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This chapter describes preparing to install and installing the TrafficDirector application on a Solaris system. It consists of:
The TrafficDirector application lets you monitor and record information about network usage, events, and trends, and identify and isolate many fault conditions.
The TrafficDirector application consists of a centralized, SNMP-compatible network management console and data-gathering agents located at various points on a network.
You can use the TrafficDirector application to perform several basic functions:
Before beginning the installation, consider the following:
 | Caution Cisco Systems strongly recommends that you use the default installation path of /opt/CSCOtd5. If you wish to override the default and install the software in a preexisting location, you should install the software in a directory subordinate to that location (for example, /alternate_location/CSCOtd5). |
The following sections describe prerequisites and other factors you should consider before installing the TrafficDirector application.
To view the online help, you must install a web browser on the UNIX workstation on which the TrafficDirector software will be installed. This installation supports Netscape Navigator, Release 4.61.
The minimum system requirements for the TrafficDirector application are shown in Table 2-1.
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System hardware |
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Memory and disk space |
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Additional software | You must install CiscoWorks2000 CD One before you install the TrafficDirector software. See Installing and Setting Up CiscoWorks2000 |
Traffic Director Release 5.8 is part of the Campus Manager 3.0 package. If the CWSI Campus package is installed in your system, and you upgrade to Campus Manager 3.0, the older version of the TrafficDirector software is upgraded to TrafficDirector Release 5.8.
If the standalone version of the TrafficDirector application is installed in your system, and you want to upgrade to TrafficDirector Release 5.8, follow the installation procedure described in the "Installing the TrafficDirector Application" section. TrafficDirector Release 5.8 overrides the previous version.
To run the installation program, follow these steps:
Step 1 Insert the TrafficDirector CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive.
Step 2 Log into the system as the root user.
Step 3 If the CD is not already mounted, enter the following command and press Enter. For example:
mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
Step 4 To change directories, enter the following command:
cd /cdrom/cdrom0/install.td5
Step 5 To run the installation script, enter the following command at the shell prompt:
./setup.sh
Step 6 If you are installing the TrafficDirector application for the first time, the installation script prompts you to enter the product location. Accept the default location of /opt/CSCOtd5 or enter an alternate installation location.
| Caution Cisco Systems strongly recommends that you use the default installation path of /opt/CSCOtd5. If you wish to override the default and install the software in a preexisting location, you should install the software in a directory subordinate to that location (for example, /alternate_location/CSCOtd5). |
If the previous version of the TrafficDirector application is already installed on your system, the following message is displayed:
TrafficDirectornndetected in /opt/CSCOtd5Continue with upgrading TrafficDirector to version 5.8 (y/n)? [y}
Press Enter to continue. TrafficDirector Release 5.8 is installed in the same location as the previous version and you are not prompted to enter the product location.
Step 7 Press Enter.
The installation script prompts you to enter the full Netscape browser executable pathname.
Step 8 Enter the absolute path to your installed web browser and press Enter. For example:
/usr/local/bin/netscape
The following installation script prompts you to confirm that the installation location and browser executable path are correct:
Product Install Location :/opt/CSCOtd5Netscape browser executable :/usr/local/bin/netscapeAre these values correct (y/n)? [y]
Step 9 If correct, press Enter; or to change the information, enter N and press Enter.
The installation script unpackages the files, extracts them to the installation location you specified, then performs the installation.
Step 10 When the installation is complete, the following messages are displayed:
## Executing postinstall.script. The file /opt/CSCOTD5/.traffdir.sh or .traffdir.cshrc contains the shell cmds required to set the environment for running TrafficDirector. The file /opt/CSCOtd5/X/RMONmanager is the application resources file for TrafficDirector. You may want to modify this file in order to customize the application, for example, to change the screen background colors. Installation completed. To start TrafficDirector from a shell command line, follow these steps: 1) Make sure your DISPLAY variable is set correctly, and X binaries are in your path. 2) Issue the command: For csh: %(source /opt/CSCOtd5/.traffdir.cshrc;/opt/CSCOtd5/bin/tdir)& For sh or ksh: #(./opt/CSCOtd5/.traffdir.sh;/opt/CSCOtd5/bin/tdir)& (Do not forget the `.dot' at the beginning followed by space) Installation of <CSCOtd5> was successful.
Step 11 Enter the appropriate command to eject the CD.
