Table Of Contents

Overview of LAN Management Solution 3.0

Product Overview

Composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0

Key Features of LMS 3.0

New LMS Applications

CiscoWorks LMS Portal

CiscoWorks Assistant

Increased Scalability

Single Install Experience

Third Party Tools and Software Changes

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Support

Upgrade and Migration Overview

Supported Network Management Systems

Supported Devices

Overview of LAN Management Solution 3.0

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This chapter provides a clear overview of CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution 3.0 and describes the composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0 on both Windows and Solaris systems.

This chapter contains:

•Product Overview

•Composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0

•Key Features of LMS 3.0

•Upgrade and Migration Overview

•Supported Network Management Systems

•Supported Devices

Product Overview

The LAN Management Solution (LMS) 3.0 software provides applications for configuring, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting a campus network. It enables network administrators to effectively manage their LAN and Campus networks.

This document describes the procedure for a new and upgrade installation of LMS 3.0. It contains:

•LMS product composition, including links for accessing online documentation.

•LMS features.

•Hardware and software requirements for optimal performance.

•Detailed installation procedures for all applications.

•Information on getting started with LMS.

•Frequently asked questions.

•Information about ordering documentation and contacting Cisco Systems for additional assistance.

If you already have an earlier version of LMS and want to migrate to LMS 3.0, follow the procedure as described in the Data Migration Guide for LAN Management Solution 3.0.

You can find this document at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2425/prod_installation_guides_list.html

The licenses in LMS 3.0 are device-based for all applications. However, for Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) the license is based on the number of devices and the number of collectors.

Based on the requirement, you can select the appropriate license. See License Information, page 3-8 for further information.

Composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0

The LAN Management Solution 3.0 software is packaged in a DVD for your use. Figure 1-1 explains the composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0 software.

Figure 1-1 Composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0

The entire list of applications comprised within LAN Management Solution 3.0 has been tabulated below.

You can select to upgrade install any number of applications based on your need and the system prerequisites. However, CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1, CiscoWorks Assistant 1.0 and CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0 will be selected and installed by default.

Table 1-1 describes the composition of applications within LAN Management Solution 3.0.

Table 1-1 Composition of Applications within LAN Management Solution 3.0  

This LMS 3.0 Application...	Provides...
CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1 (CS)	Common software and services for LMS applications. Common Services 3.1 provides a set of shared application services that are used by all LMS applications.
Resource Manager Essentials 4.1 (RME)	The ability to manage: •Device inventory and audit changes. •Configuration files, software images, and syslog analysis. •Network monitoring and fault information for tracking devices that are critical to network uptime.
Campus Manager 5.0 (CM) Campus Manager is sometimes referred to as Campus.	The following functions: •Visualize network topology. •Locate and display data about users and hosts in the network. •Manage VLANs. •Detect network discrepancies and best-practice non-compliance, Layer 2/3 data and voice traces. •Trace and display Layer 2 and Layer 3 path direction, devices, and link types in your network.
CiscoView 6.1.6 (CV)	The ability to monitor and troubleshoot devices across your network being a graphical device management tool.
Device Fault Manager 3.0 (DFM)	The following functions: •Monitor device faults in real-time, and determine the root cause by correlating device-level fault conditions. •Monitor fault history. •Configure e-mail, SNMP trap, and syslog notifications.
Internetwork Performance Monitor 4.0 (IPM)	The ability to proactively troubleshoot wide-area network response time, jitter, and availability.
CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0	The ability to: •Customize information, regardless of applications. •View frequently used information in a common place. With this you do not need to navigate through many pages. •Display application-related information as portlets. •Customize home page to have all information on a single screen from all applications.
CiscoWorks Assistant 1.0	Workflows to: •Set up and manage CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) servers. •Collect troubleshooting information.
Integration Utility 1.7 (NMIM)	Support for third-party Network Management Systems (NMS). This is an integration module.

Key Features of LMS 3.0

The following are the key features of LMS 3.0:

•New LMS Applications

•Increased Scalability

•Single Install Experience

•Third Party Tools and Software Changes

•Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Support

See the respective application User Guides to know about the key features of all LMS applications.

New LMS Applications

LMS 3.0 provides two new applications namely CiscoWorks LMS Portal and CiscoWorks Assistant along with the existing group of applications to enhance customization and end-to-end usability. They are:

•CiscoWorks LMS Portal

•CiscoWorks Assistant

CiscoWorks LMS Portal

CiscoWorks LMS Portal helps you in setting up a customized home page. The status summary of LMS applications jobs, security configurations and other information are available as Portlets in the LMS Portal application.

See User Guide for CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0 for more information.

CiscoWorks Assistant

CiscoWorks Assistant is a web-based tool that provides workflows to help you to overcome network management and software deployment challenges. CiscoWorks Assistant is available along with CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) solution. This application is installed along with CiscoWorks Common Services.

