Table Of Contents
Hardware and Software Requirements
Prerequisites for Installing QPM
Prerequisites for Installing Common Services
Overview of QPM 4.0
This chapter contains the following topics:
What is QPM?
QoS Policy Manager (QPM) lets you analyze traffic throughput by application or service class, and then leverage that information to configure QoS policies. This helps you to differentiate the traffic and define the QoS functions to be applied to each type of traffic flow.
By simplifying QoS policy definition and deployment, QPM makes it easier for you to create and manage end-to-end differentiated services in your network, thus making more efficient and economical use of your existing network resources.
For example, you can deploy policies that ensure that your mission-critical applications always get the bandwidth required to run your business.
QPM is suitable for large-scale enterprise deployments, and IP telephony deployments, consisting of hundreds or thousands of devices.
QPM helps you to manage large networks by providing advanced user authorization capabilities through integration with Cisco Access Control Server (ACS).
QPM runs on the CiscoWorks Common Services server. CiscoWorks Common Services provides the infrastructure required by QPM to run from the CiscoWorks desktop environment.
It allows you to manage user roles and privileges, and control user access to specific tasks in QPM.
QPM stores policy and device information in a relational database. Reports generated by QPM are stored separately as XML files. Monitoring task data is also stored separately.
QPM uses the CiscoWorks Common Services server to backup all application data. All QPM application data can also be exported to a destination folder for migrating from one QPM server to another.
Preparing to Install QPM
Before you install QPM, review the installation prerequisites and available installation paths to prevent problems during installation.
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Hardware and Software Requirements
Hardware and Software Requirements
Table 1-1 shows the hardware and software requirements for the QPM server.
If the server does not meet the recommended system requirements, QPM startup and performance might be slow, or QPM might not work at all on the server.
Table 1-1 Server Hardware and Software Requirements
Processor
The processor requirement depends on the number of devices being monitored by QPM. This further depends on the license (or the combination of licenses) you purchased for QPM.
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Monitor
Monitor with display set to High Color (16 Bit)
Memory (RAM)
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Virtual memory
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Available disk drive space
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CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0.5 requires 2 GB free disk space, therefore ensure that you have a minimum of 9 GB free disk space before you install CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0.5.and QPM.
The available disk space required also depends on the tasks you want to do in QPM. The following are the recommendations:
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Software1
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We recommend that you install the Solaris Operating System in any of the following modes:
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Browser (optional)
Netscape 7.0.
1 Common Services 3.0.5 supports only US-English and Japanese versions of Solaris Operating Systems. It does not support any other language version. Installation might proceed normally in other locales but there might be problems in the functionality of CiscoWorks.
Table 1-2 shows the requirements for client systems.
Installation Prerequisites
We recommend that you use a dedicated server for QPM for maximum performance.
If you cannot use a dedicated server for QPM, you can install QPM on a Common Services server with LAN Management Solution (LMS) 2.6.
Prerequisites for Installing QPM
Before you install QPM, ensure the following:
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The QPM installation DVD contains Common Services 3.0.5 installation files. For more information, see Chapter 2, "Installing and Uninstalling QPM."
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Prerequisites for Installing Common Services
Before you install CiscoWorks Common Services, ensure that you download and install the latest required and recommeded patches for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 from www.sun.com.
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Table 1-3 lists the required and recommended patches for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9.
Table 1-3 Solaris Patches1
Solaris 8
111327-05
110945-08
110934-16
110898-09
109326-14
108827-40
108528-29
111626-03
108652-81
108921-21
108940-62
110951-05
110662-12
110615-11
108964-06
110286-11 109324-05
Solaris 9
114224-01
113580-01
112839-04
112233-12
114006-01
112771-14
112661-06
113244-05
113326-01
112998-03
113713-14
112964-07
113575-05
112970-07
112874-31
112808-06
1 Use the showrev -p command to verify that these patches have been applied.
Installation Paths
If you have other CiscoWorks products installed on your server, review the information in Table 1-4 to determine the installation path required for QoS Policy Manager to successfully operate.
Further Resources
For further information see the following:
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