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Notices vii

OpenSSL/Open SSL Project vii

License Issues vii

Preface xi

Audience xi

Document Conventions xi

Product Documentation xii

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request xiv

C H A P T E R 1 LMS 4.1 Navigation: Overview 1-1

C H A P T E R 2 Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1 2-1

Server Tasks 2-1

Software Center Tasks 2-8

Device and Credential Tasks 2-9

Group Administration Tasks 2-16

C H A P T E R 3 Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1 3-1

Inventory, Device and Group Tasks 3-1

Configuration Tasks 3-3

Archive Management Tasks 3-5

Compliance Tasks 3-9

Software Management Tasks 3-10

Jobs, Reports and Tools Tasks 3-12

Administration Tasks 3-15

C H A P T E R 4 Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 4-1

Campus User Tracking Tasks 4-1

Visualization Tasks 4-6


Reports and Job Management Tasks 4-9

Administrative Tasks 4-10

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C H A P T E R 5 Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 5-1

Alerts and Activities 5-2

Device Management Tasks 5-2

Notification Services Tasks 5-4

Fault History Tasks 5-7


C H A P T E R 6 Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1 6-1

Poller and Template Management Tasks 6-1

Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks 6-2

Reports Tasks 6-3

Administration Tasks 6-4

C H A P T E R 7 Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1 7-1

Collector Management Tasks 7-1

Report Tasks 7-3

Admin Tasks 7-4

C H A P T E R 8 Navigating Cisco Prime CiscoView Tasks in LMS 4.1 8-1

CiscoView Tasks 8-2

Mini-RMON Manager Tasks 8-2

C H A P T E R 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions 9-1

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Monitor 9-1

Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Monitor 9-2

Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in Monitor 9-3

Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Monitor 9-4

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Inventory 9-5

Mapping Common Services Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-5

Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-6

Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-7

Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-7

Mapping CiscoView Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-8

Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Inventory 9-8

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Configuration 9-8

Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Configuration 9-9

Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Configuration 9-11

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Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Reports 9-11

Mapping RME Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-12

Mapping CS Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-13

Mapping CM Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-14

Mapping HUM Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-15

Mapping DFM Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-16

Mapping IPM Reports and Terminologies in Reports 9-16

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Admin 9-17

Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-18

Mapping CS Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-21

Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-26

Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-30

Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-31

Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Admin 9-32

C H A P T E R 10 Applications and Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-1

Cisco Prime LMS 3.2 Applications Removed from LMS 4.1 10-1

Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-1

Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-2

Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-4

Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-4

Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 10-5

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Notices

The following acknowledgements pertain to this software license.

OpenSSL/Open SSL ProjectThis product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected]).

This product includes software written by Tim Hudson ([email protected]).

License IssuesThe OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license, i.e. both the conditions of the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit. See below for the actual license texts. Actually both licenses are BSD-style Open Source licenses. In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL please contact [email protected].

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3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment: “This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)”.

4. The names “OpenSSL Toolkit” and “OpenSSL Project” must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact [email protected].

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This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected]). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson ([email protected]).

Original SSLeay License:

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This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young ([email protected]).

The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.

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Preface

Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) provides you with powerful features that enable you to configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and administer networks.

Cisco PrimeLMS 4.1 has a new menu layout that facilitates access to information and tools required to manage your network.

This guide provides information on the menu and task navigation changes from LMS 3.2 to LMS 4.1.

This preface details related documents, and demonstrates the styles and conventions used in this guide. This preface contains:

• Audience

• Document Conventions

• Product Documentation

AudienceThis guide is for users who are skilled in network administration and management, and network operators who use this guide to make configuration changes to devices, using LMS. The network administrator or operator should be familiar with the following:

• Basic Network Administration and Management

• Basic Solaris System Administration

• Basic Windows System Administration

• Basic LMS Administration

Document ConventionsTable 1 describes the conventions followed in the user guide.

Table 1 Conventions Used

Item Convention

Commands and keywords boldface font

Variables for which you supply values italic font

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

Product Documentation

Note We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

Table 2 describes on the product documentation that is available.

Displayed session and system information screen font

Information you enter boldface screen font

Variables you enter italic screen font

Menu items and button names boldface font

Selecting a menu item in paragraphs Option > Network Preferences

Selecting a menu item in tables Option > Network Preferences

Table 1 Conventions Used

Item Convention

Table 2 Product Documentation

Document Title Available Formats

Navigation Guide for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 (this document)

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/Navigation/guide/lms41_nav_guide.html

• PDF version part of Cisco Prime LMS 4.1 Product DVD.

Getting Started with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/getting_started/lms41_getstart_guide.html


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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/getting_started/lms41_getstart_guide.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/Navigation/guide/lms41_nav_guide.html

Preface

Configuration Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/configuration/config.html


Monitoring and Troubleshooting with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/monitoring_troubleshooting/mntug.html


Administration of Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/admin/admin.html


Technology Work Centers in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/workcenters/wcug.html


Inventory Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/inventory/inventory.html


Installing and Migrating to Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/install/guide/install.html




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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/configuration/config.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/monitoring_troubleshooting/mntug.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/admin/admin.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/workcenters/wcug.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/inventory/inventory.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/install/guide/install.html

Preface

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service RequestFor information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

Subscribe to the What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco currently supports RSS version 2.0.

Reports Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/reports/lms41_reports_guide.html


Open Database Schema Support in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/database_schema4.1/guide/dbviews.html


Release Notes for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/release/notes/lms41rel.html


Supported Devices Table for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• On Cisco.com

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/device_support/table/lms41sdt.html


Documentation Roadmap for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

• Printed document part of Software kit



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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/device_support/table/lms41sdt.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/database_schema4.1/guide/dbviews.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/release/notes/lms41rel.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.1/user/guide/reports/lms41_reports_guide.html

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C H A P T E R 1
LMS 4.1 Navigation: Overview
Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1 provides powerful features that enable you to configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and administer your networks.

Cisco Prime LMS 4.1 has a new menu layout that facilitates access to information and tools required to manage your network.

Cisco Prime LMS groups tasks into the following core functions in this release:

• Monitor (See Monitoring and Troubleshooting with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

• Inventory (See Inventory Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

• Configuration (See Configuration Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

• Reports (See Reports Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

• Admin (See Administration of Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

• Work Center (See Technology Work Centers in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information)

This guide provides information on the menu and task navigation changes from LMS 3.2 to LMS 4.1, explained in:

• Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Navigating Cisco Prime CiscoView Tasks in LMS 4.1

• Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions

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Chapter 1 LMS 4.1 Navigation: Overview

This guide also provides information on the LMS 3.2 applications and tasks removed from LMS 4.1, explained in:

• Cisco Prime LMS 3.2 Applications Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

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C H A P T E R 2
Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime Common Services (CS) provides the application infrastructure for all existing Cisco Prime network management solutions for them to share a common model for data storage, user login, user role definitions, user access privileges, and security protocols.

This chapter provides the mapping of CS tasks in LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• Server Tasks

• Software Center Tasks

• Device and Credential Tasks

• Group Administration Tasks

Server TasksThis section provides information on the Common Services Server tasks in LMS 4.1.

• Security Tasks

• Report Tasks

• Admin Tasks

Table 2-1 Server Tasks

LMS 3.2 Task Name LMS 3.2 Navigation LMS 4.1 Navigation Description

Security Tasks

Setting up browser security mode

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Single Server Name > Browser-Server Security Mode Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Local Server > Browser-Server Security Mode Setup

Common Services provides secure access between the client browser and management server. It does this using SSL (Secure Socket Layer). SSL encrypts the transmission channel between the client, and server.


Chapter 2 Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1 Server Tasks

Setting up local user policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Single Server Name > Local User Policy Setup

Admin > System: User Management > Local User Policy Setup

You can setup username and password policies for Cisco Prime local users in Common Services. With the new local user policy, you can:

1. Start the local username with a number

2. Include special characters in local username

3. Specify the length of local username

4. Specify the length of local user password

You can add and delete users, edit user profiles and modify the logged in user credentials

Setting up security certificate

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Single Server Name > Certificate Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Local Server > Certificate Setup

Cisco Prime allows you to create security certificates that enable SSL communication between your client browser and management server. Self signed certificates are valid for five years from the date of creation. When the certificate expires, the browser prompts you to install the certificate again from the server where you have installed Cisco Prime.

Setting up Peer Server Accounts

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Multi-Server Trust Management > Peer Server Account Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Multi Server > Peer Server Account Setup

Peer Server Account Setup helps you create users who can programmatically login to CiscoPrime LMS Servers and perform certain tasks. These users should be set up to enable communication among multiple Cisco Prime LMS Servers. Users created using Peer Server Account Setup can authenticate processes running on remote Cisco Prime LMS Servers.

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Setting up System Identity Setup

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Multi-Server Trust Management > System Identity Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Multi Server > System Identity Setup

Communication between multiple Lms Servers is enabled by a trust model addressed by certificates and shared secrets. System Identity setup helps you to create a "trust" user on servers that are part of a multi-server setup. This user enables communication among servers that are part of a domain. There can only be one System Identity User for each machine.

Setting up Peer Server Certificate Setup

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Multi-Server Trust Management > Peer Server Certificate Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Multi Server > Peer Server Certificate Setup

You can add the certificate of another Cisco Prime LMS server into its trusted store. This will allow a Cisco Prime LMS Server to communicate with another using SSL. If a Cisco Prime LMS server needs to communicate with another Lms Server, it must possess the certificate of the other server. You can add certificates of any number of peer Lms Servers to the trusted store. You can add, delete and view the details of the client certificates.

Setting up Single Sign-On Setup

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Multi-Server Trust Management > Single Sign-On Setup

Admin > Trust Management:Multi Server > Single Sign-On Setup

With Single Sign-On (SSO), you can use your browser session to transparently navigate to multiple Lms Servers without authenticating to each of them. Communication among multiple Lms Servers is enabled by a trust model addressed by Certificates and shared secrets.

Setting up AAA Mode Setup

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > AAA Mode Setup

Admin > System: Authentication Mode Setup

The LMS Server provides mechanisms used to authenticate users for Cisco Prime applications. Cisco Prime login modules allow administrators to add new users using a source of authentication other than the native Lms Server mechanism (that is, the Cisco Prime Local login module).




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Set up Cisco.com User Account

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Cisco.com Connection Management > Cisco.com User Account Setup

Admin > System: Cisco.com Settings > User Account Setup

Certain Software Center features require Cisco.com access. This means that Cisco Prime must be configured with a Cisco.com account that is to be used when downloading new and updated packages.

Update Proxy Server Setup

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Security > Cisco.com Connection Management > Proxy Server Setup

Admin > System: Cisco.com Settings > Proxy Server Setup

You can update the proxy server configuration using the Proxy Server set up option.

Report Tasks

Log File Status Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Reports > Log File Status

Reports > System: Status > Log File

The Log File Status Report provides information on log file size and file system utilization.

Permission Report Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Reports > Permission Report

Reports > System:Users > Permission

The Permissions Report provides information on roles and privileges associated with the roles. It specifies the tasks that a user in a particular role can perform.

Who Is Logged On Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Reports > Who Is Logged On

Reports > System:Users > Who is Logged On

The Users Logged In Report provides information on users currently logged into Common Services.

Process Status Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Reports > Process Status

Reports > System: Status > Process

The Process Status Report shows the status of the processes running on the Lms Server.

Audit Log Report Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Reports > Audit Log

Reports > Audit:System Audit log report provides information on:

• User login and logout from Cisco Prime

• Cisco Prime Local user addition

• Cisco Prime Local user modification

• Cisco Prime Local user deletion

• Change of Lms Server modes

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Process Management Tools

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Processes

Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Processes

Process management tools enable you to manage these backend processes to optimize or troubleshoot the Lms Server.

