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CiscoWorks Server (In CiscoWorks Common Services 2.2)
Resource Manager Essentials 3.5
Prerequisites
This chapter describes the factors that you should consider before installing CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution 1.5 and 1.5.1 (CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5 and 1.5.1) on a Windows system. It contains:
Product Overview
CiscoWorks SNMS is a web-based network management solution for small to medium business networks with 40 or fewer Cisco devices.
CiscoWorks SNMS provides a powerful set of monitoring and configuration tools for administering Cisco devices. CiscoWorks SNMS provides you with the following network management applications:
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CiscoWorks Server (In CiscoWorks Common Services 2.2)
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CiscoWorks Server (In CiscoWorks Common Services 2.2)
CiscoWorks Server is a part of CiscoWorks Common Services 2.2.
It enables you to perform network management administrative tasks, such as, managing user accounts, managing the CiscoWorks database, and starting or stopping CiscoWorks server processes. You can also test device connectivity and reachability, as well as troubleshoot non-responding devices from this page.Resource Manager Essentials 3.5
Resource Manager Essentials is referred to as either RME or Essentials in all the user documentation.
Essentials is a powerful suite of web-based applications offering network management solutions for Cisco switches, access servers, and routers. The Essentials browser interface allows easy access to information critical to network uptime and simplifies time-consuming administrative tasks.
Essentials is based on a client/server architecture that connects multiple web-based clients to a server on the network.
CiscoView 6.0
CiscoView provides graphical back and front panel views. The dynamic and color-coded graphical displays, simplify device-status monitoring, device-specific component diagnostics, and device configuration.
CiscoView can be launched from the CiscoWorks Desktop; either from Device Center or from WhatsUp Gold.
WhatsUp Gold 8.0
WhatsUp Gold is a third party network management software from Ipswitch, Inc. WhatsUp Gold allows you to monitor devices through a topology map. This allows network discovery, mapping, monitoring, and alarm tracking.
Server Requirements
The minimum system requirements for installing CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5 and 1.5.1 are shown in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 Server System Requirements
System hardware
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Memory (RAM)
512 MB.
Available drive space1
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System software2
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CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5 and 1.5.1 support only US-English and Japanese versions of Windows Operating Systems. It does not support any other language version. Set the default locale to US-English for US-English version and Japanese for Japanese version.
1 Do not install CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5 and 1.5.1 on a FAT file system.
2 You cannot install CiscoWorks SNMS on a system configured as a primary or backup domain controller.
Do not install CiscoWorks SNMS in an encrypted directory. CiscoWorks SNMS does not support directory encryption.3 This support is only available in CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5.1.
Installation will continue with a warning message on a Windows Advanced Server if the terminal services is enabled with remote admin mode, and aborts when terminal server is enabled in application mode.
Caution
Client Requirements
The minimum system requirements for the client are shown in Table 1-2. See the "Configuring Client Systems" section on page 2-24 for information about configuring client systems.
Table 1-2 Client System Requirements
System hardware and software
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IBM PC-compatible computer with 300 MHz Intel Pentium processor running:
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CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5 and 1.5.1 support only US-English and Japanese versions of Windows Operating Systems. It does not support any other language version. Set the default locale to US-English for US-English version and Japanese for Japanese version.
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Memory (RAM)
256 MB.
Browser
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1 This support is only available in CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5.1.
2 To verify the JVM version, from an Internet Explorer window, select View > Java Console.
3 This patch is only available in the CiscoWorks SNMS 1.5.1 CD-ROM.
