User Guide for CiscoWorks Integration Utility 1.7
Chapter 2: Installing Integration Utility

Table Of Contents

Installing Integration Utility

Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Supported Network Management Systems

Installing Integration Utility

Uninstalling Integration Utility


Installing Integration Utility


This chapter describes the tasks you must perform to install and uninstall CiscoWorks Integration Utility.

This chapter contains:

Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Supported Network Management Systems

Installing Integration Utility

Uninstalling Integration Utility

Software Requirements

You must run one of these operating systems:

On Unix:

Solaris 9

Solaris 10

On Windows:

Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition

Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition

Windows 2003 R2 Server Standard Edition

Windows 2003 R2 Server Enterprise Edition

Hardware Requirements

Memory (RAM): 256 MB

Space required: 300 MB (This includes the space required to extract the NMIDB package)

Supported Network Management Systems

Table 2-1 lists the Network Management Systems (NMS) supported by Integration Utility 1.7.

Table 2-1 Supported Network Management Systems 

Command Line Option
Supported Platforms

HP Open View 7.5

Solaris 9

Windows 2003 Standard Edition

Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition

NetView 7.1.4

Solaris 9

Windows 2003 Standard Edition

Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition

NetView 7.1.5

Solaris 9

Solaris 10

Windows 2003 Standard Edition

Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition

Windows 2003 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition


Installing Integration Utility

The CiscoWorks Integration Utility 1.7 is part of the LMS 3.0 product DVD. You can either:

Install only Integration Utility 1.7 as a standlone product on your system.

Or

Install Integration Utility 1.7 when you install CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1 and other CiscoWorks applications.

Installation Notes

Before you begin installing Integration Utility, ensure that you:

Must have administrator privileges to install the product.

Install the Integration Utility on the same machine as your third-party NMS.

Installation Instructions

You can install the Integration Utility using either the Typical or Custom modes of installation.

For more information on Integration Utility installation, see Installing and Getting Started With LAN Management Solution 3.0

User Inputs During Installation

At the end of Custom installation of Integration Utility, you are prompted to integrate the utility with the NMS.

You can select either:

Integrate Now

Or

Integrate Later

You are prompted to enter the following information if you choose the Integrate Now option:

NM adapter to use for integration.

CiscoWorks Server details to reach CiscoView from NMS map (standalone only)

CiscoWorks Server name

Port

Protocol (HTTP or HTTPS)

Option to get NMIDB updates from Cisco.com (Yes or No)

Cisco.com login and password for updating NMIDB (Optional)

Default browser path to launch CiscoWorks Applications

See Integrating CiscoWorks Applications to NMS to know more about these fields.

If you select the Integrate Later option, you must enter these information when you start to integrate the CiscoWorks Integration with the third party Network Management Systems.

Uninstalling Integration Utility

You can either choose to uninstall Integration Utility alone or to uninstall Integration Utility along with other CiscoWorks applications.

For more information on uninstallation, see Installing and Getting Started With LAN Management Solution 3.0.