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About Campus Manager

Campus Manager Applications

About Campus Manager

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Campus Manager is an integral component of CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution. 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. It also reports network inconsistencies, anomalies, and configuration errors in the discovered network.

Campus Manager provides advanced capabilities to manage Spanning-Tree protocols, a graphical tool for managing complex ATM networks, and a user friendly interface for creating, modifying, or deleting VLANs, LANEs, or assigning switch ports to VLANs. The application includes an operational and diagnostic tool that traces the Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity between two specified devices on the network.

Campus Manager is based on a client-server architecture that connects multiple web-based clients to a server on the network.

Campus Manager Applications

Campus Manager applications provide tools for configuring, managing, understanding, and visualizing the complex physical and logical Layer 2 infrastructure.

The applications in Campus Manager and what they allow you to do, are given below:

Application	Allows you to
Topology Services	Manage, view, and monitor the physical and logical services on your network. For more details, see, Chapter 9, "Using Topology Services".
User Tracking	Locate and display data about users and hosts in the network, including wireless users. Dynamic Updates provides the details without any time delay. For more details, see Chapter 7, "Tracking Users".
Path Analysis	Trace and display Layer 2 and Layer 3 path direction, devices, and link types in your network, using User Tracking, Topology Services, and real-time Spanning Tree information to determine the connectivity. For more details, see Chapter 14, "Path Analysis".
Managing VLANs and VTP	Assign VLAN to ports, display VLAN ports, or configure trunk ports, Create PVLAN, Delete PVLAN, Configure Promiscuous Ports. For more details, see Chapter 10, "Managing VLANs and VTP".
Discrepancies and Best Practices Deviations Reporting	View the discrepancies and best practices deviations in your network. Fix some discrepancies and best practice deviations. For more details, see Chapter 8, "Discrepancies and Best Practices Deviations".