You can do the following activities:

• View the details of all processes

• Filter and show only processes of a specific state

• Start the processes

• Stop the processes

All mandatory processes are started when you start the system

Taking backup Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Backup

Admin > System:Backup You can schedule immediate, daily, weekly, or monthly automatic database backups. You should have the privileges necessary for using this option.

Edit log file rotation Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Log Rotation

Admin > System:Log Rotation Log files can expand and fill up disk space. Log files rotation helps you manage the log files more efficiently. You can add and delete log files for rotation

Update a license Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Licensing

Admin > System: License Management

You can obtain a product license and license your application, view details of your current software license, or update to a new license from the Licensing page.

Collect server information

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Collect Server Information

Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Collect Server Information

You can collect information about the server including system information, environment, configuration, logs, web server information, device and credentials administration information, and grouping services information.

You can also delete the collected server information

Self Test Information report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Self Test

Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Selftest

Self Test Information report helps to test certain basic functions of the server




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Notify users Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Notify Users

Admin > System: User Management > Notify Users

Broadcasts messages to online users.

You can post messages to users with active Cisco Prime browsers. By default, the messages will be received within 60 seconds. You can also change this polling interval.

Stop a job, delete jobs, filter jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Job Browser > Stop, Delete, Filter

Admin > Jobs: Browser You can manage jobs using the Job Browser. From the Job browser you can view a listing of jobs and filter jobs based on certain criteria.

Users in Help Desk, Approver, and Network Operator roles are not allowed to stop and delete jobs. All users (including Help Desk) can access the Job Browser page. The Refresh icon in Job browser is available for all users.

Free locked resources

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > Resource Browser > Free Resources

Admin > Network: Resource Browser > Free Resources

Common Services provides a Resource Browser for managing resources. You can free locked resources, when necessary, if you have appropriate privileges. All users (including those with Help Desk role alone) can access the Resource browser page. The Refresh icon in the Resource browser is available for all users.

Configure system preferences

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > System Preferences

Admin > System: System Preferences

System Preferences option is a way to centrally locate information that is used by Cisco Prime applications. You can apply or cancel the changes made to the system configuration.




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Enable debug mode Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > CS Log Configurations

Admin > System: Debug settings > Common Services Log Configurations

Enables the debugging option for Common Services components without restarting the services. When you enable the debugging option for the selected component, the log levels in the respective properties file is changed to DEBUG and the debug messages are recorded in the corresponding log files You can only enable or disable the debugging option. You cannot choose to set different log levels such as INFO,WARNING, FATAL and ERROR.

Configure disk space threshold limit

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Admin > DiskWatcher Configuration

Admin > System: Server Monitoring > DiskWatcher Configuration

DiskWatcher is a back-end process that monitors disk space availability on Lms Server. This process calculates the disk space of a drive (on Windows) or a file system (on Solaris) where Cisco Prime applications are installed, and stores them in diskWatcher.log file. You can reset the disk space threshold limit values




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Chapter 2 Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1 Software Center Tasks

Software Center TasksThis section provides information on the Common Services Software Center tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Software Update Tasks

• Device Update Tasks

• Schedule Device Download Tasks

• Activity Log Tasks

Table 2-2 Software Center Tasks


Software Update Tasks

Performing Software Updates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Software Center > Software Update

Admin > System: Software Center > Software Update

Finds software updates on Cisco.com, then downloads these updates to a server location. From the server, you can then install the updates using the procedures recommended in the readme file of the update package.

Device Update Tasks

Device Updates Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Software Center > Device Update

Admin > System: Software Center > Device Update

You can view a list of all Cisco Prime related device packages on your system using this option. Displays a count of devices supported for each product installed in the system. For device updates the source location could be Cisco.com or the Server Side Directory. The Device Update page lists the product name and the device type count. You can also delete packages that are outdated or that you no longer use.

Schedule Device Download Tasks

Scheduling Device Package Downloads

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Software Center > Schedule Device Downloads

Admin > System: Software Center > Schedule Device Downloads

Schedules device package downloads and specifies the time, frequency of the downloads, and the download policy.


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Chapter 2 Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1 Device and Credential Tasks

Device and Credential TasksThis section provides information on the following Common Services Device and Credential tasks in LMS 4.1 :

• Device DiscoveryTasks,

• Device Management Tasks

• Auto Update Server Tasks

• Report Tasks

• Device Selector Setting Tasks

• Admin Tasks

Activity Log Tasks

Scheduled job details

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Software Center > Activity Log > Scheduled Job Details

Admin > System: Software Center > Scheduled Job Details

Displays the details of scheduled jobs in the software center. Scheduled Job table records and displays the downloads to the server. You can view the log from the server or from any client workstation.

Logs of event details Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Software Center > Activity Log > Event Log

Admin > System: Software Center > Event Log

Displays the logs of events in the software center. The Event Log table shows the list of immediate downloads, installations and uninstallations of device packages. You can view the log from the server or from any client workstation.

Table 2-2 Software Center Tasks (continued)



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Table 2-3 Device and Credential Tasks


Device DiscoveryTasks

Device Discovery Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Discovery > Discovery Settings

Admin > Network: Discovery Settings

Configures the layer 3 and layer 2 protocols and other dicovery options before starting the discovery of devices

Also, it displays the list of total devices discovered, number of reachable devices, unreachable devices, and various other details about the devices in the DCR.

Dicovery schedule Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Discovery > Discovery Schedule

Admin > Network: Discovery Settings > Schedule

You can create, view, edit, modify, and delete the device discovery schedule job.

Discovery Logging Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Discovery > Discovery Logging Configuration

Admin > Network: Discovery Settings > Logging Configuration

Enables the debugging option for components or modules of Common Services Device Discovery without restarting the services. When you enable the debugging option for a selected component, the log levels in the csdiscovery.properties file is changed to DEBUG and the debug messages are recorded in the CSDiscovery.log file.

Device Management Tasks

Managing Devices Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Management

Inventory > Device Administration: Add / Import / Manage Devices

The Device Management option in Device and Credentials Administration helps you manage the list of devices and their credentials. Device Management helps you in:

• Adding Devices

• Deleting Devices

• Editing Device Credentials

• Editing Device Identity

• Importing Devices and Credentials

• Exporting Devices and Credentials

• Excluding Devices

• Viewing Devices List


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Auto Update Server Tasks

Auto Update Server Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Auto Update Server Management

Inventory > Device Administration: Auto Update Server Management

Auto Update Servers have the following credentials:

• Auto Update Server URL

• Username

• Password

The Auto Update Server Management UI is not visible in a DCR Slave machine.

Auto Update Server management feature helps you in:

• Adding an Auto Update Server

• Editing an Auto Update Server

• Deleting an Auto Update Server

Report Tasks

Device List Report Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Reports > Device List Report

Reports > Inventory:Management Status > Known Device List

The DCR Device List Report displays the complete list of all devices.

Audit Report Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Reports > Audit Report

Reports > Audit:Device Administration

The Audit Report displays the complete device list in DCR for a specified period of time.

Excluded Devices Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Reports > Excluded Devices Report

Reports > Inventory:Management Status > Excluded Devices

The Excluded Devices Report displays the list of devices that should not be added to DCR.

Import Status Report Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Reports > Import Status Report

Reports > Inventory:Management Status > Imported Device Status

The Imported Device Status report displays the information about the devices that are imported into DCR from any one of the following import sources:

• Import File

• Local NMS

• Remote NMS

Table 2-3 Device and Credential Tasks (continued)



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Device Selector Setting Tasks

Customization of Device Type Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Selector Settings > Group Customization

Admin > Network: Display Settings > Group Customization

Provides options to select/remove the Device Selector groups.

You can customize the Device Type Based Groups folder to display:

• All devices in groups, based on their Device Category only

• All devices in groups and subgroups, based on their Device Category and Series

• All devices in groups and subgroups, based on their Device Category, Series and Model

Customizing Display Order of Device Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device Selector Settings > Group Ordering

Admin > Network: Display Settings > Group Ordering

Provides options to choose the order in which the existing groups will be displayed.

The Group Ordering setup is specific to each user and the changes will be reflected in the Device Selector panes of all applications.

The default order of the groups displayed in the Device Selector pane is:

• All Devices

• Device Type Groups

• User Defined Groups

• Subnet Groups

• Application Specific Groups

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Admin Tasks

Administering Device and Credential Repository

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > Mode Settings

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Current DCR Settings

The DCR Administration feature allows you to do the following tasks:

• Changing DCR Mode

• Configuring Device Polling

• Configuring User Defined Fields

• Configuring Default Credentials

To perform these tasks, select Device and Credentials > Admin from the Cisco Prime home page. The Admin page appears with the current DCR Administration settings.

You can change the Mode Settings or modify User Defined fields.

Configuring Device Polling Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > Device Polling > Device Poll Settings

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Device Poll Settings

Configures a Device Polling policy and schedules a Device Polling job to check whether the devices can be reached.

Unreachable Device Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > Unreachable Device Report

Reports > Inventory:Management Status > Unreachable Devices

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Renaming User Defined Fields

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > User Defined Fields

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > User Defined Fields

The User Defined Fields (UDFs) are used to store the additional information about a device. DCR supports a maximum of ten UDFs.

By default, the user interface provides four UDFs:

• user_defined_field_0




You can add six more UDFs through the user interface. You can rename or delete all the UDFs including the four default UDFs provided by the user interface.




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Configuring a Default Credentials Set

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > Default Credential Sets

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Default Credential Sets

You can use default credentials to populate newly-added devices in Device Addition flows such as Add and Bulk Import.

You can configure multiple default credential sets to a maximum of 50 default credential sets.

Each default credential set comprises the following credentials:

• Primary Credentials (Username, Password, Enable Password)

• Secondary Credentials (Username, Password, Enable Password)

• SNMPv2c/SNMPv1Credentials (Read-Only Community String, Read-Write Community String)

• SNMPv3 Credentials (Mode, Username, Authentication Password, Authentication Algorithm, Privacy Password, Privacy Algorithm)

• HTTP credentials (Primary HTTP Username and Password, Secondary HTTP Username and Password, HTTP port, HTTPS port, Current Mode)

• Auto Update Server Managed Device Credentials (Username and Password)

• Rx Boot Mode Credentials (Username, Password)




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Chapter 2 Navigating Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks in LMS 4.1 Group Administration Tasks

Group Administration TasksThis section provides information on the Common Services Group Administration tasks in LMS 4.1.

Setting up a Default Credential Set Policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Admin > Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration

Creates a default credential set policy. You can create default credential set policies based on following policy types:

• IP Address

• Hostname

• Display Name

You can also specify the order in which the default credential set policies should be applied for devices that are added or imported into DCR.

The default credential set policies are applied in the order in which they appear on the Credentials Sets Policy Configuration page. The default credential set policies appearing at the top of the list are applied first.



Table 2-4 Group Administration Tasks


Administering Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Groups > Export

Admin > System: Group Management > Device Groups

The Groups feature in Common Services helps you to group devices managed by Cisco Prime applications. It helps in creating, managing, and sharing groups of devices. The groups created using this feature are shared across applications. The groups created in applications can also be viewed from Common Services.


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C H A P T E R 3
Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials (RME) provides lifecycle management of Cisco network devices. Designed to reduce human error and eliminate many of the manual tasks associated with maintaining a network, RME helps optimize manageability and availability for your network.

This chapter provides mapping of RME tasks in LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• Inventory, Device and Group Tasks

• Configuration Tasks

• Archive Management Tasks

• Compliance Tasks

• Software Management Tasks

• Jobs, Reports and Tools Tasks

• Administration Tasks

Inventory, Device and Group TasksThis section provides information on the following RME tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Inventory Tasks




Chapter 3 Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1 Inventory, Device and Group Tasks

Table 3-1 Inventory, Device and Group Tasks


Inventory Tasks

Viewing Inventory Collection Status

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Inventory > View Inventory Collection Status

Collector Summary portlet View the status of Inventory collection.

