- Installation Overview
- Installation Requirements
- Preparing for Installation
- Preparing the Oracle External Database
- Installing the Prime Network Gateway and Units Using the Installation Wizard
- Installing the Prime Network Gateway Using CLI
- Installing Prime Network Units
- Installing the Vision, Events, and Administration Clients
- Installing the Prime Network Integration Layer
- Upgrading and Rolling Back Prime Network
- Uninstalling Prime Network
- Next Steps
- Using Chinese Characters in Business Tags
Cisco Prime Network Installation Guide, 5.0
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- Updated:
- July 18, 2017
Chapter: Using Chinese Characters in Business Tags
Using Chinese Characters in Business Tags
Prime Network Vision lets you attach business tags (customer labels) to the following network objects using traditional and simplified Chinese characters:
The following business tag functions support Chinese characters:
- Creating business tags for network objects
- Searching for business tags
- Generating a list of business tags
- Editing business tag details
- Removing business tags
- Exporting business tags through the northbound interface (NBI)
- Writing business tag notes
Complete the following sections to use Chinese characters with Prime Network.
Using Chinese Characters with Oracle
If you are using Chinese characters, make sure the database parameter NLS_CHARACTERSET is set to a value that supports UTF8. Otherwise, Chinese characters will not display correctly after you install or upgrade to Prime Network 5.0.
Step 1 Stop Cisco Prime Network before changing the character set of your database.
Step 2 To check the value of the NLS_CHARACTERSET parameter, enter the following SQL*PLUS command:
If the value is UTF8 or AL32UTF8, no further action is required.
Step 3 Check the job_queue_processes and aq_tm_processes parameters and record the current values (you will restore them later in this procedure). Complete the following steps:
a. To check the job_queue_processes value, enter the following command:
In the command output, you should see:
b. To check the aq_tm_processes value, enter the following command:
In the command output, you should see:
Step 4 Use the Oracle CSALTER script to change the character set to UTF8 or AL32UTF8. The CSALTER script is part of the Oracle Database Character Set Scanner utility. Complete the following steps to change the database character set. For details, see the Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide , section “Migrating a Character Set Using the CSALTER Script.”
a. Use either a SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE or a SHUTDOWN NORMAL statement to shut down the database.
b. Perform a full backup of the database (the CSALTER script cannot be rolled back). See the Cisco Prime Network 5.0 Administrator Guide for database backup procedures.
d. Run the Oracle Database Character Set Scanner utility (the csscan script). The new character set must be UTF8 or AL32UTF8.
f. Use either a SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE or a SHUTDOWN NORMAL statement to shut down the database.
Step 5 If the CSALTER script returns the error “Sorry, only one session is allowed to run this script,” do the following:
a. Log into the database with SQL*PLUS.
b. Use a SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE statement to shut down the database.
c. Use startup restrict to start the database instance in restricted mode.
Step 6 Enter the following commands to restore the values that you recorded in Step 3 for the job_queue_processes and aq_tm_processes parameters:
Using Chinese Characters with Windows Clients
If you are using Chinese characters, East Asian languages must be installed on the Windows client workstation (where the Prime Network clients are installed). Also, the regional options must support Chinese.
Step 1 In the Windows Control Panel, choose Regional and Language Options .
Step 2 Click the Languages tab.
Step 4 Check the Install files for East Asian languages check box.
Step 6 Reopen the Windows Control Panel and choose Regional and Language Options .
Step 7 Click the Regional Options tab.
Step 8 In the drop-down list, choose Chinese (PRC) .
Step 10 Restart your Windows client workstation.
Displaying Chinese Characters in the GUI
If Chinese characters are not displayed correctly in the GUI, it is because the synth.xml file contains a physical font (such as Tahoma) that does not support Chinese characters.
Step 1 Navigate to the $ NETWORKHOME /Main/webstart/jars/xmp-laf directory and open the Cues.jar file.
Step 2 Modify the synth.xml file as follows:
a. Access the synth.xml file from the directory, com/cisco/plaf.
b. Change all instances of “font name=” and/or “font id=” to the desired font. In the below example, the font is set to “Tahoma”.
Note Prime Network was tested with the “Dialog” font.
Step 3 To change the font on the title pane, do the following:
Step 4 Save and exit the synth.xml file.
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