A workflow is a compilation of tasks that assist you to deploy LMS servers and troubleshoot your network. The CiscoWorks Assistant Engine, which works in the backend, executes the workflows and allows you to navigate between the various tasks.

CiscoWorks Assistant workflows contain functionalities that are available across LMS applications. These functionalities are grouped logically to setup and configure the LMS server and to troubleshoot your network devices. Using CiscoWorks Assistant you can easily deploy multiple LMS server and maintain device credentials. The workflows supported are:

•Server Setup

•Device Troubleshooting

•End Host/IP Phone Down

See User Guide for CiscoWorks Assistant 1.0 for more information.

Increased Scalability

LMS 3.0 now supports up to 3,000 devices for all the applications installed in a single (Solution) server.

On Standalone servers, the LMS applications now supports more devices than they supported in the earlier releases. LMS applications provides support for:

•10,000 Devices on Standalone Server (RME Only)

A single server with CS 3.1 and RME 4.1 installed can manage 10,000 devices. This optimizes performance and meets the scalability prerequisite.

•5,000 Devices on Standalone Server (DFM Only)

In this release, DFM manages more devices than in the earlier releases. The managing capacity of DFM is enhanced to support 5,000 devices in a standalone server with CS 3.1 and DFM 3.0 installed.

•250,000 End Hosts on Standalone Server (Campus Manager Only)

In this release, Campus Manger manages up to 250,000 end hosts and 5,000 devices when installed in standalone mode with CS 3.1.

Campus Manager database maintains upto 2,500,000 end host history records.

However, Campus Manager Data Collection discovers and tracks a maximum of 150,000 Switch Ports only.

For more information on this, see Application Scaling Numbers, page 3-9.

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Note CiscoWorks LMS Portal and CiscoWorks Assistant are also installed with Common Services 3.1 when you install any LMS application using the Product DVD.

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Single Install Experience

LMS 3.0 provides a single install experience to you. It allows you to select and install all applications together or select specific applications.

Here, the complete installation is managed by this single installer. It captures all required user inputs and then installs the applications.

When you select CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1, the two new applications namely, CiscoWorks Assistant 1.0 and CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0 are also selected and installed.

In addition to this, during component selection, you can also select to install any other application from the list. However, before selecting any application, you must first select CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1.

Silent Installation

Silent installation or unattended installation is supported in this single installer. Silent install does not prompt for your inputs. It continues the installation based on your inputs provided in a file.

Silent installation is supported only for a fresh installation of LMS applications. You cannot perform silent installation for upgrading or re-installing LMS applications.

See Installing LMS 3.0 in Silent Mode, page 4-24 for details.

Third Party Tools and Software Changes

The third party tools have been upgraded in this release to provide support for new features and applications in LMS bundle:

• Solaris 10 Operating Systems are now supported.

•Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 browsers are supported in this release.

• Java Plug-In (JPI) version is changed to 1.5.0_11.

•Java Runtime Environment (JRE) upgraded to JRE 1.4.2_12 and
JRE 1.5.0_07.

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Support

PoE is the ability of the LAN switching infrastructure to provide power over the ethernet copper wire to an endpoint (device).

Campus Manager Topology Services provides filters based on the Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability of the device. When selected, the filters allow you to view the PoE capable devices present in your network.

For more details, see:

•http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns147/ns412/networking_solutions_white_paper09186a00801f4325.shtml

•User Guide for CiscoWorks Campus Manager 5.0.

The PoE support in CiscoView 6.1.6 allows you to configure the device level attributes and different parameters on each PoE capable port listed in the application. PoE is supported for the Catalyst 3750 and Catalyst 3560 device platforms.

For more details, See User Guide for CiscoWorks CiscoView 6.1.6.

Upgrade and Migration Overview

Upgrading is overwriting the existing LMS version with the new LMS version. LMS 3.0 enables you to upgrade from an earlier version of LMS and perform a fresh installation of other applications at the same time.

When you install LMS 3.0, the existing applications of LMS 2.5.1 or LMS 2.6 are selected by default for upgrade installation to the latest version of LMS 3.0.

For example, if you had installed Resource Manager Essentials 4.0.5 (LMS 2.6) previously, and when you now install LMS 3.0 using the DVD, this application will be selected by default for an upgrade installation to Resource Manager Essentials 4.1 (LMS 3.0) along with the three default applications namely, CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1, CiscoWorks Assistant 1.0 and CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.0.

The other applications you want to install newly can also be simultaneously selected for a fresh installation or re-installation, using the LMS 3.0 DVD.

You can upgrade using either of these methods:

•Local upgrade—Upgrading to the newer version of LMS on the same machine. You can directly upgrade to LMS 3.0 from LMS 2.6 and LMS 2.5.1 only.

•Remote upgrade—Installing LMS on a different machine and then restoring the data on that machine.