Viewing Inventory Jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Inventory > Inventory Jobs

Inventory > Job Browsers: Inventory Collection

Or

Admin > Collection Setting: Inventory > Inventory Jobs

The Inventory Job Browser displays all user-defined jobs. It also displays the system-defined inventory collection and polling jobs.

You can create and manage inventory jobs using the Job Browser. You can edit, stop, cancel or delete jobs using this Job Browser.


Viewing RME Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > RME Devices

Inventory > Device Administration: Manage Device State

View the list of all devices in LMS.

Viewing Suspended Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Suspended Devices


Suspended devices cannot participate in any application flows but all historical data pertaining to the device will continue to be maintained by LMS.

Working with Alias Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Alias Devices


When a new device is added to LMS, this device may already exist in LMS, but with another hostname or IP address. This device will be in the Alias state.

Viewing Device Credential Verification Jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Device Credential Verification Jobs

Inventory > Job Browsers: Device Credential Verification

You can view the detailed list of all scheduled CDA jobs from the Device Credential Verification Jobs browser.


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Chapter 3 Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1 Configuration Tasks

Configuration TasksThis section provides information on the following RME tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Config Editor Tasks

• Netconfig Tasks

Group Administration Tasks

Administering Device Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Group Administration > Device Group Administration

Inventory > Group Management: Device

Or

Admin > System: Group Management > Devices

Allows you to create, manage and administer Device Groups.

Administering Port and Module Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Group Administration > Port and Module Group Administration

Inventory > Group Management: Port and Module

Or

Admin > System: Group Management > Port and Module Groups

Allows you to create, manage and administer groups based on ports and modules for a selected set of devices or device groups.

Table 3-1 Inventory, Device and Group Tasks (continued)


Table 3-2 Config Editor and Netconfig Tasks


Config Editor Tasks

Viewing Configuration Files

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Config Editor > Config Files

Configuration > Tools: Config Editor > Config Editor

You can use this feature to open a configuration file for editing.

You can open a configuration file by:

• Device and Version—Opens a configuration file from the archive.

• Pattern Search—Opens a configuration file by searching for a pattern.

• Baseline—Opens a configuration file using a baseline template stored in the device configuration management repository.

• External Location—Opens a configuration file stored in an external location


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Viewing the list of modified private configs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Config Editor > Private Configs

Configuration > Tools: Config Editor > Private Configs

You can use this feature to display a list of configuration files modified by all users in a private work area.

You can:

• Select a file and click Edit to edit an opened configuration file.

• Select a file and click Deploy to deploy a job.

• Select a file and click Delete to remove an opened configuration file.

Viewing the list of modified public configs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Config Editor > Public Configs

Configuration > Tools: Config Editor > Public Configs

You can use this feature to display a list of configuration files modified by all users in a public work area.

You can:

• Select a file and click Edit to edit an opened configuration file.

• Select a file and click Deploy to deploy a job.

• Select a file and click Delete to remove an opened configuration file.

Viewing the Status of all Deployed Jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Config Editor > Config Editor Jobs

Configuration > Job Browsers: Config Editor

You can use this feature to view the status of all pending, running, and completed jobs. You can create a new job or edit, copy, stop, and delete a job that you have opened.

Netconfig Tasks

Browsing and Editing Jobs Using the NetConfig Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Netconfig > Netconfig Jobs

Configuration > Job Browsers: NetConfig

Or

Configuration > Tools: NetConfig > Deploy

You can browse the NetConfig jobs that are registered on the system.

Using the NetConfig Job Browser you can edit, copy, retry, stop, or delete jobs.

Table 3-2 Config Editor and Netconfig Tasks (continued)



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Chapter 3 Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1 Archive Management Tasks

Archive Management TasksThis section provides information on the RME archive management tasks in LMS 4.1.

Creating and Editing User-defined Tasks

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Netconfig > User-defined Tasks

Configuration > Tools: NetConfig > User Defined Tasks

You can create a new user-defined task and add one or more templates to it. You can also add templates to an existing task.

You name a task when you create it, and it is saved for future use. You can copy, edit, and reuse your tasks.

Assigning Tasks to Users

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Netconfig > Assigning Tasks

Configuration > Tools:NetConfig > Assigning Tasks

You can assign access privileges for NetConfig tasks, to users with Network Operator privileges or lesser.

All other users with privileges higher than Network Operator are assigned all tasks by default.

Table 3-2 Config Editor and Netconfig Tasks (continued)


Table 3-3 Archive Management Tasks


Archive Management Tasks

Checking Configuration Archival Status

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Summary

After you add devices into LMS, their configurations are gathered and stored in the configuration archive.

You can check the overall status of the configuration archive (Successful, Partially Successful, and Failed). It provides the status of the last archival attempt.

Scheduling Sync Archive Job

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Sync Archive

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Synchronization

You can schedule a job to update the configuration archive for selected group of devices.

You have an option to poll device configuration before updating the archive and to fetch Startup configuration.


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Using the Config Fetch Protocol Usage Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Config Fetch Protocol Usage

Configuration > Configuration Archive: Protocol Usage Summary

You can view the configuration protocol usage details for successful configuration fetches using the Config Fetch Protocol Usage Report.

Generating an Out-of-Sync Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Out-of-Sync Summary

Configuration > Compliance:Out-of-Sync Summary

You can generate an Out-of-Sync report for the group of devices for which running configurations are not synchronized with the startup configuration.

Viewing the Configuration Version Tree

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Version Tree

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Views > Version Tree

You can view all configuration versions of the selected devices in the form of a graphical display.

You can also perform a configuration quick deploy for a selected device.

Viewing the Configuration Version Summary

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Version Summary

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Views > Version Summary

You can view all archived configurations for selected devices. A link is provided to view a particular configuration running on the device and to generate differences between versions in the archive.

You can view the last three configuration versions for each device regardless of number of versions stored in archive.

Searching Archives Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Search Archive

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Views > Search Archive

You can search the archive for configuration containing text patterns for selected devices. You can specify ten different combinations of patterns/strings as part of search criteria.

Searching Archives using Custom Queries

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Search Archive > Custom Queries

Configuration > Configuration Archive:Views > Custom Queries

You can create a custom configuration query that searches information about the specified configuration files.

Table 3-3 Archive Management Tasks (continued)



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Comparing Configurations

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Compare Configs

Configuration > Configuration Archive: Compare Configs

You can compare two device configuration files from version to version or from device to device. You can also compare the configuration when a device was started with the current configuration, and the current configuration with the most recently archived configuration.

You can compare the configurations in these ways:

• Startup vs. Running—Compares the configuration when the device was started with the current configuration. These configurations are fetched from the device.

• Running vs. Latest Archived—Compares the running configuration with the most recent archived configuration. The Running configuration is fetched from the device.

• Two Versions of the Same Device—Compares two archived configuration versions.

• Two Versions of Different Devices—Compares any two configurations in the configuration archive.

• Base Config vs. Latest Version of Different Devices—Compares the base configuration of a device with the latest configuration of other devices. These configurations are fetched from the device.




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Viewing and managing Archive Management Jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Archive Mgmt Jobs

Configuration > Job Browsers: Configuration Archive

You can browse the Archive Management jobs that are registered on the system.

You can also retry, delete, stop jobs and view job details.

Configuring Labels Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Label Configs

Configuration > Configuration Archive: Label Configs

A label is a name given to a group of customized selection of configuration files.

You can select configuration files from different devices, group and label them.

Managing Baseline Templates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Baseline Templates

Configuration > Compliance: Compliance Templates > Templates

Baselining refers to identifying a set of standardized policy based commands that you would want to have on a set of devices.

You can create a Baseline template which is a set of commands identified through the baselining process.

You can compare the Baseline template with the configuration of devices in the archive. You can also generate a non-compliance configuration report and deploy this template on the devices to make them compliant.

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Compliance TasksThis section provides information on the RME compliance management tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 3-4 Compliance Management Tasks


Compliance Management Tasks

Managing Baseline Templates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Compliance Mgmt > Template Mgmt

Configuration > Compliance: Compliance Templates > Templates

Baselining refers to identifying a set of standardized policy based commands that you would want to have on a set of devices.

You can create a Baseline template that is a set of commands identified through the baselining process.

You can compare the Baseline template with the configuration of devices in the archive. You can also generate a non-compliance configuration report and deploy this template onto the devices to make them compliant.

You can deploy a Baseline template to a group of devices by scheduling a job.

Running Compliance Check

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Compliance Mgmt > Compliance Check

Configuration > Compliance: Compliance Templates > Compliance Check

Check the configuration compliance for a set of devices by selecting the template and scheduling a job.

Deploying a Baseline Template

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Compliance Mgmt > Direct Deploy

Configuration > Compliance: Compliance Templates > Direct Deploy

When you add a new device of the same type to the network, you can use the existing Baseline template. This template consists of two parts, command and values.

You can create configurations for any device of the same type in the network by specifying the values for the variables in the Baseline template.

Using compliance and deploy jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Config Mgmt > Compliance Mgmt > Compliance/Deploy Jobs

Configuration > Compliance: Compliance Templates > Jobs

or

Configuration > Job Browsers: Compliance

You can check the status of the Baseline jobs and verify how many devices are compliant out of the total number of devices that were selected while creating the compliance job.


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Chapter 3 Navigating Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks in LMS 4.1 Software Management Tasks

Software Management TasksThis section provides information on the RME software management tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 3-5 Software Management Tasks


Managing Software Repository

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Repository

Configuration > Tools:Software Image Management > Software Repository

The Software Repository Management window displays the images that are available in the Software Management repository.

You can view the image family, image type, version, size of the image. You can delete, export or update the image status.

Synchronizing Software Repository

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Repository > Software Repository Synchronization

Configuration > Tools:Software Image Management > Repository Synchronization

Determine the images that are missing from your network, import the images into the software library, update the library, and periodically synchronize the library with the images running on your network devices.

You can also schedule an image import for a later, more convenient time.

Distributing Software Images

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Distribution

Configuration > Tools:Software Image Management > Software Distribution

Distribute images in your network, analyze and determine the impact, and prerequisites for new software images before distribution.

You can distribute software images using the following methods:

• By devices [Basic]

• By devices [Advanced]

• By image

• Using remote staging

Analyzing software image upgrade

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Distribution > Upgrade Analysis

Configuration > Tools:Software Image Management > Upgrade Analysis

Before planning a software image upgrade, you must determine the prerequisites for the new software images.

You can analyze these by using:

• Cisco.com

• Repository


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Distributing Patches Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Distribution > Patch Distribution

Configuration > Tools:Software Image Management > Patch Distribution

You can distribute patches simultaneously to applicable devices. Patch distribution does not require reboot of the entire OS on a device.

You can distribute patch images to the devices in your network, using any of these methods:

• Distribute by Devices—This method enables you to select devices and perform patch upgrades on those devices.

• Distribute by Patch—This method enables you to select a patch image from the Software Repository and use it to perform a patch upgrade on suitable devices in your network. This is useful when you have to distribute the same patch image to multiple devices.

Using Software Management Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Software Mgmt > Software Mgmt Jobs

Configuration > Job Browsers: Software Image Management

Or

Configuration > Tools: Software Image Management > Jobs

View and edit all your scheduled Software Management jobs.

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Jobs, Reports and Tools TasksThis section provides information on the following RME tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Jobs Tasks

• Reports Tasks

• Tools Tasks

Table 3-6 Jobs, Reports and Tools Tasks


Jobs Tasks

Viewing RME Jobs Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Job Mgmt > RME Jobs

Admin > Network: Jobs > Browser

View the status of all Jobs (NetConfig jobs, Inventory collection or polling jobs, purge jobs, etc.).

