Getting Started with CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager 3.0
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Introduction

Introduction

This tutorial introduces you to QoS Policy Manager (QPM) version 3 and provides examples of many of the tasks that you can perform with it. To make these examples easier to follow, you can practice the procedures on virtual devices that are provided with the product.

This tutorial is not intended as an exhaustive description of QPM's features or of quality of service (QoS) technology. For more information about these topics, refer to the QPM online help and User Guide for QoS Policy Manager 3.0.

The tutorial is structured as follows:

Chapters 2 and 3 use separate example networks, but the virtual devices on which you perform the tutorial procedures are provided in one virtual device file, which is provided with the product. For more information about the virtual devices, see "Lesson 1-2: Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices" section.

Understanding the Tutorial Environment

The QPM environment for the tutorial has the following characteristics:

  • The virtual devices you import from the provided file use IP addresses that are within a range designated as internal and private, so they are unlikely to conflict with any real addresses already in your QPM inventory.

  • To separate the tutorial policy groups from your existing policy groups, the tutorial instructs you to create a new deployment group for the tutorial. For more information, see Lesson 1-4: Creating the Tutorial Deployment Group.

Tutorial User Permission Requirements

To use the tutorial, you must log into QPM with user permissions to modify devices in the default device group. For more information, see the user permissions information in Installation Guide for QoS Policy Manager 3.0.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Lesson 1-1: Getting Started with QPM

The following topics describe getting started with QPM:

Starting QPM

QoS Policy Manager is accessed from the CiscoWorks2000 desktop.

Procedure

Step 1   In your web browser, start CiscoWorks. The default URL is http://< QPMinstall>:1741, where <QPMinstall> is the name of the computer with the QPM installation.

The CiscoWorks2000 desktop is displayed.

Note   The first time you start CiscoWorks2000 on a CiscoWorks2000 server or a client machine, the Java Runtime Environment is automatically installed.
Note   Verify on the front page that Java, JavaScript, and cookies are enabled. If they are not enabled, change your browser preferences to enable them, then continue to the next step.

Step 2   Log into CiscoWorks with your username and password.

The CiscoWorks navigation tree appears in the left pane.

Step 3   Click QoS Policy Manager in the navigation tree.

Step 4   Click QPM under the QoS Policy Manager drawer.

A Security Alert window opens. Click Yes to proceed.

QPM opens in a separate browser window.

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Understanding the QPM User Interface

All the pages in the web-based QPM user interface have a consistent look and feel.

Figure 1-1 shows an example of a QPM page.


Figure 1-1: Example of a QPM Page


Table 1-1 describes the common elements in each page.


Table 1-1: Common GUI Elements in a QPM Page
Number Area Description

1

TOC

Provides up to two additional levels of navigation, if required:

  • A submenu for the selected option.

  • In a wizard context, this area displays the wizard steps.

2

Path bar

Provides a context for the displayed page. Indicates from which tab and option the current page is derived.

3

Content area

Displays the pages in which you perform application tasks.

4

QPM tabs

Contains tabs that provide access to QPM functionality. Click a tab to access its options:

  • Devices—Contains options for managing devices and device groups in the QPM inventory.

  • Configure—Contains options for defining policy groups and policies, and configuring QoS for IP telephony. This tab also includes options for working with global library policy components.

  • Deploy—Contains options for deploying QoS policies, and for previewing the CLI configuration on the devices. You can also view and restore previously deployed jobs through this tab.

  • Reports—Provides access to QPM reports, and to the Performance Analysis application.

  • Admin—Contains additional administration options.

5

Option bar

Displays the options available for the selected tab.

6

QPM banner

Contains the Help, Logout, and About buttons:

  • Click Help to open a window that displays context-sensitive help for the currently displayed page. The Help page also contains help contents, so that you can use this button to access any online help topic.

  • Click Logout to log out of QPM and close the QPM window.

  • Click About to display details about the version of the application.


Note   It is not recommended to use the browser Back button to navigate in QPM.

Now that you understand the QPM user interface, you are ready to learn how to exit QPM.

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Exiting QPM

When you finish working with QPM, you must log out of CiscoWorks to close the application.

Procedure

Step 1   Click Logout in any open QPM windows to close them.

Step 2   Click Logout in the CiscoWorks2000 Desktop window.

The CiscoWorks session ends.

Now you are ready to add devices to the QPM device inventory.

