Installation Guide for the Cisco Application Networking Manager 4.1 - Preparing to Install Application Networking Manager 4.1 [Cisco Application Networking Manager]

Table Of Contents

Preparing to Install Application Networking Manager 4.1

ANM Overview

Server Requirements

Client Requirements

Becoming the Root User

Preparing to Install Application Networking Manager 4.1

Date: 9/24/10

This chapter describes what you need to know and steps you need to perform in order to install or upgrade ANM.

For detailed hardware and Cisco IOS requirements, see the Supported Devices Table for Application Networking Manager 4.1 at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6904/products_device_support_tables_list.html

Note This guide describes how to install and administer the Cisco ANM server software only. For information about installing the ANM Virtual Appliance software on a VMware virtual machine, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Application Networking Manager 4.1 Virtual Appliance.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•ANM Overview

•Server Requirements

•Client Requirements

•Becoming the Root User

ANM Overview

ANM is a client/server application that enables you to perform all the following functions:

•Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the functions of data center devices.

•Create policies for operations, applications owners, and server administration staff to activate and suspend network-based services without knowledge of, or ability to, change network configuration or topology.

•Manage the following product types:

–Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module or appliance

–Cisco Global Site Selector (GSS)

–Cisco Content Services Switch (CSS)

–Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System (VSS) 1440

–Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switch

–Cisco 7600 series router

–Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM)

–Cisco Content Switching Module with SSL (CSM-S)

–VMware vCenter Server

•Allow activation/suspension of VIP answers and DNS rules for the GSS.

•The server runs on a dedicated Linux machine where you will need to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The client runs on supported versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox web browsers. A pair of ANM servers can be configured to run in High Availability mode.

ANM is available in two versions, allowing you to install it either on a dedicated server or on a VMware virtual machine as shown in Figure 1-1. The capabilities and functions of the ANM software are the same regardless of which application you use. This guide uses the following terms to reference the two ANM applications:

•ANM server: Dedicated server with ANM server software and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system installed on it.

•ANM Virtual Appliance: VMware virtual appliance with ANM server software and Cisco Application Delivery Engine Operating System (ADE OS) installed on it. Cisco distributes ANM Virtual Appliance in Open Virtual Appliance (.OVA) format. For information about installing this type of ANM application, see the Installation Guide for the Cisco Application Networking Manager 4.1 Virtual Appliance.

Figure 1-1 ANM Server Deployment

Server Requirements

You install ANM on RHEL servers only. For ANM 4.1, you must use RHEL 5 (base server) Update 3 (5.3) 32-bit or 64-bit Server Edition (Linux 2.6 kernel) or Update 4 (5.4). Starting with this release, 64-bit Server Edition (Linux 2.6 Kernel) support is added, see the "Information About Upgrading ANM Server Software" section on page 3-1. The upgrade procedure is similar to the procedures as described in the RHEL 5.3 or 5.4 upgradation. The primary difference when you are not upgrading RHEL is that you do not have to back-up the data from the ANM server. This is because you are not upgrading the operating system software and the data that was previously configured on the ANM server remains intact.

During an ANM installation, MySQL (Sun's RDBMS) is automatically installed. If your system contains a different version of MySQL than the one used by ANM, it will be replaced with the version used by ANM during installation.

Tip If you are installing RHEL 5 servers for the first time, to avoid installation failures or incompatibilities, see the "Red Hat Operating System Installation Tips" section on page A-1.

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Your server must also meet the following minimum requirements:

Note No external software or libraries are needed to install ANM.

•A dedicated Linux server for ANM.

•A minimum of 2 GB random access memory (RAM); we recommend 4 GB RAM as a minimum for optimum performance.

•A minimum of 120 GB hard drive.

•Disk space requirements for ANM components as listed in Table 1-1.

Note Because ANM can potentially span multiple partitions, the disk requirements are listed on a directory basis. The partition that contains the specified directory must have at least the specified amount of free space indicated in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1 ANM Disk Space Requirements

Directory

Disk Requirement

/opt/CSCOanm

2 GB

/var/lib/anm

45 GB

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•3-GHz Pentium III CPU or equivalent (dual processor supported; application is multithreaded but performance/capacity increase has not been specified).

•CD-ROM drive.

•100-Mbps Ethernet interface for a single ANM configuration.

•One ANM server license for the active or primary server that you can download to the machine after installation by using the product authorization key (PAK).

If you are installing ANM with fault-tolerant high availability (HA), ensure that you have the following:

•Two full-duplex 100-Mbps Ethernet interfaces

•Two hosts with unique hostnames

•Primary IP addresses of both hosts configured on the same subnet (requirement)

•Secondary IP addresses (used as heartbeats) of both hosts configured on the same subnet (requirement)

•An additional ANM server license for the standby or backup server

Note For more information about high availability functions, see the "Installing ANM in HA Mode" section on page 2-4.

Client Requirements

Each client accessesing ANM running on a Linux server must meet the following minimum requirements:

•IBM-compatible computer with 2-GHz or faster Pentium processor

•At least 1-GB minimum RAM

The client must run one of the following operating systems:

•Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 2 and 3

•Windows Vista with Service Pack 1

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (base server)

The client requires one of the following browsers:

•Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0 with Service Pack 2 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7

•Firefox 3.5 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux Suse, or Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Note All browsers require that you enable cookies, JavaScript/scripting, Adobe Flash Player 9, and popup windows. Whenever ANM software is changed (upgrade or downgrade), end clients will need to clear their browser cache of each client.

Becoming the Root User

To install ANM, you must be logged in as the root user on the server where you want to install ANM.

Caution As the root user, you can adversely affect your operating environment if you are unaware of the effects of the commands that you use. If you are a relatively inexperienced Linux user, limit your activities as the root user to the tasks described in this publication.

From the Linux command line, log in as the root user by entering the following at the prompts:

> login: root

> Password: root-password

If you are already logged in, but not as the root user, use the su command to change your login to root:

# su -

# Password: root-password