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Installing the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager

This chapter describes how to install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager.

This chapter includes these sections:

Installing the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager

The following steps outline a typical workflow for the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager:

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Note    You must install a fully licensed version of the full CEMF application before you can install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager software. See the "Installing the Cisco Element Manager Framework" section.

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Step 2   Check the Catalyst 6500 series switch hardware setup or the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router hardware setup. See the "Configuration Procedures" section for more information.

Step 3   (Optional) Mount a remote CD-ROM to install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager from a remote system. See the "Mounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive" section for more information.

Step 4   Install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager software using eminstall. See the "Installing the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager Server Using eminstall" section for more information.

Step 5   (Optional) Set up the CEMF server as a TFTP server.

Step 6   Deploy a Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager object into the CEMF. Refer to the "Getting Started" chapter in the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager User Guide for more information.

Note   Check Cisco.com for details of the latest patch releases for the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager application. See the "Cisco.com" section on page ix for further details.

Installation Options

You can install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager in a distributed manner, utilizing the power of multiple machines. You can perform two types of installation (server and client) from the CD-ROM. Figure 2-1 shows a typical deployment.

Installing the Server

You must install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager server on the same system as the CEMF server. The server contains all the server processes that track the current state of the network, such as models, user access, and events. The server also contains all client windows.

Installing the Client

You can optionally install clients on separate workstations. Client installations run Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager applications that access objects on the server. A client installation contains only those parts of the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager system that are necessary to run a Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager user session. The user session communicates with the CEMF server to retrieve management information.

You can install client software onto the local machine; you do not need to mount files across the network. The only network traffic that occurs is when the client requires more data from the server.

Note   When you install a Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager server, you also install all files that run a Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager user session on the server system. The server system provides server and client functionality. The system allows you to upgrade by adding separate client machines later.

License Requirements

CEMF requires a license key to operate. Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for details or contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for assistance.

System Requirements

You can deploy the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager in a number of configurations, from a single hardware system solution to a multisite distributed management system. The Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager runs on Sun Solaris/SPARC hardware in a Solaris operating environment, release 2.6 or 2.8.

The following versions of CEMF are required for the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager, version 2.0:

Use the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager with the following supervisor engine Cisco IOS releases: 12.1(3a)Ee to 12.1(11)E.

Note   The Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager does not support Catalyst 6500 series switches or Cisco 7600 series Internet Routers running the Catalyst software or devices running the Catalyst software on the supervisor engine and Cisco IOS software on the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC) combination.

Small Deployments

Small deployments require a Sun Ultra 60 configured as follows:

Large Deployments

Large deployments require a Sun Enterprise 450 configured as follows:

Typical Client Requirements

A typical client requires a Sun Ultra 60 configured as follows:

Installing the Cisco Element Manager Framework

Version 2.0 of the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager can be used with CEMF version 3.1 patch 5 or CEMF version 3.2 patch 1. You must install and run the appropriate CEMF version before you can install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager. Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework Installation and Administration Guide for more information.

Configuration Procedures

You must configure the following prerequisites before the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager can manage a Catalyst 6500 series switch or a Cisco 7600 series Internet Router.

Note   To perform the procedures in this section, you must enter these commands through the console port on the supervisor engine of the Catalyst 6500 series switch or the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router.

Setting the Enable Password

To set the enable password, follow these steps:

The prompt changes to the privileged EXEC prompt (#) as follows:

Step 2   Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:

Step 3   Set the enable password as follows:

Step 4   Exit configuration mode as follows:

Setting the IP Address of the Switch

To set the IP address for the Catalyst 6500 series switch or for the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router, follow these steps:

Step 2   Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:

Step 3   Enter interface configuration mode as follows:

Note   type is the type of Ethernet module; it can be ethernet, fastethernet, or gigabitethernet. slot and port identify the slot number and port number of the interface that provides network connectivity to the CEMF server.

Step 4   Enter the IP address and netmask as follows:

Step 5   Exit configuration mode and interface configuration mode as follows:

The CEMF server should now be able to ping the Catalyst 6500 series switch or the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router.