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Lesson 1-2: Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices

A file of the virtual devices that are used in the tutorial is included with QPM. To import the tutorial virtual devices, you must first copy the virtual devices file to your client system.

For information about the virtual devices used in the data network tutorial, see the Understanding the Data Network Tutorial. For information about the devices used in the voice-over-IP network tutorial, see Understanding the IP Telephony Network Example.

Virtual devices are not physical devices, but rather are defined in a file that contains the same device information required to import a physical device. You can import these virtual devices into the inventory and use them to perform the tasks described in the tutorial.

Procedure

Step 1   Copy the tutorial virtual devices file from the QPM server to a location you will remember on your client system.

The file is named TutorialDevices.xml. It is located in the Tutorial folder that is located in the CiscoWorks Common Services installation directory on the QPM server at CSCOpx\MDC\qpm\tutorial.

Step 2   Select Devices > Manage. The Device Table page appears.

Step 3   Select Add Device. The Import Devices Wizard - General page appears.

Step 4   Do the following in the Import Devices Wizard - General page:

   a. Select the Import Virtual Devices from File radio button.

   b. Enter the path to the virtual devices file on your client system in the File field, or click Browse to navigate to the file. Figure 1-2 shows the completed Import Devices Wizard - General page.

   c. Click Next. The Import Devices Wizard - Select Devices page appears.


Figure 1-2: Lesson 1-2—Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices


Step 5   In the Import Devices Wizard - Select Devices page, select the check box next to all of the devices, then click Finish.

QPM imports the devices from the file, and displays the Discovery Status page so you can see the status of the import. The discovery job that you just started is the first entry in the table. Wait until the discovery job is complete, as indicated by an entry appearing in the End column.

Step 6   Verify that the tutorial virtual devices and their elements were added to the inventory:

   a. Select Device Table from the TOC. The Device Table page appears.

Note that the imported devices now appear in the device table.

   b. To view the network elements on a device, click the icon in the Interfaces column. The Interfaces page appears, and links to view any other network elements on the device appear in the TOC.

Now that you have imported the tutorial virtual devices, you are ready to create the tutorial deployment group.

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Lesson 1-3: Creating the Tutorial Device Folder

To make it easier to keep track of the devices used in the tutorial, create a device folder named "Tutorial" for the tutorial and move the tutorial virtual devices into it.

Procedure

Step 1   In the Devices > Manage TOC, select Device Folders. The Device Folders page appears.

Step 2   Click Create. The Device Folder Properties page appears.

Step 3   Do the following in the Device Folder Properties page:

   a. Enter Tutorial in the Device Folder Name field.

   b. Enter Tutorial device folder in the Description field.

   c. Click Save. The Device Folders page appears.

Step 4   Select Device Table in the TOC. The Device Table page appears.

Step 5   Do the following in the Device Table page:

   a. Select the tutorial virtual devices by selecting the check boxes next to them.

The following are the tutorial virtual devices:

  • Access-Cat2900-2

  • Access-Cat3500-2

  • Access-Cat6000-1

  • Access-Cat6000-2

  • Access-Cat6000-3

  • Access-Cat6000-4

  • Core-2600-1

  • Core-3600-1

  • Core-3600-2

  • Core-7200-1

   b. Click Set Device Folder. The Device Folder setting dialog box opens.

Step 6   Do the following in the Device Folder Setting dialog box:

   a. Select the Set Device Folder radio button.

   b. Select the radio button next to the Tutorial folder name.

   c. Click OK. The Device Table page refreshes.

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Lesson 1-4: Creating the Tutorial Deployment Group

To separate the tutorial policy groups from any existing policy groups, create a deployment group named "Tutorial" for the tutorial.

Procedure

Step 1   Select Configure > Deployment Groups. The Deployment Groups page appears.

Step 2   Do the following in the Deployment Groups page:

   a. Click Create. The Deployment Group page appears.

   b. Enter the name Tutorial in the Name field.

   c. Enter the description Tutorial deployment group in the Description field. Figure 1-2 shows the completed Deployment Group page.

   d. Click OK. The Deployment Groups page appears.


Figure 1-3: Lesson 1-3—Creating the Tutorial Deployment Group


Step 3   Verify that the Tutorial deployment group appears in the list.

After completing all the lessons in this chapter, you are ready to proceed with the data network or IP telephony tutorial. You can use the tutorials in any order (they are not sequential).

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