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Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1

Campus User Tracking Tasks

Visualization Tasks

Configuration Tasks

Reports and Job Management Tasks

Administrative Tasks

Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1

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CiscoWorsk Campus Manager (CM) is an integral component of Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution. As an enterprise solution for 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.

This chapter provides mapping of CM tasks in LMS 4.1.

It explains:

•Campus User Tracking Tasks

•Visualization Tasks

•Configuration Tasks

•Reports and Job Management Tasks

•Administrative Tasks

Campus User Tracking Tasks

This section provides information on the following Campus Manager User Tracking tasks in LMS 4.1:

•Reports Tasks

•Acquisitions Tasks

•Administration Tasks

Table 4-1 Campus User Tracking Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.1 Navigation	Description
Reports Tasks
Viewing Quick Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports	Reports > Inventory: User Tracking > Quick Report	You can view the reports on end hosts or IP phones, based on the filter criteria using which you want to generate the report.
Using Report Generator	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Report Generator	Reports > Inventory: User Tracking	The Report Generator in User Tracking allows you to view System-defined reports and Custom reports. You can generate the following reports: •Duplicates •End Hosts •History •IP Phones •MAC Report •Switch Port Report •Wireless Report You can also schedule to generate these reports immediately, once, daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.
Creating Custom Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Custom Reports	Reports > Report Designer: User Tracking > Custom Reports	You can create Custom reports for End Hosts or IP Phones.
Viewing List of Custom Layouts	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Custom Layouts	Reports > Report Designer: User Tracking > Custom Layouts	You can view the list of Custom layouts. Standard layouts are available after a fresh install.
Viewing Archived Reports List	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Archives	Reports > Report Archives: User Tracking	You can view a list of archived user tracking reports using the Reports Archive option.
Acquisitions Tasks
Viewing and interpreting acquisition information	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Acquisition	Inventory > User Tracking Settings: Acquisition Summary Or Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisitions Info	You can view acquisition summary from the Asset menu.
Configuring User Tracking Acquisition Actions	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Acquisition > Actions	Inventory > User Tracking Settings: Acquisition Actions Or Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Action	You can trigger the following acquisitions: •Device based Acquisition •Subnet based Acquisition •IP Phone Acquisition
Administration Tasks
Modifying Acquisition Settings	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Acquisition Settings	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Settings	You can modify User Tracking Acquisition settings using the Acquisition Settings option
Modifying Acquisition Schedule	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Schedule Acquisition	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Schedule	You can modify UT acquisition schedule using the Acquisition Schedule option.
Modifying Ping Sweep Options	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Ping Sweep	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Ping Sweep	A ping sweep (also known as an ICMP sweep) is a basic network scanning technique used to determine the range of IP addresses that map to live end hosts (computers). You can use a single ping to find out whether a specific end host exists on the network. You can modify Ping Sweep option.
Configuring Subnet Acquisition	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Configure Subnet Acquisition	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Subnet Acquisition configuration	You can configure LMS to perform User Tracking Acquisition on selected subnets. These configurations are used for User Tracking Major Acquisition and Configured Subnets based acquisition. You can choose to include or exclude specified subnets to perform User Tracking major acquisition.
Modifying Delete Interval	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Delete Interval	Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Purge Policy	You can modify the time interval for deleting entries from the End Host Table, IP Phone Table or the History Table from the database
Configuring Trunk for End Host Discovery	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Configure Trunk For End Hosts Discovery	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Configuration in Trunk	Normally UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected only to access ports. If you enable this feature UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected to non-link trunk ports also.
Specifying Purge Policy	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Reports > User Tracking Purge Policy	Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Report Purge Policy	You can specify the intervals at which old reports and jobs are to be purged, using the Purge Policy option. You can save the Purge Policy, so that the older jobs and archives are purged at the specified interval.
Specifying Domain Name Display	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Reports > Domain Name Display	Admin > Network: Display Settings > Domain Name Display	You can specify the way in which domain names are to be displayed in User Tracking Reports, using the Domain Name Display option.
Importing Information on End Host Users	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > End Host Table Import	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Table Import	You can import from a file, user names and notes for end hosts already discovered, using the End Host Table Import option.
Understanding Dynamic Updates	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic Update Process Status	User Tracking generates reports on various functions and attributes of the end hosts and devices connected to your network that are managed by LMS. These reports are generated by polling the network at intervals set by the network administrator. In addition to polling the network at regular intervals, LMS tracks changes about the end hosts and users on the network to provide real-time updates. Dynamic Updates are asynchronous updates that are based on SNMP MAC notifications traps.
Enabling SNMP Traps on Switch Ports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Device Trap Configuration	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Device Trap Configuration	You must configure the Cisco switches for sending SNMPv1/SNMPv2 MAC Notification Traps when a host is connected to or disconnected from that port. Even if the device is managed with SNMPv3, LMS processes only SNMPv1/SNMPv2 traps.
Configuring SNMP Trap Listener	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Trap Listener Configuration	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Trap Listener Configuration	LMS receives SNMP traps directly from the switches if you configure the port to direct the traps through primary listeners such as HP OpenView (HPOV) or Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM) applications.
Configuring Dynamic User Tracking	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Dynamic User Tracking Configuration	Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic User Tracking Configuration	You can configure certain properties in Dynamic User Tracking to enhance the security of the system. These properties make the server receive traps only from specified devices and with specified community strings.