Setting the Telnet Password

To verify that the Catalyst 6500 series switch or the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router accepts Telnet sessions, enter the telnet ip_address command from the CEMF server:

telnet ip_address

Note   ip_address is the IP address for the Catalyst 6500 series switch or for the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router as configured in the "Setting the IP Address of the Switch" section.

If there is no response, follow these steps:

Step 2   Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:

Step 3   Configure the Telnet session as follows:

Step 4   Exit configuration mode and interface configuration mode as follows:

Setting the SNMP Server

Note   If the SNMP server is not set, you must perform this procedure.

To set the SNMP server on the Catalyst 6500 series switch or on the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router, follow these steps:

Step 2   Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:

Step 3   Set the SNMP read community string as follows:

Step 4   Set the SNMP write community string as follows:

Enabling SNMP Traps

Step 2   Enter the configure terminal command to enter configuration mode:

Step 3   Enable SNMP traps as follows:

Step 4   Set the SNMP server to send traps to the CEMF server as follows:

Mounting a Remote CD-ROM Drive

To install software onto a system that does not have its own CD-ROM drive, you need to mount the CD on the remote system and then export the device to make it accessible over the network. To mount a remote CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

Step 2   Log in as superuser on the remote host. Enter /usr/bin/ps -ef | grep vold to verify that the volume manager is running.

When the Volume Manager is running, you see a message similar to this one:

Step 3   If you do not see a message similar to the one shown in Step 2, start the Volume Manager by entering the following:

/etc/rc2.d/S92volmgt start

Step 4   Export the CD-ROM device on the remote host as follows:

The listing displayed includes the /cdrom mount point.

Step 5   Mount the remote CD-ROM on the local host (from where the installation is to take place) as follows:

Note   Replace the remote-host with the host name of the remote device.

The contents of the CD-ROM are visible under the /mnt/cdfiles mount point.

Installing the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager Server Using eminstall

Note   The following procedure assumes that a valid CEMF server is installed and running. Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework Installation and Administration Guide for further details.

To install the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager using eminstall, follow these steps:

Step 2   To insert the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager CD-ROM, change the directory into the CD-ROM area by entering the following:

Step 3   To run the install script, enter the following:

The following menu appears:

You must install the server package (option 1) on the same host as the CEMF server. If you are using CEMF in the client/server mode, then you must install the client package (option 3) on each host running the CEMF client.

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Note    Because the example shown in Step 3 is from a host where the CEMF server package was installed, Option 3 indicates an error "Incompatible type c, " which means that you cannot install the client package on this host.

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Note    Options 2 or 4 are available only if you are upgrading a currently installed Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager to a newer version.

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Step 4   Select the installation you require. The utility performs the appropriate installation.

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Note    If a CEMF session is currently running, the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager installation process automatically closes all CEMF windows.

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Step 5   When the installation is complete, exit the CD-ROM area as follows:

cd /

Step 6   Remove the CD-ROM by entering the following:

Step 7   Ensure that the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager was installed correctly by starting a CEMF session and entering the following:

Step 8   Log on with your username and password.

Step 9   From the CEMF Launchpad, select the Viewer application. If the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager was installed correctly, the containment hierarchy on the left side of the Viewer window displays the following containment views:

The Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager is now ready to use.

Upgrading the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager to Version 2.0

Due to object model changes between versions 1.0 and 2.0, upgrading version 1.0 of the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager to version 2.0 is not a straightforward process. Use one of these three methods to upgrade version 1.0 to version 2.0:

1. Uninstall version 1.0 and reset the database before installing version 2.0. All data in CEMF will be lost when the database is reset. You should use this option only if it easy to redeploy objects in CEMF.

2. Use the data migration available from CCO to upgrade version 1.0 objects to the new version 2.0 format. Install version 2.0 while version 1.0 and its associated data are still installed.

3. Manually upgrade the version 1.0 objects to the new version 2.0 format.

Both options 2 and 3 preserve CEMF data that may exist from other Element Managers installed on the CEMF server. Option 1 will remove all data in CEMF.

