Cisco Systems® announces an update to the CiscoView Device Manager Version 1.1 for the Cisco® Catalyst® 6500 Series Switch with a new release of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WebVPN Services Module. The CiscoView device managers are five device-management applications embedded in these products to offer extensive GUI-based feature management within a single chassis.
The CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 includes:
• CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
• CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Content Switching Module
• CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series SSL Services Module
• CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WebVPN Services Module
• CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IPSec VPN Services Module
Table 1 lists the features of the CiscoView Device Manager 1.1.
Table 1. CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 Applications and Features
Application
Features
CiscoView Device Manager for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
This device manager resides on the switch and manages several Layer 2 and Layer 3 features for a single chassis. The features in Version 1.1 include:
• Support for the Cisco Content Switching Module with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Wireless LAN Services Module
• Support for the transparent firewall feature in Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module
• Setup of VPN Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances
CiscoView Device Manager for the Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM)
This allows users to easily configure content load-balancing services on their Cisco CSM or CSM with SSL. The features in Version 1.1 include:
• Support for the Cisco CSM with SSL
• Support for new features introduced in the Cisco CSM 4.1 and partial server farm failover, header sticky group features of Cisco CSM 4.2 releases
CiscoView Device Manager for the Catalyst 6500 Series SSL Services Module
This helps users to easily configure SSL services on their Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series SSL Services Module. The features in Version 1.1 include:
• Upgraded certificate import, export, and Trustpoint wizards
• Visualization of certification hierarchy
• Proxy services statistics
CiscoView Device Manager for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WebVPN Services Module
New to Version 1.1, this device manager helps users to easily configure WebVPN services on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WebVPN Services Module. The features offered with this new application include:
• Configuring
• Certificate Management
• Policy Management
• WebVPN configuration to operate in different modes to access private networks
• Virtual Context and Virtual Gateway Management
• Network settings - Domain Name System (DNS), VLANs, VRF instances, etc.
• Security settings - authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), network access control lists (ACLs), etc.
• Showing WebVPN statistics and user details per context
CiscoView Device Manager for Catalyst 6500 Series IPSec VPN Services Module
This device manager helps users to easily configure IPSec VPN services on their Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IPSec VPN Services Module. The features offered with this application include:
• Configuring
• Basic site-to-site VPNs
• Dynamic crypto maps
• Remote access servers
• Showing VPN status and statistics
Upgrade Options
Customers with Cisco Catalyst products under Cisco SMARTnet® support can log into the Software Center at Cisco.com and download the latest CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 releases at:
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 applications are ordered as free options when configuring a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch order. Table 2 lists the ordering numbers for CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 applications.
Table 2. Ordering Information
Part Number
Description
CVDM-C6500-1.1
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series.
CVDM-C6500-1.1-K9
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. Contains encryption technology that may limit distribution to certain countries.
CVDM-CSM-1.1
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module.
CVDM-CSM-1.1-K9
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module. Contains encryption technology that may limit distribution to certain countries.
CVDM-SSLSM-1.1-K9
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series SSL Services Module. Contains encryption technology that may limit distribution to certain countries.
CVDM-WEBVPN-1.1-K9
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WebVPN Services Module. Contains encryption technology that may limit distribution to certain countries.
CVDM-VPNSM-1.1-K9
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IPSec VPN Services Module. Contains encryption technology that may limit distribution to certain countries.
Availability
CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 applications can be ordered as configurable options with Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch orders beginning November 2005.
Existing customers can download CiscoView Device Manager 1.1 applications from Cisco.com Software Center. CiscoView Device Manager applications are offered to customers at no charge.
For More Information
For more information about CiscoView Device Manager, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/cvdm or contact your local Cisco sales representative or send an e-mail to the Product Marketing group at ciscoworks@cisco.com.
