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Cisco MNM System Administration

Overview of Cisco MNM System Administration

Stopping and Starting Cisco MGC Node Devices

Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco MNM Database

Cisco MNM System Administration

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This chapter is intended for system administrators. After a short overview of Cisco MNM system administration, this chapter provides information on common system administration tasks.

Related Topics

"Troubleshooting Cisco MNM"

System administration procedures related to Cisco MNM features are described in the relevant chapters. For example, system administration related to performance management is described in "Managing the Performance of Cisco MNM Devices."

Overview of Cisco MNM System Administration

The Cisco MNM system administrator typically performs the following tasks:

•In initial implementation of Cisco MNM:

–Installation of the software, including planning the necessary hardware for your site. This is described in "Planning and Installation."

–Configuration of the managed network devices for management by Cisco MNM. This is described in "Configuring Network Devices for Management."

•In day-to-day network management:

–Stopping and Starting Cisco MGC Node Devices

–Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco MNM Database

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Note The Network Operations Center (NOC) operator uses Cisco MNM to monitor the network and respond to events and alarms. In this document, this role is called the user.

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Stopping and Starting Cisco MGC Node Devices

From Cisco MNM, a system administrator can reboot, shut down, or restart the Cisco MGC host, HSI server, BAMS, Cisco SLT, or Cisco LAN switch.

Use the following procedure to stop, start, or reboot a device:

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Step 1 In the Map Viewer, right-click the desired device, and choose Tools > Administration Tool.

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Note You must have system administrator privileges to access the Administration Tool.

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Step 2 The Administration dialog box for the selected device appears (Figure 10-1), showing the current state of the device.

Figure 10-1 Administration Dialog Box Example

Step 3 Do one of the following:

•To reboot, click Reboot.

•To shut down, click Shutdown.

You are asked to confirm the operation

Step 4 Click Yes to proceed.

Cisco MNM executes the operation.

Step 5 When you are done, press Alt-F4 or choose File > Close to close the dialog box.

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Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco MNM Database

Cisco MNM maintains information about your network in database and configuration files that are together referred to as the Cisco MNM database. Use the backup and restore features of the Cisco EMF to back up or restore the Cisco MNM database. For details, refer to the Installation and Administration Guide for your release of Cisco EMF, available at the following web site:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/cemf/index.htm