Table Of Contents

Preface

Organization

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This guide describes the structure and features of Cisco Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA). Cisco ANA Manage is the GUI client application designed to simplify and facilitate administration. It enables you to configure and control Cisco ANA. Cisco ANA Manage interacts with the Cisco ANA Registry ("Golden Source") to query and modify configuration information. This guide is intended for use by trained administrators.

Organization

This guide includes the following sections:

Section	Title	Description
1	Introducing Cisco ANA	Describes the Cisco ANA platform and architecture. It also provides a brief explanation of the terms used throughout this guide.
2	Getting Started with Cisco ANA Manage	Describes the Cisco ANA Manage working environment and how to open and operate the Cisco ANA Manage application.
3	Deploying Cisco ANA	Describes the steps needed to deploy Cisco ANA in your environment.
4	Using Cisco ANA Manage Tables	Describes how to perform general Cisco ANA Manage functions when working with tables.
5	Managing Cisco ANA Units	Describes how to add, manage, and remove Cisco ANA units.
6	Managing AVMs and VNEs	Describes how to define and manage AVMs and VNEs.
7	Managing Global Settings	Describes how to define and manage Cisco ANA Manage global settings, including client licenses, Cisco ANA database segments, a message of the day (service disclaimer), polling groups, and protection groups.
8	Managing Links	Describes how to add and remove a topological link between two ports of two network elements in the network.
9	Managing Workflows	Describes the workflow engine in Cisco ANA Manage.
10	Managing Security	Describes how Cisco ANA implements a three-dimensional security engine combining a role-based security mechanism with scopes that are granted to users. In addition, it describes managing users, including defining users and passwords.
11	Managing the Event Listener	Describes the Cisco ANA Event Listener and how to configure it to run on both a gateway and a unit.
12	System Health and Diagnostics	Describes how to work with the system health and diagnostics tool, and the various aspects of the Cisco ANA system that can be monitored.
13	Purging the Database	Describes how to configure the length of time that events are to stay in the database and how to purge events from the database automatically. It also describes Cisco ANA integrity service and how to use it.
14	System Security Events	Lists the system security events displayed in the Security tab of Cisco ANA EventVision.
A	Backup and Restore	Describes the registry and database backup and restore procedures.
B	Utility Scripts	Describes the utility scripts available for use with Cisco ANA, including scripts for bulk VNE additions and restarting the Cisco ANA platform.
C	Golden Source Registry	Provides details of the Golden Source Registry.
D	Ports Used by Cisco ANA	Provides a list of the ports used by the various Cisco ANA server and client applications.
E	Drools Rules Engine	Introduces and describes the Drools rules engine, which combines rule-based techniques and object-oriented programming to provide a customizable mechanism to add decision support and data flow control functions to business applications.
F	Using High Availability	Describes the high availability and protection options available for units and gateways.
G	VNE Persistency Mechanism	Describes the VNE persistency mechanism in Cisco ANA.

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Note Changes to the registry should be performed only with the support of Cisco. For details, contact the Cisco ANA Project Manager or Cisco Account Team.

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Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Indication
bold font	Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in bold font.
italic font	Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z }	Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[ x | y | z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string, or the string will include the quotation marks.
courier font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font.
< >	Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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