The job details that you can view here include the job ID, the job type, the job status, the job description, the job owner, the time at which the job is scheduled to run, the time of job completion, and the schedule type.

Approving and Rejecting Jobs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Job Mgmt > Job Approval

Configuration > Job Browsers: Job Approval

View the status of jobs that are pending approval.

The job details that you can view here include the job ID, the job owner, the application, the time at which the job is scheduled to run, the approver list, and the job description.

You can also use the Job Approval page to approve or reject jobs.

Reports Tasks

Generating Reports Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Reports > Report Generator

Reports Generate various reports for the following applications:

• Audit Trail

• Bug Summary Report

• Change Audit

• Contract Connection

• Device Credential

• Inventory

• Syslog


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Using the Reports Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Reports > Report jobs

Admin > Network: Jobs > Browser

You can manage report jobs using the Reports job browser. You can also view the output of completed jobs, stop running jobs or delete jobs if required.

Defining Custom Report Templates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Reports > Custom Report Templates

Reports > Report Designer: Syslog and Inventory

You can create a custom template, and edit or delete existing custom templates for Syslog and Inventory applications.

Viewing Archived Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Reports > Report Archives

Reports > Report Archives The report output that is created from a scheduled report is stored in the reports archive.

The archive displays the list for completed report jobs and you can view or delete them. The archive holds the report output even if the report job does not exist.

Tools Tasks

Defining Change Audit Automated Actions

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Change Audit > Automated Actions

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Change Audit Automated Actions

You can define automated actions on creation of change audit record. This automated action gets triggered on creation of the change audit record.

You can define any number of automated actions. The supported automated actions are:

• E-mail

• Traps

• Automated scripts

Defining Change Audit Exception Periods

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Change Audit > Exception Periods

Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings > Exception Periods

An Exception period is the time period you specify when no network changes should occur. This period does not prevent you from making any changes in your network. The set of Exception periods is known as an Exception profile.

Viewing Syslog Collector Status

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Syslog > Syslog Collector Status

Admin > Collection Settings: Syslog > Syslog Collector Status

View the status of Common Syslog Collectors. You can subscribe and unsubscribe a Common Syslog Collector.

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Defining Syslog Automated Actions

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Syslog > Automated Actions

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Syslog Automated Actions

You can create automated actions to be executed automatically whenever a Syslog Analyzer receives a specific message type.

Defining Message Filters

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Syslog > Message Filters

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Syslog Message Filters

You can exclude messages from Syslog Analyzer by creating filters.

Netshow Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Netshow > Netshow Jobs

Monitor > Troubleshooting Tools: NetShow > NetShow Jobs

The NetShow Job Browser enables you to view the details of all NetShow Jobs.

Archiving Netshow Job Output

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Netshow > Output Archive

Monitor > Troubleshooting Tools: NetShow > Output Archive

The Output Archive feature in NetShow helps you archive and access the stored output that is created from a NetShow job.

The show command output is archived only if the jobs are executed completely.

Command Sets Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Netshow > Command Sets

Monitor > Troubleshooting Tools: NetShow > Command Sets

The Command Set represents a logical grouping of commands. Each command set is associated with a unique name.

NetShow provides a few pre-defined command sets that can be run against selected devices.

Assigning Command Sets

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Netshow > Assigning Command Sets

Monitor > Troubleshooting Tools: NetShow > Assigning Command Sets

The Assigning Command Sets feature in NetShow allows you to specify which user or set of users can run NetShow commands.

You can use the Assigning Command Sets feature in Netshow for:

• Showing Assigned Command Sets

• Assigning Command Sets to Users

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Administration TasksThis section provides information on the following RME tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Approval Tasks

• Change Audit Tasks

• Config Mgmt Tasks


• Inventory Tasks

• Reports Tasks

• Software Mgmt Tasks

• Syslog Tasks

• System Preferences Task

Working with SmartCase

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > SmartCase

Inventory > Tools: SmartCase SmartCase lets you access Cisco.com from LMS to open a Cisco.com case or to query and update an existing case.

You can submit, review, and update problems or questions about your Cisco products.

Virtual Switching System Mode Conversion

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Virtual Switching System Configuration > VSS Conversion

Configuration > Workflows: Virtual Switching System > VSS Conversion

Virtual Switching System (VSS) refers to the conceptual switch that is created by converting two VSS-capable standalone switches into one switch.

This process of converting to Virtual Switching Systems can also be done for core layer switches.

Converting Switches from Virtual to Standalone Mode

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Tools > Virtual Switching System Configuration > VSS Reverse Conversion

Configuration > Workflows: Virtual Switching System > VSS Reverse Conversion

Virtual Switching System (VSS) refers to the conceptual switch that is created by converting two VSS-capable standalone switches into one switch.

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Table 3-7 Administration Tasks


Approval Tasks

Viewing Approver Details

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Approval > Approver Details

Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Approver Details

Enter and maintain information about users with Cisco Prime Approver roles.

Creating or Editing Approver Lists

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Approval > Create/Edit Approver Lists

Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Create/Edit Approver Lists

Create or edit approver lists.

Assigning Approver Lists

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Approval > Assign Approver Lists

Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Assign Approver Lists

Assign approver lists to NetConfig, Config Editor, Archive Management, NetShow, and Software Management.

Enabling Approval Policies

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Approval > Approval Policies

Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Approval Policies

Enable Job Approval for NetConfig, Config Editor, Archive Management, NetShow, and Software Management jobs.

Change Audit Tasks

Setting the Purge Policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Change Audit > Set Purge Policy

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Change Audit Purge Policy

You can specify a default policy for periodic purging of Change Audit data.

Performing a Forced Purge

Cisco Prime CISCO PRIME CISCO PRIME LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Change Audit > Force Purge

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Change Audit Force Purge

You can perform a Forced Purge of Audit Trail, as required.

Configuring Change audit filters

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Change Audit > Config Change Filter

Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings > Config Change Filter

You can use this option to enable or disable VLAN Change audit filtering.

When there is a change in the device configuration, a change record is created. By default, the VLAN change audit record is created for those devices that have a VLAN configuration.

Config Mgmt Tasks

Configuring Transport Protocols

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Transport Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Transport Settings

You can set the protocol order for Configuration Management applications such as Archive Management, Config Editor, and NetConfig jobs to download configurations and to fetch configurations.

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Moving the Configuration Archive Directory

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Archive Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Archive Settings

You can move the directory where the configuration of the devices can be archived on the LMS server.

The new location specified by you should have the permission for casuser in Solaris and casuser should have Full Control in Windows.

Defining the Configuration Collection Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Collection Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Collection Settings

The configuration archive can be updated with configuration changes in two ways:

• Periodic configuration archival

• Manual configuration archival

Configuring Exclude Commands

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Exclude Commands

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Compare Exclude Commands Configuration

You can list the commands that have to be excluded while comparing configurations. You can enter multiple commands separated by commas.

Configuring Fetch Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Archive Mgmt > Fetch Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Job Timeout Settings

You can configure the Job Result Wait Time per device for the Sync Archive Jobs.

Setting up Config Editor Preferences

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Config Editor

Configuration > Tools: Config Editor > Edit Mode Preference

You can use this feature to set up your editing preferences (Raw or Processed).

Config Editor remembers your preferred mode, even across different invocations of the application.

Configuring Default Job Policies

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Config Mgmt > Config Job Policies

Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Config Job Policies

Each Configuration Management job has properties that define how the job will run.

You can configure a default policy for these properties that applies to all future jobs. You can also specify for each property whether users can change the default when creating a job.

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Device Management Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Device Mgmt > Device Management Settings

Inventory > Device Administration: Device Allocation Policy

Before adding devices to LMS you can change these Device Management Settings to enable or disable automatic allocation of devices to LMS from Device Credentials Repository (DCR).

Verifying the Device Credentials while Adding Devices to LMS

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Device Mgmt > Device Credential Verification Settings

Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Verification Settings

You can check your device credentials while adding devices to LMS and view the results by scheduling and running a CDA job.

Use this option to make sure that your Device and Credential Repository credentials, match your actual device credentials.

Inventory Tasks

Setting Change Report Filters

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Inventory > Inventory Change Filters

Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings > Inventory Change Filter

You can select the attributes that you do not wish to log using Change Audit.

The history of inventory changes are logged by and viewed through Change Audit.

Changing the Schedule for System Inventory Collection or Polling

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Inventory > System Job Schedule

Admin > Collection Settings: Inventory > Inventory System Job Schedule

At the time of installation, system jobs are created for both Inventory collection and polling, with their own default schedules.

A periodic inventory collection job collects inventory data from all managed devices and updates your inventory database.

Similarly, the periodic polling polls devices and updates the inventory database. You can change the schedule of these default, periodic system jobs.

Reports Tasks

Changing the Data Source for PSIRT/EOS/EOL Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Reports > PSIRT/EOX Reports

Admin > Network: PSIRT, EOS and EOL Settings > PSIRT/EOX Reports Option

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Software Mgmt Tasks

Viewing/Editing Preferences

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Software Mgmt > View/Edit Preferences

Admin > Network: Software Image Management > View/Edit Preferences

Edit preferences helps you to set or change your Software Management preferences.

The options you specify here are applicable to Software Management tasks such as image distribution, and image import.

Syslog Tasks

Setting the backup policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Syslog > Set Backup Policy

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Backup Settings

The Backup Configuration feature allows you to save the Syslog messages to a flat file. The syslog data that is trimmed from the database will be moved to the flat file.

Setting the purge policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Syslog > Set Purge Policy

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Purge Settings

You can specify a default policy for periodic purging of Syslog messages.

Performing a forced purge

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Syslog > Force Purge

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Force Purge

You can perform a forced purge of Syslog messages.

System Preferences Task

Application Log Level Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > System Preferences > Application Log Level

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Config and Image Management Debugging

You can use this option to set the logging levels for LMS packages. You can set the log levels for all LMS packages, or at a package (application) level.

Job Purge Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > System Preferences > Job Purge

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Config Job Purge Settings

The Job Purge option provides a centralized location for you to schedule Purge operations for all jobs.

RME Device Attributes

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > System Preferences > RME Device Attributes

Admin > Collection Settings: Inventory > Inventory, Config Timeout and Retry Settings

This option enables you to set the default values for device attributes. These values are applicable to all devices in LMS. The device attributes are:

• SNMP Retry

• SNMP Timeout

• Telnet Timeout

• Natted IP Address

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RME Secondary Credentials

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > System Preferences > RME Secondary Credentials

Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Secondary Credential Settings

The LMS server polls and receives two types of credentials from each device and populates the Device Credential Repository (DCR).These credentials are:

• Primary Credentials

• Secondary Credentials

LMS uses either the primary or secondary credentials to access the devices using the following protocols:

• Telnet

• SSH

Collection Notification Failure

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > System Preferences > Collection Notification Failure

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Inventory and Config Collection Failure

You can use the Collection Failure Notification option to configure the destination Server and Port to receive trap notification on Inventory Collection or Config Fetch failure.

This failure trap is sent per device from the LMS server whenever the collection does not happen.

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Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1
CiscoWorsk Campus Manager (CM) is an integral component of Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution. As an enterprise solution for network management, Campus Manager provides a suite of web-based network management tools that enable administrators to obtain various types of graphical views of their network topology and end-user information.

This chapter provides mapping of CM tasks in LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• Campus User Tracking Tasks

• Visualization Tasks


• Reports and Job Management Tasks

• Administrative Tasks

Campus User Tracking TasksThis section provides information on the following Campus Manager User Tracking tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Reports Tasks

• Acquisitions Tasks



Chapter 4 Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Campus User Tracking Tasks

Table 4-1 Campus User Tracking Tasks


Reports Tasks

Viewing Quick Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports

Reports > Inventory: User Tracking > Quick Report

You can view the reports on end hosts or IP phones, based on the filter criteria using which you want to generate the report.

