Table Of Contents
Preface
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Preface
This Installation Guide describes the typical installation of the Cisco Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA).
This guide also provides a checklist for the user to ensure that the Cisco ANA Gateway and Cisco ANA Units have been installed successfully. This list provides the user with a framework for checking the following:
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The correct versions of the setup have been installed
•All Third Party software is running the correct version
•The directory structure is correct and nothing is missing
•The Web Server is properly configured and running
•The Golden Source is properly configured
It includes the following chapters:
•Chapter 1, "Overview" describes the Cisco ANA platform architecture and functional blocks.
•Chapter 2, "Installation Pre-requisites" provides the hardware and software installation requirements of the Cisco ANA gateway, unit, and client, and the connectivity requirements. In addition, it describes the DVD that covers the installation of all the system components.
•Chapter 3, "Cisco ANA Installation Workflow" provides a workflow of the steps required to install Cisco ANA version 3.6 Service Pack 2.
•Chapter 4, "Oracle Server Installation" describes how to install Oracle 9i or Oracle 10g for use with the Cisco ANA 3.6 Service Pack installations.
•Chapter 5, "Installing a Gateway" describes the typical installation of a single Cisco ANA gateway. It also describes how to check the installation of the gateway server.
•Chapter 6, "Installing a Unit" describes the steps required to install the Cisco ANA unit. It also describes how to check the unit server installation.
•Chapter 7, "Installing the Service Packs" provides instructions on how to install Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 on top of an existing Cisco ANA 3.6 installation.
•Chapter 8, "Installing a Client" describes the steps required to install or upgrade the Cisco ANA client. It also describes how to start the client.
•Chapter 9, "Uninstalling Cisco ANA" describes the steps required to uninstall Cisco ANA.
•Chapter 10, "Upgrading Cisco ANA" describes the steps required to upgrade Cisco ANA. It also describes how to:
–Verify that the user sheer is part of the dba group before starting the migration procedure.
–Shut down the Cisco ANA system processes and the Oracle database.
–Backup the Oracle database and Sheer directory.
–Copy the database files and change the file permissions back to Oracle.
–Install the units and copy the backed up AVMs and site.xml file to the new directory.
–Reload Cisco ANA.
•Appendix A, "Folders Created in Cisco ANA" provides a list of the folders created in Cisco ANA.
•Appendix B, "Cisco User .rhosts File" provides brief notes about the .rhosts file.
Note Changes to the registry should only be carried out with the support of Cisco. For details, please contact the Cisco Project Manager or Cisco Account Team.
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, 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