You can upgrade from LMS 2.2 or LMS 2.5 to LMS 3.0 only by performing a remote upgrade.

Upgrading Master-Slave Server Setup

The Master server should be first upgraded to the latest version of LMS 3.0. Then the Slave server should be upgraded.

Supported Combination for Upgrade

Master server has a higher version of LMS, say LMS 3.0 and the slave has a lower version of LMS, say LMS 2.6.

Non-Supported Combination for Upgrade

Master server has a lower version of LMS, say LMS 2.6 and the slave has a higher version of LMS, say LMS 3.0.

Table 1-2 describes the recommended sequence to upgrade, and migrate your data from earlier versions of LMS to LMS 3.0.

Table 1-2 Upgrade and Data Migration Procedure 

Type of Upgrade	Current LMS Version	Procedure
Local Upgrade	LMS 2.5.1	1. Back up the data1 (we recommend this). 2. Upgrade to LMS 3.0 using the LMS 3.0 DVD. For details on the upgrade procedures, see the Upgrading to LMS 3.0, page 4-27. 3. Migrate your data to LMS 3.0 using the instructions in the Data Migration Guide for LAN Management Solution 3.0.
Local Upgrade	LMS 2.6	1. Back up the data (we recommend this). 2. Upgrade to LMS 3.0 using the LMS 3.0 DVD. For details on the upgrade procedures, see the Upgrading to LMS 3.0, page 4-27. 3. Migrate your data to LMS 3.0 using the instructions in the Data Migration Guide for LAN Management Solution 3.0.
Remote Upgrade	LMS 2.2, LMS 2.5, LMS 2.5.1, LMS 2.6 (for customers upgrading using the LMS 3.0 DVD)	1. Perform backup of LMS 2.2 and LMS 2.5 and then perform migration. Backed up data will be restored during migration. 2. Migrate your data to LMS 3.0 using the instructions in the Data Migration Guide for LAN Management Solution 3.0.
Remote Upgrade	LMS 2.5 (for customers upgrading after installing patches from Cisco.com)	1. Perform backup of LMS 2.5 and then perform migration. Backed up data will be restored during migration. 2. Migrate your data to LMS 3.0 using the instructions in the Data Migration Guide for LAN Management Solution 3.0.

1 Make sure the backup location has sufficient disk space.

The data may be migrated to the newer version based on the previously installed LMS applications.

Table 1-3 lists the LMS 2.6 applications and their versions.

Table 1-3 LMS 2.6 Applications and Versions

Application	Version
CiscoWorks Common Services	3.0.5
Resource Manager Essentials	4.0.5
Campus Manager	4.0.6
Device Fault Manager	2.0.6
Internetwork Performance Monitor	2.6
CiscoView	6.1.5

Table 1-4 lists the LMS 2.5.1 applications and their versions.

Table 1-4 LMS 2.5.1 Applications and Versions

Application	Version
CiscoWorks Common Services	3.0.3
Resource Manager Essentials	4.0.3
Campus Manager	4.0.3
Device Fault Manager	2.0.3
Internetwork Performance Monitor	2.6
CiscoView (Part of CD one)	6.1.2

See Table 1-2 for composition of LAN Management Solution 3.0 software.

Supported Network Management Systems

Table 1-5 lists the Network Management Systems (NMS) supported by Integration Utility 1.7, which is part of LMS 3.0.

Table 1-5 Supported Network Management Systems 

Network Management System	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

See User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.1 and the online help for information about importing devices.

You can download the latest adapters for third-party network management applications and the Network Management Integration Data Bundle (NMIDB) from the following locations:

•Latest Adapters at:

http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/cw2000/cmc3rd.shtml

•NMIDB at:

http://ftp.cisco.com/cisco/netmgmt/ciscoview/5.0/packages/nmidb.X.zip
(On Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers)

Supported Devices

As additional device packages become available, you can download the Service Packs (formerly called IDUs) that contain them from Cisco.com.

Registered Cisco.com users can access the most current Device Package Updates, and download the latest device updates for CV, RME, DFM, and IPM from the following location:

•For CiscoView at:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Software/CiscoView/cvresult.cgi?product_class=All+Product+Types&product=All+Products&application=CiscoView+6.1

•For Campus at:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cw2000-campus

•For DFM at:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cw2000-dfm

•For RME at:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cw2000-rme

To see the list of installed application's device packages, select Common Services > Software Center and then select the required application name on the CiscoWorks home page.

See the following documentation to know more information about supported devices:

•Supported Devices Tables of RME, CM, and DFM (LMS 3.0)

This document is available on Cisco.com at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2425/prod_installation_guides_list.html

•User Guide for CiscoView 6.1.6

CiscoView manages and configures different types of Cisco devices. You can refer this document for information on supported devices. This document is available on Cisco.com at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps4565/products_user_guide_list.html