Using Report Generator

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Report Generator

Reports > Inventory: User Tracking

The Report Generator in User Tracking allows you to view System-defined reports and Custom reports. You can generate the following reports:

• Duplicates

• End Hosts

• History

• IP Phones

• MAC Report

• Switch Port Report

• Wireless Report

You can also schedule to generate these reports immediately, once, daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.

Creating Custom Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Custom Reports

Reports > Report Designer: User Tracking > Custom Reports

You can create Custom reports for End Hosts or IP Phones.

Viewing List of Custom Layouts

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Custom Layouts

Reports > Report Designer: User Tracking > Custom Layouts

You can view the list of Custom layouts. Standard layouts are available after a fresh install.

Viewing Archived Reports List

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Reports > Archives

Reports > Report Archives: User Tracking

You can view a list of archived user tracking reports using the Reports Archive option.

Acquisitions Tasks

Viewing and interpreting acquisition information

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Acquisition

Inventory > User Tracking Settings: Acquisition Summary

Or

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisitions Info

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Configuring User Tracking Acquisition Actions

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Acquisition > Actions

Inventory > User Tracking Settings: Acquisition Actions

Or

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Action

You can trigger the following acquisitions:

• Device based Acquisition

• Subnet based Acquisition

• IP Phone Acquisition

Administration Tasks

Modifying Acquisition Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Acquisition Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Settings

You can modify User Tracking Acquisition settings using the Acquisition Settings option

Modifying Acquisition Schedule

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Schedule Acquisition

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Schedule

You can modify UT acquisition schedule using the Acquisition Schedule option.

Modifying Ping Sweep Options

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Ping Sweep

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Ping Sweep

A ping sweep (also known as an ICMP sweep) is a basic network scanning technique used to determine the range of IP addresses that map to live end hosts (computers). You can use a single ping to find out whether a specific end host exists on the network.

You can modify Ping Sweep option.

Configuring Subnet Acquisition

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Configure Subnet Acquisition

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Subnet Acquisition configuration

You can configure LMS to perform User Tracking Acquisition on selected subnets.

These configurations are used for User Tracking Major Acquisition and Configured Subnets based acquisition. You can choose to include or exclude specified subnets to perform User Tracking major acquisition.

Modifying Delete Interval

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Delete Interval

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Purge Policy

You can modify the time interval for deleting entries from the End Host Table, IP Phone Table or the History Table from the database

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Configuring Trunk for End Host Discovery

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Acquisition > Configure Trunk For End Hosts Discovery

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Configuration in Trunk

Normally UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected only to access ports. If you enable this feature UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected to non-link trunk ports also.

Specifying Purge Policy

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Reports > User Tracking Purge Policy

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Report Purge Policy

You can specify the intervals at which old reports and jobs are to be purged, using the Purge Policy option.

You can save the Purge Policy, so that the older jobs and archives are purged at the specified interval.

Specifying Domain Name Display

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Reports > Domain Name Display

Admin > Network: Display Settings > Domain Name Display

You can specify the way in which domain names are to be displayed in User Tracking Reports, using the Domain Name Display option.

Importing Information on End Host Users

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > End Host Table Import

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Table Import

You can import from a file, user names and notes for end hosts already discovered, using the End Host Table Import option.

Understanding Dynamic Updates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic Update Process Status

User Tracking generates reports on various functions and attributes of the end hosts and devices connected to your network that are managed by LMS. These reports are generated by polling the network at intervals set by the network administrator.

In addition to polling the network at regular intervals, LMS tracks changes about the end hosts and users on the network to provide real-time updates.

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Enabling SNMP Traps on Switch Ports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Device Trap Configuration

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Device Trap Configuration

You must configure the Cisco switches for sending SNMPv1/SNMPv2 MAC Notification Traps when a host is connected to or disconnected from that port.

Even if the device is managed with SNMPv3, LMS processes only SNMPv1/SNMPv2 traps.

Configuring SNMP Trap Listener

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Trap Listener Configuration

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Trap Listener Configuration

LMS receives SNMP traps directly from the switches if you configure the port to direct the traps through primary listeners such as HP OpenView (HPOV) or Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM) applications.

Configuring Dynamic User Tracking

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > User Tracking > Administration > Dynamic Updates > Dynamic User Tracking Configuration

Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic User Tracking Configuration

You can configure certain properties in Dynamic User Tracking to enhance the security of the system.

These properties make the server receive traps only from specified devices and with specified community strings.




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Visualization TasksThis section provides information on the Campus Manager Visualization tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-2 Visualization Tasks


Using Topology Services

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Visualization > Topology Services > Launch Topology Services

Configuration > Topology

Or

Monitor > Monitoring Tools:Topology Services

Topology Services is an application that enables you to view and monitor your network including the links and the ports of each link.

Topology Services displays the network topology of the devices discovered by LMS, through Topology Maps. Besides these Maps, the application includes numerous reports that help you to view the physical and logical connectivity in details.

Enabling RMON to Measure Bandwidth Utilization

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Visualization > RMON Configuration

Admin > Network: Monitor/ Troubleshoot > RMON Configuration

Bandwidth Utilization is the measure of traffic flowing across a link. LMS highlights bandwidth utilization across links, in the Topology maps. It computes the bandwidth utilization by taking the best estimate of the mean physical layer network utilization on the links, during the sampling time interval.

In Topology Map, LMS can differentiate the links using colors, based on the bandwidth utilized by them. You can customize the filters to display bandwidth utilization.


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Chapter 4 Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Configuration Tasks

Configuration TasksThis section provides information on the Campus Manager Configuration tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-3 Configuration Tasks


VLAN Configuration

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Configuration

Configuration > Workflows:VLAN > Configure VLAN

A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) allows you to create logical broadcast domains that can span across a single switch or multiple switches, regardless of physical positioning. A VLAN contains a group of devices on one or more LANs.

You can create amd delete VLANs using VLAN Configuration wizard.

Creating VLANs Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Configuration > Create

Configuration > Workflows:VLAN > Configure VLAN

Allows you to create a VLAN by selecting devices or entities to be included in the VLAN. Domain Selector helps you to select devices in Switch Clouds and VTP Domains.

Creating PVLANs Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Create PVLAN

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Create Private LAN

A Private VLAN (PVLAN) is a VLAN that isolates devices at Layer 2 (L2), from other ports within the same broadcast domain or subnet. PVLAN segregates traffic at L2 and converts a broadcast segment into a non-broadcast multi-access segment.

To create a Private VLAN, you must designate one VLAN as primary and another as either isolated, community, or two-way community VLAN. Then, you can assign additional VLANs as secondary VLANs.

After creating primary and secondary VLANs you must associate the secondary VLANs to the respective primary VLANs.

Deleting PVLAN Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Delete PVLAN

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Delete Private LAN

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Configuring Promiscuous Ports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > PVLAN Configuration > Configure Promiscuous Ports

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Configure Promiscuous Ports

You must associate the promiscuous ports to the PVLANs you have created, to receive traffic from outside the PVLAN.

VLAN Port Assignment

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > VLAN Port Assignment

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Configure Port Assignment

VLAN Port Assignment is an application that displays device, port, and related VLAN information for an associated VTP domain in a tabular format and helps you manage ports on your network VLANs.

Creating Trunk Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > Trunk Configuration > Create Trunk

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Create Trunk

A Trunk is a point-to-point link carrying traffic for several VLANs, and are typically used to connect switches. Instead of configuring several access links to carry multi-VLAN traffic, its economical to do it with a single trunk link.

Modifying Trunk Attributes

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Configuration > Trunk Configuration > Modify Trunk Attributes

Configuration > Workflows: VLAN > Modify Trunk

Allows you to modify trunk attributes.

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Chapter 4 Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Reports and Job Management Tasks

Reports and Job Management TasksThis section provides information on the Campus Manager Reports and Job Management tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 4-4 Reports and Job Mgmt Tasks


Using the Reports Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Jobs

Admin > Jobs: Browser You can manage Report Jobs using the Reports Job browser. You can also view the output of completed jobs, stop running jobs or delete jobs if required.

Generating Reports Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Generator

Reports > Fault and Event: Best Practices > Deviation

Reports > Fault and Event: Best Practices > Discrepancies

Reports > Technology: VLAN

Reports > Inventory: Device Attributes

Generate the following reports:

• Best Practices Deviations Report

• Device Attributes Report

• Discrepancies Report

• Port Attributes Report

• VLAN Report

Viewing Archived Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Reports > Report Archives

Reports > Report Archives The report output that is created from a scheduled report is stored in the reports archive.

The archive displays the list of completed report jobs and you can view or delete them.

Using Job Management Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Job Mgmt

Admin > Jobs: Browser The Job Browser enables you to view the status of all LMS Jobs (User Tracking jobs, reports).

The job details that you can view here include the job ID, the job type, the job status, the job description, the job owner, the time the job is scheduled to run at, the time of job completion, and the schedule type.


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Chapter 4 Navigating Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Administrative Tasks

Administrative TasksThis section provides information on the following Campus Manager Administrative tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Data Collection Tasks

• Other Admin Settings

• Debugging Options

Table 4-5 Admin Tasks


Data Collection Tasks

Viewing Summary of Data Collection Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection

Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection

View a summary of the Data Collection settings

Modifying SNMP Timeouts and Retries

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > SNMP Timeouts and Retries

Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection SNMP Timeouts and Retries

Modify the SNMP timeouts and retries when Data Collection fails for a particular device with SNMP timeout exceptions.

Scheduling Data Collection

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Schedule Data Collection

Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection Schedule

Allows you to schedule the day and time of data collection.

Device Poller Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Device Poller

Admin > Collection Settings : Data Collection > Data Collection Critical Devices Poller

Poll the entire network for device and link status periodically. You can:

• Configure the time interval at which the network is polled.

• Poll only a critical set of devices.

Restricted Topology View

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Topology > Restricted Topology View

Admin > Network: Monitor/Troubleshoot > Retricted Topology View

Topology Services display all the devices discovered by LMS.

Configuring Fault Poller Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Topology > DFM Poller Settings

Admin > Network: Monitor/Troubleshoot > Fault Poller Settings for Topology

Enable polling to display fault information in Topology Maps and N-Hop view portlet.

Topology Groups Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Groups

Admin > System: Group Management

The Topology Groups feature in LMS allows you to create customized views, of the network, in which devices are grouped according to various criteria.

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Using Administration Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Reports

Reports > System: ANI Server Analysis

Reports > System: Data Collection Metrics

Reports > System: Device Support

These reports allow you to view an analysis of the ANI Server, details of devices discovered, Data Collection metrics, and list of devices supported.

Other Admin Settings

Understanding Discrepancies and Best Practices Deviations

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Other Admin Settings > Discrepancies

Admin > Network: Best Practices Deviation Settings

LMS provides reports on discrepancies, such as network inconsistencies and anomalies or misconfiguration in the discovered network. This makes it easy to identify configuration errors such as link-speed mismatches on either end of a connection. Discrepancies are computed at the end of each data collection schedule.

LMS also reports Best Practices Deviations. These are variations from the normal or recommended practices in a network. These do not have any serious impact on the functioning of the network.

Purging Reports Jobs and Archived Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Other Admin Settings > Purge Settings

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Layer2 Services Purge Settings

You can purge jobs or report archives in LMS. By default, purging is disabled.

Debugging Options

Setting up Debugging Options for Data Collection

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Data Collection

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Data Collection

You can set the trace, and debugging, for Data Collection

Setting up Debugging Options for Configuration and Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Configuration and Reports

Admin > System: Debug settings > Layer2 Configuration and Reports

You can enable debugging for Configuration and Reports in LMS.

Setting up Debugging Options for Device Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Device Groups

Admin > System: Debug Settings

You can enable debugging for the errors related to System defined or User defined groups.

