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Supported Network Management Systems
Prerequisites
This chapter describes the factors that you must consider before installing
CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 (Common Services) on a Solaris system.This chapter contains:
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Common Services Upgrade Paths
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Product Overview
CiscoWorks Common Services (Common Services) represents a common set of management services that are shared by CiscoWorks applications. CiscoWorks is a family of products based on Internet standards for managing networks and devices. All CiscoWorks products use and depend on Common Services.
Common Services provides a foundation for CiscoWorks applications to share a common model for data storage, login, user role definitions, access privileges, security protocols, as well as navigation. It creates a standard user experience for all management functions. It also provides the common framework for all basic system level operations such as installation, data management including backup-restore and import-export, event and message handling, job and process management.
Common Services 3.0 provides a set of new features required to drive the CiscoWorks applications towards a common look and feel. The new CiscoWorks Homepage replaces the existing desktop.
Common Services 3.0 enables sharing of critical information among the various products. It provides a new framework for delivering timely support of new devices. It also supports new platforms, and provides enhanced security mechanisms.
The CD- ROM that contains CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 also includes the following components:
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Common Services Upgrade Paths
Table 1-1 describes the different local upgrade paths and results. See
"Installing CiscoWorks Common Services," for installation instructions.
Server Requirements
Table 1-2 shows the minimum system requirements for installing
Common Services.
Table 1-2 Server System Requirements 1
System hardware
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Memory (RAM)
512 MB (to install all Common Services components).
Available drive space
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System software
Solaris 2.8 and Solaris 2.9.
Common Services 3.0 supports only 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.
We recommend that you install the Solaris Operating System in entire distribution mode.
Additional software (Optional)
Browsers
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1 Minimum requirements vary, depending on which components you choose to install:
Integration Utility alone requires 512 MB RAM and 50 MB disk space.
CiscoView alone requires 512 MB RAM and 175 MB disk space.2 CiscoWorks Common Services supports Ultra SPARC II, IIi, and IIe and Ultra SPARC III and III Cu machines.
Caution
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 1-3 lists the required and recommended patches for Solaris 2.8 and 2.9. The required patches are mandatory for all Common Services features to function properly. The recommended patches are optional. Some of the Common Services features may not work if these patches are not installed on your system.
Use showrev -p command to verify that these patches have been applied.
Note
The following error and warning messages appear if you do not have any of the solaris patches installed on your system
If the required Server patches are missing:
This system does not have the following required Server patchesInstallation can proceed without the required Server patches.However, you must install the required patches listed above before running CiscoWorks.Do you want to continue the installation? (y/n) [y]:If the required Client patches are missing:
This system does not have the following required Client patches.These patches are required if only this system is used as a CiscoWorks client.If the recommended Server patches are missing:
This system does not have the following recommended Server patchesIf the recommended Client patches are missing:
This system does not have the following recommended Client patches.These patches are recommended if only this system is used as a CiscoWorks client.We recommend you download and install the latest required and recommended patches from www.sunsolve.sun.com, before you run Common Services.
Client Requirements
Table 1-4 shows the minimum system requirements for a client system.
For information about configuring client systems, see "Preparing to Use CiscoWorks Common Services."
Table 1-4 Client System Requirements
System hardware and software
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Memory (RAM)
256 MB.
Browser
One of these browsers:
On Windows and Windows XP clients:
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version 1.4.2_04.(optional)1To verify the JVM:
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Java Console.–
CiscoWorks Common Services does not require JVM and Java Plug-in. However, some CiscoWorks applications may require these.
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On Solaris clients:
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1 JVM and Java Plug-in are used only by some CiscoWorks applications.
Enabling Java Console
To enable Java Console in Microsoft Internet Explorer:
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Step 3
To enable Java Console in Netscape Navigator:
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To enable Java Console in Mozilla:
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Supported Devices
CiscoView manages and configures different types of Cisco devices.
See User Guide for CiscoView 6.1 for information on supported devices.
Supported Network Management Systems
Following are the Network Management Systems (NMS) supported for importing device information into the CiscoView application:
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See User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 and the Online help for information about importing devices.
The Integration Utility supported is 1.6. See User Guide for CiscoWorks Integration Utility 1.6 for information about installing and using Integration Utility.
