Add
license file
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Step 1
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Add a new license file.
This step
is applicable only if you have purchased Assurance Advanced and/or Analytics
license.
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See the
Add and
Delete a License File section of
"Manage
Licenses" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Discover
your Network
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Step 1
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Set up
the Devices for Auto Discovery.
Set up the
devices in your network first, so that they are ready to get discovered by
Cisco Prime Collaboration.
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N/A
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See
Configure Devices for Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance.
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Step 2
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Add Device Credentials.
Add the
device credentials to discover devices and collect their inventory details.
Always create a different credential profile for each device type.
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See the "Add a Device
Credentials Profile" section of "Manage Device Credentials" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 3
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Discover Devices.
- Discover Cisco Unified Communications Manager (including Cisco Unified IM and Presence) 9.x and later and Cisco Unity Connection 9.x and later applications.
- Discover Cisco TelePresence Management Suite
- Discover Cisco Expressway
The Cisco Expressway, Cisco Multipoint Control Unit, Cisco Profile and Codec, default gateway, and switches are discovered
along with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite.
Cisco TelePresence Conductor is not auto discovered through TelePresence Management Suite. The Cisco TelePresence Conductor
needs to be discovered separately.
For more information on supported devices, See Supported Alarms and Events for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance .
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See the
"Add Devices— Auto Discovery" section of
"Discover
Devices" chapter in the
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 4
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Verify Inventory
Note
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This
step is applicable only if you have purchased Assurance Advanced and/or
Analytics license.
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Verify
whether all discovered devices are in the Managed state.
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See the
Manage
Inventory chapter in the
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 5
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Import Conferences
Note
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This
step is applicable only if you have purchased Assurance Advanced and/or
Analytics license.
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Import the video collaboration conferences Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite Switch to monitor the conferences.
To
periodically import conferences from Cisco TelePresence Management Suite,
define the polling interval based on your business needs, using
.
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See the
Conference Diagnostics Dashboard section of
"Monitor Conferences" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 6
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Verify Conferences
Note
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This step is applicable only if you have purchased Assurance
Advanced and/or Analytics license.
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Verify
whether all conference details have been imported from Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite.
Cisco
Prime Collaboration collects scheduled conferences data for five days (for the
past one day, for the current day, and for three days ahead).
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See the
Conference Diagnostics Dashboard section of
"Monitor Conferences
" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 7
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Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration as CDR and Syslog
destination in Unified Communications Manager.
Ignore
this step if you have enabled auto-configuration of this setting during the
Unified CM auto-discovery.
Perform
this step only after the Unified CM clusters are discovered and in a Managed
state in Cisco Prime Collaboration. Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration as a
CDR and Syslog destination in each of the managed Unified CM clusters. This
enables you to monitor the CDR and CMR metrics, and the endpoint registration
details.
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NA
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See
Configure Devices for Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance.
For
information on auto-configuration, see the
"Discover Devices" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 8
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Set up
the Trunk Traffic Maximum Capacity.
Perform
this step only after the Unified CMs and gateways are discovered and in a
Managed state in Cisco Prime Collaboration. You must configure the trunk
maximum capacity in Cisco Prime Collaboration. This enables you to determine
the busy-hour trunk traffic for each gateway, connected to the Cisco Unified
UCM.
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See the
"Configuring Maximum Capacity for a Trunk or Gateway" of the "Prime
Collaboration Analytics Dashboards and Reports" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics Guide
.
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Set up Alarm
Notifications
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Step 1
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Set up
the SMTP Server.
Configure the SMTP server so that you can receive alarms by
email notifications.
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See the
"Configure SMTP Server" section of "Configure System Parameters" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 2
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Set up
Alarm Notifications.
Create
notification groups based on notification criteria of your choice, for the
notifications such as SNMP trap, e-mail, and syslog.
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See the
"Add a Device Notification Group" section of "Configure Notifications" chapter
in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Set up the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Server
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Step 1
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Create Users and Assign Roles .
Create
users and provide them with role-based access control for multiple levels of
authorization .
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See the
Add a
User section of
"Manage
Users" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 2
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Back up Settings.
Perform
or schedule periodic data backups. Data can be restored either on the same
system or any other system in the event of a system failure.
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See the
"Schedule Backup using Cisco Prime Collaboration User Interface" section of
"Perform Backup and Restore" chapter in the
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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Step 3
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Create Domains.
Create
domains to group different devices and assign these domains to users
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See the
"Add Domains" section of
"Manage
Domains" chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced.
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