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Setting Debugging Options for Topology

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Topology

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Topology

You can enable debugging for Topology Services client side activities. The debugging information will be available in the Java Console.

Debugging Options for User Tracking Server

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > User Tracking Server

Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Server

Debug events related to all User Tracking server side processes.

Debugging Options for User Tracking Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > User Tracking Reports

Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Reports

You can debug events related to User Tracking client side activities.

Debugging Dynamic Updates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Debugging Options > Dynamic User Tracking

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Dynamic User Tracking

You can set the debugging options required for Dynamic Updates. Enable debugging, records all the required information to the log files.

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C H A P T E R 5
Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM) offers real-time fault monitoring and management that allows network operations personnel to monitor issues that could impact network latency and performance.

This chapter provides mapping of DFM tasks in LMS 4.1.

This chapter explains:

• Alerts and Activities


• Notification Services Tasks

• Fault History Tasks



Chapter 5 Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Alerts and Activities

Alerts and ActivitiesThis section provides information on DFM Alerts and Activities tasks in LMS 4.1

Device Management TasksThis section provides information on the following DFM Device Management tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Device Import tasks

• Device Summary Tasks

• Rediscover/Delete Devices Tasks

• Device Details Tasks

• Discovery Status Tasks

• Device Aliases Tasks

• SNMP Config Tasks

Table 5-1 Alerts and Activities


Alerts and Activities

Getting Alert Details

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Alerts and Activities > Alerts and Activities > All Alerts

Monitor > Monitoring Tools:Fault Monitor

The Alerts and Activities display provides real-time information about the operational status of your network. The displays are designed so that you can set them up and leave them running. These displays have a monitoring tool that alerts you when something needs attention.

Suspended Devices View

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Alerts and Activities > Alerts and Activities > Suspended Devices

Monitor > Monitoring Tools:Event Monitor

Or

Monitor > Monitoring Tools: Fault Monitor

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Table 5-2 Device Management Tasks


Device Import tasks

Importing Devices into DFM

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Device Management > Device Import > Manual Allocation

Inventory > Device Administration: Add as Managed Devices

Manually adds DCR devices into LMS

Importing Devices into DFM

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Device Management > Device Import > Auto Allocation


Automatically imports all DCR devices into LMS

Device Summary Tasks

Device Summary and Device States

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Device Management > Device Summary


The Device Management Summary lists the device states for all devices in LMS.

Rediscover/Delete Devices Tasks

Rediscovering and Deleting Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Device Management > Rediscover/Delete

Admin > Collection Settings: Fault > Fault Management Rediscovery Schedule

You can rediscover specific devices. When rediscovery takes place, if there are any changes to a device or group configuration, the new settings will overwrite any previous settings.

Device Details Tasks

Viewing Device Details

Device Management > Device Details

Monitor > Fault Settings: Setup > Fault Device Details

The Device Details display provides basic information about the device such as name, IP address, when it was added, and so on. The Device Details display opens and displays the information for the devices. You can also start a Detailed Device View (DDV) from this page, which is useful when you want to view details about a device that has no current alerts.

Discovery Status Tasks

Verifying Device Import Using Discovery Status

Device Management > Discovery Status

Inventory > Device Administration: Discovery > Settings

After adding a device, you can verify that it has been imported by using the Discovery Status page.


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Chapter 5 Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Notification Services Tasks

Notification Services TasksThis section provides information on the following DFM Notification Services tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Notification Customization Tasks

• Event Sets Tasks

• Notification Groups Tasks

• SNMP Trap Notification Tasks

• E-Mail Configuration Tasks

• Syslog Notification Tasks

Device Aliases Tasks

Viewing Alias (Duplicate) Devices

Device Management > Device Aliases

Inventory > Device Administration: Device Aliases

The Alias Devices page lists all devices for which LMS has found duplicates. LMS considers a device to be an alias when its IP address, device name, or host name already exists in the DCR.

SNMP Config Tasks

Modifying SNMP Timeout and Retries

Device Management > SNMP Config > Modify SNMP Configuration

Admin > Collection Settings: Fault > Fault Management SNMP Timeouts and Retries

Modifies SNMP timeouts and retries.

Table 5-2 Device Management Tasks (continued)


Table 5-3 Notification Services Tasks


Notification Customization Tasks

Customizing DFM Events

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > Notification Customization

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault Notification customization

Notification Services allows you to customize the names and event severity in LMS.

Customizing Names: When you customize an event name, that name is reflected in all notifications, faults and in Fault History. The new event name is used for all instances of an event, regardless of the component on which the event occurs.

The event severity can be customized using the New Event Severity feature. You can select either Critical, Warning or Informational from the drop-down list.


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Event Sets Tasks

Configuring Event Sets

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > Event Sets

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Event Sets

You can apply as many event sets as you want to a notification group, thereby tracking the specific events in which you are interested. If you do not specify an event set, LMS will monitor all events and faults for notifications.

Notification Groups Tasks

Configuring Notification Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > Notification Groups

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault Notification Group

You can configure a maximum of 64 notification groups.

The notification groups contains the following information:

• One or more event sets, if desired (otherwise, the notification group will contain all events and faults)

• Devices

• Fault status and severity

• Event status and severity

• Fields for user-specified additional information you want to include with the subscription

• Whether the group is static or dynamic

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SNMP Trap Notification Tasks

Managing SNMP Trap Notifications

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > SNMP Trap Notification

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - SNMP trap notification

The SNMP Trap Notifications page displays the following information:

• Subscription—The name of the user-defined request for notification.

• Status—The subscription status; can be either of the following:

– Running—LMS is using the subscription while monitoring faults to determine when to send a notification.

– Suspended—LMS will not use the subscription unless you resume it.

• Notification Group—The name of notification group that is applied to the subscription.

You are completely in control of subscriptions. LMS does not delete subscriptions under any circumstances.

E-Mail Configuration Tasks

Managing E-Mail Notification Subscriptions

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > E-Mail Configuration > E-Mail Notification

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Email notification

The E-Mail Notification Subscription page displays information about subscription, status and notification group.

Managing E-Mail Subject Customization

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > E-Mail Configuration > E-Mail Subject Customization

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Email subject customization

E-Mail Subject Customization page is used to customize the e-mail subject for forwarded faults and events. You need to select the subjects and the order in which they are to be displayed. When you apply and save the selections, the e-mails are sent in the customized order.

The E-Mail Subject Customization page displays the available subjects and the selected subjects for e-mail.




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Chapter 5 Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Fault History Tasks

Fault History TasksThis section provides information on the following DFM Fault History tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Group/Device Filtering Tasks

• Alert/Event ID Filtering Tasks

Configuration TasksThis section provides information on the following Configuration tasks under DFM in LMS 4.1:

• Polling and Thresholds Tasks

• Other Configuration Tasks

Syslog Notification Tasks

Managing Syslog Notifications

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Notification Services > Syslog Notification

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Syslog notification

Shows information about subscription, status and notification groups.



Table 5-4 Fault History Tasks


Group/Device Filtering Tasks

Searching for Faults on Devices or Device Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Fault History > Group/Device Filtering

Reports > Fault and Events: History > Device Fault

The Group/Device Filtering option is used to get information about the alerts and events that occur on a specific device or device group

Alert/Event ID Filtering Tasks

Searching for Faults Using Event Criteria

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Fault History > Alert/Event ID Filtering

Reports > Fault and Event: History > Event Fault

The Event ID Filtering option is used to get information about all instances of events that occur in the network.


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Chapter 5 Navigating Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks in LMS 4.1 Configuration Tasks

Table 5-5 Configuration Tasks


Polling and Thresholds Tasks

Managing Polling Parameters

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Polling and Thresholds > Polling Parameters

Monitor > Fault Settings: Setup > Polling Parameters

This feature allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Viewing Polling Parameters

• Editing Polling Parameters

• Saving and Applying Changes

• Restoring Factory Setting Polling Parameters

Managing Thresholds

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Polling and Thresholds > Managing Thresholds

Monitor > Threshold Settings: Fault

You can manage thresholds for:

• System Defined Groups

• Customizable Groups (for devices)

• System defined groups, for example Access Port Groups, Interface Groups and Trunk Port Groups and their own sub groups.

Setting Priorities Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Polling and Thresholds > Setting Priorities

Monitor > Fault Settings: Setup > Priority Settings

System-defined groups have a higher priority than customizable groups, but you can change the priorities as needed. This is helpful, for example, when you configure specific customizable groups of interest and want to give them the highest priority.

Applying Changes Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Polling and Threshold > Apply Changes

Monitor > Fault Settings: Setup > Apply Changes

Changes to polling parameters, setting priorities and threshold values do not take effect until you apply changes, thereby reconfiguring LMS to use the new values. Similarly, after you resume devices or device components that were suspended from polling, you must apply changes for the device elements to be polled.

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Other Configuration Tasks

Managing Rediscovery Schedule

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > Rediscovery Schedule

Admin > Collection Settings: Fault > Fault Management Rediscovery Schedule

DFM rediscovery probes the devices to discover their configuration and verify their manageable elements in inventory.

DFM contains a default discovery schedule that starts rediscovery on a weekly basis. Although you cannot modify the default discovery schedule, you can suspend it and add, modify, or delete additional schedules

Using Group Management

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > Group Administration

Admin > System: Group Management > Fault Groups

The Group Administration and Configuration page is where all group management activities take place.

You can create and edit groups, refresh membership, delete groups and view details of groups in this page.

Daily Purging Schedule

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > Daily Purging Schedule

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Fault History Purging Schedule

This feature helps you to change the schedule for trimming the Fault History database.

Configuring Logging

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > Logging

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Fault Debugging Settings

LMS saves the previous three logs as backups.You cannot disable logging. However, you can:

• Collect more data when needed by increasing the logging level

• Return to the default logging level as the norm

Configuring SNMP Trap Forwarding

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > SNMP Trap Forwarding

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - SNMP trap forwarding

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Configuring SNMP Trap Receiving

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > SNMP Trap Receiving

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - SNMP trap receiving settings

Set the port on which LMS will listen for SNMP traps (normally port 162).

Configuring a Default SMTP Server

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > SMTP Default Server

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Email Notification

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C H A P T E R 6
Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM) is a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)–based MIB polling application that monitors network elements (such as CPU, memory, interfaces/ports, and links) for their availability and utilization levels and provides historical reporting.

This chapter provides mapping of HUM tasks in Cisco Prime LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• Poller and Template Management Tasks

• Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks

• Reports Tasks


Poller and Template Management TasksThis section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.14.1:

• Poller Management Tasks

• Template Management Tasks


Chapter 6 Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1 Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks

Threshold and TrendWatch TasksThis section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Threshold Setup Tasks

• TrendWatch Setup Tasks

Table 6-1 Poller and Template Management Tasks


Poller Management Tasks

Managing Pollers Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Poller and Template Management > Poller Management

Monitor > Performance Settings: Setup > Pollers

A Poller is a collection of devices and template MIB variables configured in LMS to monitor the utilization and availability levels of devices that are connected to the network.

You can create a Poller, modify the configuration of a Poller, delete a Poller, Activate or De-activate a Poller, clear missed cycles and so on.

Template Management Tasks

Managing Templates

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Poller and Template Management > Template Management

Monitor > Performance Settings: Setup > Templates

Templates are a logical group of MIB variables that allow you to monitor the performance parameters of a device (such as CPU, memory, interface) for utilization and availability levels.

You can create a user-defined template, modify the configuration of a user-defined template, export and import a user-defined template, delete a user-defined template, and so on.


