Table Of Contents
Prerequisites
This chapter describes the factors that you should consider before installing Campus Manager 4.0.6 on a Solaris system.
This chapter contains:
Product Overview
Campus Manager, a member of the CiscoWorks family of products, is 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.
Campus Manager server discovers information about network devices and saves it in the Campus Manager database so that the applications can access it. For more information, see User Guide for Campus Manager 4.0.6.
The Campus Manager applications and what they allow you to do are as follows:
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Path Analysis—View the path that packets take between end nodes/devices on your network.
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Campus Manager Upgrade Paths
You can upgrade to Campus Manager 4.0.6 suing LAN Management Solution 2.6 Update CD-ROM. You must install the following applications before installing the LAN Management Solution 2.6 Update:
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You can upgrade to Campus Manger 4.0.6 by either:
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For more details, see Installing Campus Manager 4.0.6, page 2-2.
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http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/cw2000/lan-planner.shtml
For more details see, Readme for LAN Management Solution 2.6 Update on Solaris that can be downloaded from the same location.
Server Requirements
The server requirements for Campus Manager 4.0.6 are the same as that of LMS 2.6.
The minimum system requirements for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0.5 and Campus Manager 4.0.6 are shown in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 Server System Requirements Summary
System hardware
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Memory (RAM)
512 MB
Available drive space2
2 GB on the partition on which you install the product. The default is /opt
Swap space
Swap space equal to double the amount of memory (RAM). For example, if your system has 512 MB of RAM, you need 1024 MB of swap space.
/tmp directory
Must be on a swap partition
System software
Solaris 8 (Solaris 2.8) or Solaris 9 (Solaris 2.9)3
Campus Manager supports US-English and Japanese versions of Solaris Operating Systems. It does not support any other language version. Set the default locale to US-English for US-English version and Japanese for Japanese version.
Additional software
Netscape 7.0, if you are using the CiscoWorks Home page on the server system
1 If other applications are installed, or the number of devices on your network exceeds 500, the requirements might be greater.
2 For information about verifying disk space, see the "Checking Required Disk Space" section.
3 Patch 106292-05 must not be installed.
Checking Required Disk Space
To verify the amount of available disk space in each of the specified partitions and directories, enter:
# df -k directorywhere directory is the partition or directory for which you want to check the available disk space.
Solaris Patches
Table 1-2 lists the required and recommended patches for Solaris 8 (Solaris 2.8) and Solaris 9 (Solaris 2.9).
Use the showrev -p command to verify that these patches have been applied.
Maximum Recommended Load
The maximum recommended load on servers configured with the minimum server requirements shown in Table 1-1 is 500 Cisco devices and one client at a time.
If other network management applications are installed on your server, you may need additional resources.
Server Recommendations
To select or configure a server system that best meets your needs, consider the number of managed devices.
Table 1-3 shows the recommendations for a server running Common Services and Campus Manager. These recommendations produce optimal response time while running user reports.
Client Requirements
The minimum client system requirements for CiscoWorks
Common Services 3.0.5 and Campus Manager 4.0.6 are shown in Table 1-3. The maximum recommended load on clients configured with the minimum requirements shown in Table 1-3 is 2000 Cisco devices.
Supported Devices
For information about supported devices, access the Supported Devices table at the following location on cisco.com:
http://cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps563/
products_device_support_tables_list.html