningID and a CollectorName.

• The RunningID is the internal index into the IPM database.

• The CollectorName is the name assigned to the collector.

• The AdminTag variable truncates at 15 characters, including the vertical bar. For example, if the RunningID is 12345 and the CollectorName is RTPtoAthens, the AdminTag variable is 12345|RTPtoAthe.

Sending traps is optional---IPM does not require their use.

Step 7 To exit configuration mode on the router, press Ctrl-C.

Step 8 To save the changes in NVRAM for permanent storage in the startup_config file of the router, use the following command:

# wr mem
 

Note Unless you permanently save the configuration changes, they remain in the running memory of the router (in the running_config file) only until the router is restarted.

Step 9 To verify that your changes appear in both temporary storage (in the running_config file of the router) and in NVRAM (in the startup_config file), run the following commands to display the contents of those files:

# show running
# show startup