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Chapter 6 Navigating Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1 Reports Tasks

Reports TasksThis section provides information on the following HUM tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Report Management Tasks

• Report Job Browser Tasks

Table 6-2 Threshold and TrendWatch Tasks


Threshold Setup Tasks

Creating and Managing Thresholds

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Threshold Management > Threshold Setup

Monitor > Threshold Settings: Performance

You can create a threshold for a MIB variable, modify the threshold set for a MIB variable and delete the threshold.

TrendWatch Setup Tasks

Creating and Managing TrendWatches

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > TrendWatch Management > TrendWatch Setup

Monitor > Threshold Settings: TrendWatch

You can create a TrendWatch for a MIB variable, based on a template or on a threshold.

You can create, modify, delete, activate or de-activate a TrendWatch.

Table 6-3 Reports Tasks


Report Management Tasks

Viewing and Managing Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Reports > Report Management

Reports > Performance: Device

Or

Reports > Faults and Events: Threshold Violation

You create, view, schedule and manage the following reports:

• Device Reports

• Quick Reports

• Poller Reports

• Custom Reports

• Threshold Violation Reports

• TrendWatch Reports

• TrendWatch Summary Reports

Report Job Browser Tasks

Accessing Report Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Reports > Report Job Browser

Admin > Jobs: Browser The Job browser allows you to view the list of report jobs scheduled to generate reports.


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Administration TasksThis section provides information on the following HUM administration tasks in LMS 4.1:

Table 6-4 Administration Tasks


Setting up the system preferences

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences

Admin > Network: Monitor/ Troubleshoot > Performance Admin Settings

Shows the current admin settings.

Setting up log levels Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Log Level Settings

Admin > System: Debug Settings > Performance Debugging Settings

Configure and manage log level settings.

You can set log level modes (such as Fatal, Error, Info, Debug) either for all application modules or at a module level.

Purging jobs Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Job Purge

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance Job Purge Settings

You can configure LMS to periodically purge job data that you no longer need.

Seting up the report publish location

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Report Publish Path

Reports > Report Settings: Report Publish Path

LMS allows you to publish the PDF, HTML and CSV format of all the reports to a directory location of your choice. This is done by setting a default directory path.

Purging data Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Data Purge

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance Data Purge Settings

You can configure LMS to periodically purge polled data that you no longer need in the database.

View Purge Details Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Purge Details

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance Data Purge Summary

You can view the details of the data purged in LMS

Configuring Poll Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Poll Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Performance > Performance Management SNMP Timeouts and Retry Settings

LMS allows you to configure the SNMP timeout and SNMP retries. The SNMP timeout and SNMP retries are based on the device and network response time.

• SNMP timeout is the duration of time that LMS waits for the device to respond before it tries to query the device again.

• SNMP retry is the maximum number of times LMS retries to query the device.


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Loading MIB files Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Load MIB

Admin > Network: Monitor/Troubleshoot > Load MIB

You can load a new MIB file into LMS using the Load MIB option. The new MIB file is compiled and stored in LMS.

You can use the new MIB file to create new templates by grouping MIB variables.

Viewing Audit Trail Log Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Audit Trail Logging

Reports > Audit: Performance You can view the Audit Trail Logging report for all modules, categories and users.

Creating Trap Receiver Groups

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Trap Receiver Groups

Monitor > Fault Settings: SNMP Traps > Receiving

Or

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Performance - SNMP Trap Notification

LMS allows you to create SNMP Trap Receiver Groups. This is a group of hosts that receives specified trap notifications, when any TrendWatch or Threshold violation occurs in LMS.

Creating a Syslog Receiver Group

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Syslog Receiver Groups

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Performance - Syslog notification

LMS allows you to create Syslog Receiver Groups. Syslog Receiver Groups is a group of hosts that receives Syslog messages when any TrendWatch or Threshold violation occurs in HUM.




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C H A P T E R 7
Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) is a network troubleshooting application that gauges network response time and availability. It allows network administrators to proactively discover and address end-to-end network performance issues. Real-time and historical reports are used for network troubleshooting, helping administrators locate and diagnose congestion and latency problems.

This chapter provides mapping of IPM tasks in LMS 4.1.

This chapter explains:

• Collector Management Tasks

• Report Tasks

• Admin Tasks

Collector Management TasksThis section provides information on the following IPM Collector Management Tasks in LMS 4.1

• IPM Devices Tasks

• IP SLA Operations

• Collector Tasks

• Outage Settings



Chapter 7 Navigating Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor Tasks in LMS 4.1 Collector Management Tasks

Table 7-1 Collector Management Tasks


IPM Devices Tasks

Viewing IPM Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Devices

Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Devices

You can list devices, add adhoc target, edit device attributes, delete devices, enable IPSLA responder and update IPSLA config in this page.

IP SLA Operations

IP SLA Operations Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Operations

Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Operations

You can define one or more new operations to fit your needs. Although, you cannot modify the default operations, you can use them as templates for creating your own operations.

The List of Operations page allows you to view the list of system-defined and user-defined operations and filter the list of operations.

You can view, edit, create and delete user defined operation

Collector Tasks

Collector Management Page

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Collectors

Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Collectors

You can list all the operation-based (system-defined) and user-defined collector groups in IPM.

You can list collectors, filter collectors, view collector details and view the collector statistics or compare the latency of collectors based on the granularity.

You can also edit collector details, delete, monitor, start, stop, create collectors, export and import collectors, and reconfigure collectors.


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Report TasksThis section provides information on the following IPM Reports Tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Report Archive Tasks

• Report Job Browser Tasks

• Audit Reports

• System Reports

Outage Settings

Managing Outgage Details

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Outage Settings

Monitor > Performance Settings: IPSLA > Outage Settings

Outages or downtime refers to the time span when the network fails to provide its primary function.

You can create, edit, and delete a planned outage and view completed planned outages.

Group Administration Tasks

Group Administration Page

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Collector Mgmt > Group Administration

Admin > System: Group Management > IPSLA Collector Groups

You can create user defined collector groups and also edit, delete, refresh and view properties of these collector groups.

Table 7-1 Collector Management Tasks (continued)


Table 7-2 Report Tasks


Report Archive Tasks

Using Report Archives

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Archives

Reports > Report Archives: IPSLA

You can manage the archived reports and create report jobs on the Historical Reports page

You can create, view and delete report jobs here.

The Filter option available in the Report Archives page, allows you to filter the reports based on certain fields and value.

Report Job Browser Tasks


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Admin TasksThis section provides information on the following IPM Admin Tasks in LMS 4.1:

• Log Level Settings

• Application Settings

• Auto Allocation Settings

• IPSLA Syslog Configuration

• Purging Settings

Using Report Job Browser

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Report Jobs

Admin > Jobs: Browser The Reports Job Browser page allows you to manage the report jobs. You can perform the following:

• Viewing the Job Details

• Stopping the Report Jobs

• Deleting Scheduled Jobs

It also shows the report job statuses.

Audit Reports

Generating Audit Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports

Reports > Audit: IPSLA You can generate audit reports on all audit changes that occurred in the network during a specified time period.

System Reports

Viewing Daily System Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Reports > Audit Reports > System Reports

Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Daily

You can view the daily system report for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.

Viewing Weekly System Reports


Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Weekly

You can view the weekly system report for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.

Viewing Monthly System Reports


Reports > Performance:IPSLA System Summary > Monthly

You can view the monthly summary for each collector on the LMS server. You can also filter the reports based on certain fields and values.

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Log Level Settings

Log Level Settings Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Log Level Settings

Admin > System: Debug Settings > IPSLA Debugging Settings

You can use the Log Level Settings option to set the log levels for LMS modules. You can either set the log levels for all LMS modules or at a module level.

Application Settings

Application Settings Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Application Settings

Admin > Collection Settings: Performance > IPSLA Application Settings

The Application Settings page allows you to copy IP SLA (Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement) configuration to running-config, and set managed source interface.

Auto Allocation Settings

Auto Allocation Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Auto Allocation Settings


Before adding devices to LMS you can use the Auto Allocation Settings option to enable automatic allocation of devices from Device Credentials Repository (DCR).

IPSLA Syslog Configuration

IPSLA Syslog Configuration

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > IPSLA Syslog Configuration

Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > IPSLA Syslog Configuration

You can either enable or disable the IPSLA Syslog. However the IPSLA Syslog can be configured only by a Network Administrator or System Administrator.

The Device Selector will display only the Source devices that are IPSLA enabled. It does not display any Target devices.

Purging Settings

Purging Settings Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Internetwork Performance Monitor > Admin > Purge Settings

Admin > Network: Purge Settings > IPSLA Data Purge Settings

The Purge Settings page allows you to set the Purge period for Historical and Audit reports. You can also set the Purge period from the Setup Center.

IPM purges the historical data automatically everyday, based on the purge period specified on the Purge Settings page. If the Purge period is not specified, it purges the historical data based on the default values.


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C H A P T E R 8
Navigating Cisco Prime CiscoView Tasks in LMS 4.1
Cisco Prime CiscoView is a Web-based device-management application that provides dynamic status, monitoring, and configuration for a broad range of Cisco devices. Cisco Prime CiscoView aides network management by graphically displaying physical views of Cisco devices, with color-coded modules and ports for at-a-glance performance and status monitoring. Configuration capabilities allow comprehensive changes to devices, when requisite security privileges are granted.

This chapter provides mapping of CiscoView tasks in Cisco Prime LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• CiscoView Tasks (Inventory > Tools: CiscoView)

• Mini-RMON Manager Tasks (Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON)


Chapter 8 Navigating Cisco Prime CiscoView Tasks in LMS 4.1 CiscoView Tasks

CiscoView TasksThis section provides information on the following CiscoView tasks in LMS 4.1.

Mini-RMON Manager TasksThis section provides information on the following CiscoView Mini-RMON tasks in LMS 4.1.

Table 8-1 CiscoView Tasks


Setting Debugging Options and Display Logs

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Administration > Debug Options And Display Log

Admin > System: Debug Settings > CiscoView Debug Options and Display Log

You can set SNMP and activity trace and/or view the trace log. This option records trace information in the cv.log file, which is located at %NMSROOT%/MDC/tomcat, where %NMSROOT% is the directory in which CiscoView is installed.

Setting Preferences Either:

• Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Administration > Device Preferences

Or

• Click Preferences from the Options bar

Inventory > Tools: CiscoView You can set the device preferences such as Device Display Name, SNMP Timeout and Retry count, Chassis Polling Frequency, Show MIB Label, add the Default Refresh Rate for Monitor Dialogs.

Table 8-2 Mini-RMON Tasks


Setup Tasks

Configuring the System

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Setup > System

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Setup > System

The System Configuration page appears when you enter the device name or select the device from the device selector.

You can change the settings for the following:

• Host Name

• Contact

• Location

• RMON

• System Uptime


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Setting up Alarm Thresholds

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Setup > Alarms

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Setup > Alarms

Allows you to view the Latest Alarm Events and Alarm Events log. An Alarm Event is triggered when an Alarm Threshold is breached.

You can create, modify and delete Alarms.

Setting Up Statistics Collection on Ethernet Ports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Setup > Statistics Collection

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Setup > Statistics Collection

You can enable or disable statistics collection on port.

Setting Up Statistics History Collection on Ethernet Ports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Setup > Statistics History

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Setup > Statistics History

You can create, modify and delete a statistics history collection on Ethernet ports.

Alarms Tasks

Viewing Latest Alarm Events

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Alarms > Latest Alarm Events

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Alarms > Latest Alarm Events

Allows you to view Latest Alarm Events. An Alarm Event's corresponding Alarm Threshold details can also be viewed.

Viewing all the Logged Alarm Events

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Alarms > Logged Alarm Events

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Alarms > Logged Alarm Events

Allows you to view all the Logged Alarm Events. An Alarm Event's corresponding Alarm Threshold details can also be viewed.

Viewing the logged Alarm Events corresponding to an Alarm

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Alarms > Alarm Thresholds to Events Mapping

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Alarms > Alarm Thresholds to Events Mapping

Allows you to view the logged Alarm Events corresponding to an Alarm.