Visualization Tasks

This section provides information on the Campus Manager Visualization tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-2 Visualization Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.1 Navigation	Description
Using Topology Services	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Visualization > Topology Services > Launch Topology Services	Configuration > Topology Or Monitor > Monitoring Tools:Topology Services	Topology Services is an application that enables you to view and monitor your network including the links and the ports of each link. Topology Services displays the network topology of the devices discovered by LMS, through Topology Maps. Besides these Maps, the application includes numerous reports that help you to view the physical and logical connectivity in details.
Enabling RMON to Measure Bandwidth Utilization	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Visualization > RMON Configuration	Admin > Network: Monitor/ Troubleshoot > RMON Configuration	Bandwidth Utilization is the measure of traffic flowing across a link. LMS highlights bandwidth utilization across links, in the Topology maps. It computes the bandwidth utilization by taking the best estimate of the mean physical layer network utilization on the links, during the sampling time interval. In Topology Map, LMS can differentiate the links using colors, based on the bandwidth utilized by them. You can customize the filters to display bandwidth utilization.

Configuration Tasks

This section provides information on the Campus Manager Configuration tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-3 Configuration Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.1 Navigation	Description
VLAN Configuration	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Configuration	Configuration > Workflows:VLAN > Configure VLAN	A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) allows you to create logical broadcast domains that can span across a single switch or multiple switches, regardless of physical positioning. A VLAN contains a group of devices on one or more LANs. You can create amd delete VLANs using VLAN Configuration wizard.
Creating VLANs	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Configuration > Create	Configuration > Workflows:VLAN > Configure VLAN	Allows you to create a VLAN by selecting devices or entities to be included in the VLAN. Domain Selector helps you to select devices in Switch Clouds and VTP Domains.
Creating PVLANs	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Create PVLAN	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Create Private LAN	A Private VLAN (PVLAN) is a VLAN that isolates devices at Layer 2 (L2), from other ports within the same broadcast domain or subnet. PVLAN segregates traffic at L2 and converts a broadcast segment into a non-broadcast multi-access segment. To create a Private VLAN, you must designate one VLAN as primary and another as either isolated, community, or two-way community VLAN. Then, you can assign additional VLANs as secondary VLANs. After creating primary and secondary VLANs you must associate the secondary VLANs to the respective primary VLANs.
Deleting PVLAN	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Delete PVLAN	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Delete Private LAN	You delete a configured PVLAN.
Configuring Promiscuous Ports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Configure Promiscuous Ports	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Configure Promiscuous Ports	You must associate the promiscuous ports to the PVLANs you have created, to receive traffic from outside the PVLAN.
VLAN Port Assignment	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Port Assignment	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Configure Port Assignment	VLAN Port Assignment is an application that displays device, port, and related VLAN information for an associated VTP domain in a tabular format and helps you manage ports on your network VLANs.
Creating Trunk	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > Trunk Configuration > Create Trunk	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Create Trunk	A Trunk is a point-to-point link carrying traffic for several VLANs, and are typically used to connect switches. Instead of configuring several access links to carry multi-VLAN traffic, its economical to do it with a single trunk link.
Modifying Trunk Attributes	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > Trunk Configuration > Modify Trunk Attributes	Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Modify Trunk	Allows you to modify trunk attributes.

