Table Of Contents

Checking the Cisco ANA Gateway Installation

SQL Plus Configuration

Cisco ANA Version Information

Drools Rules Configuration

Web Server and Webstart Configuration

Graph Mechanism Configuration

Cisco ANA Configuration Files

What's Next?

Checking the Cisco ANA Gateway Installation

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This chapter describes how to check the installation of the Cisco ANA Gateway Server.

SQL Plus Configuration, describes how to check that the Server is available and properly configured.

Cisco ANA Version Information, describes how to check the version of Cisco ANA installed on the Server.

Drools Rules Configuration, describes how to check the Drools rules files that are being used.

Web Server and Webstart Configuration, describes how to check the Web Server and Cisco ANA Webstart mechanism.

Graph Mechanism Configuration, describes how to check that the graph mechanism.

Cisco ANA Configuration Files, describes how to check the Cisco ANA configuration files.

What's Next? , describes the next step after completing the check of the Cisco ANA Gateway.

SQL Plus Configuration

Description

This step checks that the Server is available and properly configured. In addition, it checks that the database is up and running, and has been configured properly.

Steps

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Step 1 On the Server run the following command:

sqlplus USER/PASSWORD

Step 2 Check that the SQL client can connect to the database.

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Successful Result

The following prompt appears:

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Apr 10 09:40:01 2005

Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Connected to:

Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

With the Partitioning option

JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

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Failure

Test failure indicates Database error, please contact your local Database administrator and repeat the test.

Cisco ANA Version Information

Description

This step checks the version of Cisco ANA installed on the Server. In addition, it also checks that the major parts of the Cisco ANA system are properly located and running.

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Note This test also checks a few additional characteristics of the installation such as directories, classes and so on.

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If there are any files missing or problems with the configuration, this step will fail.

Steps

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Step 1 On the Server run the following command:

runavm.csh -version

Step 2 Check that the correct version of Cisco ANA has been installed.

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Successful Result

The version, build, and customer information installed on the setup is displayed.

Actual Sample Result

AVM OS v3.4.0 (045) (BC-VPN)

Failure

Rerun the installation.

Drools Rules Configuration

Description

This step checks that the five Drools rules files that are being used have been properly created.

Steps

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Step 1 On the Server make sure that the following directory exists:

~/Main/data

Step 2 Check that the directory contains the following five files:

–alarms.bom

–alarms.ilr.clearn

–alarms.ilr.full

–post.ilr

–pre.ilr

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Successful Result

The five Drools rules files exist in the directory.

Failure

Rerun the installation.

Web Server and Webstart Configuration

Description

This step checks that the:

•Web Server has been properly configured and is running.

•Cisco ANA Webstart mechanism has been properly configured.

Steps

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Step 1 Open a web browser on the PC client connected to the Server.

Step 2 Enter the following URL in order to try and connect to the Cisco ANA Gateway URL:

http://<GW-IP>:1310/webstart/networkvision.jnlp

For example, if the Cisco ANA Gateway IP address is 192.168.2.152, enter the following URL:

http://192.168.2.152:1310/webstart/networkvision.jnlp

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Successful Result

•The networkvision.jnlp file is found.

•The web browser locates the file and tries to open or save (download) the file depending on the configuration of the web Server.

•The Webstart directory and Apache have been properly installed.

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Note The jnlp file will return the following error from the webserver. This is an expected error.
An error occurred while launching/running the application.
Category: Launch File Error
The field <jnlp><information><homepage>href has an invalid value: home.html

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Failure

•Check that the Apache Server is running on the Cisco ANA Gateway.

Check that the webserver daemon is up and running by typing the command "status" on the Cisco ANA Gateway server:

If the webserver daemon is down, load it by typing the command "startWeb.cmd":

•Check that the directory ~/Main/webstart and all of its sub-directories and files have execute privileges.

Graph Mechanism Configuration

Description

This step checks that the graph mechanism is working properly.

Steps

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Step 1 Open a web browser on the PC client connected to the Server.

Step 2 Enter the following URL in order to try and connect to Cisco ANA Graph:

http://<GW-IP:1310>/graphs/

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Successful Result

The graphs are properly opened in the web browser.

Failure

Check the configuration of the web browser.

Cisco ANA Configuration Files

Description

This step checks the Cisco ANA configuration files, namely, the following:

•What AVMs should run

•What Units are configured

Steps

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Step 1 On the Server browse to the following directory:

~/Main/registry/ConfigurationFiles

Step 2 Check that the directory contains the following two sub-directories.

•127.0.0.1

•0.0.0.0

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Successful Result

•The sub-directory 127.0.0.1 exists.

•The sub-directory 0.0.0.0 exists.

Failure

In case of failure make sure that the webserver daemon is up and running by typing the command "status" on the Cisco ANA Gateway server:

Figure 6-1 Command "Status" on the Cisco ANA Gateway Server

If the webserver daemon is down, load it by typing the command "startWeb.cmd":

Figure 6-2 Command "startWeb.cmd"

What's Next?

After the installation of the Cisco ANA Gateway has been checked, Cisco ANA Units can be installed. For more information about checking the installation of the Cisco ANA Units, see Checking the Cisco ANA Unit Installation.