Note   Before you upgrade version 1.0 to version 2.0, back up the CEMF database.

Backing Up the CEMF Database

We recommend that you back up the CEMF database before upgrading the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager Element Manager application. To back up the database manually, log in as superuser and type the following command from the CEMF server UNIX prompt:

Entering this command backs up the database to the /opt/Backup directory. For more information and options regarding the backup operation, refer to the "Cisco EMF Database Backup and Restore" chapter of the CEMF Installation and Administration Guide.

Option 1—Uninstalling Version 1.0 and Resetting the Database

Caution   Using this method of upgrading to version 2.0 resets the CEMF database and loses all CEMF object data.

Step 2   Uninstall version 1.0 by typing the following command:

A menu similar to the one shown in this step is displayed:

Note   Additional options may be available if you have additional Element Manager applications other than the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager on the CEMF server.

Step 3   Select the CSCOC65M Server Package option.

You are notified that the uninstallation is about to take place. When you proceed with the uninstallation, the window scrolls through the software as it is deleted and this message appears:

Removal of package was successful.

The option remove CSCOC65M Server Package was completed successfully

Step 4   Stop CEMF by typing the following command:

Step 5   Reset the CEMF database by typing the following command:

You will be asked to confirm this operation. Type y and press the Return key.

Step 6   Start CEMF again using the following command:

Step 7   Install version 2.0 as described in the "Installing the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager Server Using eminstall" section.

Option 2—Using the Automatic Object Conversion

You can download a utility program that converts version 1.0 objects to the new version 2.0 format. The conversion performs the following algorithm:

To perform the conversion using the utility program, follow these steps:

Step 2   Verify that version 2.0 has been installed correctly.

Step 3   Go to this location:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/6500mgr

Step 4   From the location specified in step 3, download this file:

c65-76m.dataconverter.2-0.tar.Z

Step 5   Transfer this file to the Solaris machine that is running the CEMF server installation.

Step 6   In a temporary location (for example, in cd /temp), execute the following command:

You only need to be root to execute this command if the directory in which you are executing the command is owned by root. When this command has completed, the c65-76m-converter directory will be created. This directory contains the conversion utility.

Step 7   Execute the following commands:

Step 8   Follow the instructions that are displayed to perform the conversion from version 1.0 to version 2.0.

To uninstall version 1.0, follow these steps:

Step 2   Uninstall version 1.0 by entering the following:

A menu similar to the one shown below is displayed:

Note   Additional options may be available if you have installed additional Element Manager applications other than the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager on the CEMF server.

Step 3   Select the CSCOC65M Server Package option.

You are notified that the uninstallation is about to take place. When you proceed with the uninstallation, the window scrolls through the software as it is deleted and this message appears:

Removal of package was successful.

The option remove CSCOC65M Server Package was completed successfully

Option 3—Manually Converting Version 1.0 Objects to Version 2.0 Format

To convert the version 1.0 objects to the new version 2.0 format manually, follow these steps:

Step 2   Start up the CEMF Map View application.

Step 3   For all the Network Element objects in the Cisco6500Manager tree, determine the following:

Step 4   Delete all version 1.0 Network Element objects in the Cisco6500Manager tree.

Step 5   Manually redeploy the managed devices in the appropriate locations. Refer to the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager Users Guide for more information.

Step 6   Uninstall version 1.0 as described in the "Option 2Using the Automatic Object Conversion" section.

Uninstalling the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager

To uninstall the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager, follow these steps:

Step 2   Run the uninstallation script by entering the following:

A menu similar to the one shown in this step is displayed:

Note   Additional options may be available if you have installed additional Element Manager applications other than the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager on the CEMF server.

Step 3   Select the CSCOC6576 Server Package option.

You are notified that the uninstallation is about to take place. When you proceed with the uninstallation, the window scrolls through the software as it is deleted and this message appears:

Removal of package was successful.

The option remove CSCOC6576 Server Package was completed successfully