Table Of Contents

Overview

Campus Manager Applications

Setting Up Campus Manager Applications

Starting Campus Manager Applications

CiscoWorks2000 Server

Security

Using Online Help

Overview

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Campus Manager is part of the CiscoWorks2000 family of products. As an enterprise solution to network management, Campus Manager provides a suite of web-based network management tools that enable administrators to obtain various types of graphical views of their network topology and end-user information.

Campus Manager is based on a client/server architecture that connects multiple web-based clients to a server on the network. As the number of network devices increases, additional servers or collection points can be added to manage network growth with little impact on the client browser application.

By taking advantage of the stability inherent in the intranet architecture, Campus Manager supports multiple users anywhere on the network. The web-based infrastructure gives network operators, administrators, technicians, Help Desk staff, IS managers, and end-users access to network management tools, applications, and services.

The following topics provide you with information about:

•Campus Manager Applications

•CiscoWorks2000 Server

•Security

•Using Online Help

Campus Manager Applications

Campus Manager applications provide network monitoring and fault information required to track devices critical to network uptime and application availability. These applications provide you with the following functionality:

•Topology Services—Discover, view, and monitor the physical and logical services on your network (see "Managing Physical and Logical Network Services with Topology Services" or the Topology Services online help).

•User Tracking—Locate and display data about users and hosts in the network (see "Locating Users in the Network with User Tracking" or the User Tracking online help).

•Path Analysis—View the actual path that packets take between end nodes on your network (see "Tracking Packet Flow Using Path Analysis" or the Path Analysis online help).

•VLAN Port Assignment—Assign VLAN ports, display VLAN ports, or configure trunk ports (see "Managing VLAN Ports with VLAN Port Assignment" or the VLAN Port Assignment online help).

•Discrepancy Reports—View the physical and logical discrepancies discovered on your network (see "Managing Physical and Logical Network Services with Topology Services" or the Topology Services online help).

The following topics provide you with information about:

•Setting Up Campus Manager Applications

•Starting Campus Manager Applications

Setting Up Campus Manager Applications

CiscoWorks2000 requires that you use specific browser versions and configure your client system properly to use the applications. See Installation and Setup Guide for CiscoWorks2000 CD One for information about client setup requirements.

Also, Campus Manager applications have specific setup requirements to function properly. See Installation and Setup Guide for Campus Manager for information about Campus Manager setup requirements.

Starting Campus Manager Applications

The Campus Manager Applications are:

•Topology Services

•Path Analysis

•User Tracking

•VLAN Port Assignment

•Discrepancy Report

You can select these applications from:

•Campus Manager > Topology Services

•Campus Manager > Path Analysis

•Campus Manager > User Tracking

•Campus Manager > VLAN Port Assignment

•Campus Manager > Discrepancy Reports, then choose either Physical Discrepancy Report or Logical Discrepancy Report.

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Note If you are prompted to install the Java plug-in, download and install it using the installation screens displayed. The next time you start the application, it automatically uses the plug-in. For more information on the Java plug-in, refer to User Guide for CiscoWorks2000 Server.

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CiscoWorks2000 Server

Campus Manager works in conjunction with the CiscoWorks2000 Server, which comprises a set of management services shared by multiple management applications. These management services are enabled when a suite is installed and an application that relies on one of these services opens.

If a particular suite of applications does not use a service, or does not use a service to the fullest extent to which it is available, the service might not appear on the CiscoWorks2000 desktop.

Campus Manager uses these CiscoWorks2000 Server components:

• ANI Server and database

•Desktop look-and-feel

•Help engine and files

•Security

•Process management (for the ANI Server)

•Event Distribution System (EDS)—used to send and receive events between the ANI Server and Campus Manager

•Web server

•CCO Tools

•Connectivity tools

•Package options

For detailed information about these components, see User Guide for CiscoWorks2000 Server.

Security

After a period of inactivity, the CiscoWorks2000 desktop times out and is no longer accessible. However, the Topology Services window remains active, because it is a monitoring tool.

For information on how to setup a new user, see User Guide for CiscoWorks2000 Server.

Using Online Help

Campus Manager ships with an online help system that provides an overview, related information, procedures, and glossary information for Campus Manager. There is online help for each application within Campus Manager that contains more detailed information than what is included in this document. Use the help system to get information about using the Campus Manager interface and navigating within the product.

You access the online help in two ways:

•Click the Help button in the Campus Manager navigation tree.

•Click the Help button from any Campus Manager dialog box.