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Preparing to Use CiscoWorks Common Services
Using Device and Credentials Repository
Preparing to Use CiscoWorks Common Services
After installing Common Services, you must configure the server and client systems.
This chapter consists of:
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Using Device and Credentials Repository
Configuring Client Systems
Through the following tasks, you can configure your client system to use Common Services.
The system that has Common Services installed on it can be used as both the server and the client. If you are using the system as client, you must configure the web browser.
Setting Display Fonts
For Windows, set the display to use small fonts:
Step 1
The Control Panel window appears.
Step 2
The Display Properties dialog box appears.
Step 3
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The System Settings Change dialog box appears.
Step 4
Configuring Web Browser
To configure your web browser:
Step 1
In Netscape Navigator:
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In Internet Explorer:
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In Mozilla:
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Step 2
In Netscape Navigator:
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In Internet Explorer:
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In Mozilla:
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Step 3
In Netscape Navigator:
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In Internet Explorer:
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In Mozilla:
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Step 4
In Netscape Navigator:
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In Internet Explorer:
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In Mozilla:
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This option must be set to prevent Internet Explorer from using the cached information for help links. If it is not set, the first help link is displayed properly. However, the second time you click a link, the first page is displayed again.
In Mozilla:
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Step 5
This is only for Internet Explorer —See the instructions on the Microsoft Support Web site.
Step 6
In Netscape Navigator:
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In Internet Explorer:
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In Mozilla:
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Step 7
In Netscape Navigator:
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The text in the browser window is redrawn using the new fonts.
In Internet Explorer:
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The text in the browser window is redrawn using the new fonts.
In Mozilla:
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Step 8
If you have browser problems after configuring your browser, increase your disk cache settings.
After the web browser is installed on the client system, there are no additional disk space requirements.
However, because the browser uses the local disk to store cached information, make sure you have enough disk space for the amount of cached information you want to store. All Common Services information is stored on the CiscoWorks server.
Accessing CiscoWorks Server
CiscoWorks Common Services uses port 1741 for the HTTP server and port 443 for HTTPS server (SSL).
To access the server from a client system, enter any one of these URLs in your web browser:
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http://server_name:1741•
https://server_name:443where server_name is the hostname of the server on which you installed Common Services.
The CiscoWorks Login page appears.
See Invoking CiscoWorks Homepage and Logging in to Common Services sections in the User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 for more information.
Also, see "TCP and UDP Ports Information" section.
Using Device Center
Device Center provides a one stop place where you can see a summary for a device, and launch troubleshooting tools, management tasks, and reports for the selected device. It provides a device centric navigation paradigm, which helps you to concentrate on device centric features and information from one single location.
See Using Device Center chapter in the User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 for more information about launching Device Center and using the Device Center functions.
Using Device and Credentials Repository
The Device and Credential Repository (DCR) is a common repository of devices, their attributes, and credentials.These are to be used by various network management applications, to manage devices in a management domain. The Device and Credential Admin (DCA) provides an interface to administer DCR.
It enables multiple applications to share device lists and credentials using a client-server mechanism, with secured storage and communications. The applications can read or retrieve the information. The applications can also update the information in DCR so that it could be shared with other applications.
See Managing Device and Credentials chapter in the
User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0 for more information about Adding Devices, Deleting Devices, Editing Device Credentials, Importing Devices and Credentials, Exporting Devices & Credentials, Excluding Devices, and, Viewing Devices List.Using Integration Utility
The Integration Utility allows you to launch CiscoView from an SNMP platform even when CiscoView is running on a different system than the NMS. It also allows you to integrate other applications into NMS menu.
See User Guide for CiscoWorks Integration Utility 1.6 for information about configuring the Integration Utility.
Using CiscoView
CiscoView is a graphical SNMP-based device management tool that provides real-time views of networked Cisco Systems devices.
See User Guide for CiscoView 6.1 for information about launching and using CiscoView.
Casuser Permissions
In order to install and run the CiscoWorks, make sure that localSystem account, and casusers group (which is created by CiscoWorks installation) have sufficient permissions to load system DLLs from system32 directory, as well as command line utilities provided by Windows, such as cmd, regedit, cacls, ping, nslookup, etc.
The same permissions should be granted to the user who is running installation of CiscoWorks. In addition, such user must be a member of the local group Administrators. Permissions for this user are required for the time of installation or uninstallation only.
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