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Installation Guide for the Cisco MGC Node
Manager 2.5(2)
September, 2004
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THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND ARE
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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Installation Overview and Planning 1-1 Installation Overview 1-1 Who Should Install Cisco MGC Node Manager? 1-1 Determine Your Hardware Requirements 1-2 Supported Configurations 1-3 Hardware Requirements 1-4 Disk Drives and Database Storage 1-4 Installation Checklist 1-5 CHAPTER 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager 2-1 Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager 2-1 Task 1: Gather Installation Software and Required Information 2-1 Installation Software 2-1 Req
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Contents Creating an XDMCP Connection 2-16 Creating a Workstation Connection 2-16 Fixing the Insufficient Colors Problem 2-17 Task 12. Synchronize Time 2-17 Task 13: Configure Network Devices to Forward Alarms 2-17 Upgrading from Previous Cisco MGC Node Manager Versions 2-17 Backing Up Your Databases 2-19 Uninstalling the Cisco MGC Node Manager Software 2-20 Verifying Uninstallation of Cisco MGC Node Manager 2-20 Uninstalling Cisco EMF 2-21 Troubleshooting Common Installation Problems 2-21 IND
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CH A P TER 1 Installation Overview and Planning This chapter provides the overview and planning information you need to carry out a successful installation of the Cisco Media Gateway Controller Node Manager Version 2.5(2) (Cisco MGC Node Manager). Specific procedures for installing the Cisco MGC Node Manager are provided in Chapter 2. Note In previous releases the Voice Services Provisioning Tool (VSPT) was packaged together and known as Cisco MGC Node Manager Provisioning Tool. The chapter
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning Determine Your Hardware Requirements Determine Your Hardware Requirements The hardware you need and the way you install Cisco MGC Node Manager depend on the size of the network you are managing and the amount of data you collect. This section is designed to help you determine your hardware requirements and software configuration. Cisco EMF and Cisco MGC Node Manager each comprise server and client software: The server software handles netwo
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning Determine Your Hardware Requirements Figure 1-1 Standalone and Distributed Configurations Note The management server is sometimes called the Database server. The presentation server is sometimes called the client, GUI, or Application server. To avoid confusion, this document uses Management server and Presentation server consistently, and these terms describe the machines in a distributed configuration, not the software that resides on them.
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning Determine Your Hardware Requirements Cisco MGC Node Manager installed on a network management server and Cisco VSPT installed on a separate server. Note Other element managers may be installed on the network management server. Caution Cisco MGC Node Manager should not be installed on a Cisco PGW 2200 host machine. Hardware Requirements The Cisco MGC hardware requirements for various network sizes are described in Table 1-1. In addition, ex
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning Installation Checklist Cisco Element Management Framework Installation and Administration Guide at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps829/products_installation_and_configuration_g uides_list.html If you are using cooked file partitions, installing more than one drive for database storage does not yield any performance improvements because the databases cannot span multiple partitions. Installation Checklist This Checklist pro
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning Installation Checklist Installation Guide for the Cisco MGC Node Manager 2.5(2) 1-6 OL-4062-02
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CH A P TER 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager This chapter provides detailed instructions for these installation tasks: Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager, page 2-1 Upgrading from Previous Cisco MGC Node Manager Versions, page 2-17 Uninstalling the Cisco MGC Node Manager Software, page 2-20 Uninstalling Cisco EMF, page 2-21 Troubleshooting Common Installation Problems, page 2-21 Before you begin Read the Installation Overview, page 1-1 Determine Your Har
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager – Go to http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cemf-sp32-sp1 for the latest Cisco EMF 3.2 software (at least Service Pack 7) and the patch Release Note (an Acrobat PDF file such as CEMF3.2P7DepRelNote.pdf). For overall version 3.2 Release Notes, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps829/prod_release_notes_list.html. – If you want to use SSH for secure communica
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Information Where To Find It Value Superuser (su) password and privileges Your UNIX system administrator Host name and host ID of the machine On the machine, enter hostname at the Hostname: where Cisco EMF will be installed (in a command prompt. The host name distributed configuration, the displays. Host ID: Management server) At the command prompt, enter hostid. The host ID displays.
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Table 2-1 Required Software Versions for Cisco MGC Node Devices External Software Version Where To Check for Upgrades Cisco MGC host 7.4.12 and 9.x For upgrades to the PGW 2200: software through Go to the Software Center Voice Software download page at 9.5(2) http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/sw-voice.shtml. (You will be asked to log in.) On that page, go to Cisco PGW 2200 Nod
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework Installation and Configuration Guide for a description of raw versus cooked partitions and for instructions for partitioning your hard drives. Task 4: Ensure That the Sun Solaris 8 Operating System Is Installed Cisco MGC Node Manager machines should have the Sun Solaris 8 operating system with CDE 1.3 installed. The operating system inst
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Table 2-2 IP Networking and Remote User Access Files File Modification /etc/defaultrouter Add the host name and IP address of the default gateway router that provides network access between remote users, network devices, and the standalone system or the Management server. /etc/default/login Add a # symbol at the front of the line that says CONSOLE = /dev/console to comment out the li
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager About Client Workstation Software Client workstations must have Java 1.3 and Netscape 4.76 installed to use CiscoView as a client. (Other browsers may work but have not been verified.) Netscape 4.76 is installed with Cisco EMF. The correct version of Java 1.3 is packaged with CiscoView. When you launch the CiscoView server the first time, you will be prompted to download and install
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Installing the Cisco EMF SSH Add-On Package To enable SSH support on Cisco MGC Node Manager, you install the CEMF strong cryptographic add-on package. Note We recommend installing SSH on Cisco MGC Node Manager and Cisco VSPT before installing it on the Cisco PGW, so that you can use the element managers to monitor the installation process on the PGW and other managed components. St
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager Task 9: Install Cisco MGC Node Manager 2.5(2) and Verify the Installation Follow these instructions to install Cisco MGC Node Manager. If you are upgrading from Version 1.5 or 2.x, see the “Upgrading from Previous Cisco MGC Node Manager Versions” section on page 2-17. Identify any necessary patches by checking the location given in the “Installation Software” section on page 2-1. Not
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Chapter 2 Installing Cisco MGC Node Manager Performing a New Installation of the Cisco MGC Node Manager q) Quit Existing installations of any of the installation software are detected and are listed as “Already Installed”. Step 8 Enter 1 to install Cisco MGC Node Manager 2.5(2). The installation process begins. During installation, you are asked for various kinds of input, summarized here: CiscoView Server IP address—Enter the IP address of the CiscoView server installed in Task 7. I