Step 12 Remove the TrafficDirector CD-ROM from the drive.
Step 13 Enter the appropriate command to unmount the CD-ROM.
Step 14 Log out of the root account.
To effectively use the TrafficDirector online help feature, you must install and configure a web browser on your system and create a link that points to the browser.
If you chose not to configure the web browser during the installation procedure, you can set up the link now.
Edit the .traffdir.cshrc or .traffdir.sh file and add a line similar to the one in the following example, to point to the location of your web browser:
setenv HTMLBIN install_path
where install_path is the absolute path of the web browser executable.
For example, if your browser is installed in your home directory, your path would look similar to the following:
setenv HTMLBIN /home/netscape/netscape
To start the TrafficDirector application in the background, follow these steps:
Step 1 Make sure your DISPLAY variable is set correctly, and X binaries are in your path.
Step 2 Enter the following command:
%(source /opt/CSCOtd5/.traffdir.cshrc;/opt/CSCOtd5/bin/tdir)&
#(. /opt/CSCOtd5/.traffdir.sh;/opt/CSCOtd5/bin/tdir)&
The TrafficDirector main window (Figure 2-1) is displayed.
For more comprehensive information, read Using the TrafficDirector Application.
When you run the TrafficDirector application, it starts the dbchkd daemon that launches all daemons responsible for logging and reporting. At regular intervals, dbchkd checks to see that all logging and reporting daemons are running, and if necessary, restarts daemons that are not running, thereby ensuring the integrity of logging and reporting.
If you need to shut down the TrafficDirector application, when you close the TrafficDirector main window (using File > Exit from the menu bar), a confirmation window is displayed, asking if you want to shut down all daemons.
Do one of the following:
You can disable the daemon shutdown message that is displayed (Do you want to shut down all daemons?) when you shut down the TrafficDirector application.
To disable the message, follow these steps:
Step 1 Change directory to $NSHOME\usr.
Step 2 Using a text editor, open the file default.dvp for editing.
Step 3 Locate the text string ok-to-shutdown-msg.
Step 4 Disable the display of the confirmation message by replacing the default value of Yes with No.
Step 5 Save the change.
After you have installed the TrafficDirector software, verified that you can open it on your network management station, and configured a SQL server database for logging data for create trend reports, follow these steps:
Step 1 Configure the management software so that devices performing data collection are recognized.
Step 2 Define the type of data to be monitored, including protocols, topologies, and views of network traffic.
Step 3 Establish how much data you want to capture for real-time monitoring, including any limits and associated actions.
Step 4 Configure alert messages and parameters so they are triggered when established limits are reached.
Step 5 Determine the content and appearance of printed statistical reports.
Step 6 Modify the default aging, baseline, and utilization parameters, if necessary.
For more information about these tasks, see Using the TrafficDirector Application.
To remove the TrafficDirector application, follow these steps:
Step 1 Shut down the TrafficDirector application.
Step 2 Click Yes to shut down all TrafficDirector-related daemons.
Step 3 Log into the system as the root user.
Step 4 Insert the TrafficDirector CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive.
Step 5 If the CD is not already mounted, enter the following command and press Enter:
mount -r -F hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
Step 6 Enter the following command to change directories:
cd /cdrom/cdrom0/install.td5
Step 7 To run the uninstallation script, enter the following command at the shell prompt:
./uninstall.sh
Step 8 To continue with the uninstallation, at the following confirmation prompt, enter Y and press Enter, or enter N and press Enter to cancel the uninstallation.
Uninstall TrafficDirector? (y/n)? [n]
Step 9 At the next confirmation prompt, enter Y and press Enter to continue, or enter N and press Enter to cancel.
Do you want to remove this package?
Step 10 The uninstallation procedure continues.
To reinstall the TrafficDirector application, you must kill the resolver process before starting the reinstallation.
To kill the resolver process, follow these steps:
Step 1 To determine the resolver process ID, enter the following command at the UNIX prompt:
ps -ef | grep resolver
Information similar to the following is displayed:
smith 20144 22608 1 14:49:43 pts/1 0:00 grep resolver
The first number displayed (in this example, 20144) is the resolver process ID.
Step 2 To kill the resolver process, enter the following command at the UNIX prompt:
kill 20144
After killing the resolver process, complete the installation by following the procedures in the "Installing the TrafficDirector Application" section.
Posted: Fri Mar 31 09:29:46 PST 2000
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