Reports and Job Management Tasks

This section provides information on the Campus Manager Reports and Job Management tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-4 Reports and Job Mgmt Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.1 Navigation	Description
Using the Reports Job Browser	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Jobs	Admin > Jobs: Browser	You can manage Report Jobs using the Reports Job browser. You can also view the output of completed jobs, stop running jobs or delete jobs if required.
Generating Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Generator	Reports > Fault and Event: Best Practices > Deviation Reports > Fault and Event: Best Practices > Discrepancies Reports > Technology: VLAN Reports > Inventory: Device Attributes	Generate the following reports: •Best Practices Deviations Report •Device Attributes Report •Discrepancies Report •Port Attributes Report •VLAN Report
Viewing Archived Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Archives	Reports > Report Archives	The report output that is created from a scheduled report is stored in the reports archive. The archive displays the list of completed report jobs and you can view or delete them.
Using Job Management Browser	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Job Mgmt	Admin > Jobs: Browser	The Job Browser enables you to view the status of all LMS Jobs (User Tracking jobs, reports). The job details that you can view here include the job ID, the job type, the job status, the job description, the job owner, the time the job is scheduled to run at, the time of job completion, and the schedule type.

Administrative Tasks

This section provides information on the following Campus Manager Administrative tasks in LMS 4.1:

•Data Collection Tasks

•Other Admin Settings

•Debugging Options

Table 4-5 Admin Tasks 

LMS 3.2 Task Name	LMS 3.2 Navigation	LMS 4.1 Navigation	Description
Data Collection Tasks
Viewing Summary of Data Collection Settings	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection	Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection	View a summary of the Data Collection settings
Modifying SNMP Timeouts and Retries	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > SNMP Timeouts and Retries	Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection SNMP Timeouts and Retries	Modify the SNMP timeouts and retries when Data Collection fails for a particular device with SNMP timeout exceptions.
Scheduling Data Collection	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Schedule Data Collection	Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection Schedule	Allows you to schedule the day and time of data collection.
Device Poller	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Device Poller	Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection Critical Devices Poller	Poll the entire network for device and link status periodically. You can: •Configure the time interval at which the network is polled. •Poll only a critical set of devices.
Restricted Topology View	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Topology > Restricted Topology View	Admin > Network: Monitor/Troubleshoot > Retricted Topology View	Topology Services display all the devices discovered by LMS.
Configuring Fault Poller Settings	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Topology > DFM Poller Settings	Admin > Network: Monitor/Troubleshoot > Fault Poller Settings for Topology	Enable polling to display fault information in Topology Maps and N-Hop view portlet.
Topology Groups	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Groups	Admin > System: Group Management	The Topology Groups feature in LMS allows you to create customized views, of the network, in which devices are grouped according to various criteria. A view may be considered as a group of devices or device elements.
Using Administration Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Reports	Reports > System: ANI Server Analysis Reports > System: Data Collection Metrics Reports > System: Device Support	These reports allow you to view an analysis of the ANI Server, details of devices discovered, Data Collection metrics, and list of devices supported.
Other Admin Settings
Understanding Discrepancies and Best Practices Deviations	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Other Admin Settings > Discrepancies	Admin > Network: Best Practices Deviation Settings	LMS provides reports on discrepancies, such as network inconsistencies and anomalies or misconfiguration in the discovered network. This makes it easy to identify configuration errors such as link-speed mismatches on either end of a connection. Discrepancies are computed at the end of each data collection schedule. LMS also reports Best Practices Deviations. These are variations from the normal or recommended practices in a network. These do not have any serious impact on the functioning of the network.
Purging Reports Jobs and Archived Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Other Admin Settings > Purge Settings	Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Layer2 Services Purge Settings	You can purge jobs or report archives in LMS. By default, purging is disabled.
Debugging Options
Setting up Debugging Options for Data Collection	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Data Collection	Admin > System: Debug Settings > Data Collection	You can set the trace, and debugging, for Data Collection
Setting up Debugging Options for Configuration and Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Configuration and Reports	Admin > System: Debug settings > Layer2 Configuration and Reports	You can enable debugging for Configuration and Reports in LMS.
Setting up Debugging Options for Device Groups	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Device Groups	Admin > System: Debug Settings	You can enable debugging for the errors related to System defined or User defined groups.
Setting Debugging Options for Topology	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Topology	Admin > System: Debug Settings > Topology	You can enable debugging for Topology Services client side activities. The debugging information will be available in the Java Console.
Debugging Options for User Tracking Server	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > User Tracking Server	Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Server	Debug events related to all User Tracking server side processes.
Debugging Options for User Tracking Reports	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > User Tracking Reports	Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Reports	You can debug events related to User Tracking client side activities.
Debugging Dynamic Updates	Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Dynamic User Tracking	Admin > System: Debug Settings > Dynamic User Tracking	You can set the debugging options required for Dynamic Updates. Enable debugging, records all the required information to the log files.