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Statistics Tasks

Viewing real time statistics

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Statistics > Current

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Statistics > Current

Allows you to view real time statistics for each monitored interface on this device. The statistics include packets dropped, packets sent, bytes sent, broadcast packets, multicast packets, CRC errors, oversized packets, undersized packets, fragments, jabbers, collisions, and packet distribution based on size. These statistics can be viewed as graphs.

Viewing the traffic statistics history

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > CiscoView > Mini-RMON Manager > Statistics > History

Inventory > Tools: Mini-RMON > Statistics > History

Allows you to view the traffic statistics history for a monitored interface on this device. The statistics include packets dropped, packets sent, bytes sent, broadcast packets, multicast packets, CRC errors, oversized packets, undersized packets, fragments, jabbers, and collisions.

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C H A P T E R 9
Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions
This chapter provides information on the LMS 3.2 features and terminologies mapped to LMS 4.1 functions.

Cisco Prime LMS 4.1 has the following core functions in this release:

• Monitor (See Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Monitor)

• Inventory (See Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Inventory)

• Configuration (See Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Configuration)

• Reports (See Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Reports)

• Admin (See Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Admin)

• Work Center (Features in this function are new in LMS 4.1)

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in MonitorMonitoring and Troubleshooting in LMS allows you to monitor the health and performance of network devices, notifies the list of active problems on the network and the changes occurring on the network, and helps you to identify the problems from a single place.

LMS provides you with monitoring dashboards and tools that provide summarized information about the health of the network and allows you to monitor the network.

Features in Monitor function are derived from the following LMS 3.2 applications:

• Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM), see Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Monitor.

• Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM), see Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in Monitor.

• Device Fault Manager (DFM), see Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Monitor.

See Monitoring and Troubleshooting With Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information.


Chapter 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Monitor

Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in MonitorThis section provides information on the IPM features and terminologies mapped in Monitor function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-1 Mapping IPM Features in Monitor

IPM Features Monitor Function Description

Collectors Collectors

Monitor> Performance Settings> IPSLA> Collectors

Collector feature in Monitor allows you to manage the collector details and also provides the various collector status and their validation details.

Devices Devices

Monitor> Performance Settings> IPSLA> Devices

Device feature in Monitor allows you to:

• Add adhoc target devices

• Edit the device attributes

• Update the IPSLA responder enable or disable status

• Enable responder for the selected devices.

• Delete devices from managing IPSLA Monitoring functionality

Operations Operations

Monitor> Performance Settings> IPSLA> Operations

IPSLA is a portfolio of technology embedded in most devices that run Cisco IOS software.

IPSLA Monitoring supports the following IP SLA operations:

• Echo Operations

• Jitter Operations

• VoIP Operations

• Operation based on Services

• Metro Ethernet Operations

Outage Settings Outage Settings

Monitor> Performance Settings> IPSLA> Outage Settings

Outages or downtime refers to the time span when the network fails to provide its primary function.

Outage Settings in Monitor allows you to can create, edit, and delete planned outage.


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Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in MonitorThis section provides information on the HUM features and terminologies mapped in Monitor function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-2 Mapping HUM Features in Monitor

HUM Features Monitor Function Description

Threshold Setup Performance

Monitor > Threshold Settings > Performance

Performance feature in Monitor allows you to:

• Create a Threshold

• Edit a Threshold

• Delete a Threshold

• Filter Thresholds

• View Threshold Configuration Details

Poller Management Pollers

Monitor > Performance Settings > Setup > Pollers

Poller feature in Monitor allows you to:

• Create a Poller

• Modify the configuration of a Poller

• Delete a Poller

• Stop a Poller from polling the devices

• View polling failures

Template Management Templates

Monitor > Performance Settings > Setup > Templates

Template feature in Monitor allows you to:

• Create a user-defined template

• Modify the configuration of a user-defined template

• Export a user-defined template

• Import a user-defined template

• Delete a user-defined template

TrendWatch Setup TrendWatch

Monitor > Threshold Settings > TrendWatch

TrendWatch feature in Monitor allows you to:

• Create a TrendWatch

• Edit a TrendWatch

• Delete a TrendWatch

• Deactivate a TrendWatch

• Activate a TrendWatch

• Copy a TrendWatch

• Filter TrendWatch


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Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in MonitorThis section provides information on the DFM features and terminologies mapped in Monitor function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-3 Mapping DFM Features in Monitor

DFM Features Monitor Function Description

Fault Monitor Fault Monitor

Monitor > Monitoring Tools > Fault Monitor

Fault Monitor is a centralized browser where you can view the information on faults, system events, and performance management events of devices in a single place.

Managing Thresholds Threshold Settings

Monitor > Fault Settings > Setup > Threshold Settings

Threshold Settings feature in Monitor will allow you to manage thresholds for:

• All devices managed by LMS Monitoring

• LMS System Defined Groups

• Customizable Fault Groups (for devices)

• System Defined Fault groups, for example Access Port Groups, Interface Groups and Trunk Port Groups and their own sub groups.

Polling Parameters Polling Parameters

Monitor > Fault Settings > Setup > Polling Parameters

Polling Parameter feature in Monitor allows you to:

• View Polling Parameters

• Preview Polling Parameters

• Edit Polling Parameters

• Restore Factory Setting Polling Parameters

• Restore Factory Setting Polling Parameters

• Set Device Polling

Setting Priorities Priority Settings

Monitor > Fault Settings > Setup > Priority Settings

Priority Setting feature in Monitor allows you to change the priorities of System-defined groups and customizable groups.

SNMP Trap Notification Notification

Monitor > Fault Settings > SNMP Traps > Notification

Notification feature in Monitor allows you to view information related to subscription, subscription status and notification group.

Device Details Fault Device Details

Monitor > Fault Settings > Setup > Fault Device Details

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Chapter 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Inventory

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in InventoryInventory Management in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1 groups the various activities in LMS involved in managing your network devices. You can add devices, discover devices, manage them, and manage groups using Inventory Management.

It also provides various Inventory Tools like Ciscoview, Mini-RMON, and SmartCase.

Features in Inventory Management are derived from the following LMS 3.2 applications:

• Cisco Prime Cisco Prime Common Services (CS), see Mapping Common Services Features and Terminologies in Inventory.

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials (RME), see Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Inventory

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager (CM), see Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Inventory.

• Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM), see Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Inventory.

• Cisco Prime CiscoView (CV), see Mapping CiscoView Features and Terminologies in Inventory

• Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM), see Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Inventory.

See Configuration Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information.

Mapping Common Services Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the CS features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-4 Mapping CS Features in Inventory Management

CS Features Inventory Function Description

Device Management Device Management

(Inventory > Device Administration > Add / Import / Manage Devices)

Device Management feature in Configuration allows you to:

• Add Devices

• Delete Devices

• Edit Device Credentials

• Edit Device Identity

• Import Devices and Credentials

• Export Devices and Credentials

• Exclude Devices

• View Devices List

• Verify Device Credentials


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Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the RME features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Device Discovery Discovery

(Inventory > Device Administration > Discovery )

Discovery feature in Inventory allows you to peform:

• View Device Discovery Summary

• Schedule a Device Discovery

• Configure Device Discovery Settings

Alias Devices Device Aliases

(Inventory > Device Administration > Device Aliases)

Device Aliases feature in Inventory allows you to resolve Alias devices.

Auto Update Server Management

Auto Update Server Management

(Inventory > Device Administration > Auto Update Server Management)

Auto Update Server management feature helps you to add, edit, or delete Auto Update Server.

Groups Device Group Administration

(Inventory > Group Management > Device)

LMS 4.1 combines the device grouping with a new attribute list. The Unified Grouping Services can support 600 groups.

Device Center Device Center: Device Diagnostics

(Inventory > Tools > Device Center)

Device Center provides a central point from where you can see a summary and reports for the selected device, invoke various tools on the selected device, and perform the tasks that can be performed on the selected device.

Table 9-4 Mapping CS Features in Inventory Management (continued)

Table 9-5 Mapping RME Features in Inventory Management

RME Features Inventory Function Description

Group Administration Device Group Administration



SmartCase SmartCase

(Inventory > Tools > SmartCase)

SmartCase lets you access Cisco.com to open a Cisco.com case or to query and update an existing case. You can submit, review, and update problems or questions about your Cisco products.

Port and Module Group Admin

Port and Module Group Browser

(Inventory > Group Management > Port and Module)

You can create groups based on ports and modules for a selected set of devices or device groups.


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Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the CM features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the IPM features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Device Credential Verification Jobs

Device Credential Verification

(Inventory > Job Browsers > Device Credentials Verification)

You can verify device credentials and view a detailed list of all scheduled CDA jobs.

Inventory Jobs Inventory Collection

(Inventory > Job Browsers > Inventory Collection)

Displays all user-defined inventory jobs. It also displays the system-defined inventory collection and polling jobs.

Table 9-5 Mapping RME Features in Inventory Management (continued)

Table 9-6 Mapping CM Features in Inventory Management

CM Features Inventory Function Description

Group Administration Device Group Administration



Acquisition Actions Acquisition Actions

(Inventory > User Tracking Settings > Acquisition Actions)

You can trigger the following acquisitions:



IP Phone Acquisition

Acquisition Acquisition Summary

(Inventory > User Tracking Settings > Acquisition Summary)

You can view acquisition information.

Table 9-7 Mapping IPM Features in Inventory Management

IPM Features Inventory Function Description

Devices IPSLA Devices

(Inventory > Device Administration > IPSLA Devices)

For IPSLA Monitoring function work with devices, you must first add devices from Device Credential Repository (DCR). You can also add adhoc target devices for IPSLA Monitoring.

Group Admin IPSLA Collector Groups

(Inventory > Group Management > IPSLA Collector)

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Chapter 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Configuration

Mapping CiscoView Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the CiscoView features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in InventoryThis section provides information on the DFM features and terminologies mapped in Inventory Management in LMS 4.1.

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in ConfigurationConfiguration management in Cisco Prime LMS 4.1 allows you to manage, deploy and modify the configuration files used by devices in your network.

Configuration function allows you to:

• Run tools that can compare configuration files and perform software image management tasks.

• Create configuration jobs

• Manage configuration archive settings

• Define baseline configuration templates and determine the devices that are non-compliant in your network

• Perform VLANs configurations

• Create and manage Virtual Switching System (VSS) conversions

Table 9-8 Mapping CiscoView Features in Inventory Management

CiscoView Features Inventory Function Description

CiscoView CiscoView

(Inventory > Tools > CiscoView)

CiscoView is a graphical SNMP-based device management tool that provides real-time views of networked Cisco Systems devices.

Mini-RMON Mini-RMON

(Inventory > Tools > Mini-RMON )

Mini-RMON is a real-time remote monitoring tool that provides option to enable RMON collection, display the collected ethernet statistics and lets you set thresholds against any of thecollected statistics.

Table 9-9 Mapping DFM Features in Inventory Management

CiscoView Features Inventory Function Description

Group Administration Fault Groups

(Inventory > Group Management > Fault)

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Features in Configuration function are derived from the following LMS 3.2 applications:

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials (RME), see Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Configuration.

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager (CM), see Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Configuration.

See Configuration Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information.

Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in ConfigurationThis section provides information on the RME features and terminologies mapped in Configuration function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-10 Mapping RME Features in Configuration

RME Features Configuration Function Description

Software Management Software Image Management

(Configuration > Software Image Management)

Software image management feature in Configuration allows you to perform:

• Patch Distribution

• Software Distribution

• Software Repository

• Repository Synchronization

• Upgrade Analysis

• Jobs

VSS Config Virtual Switching System

(Configuration > Workflows)

VSS feature in Configuration allows you to peform:

• VSS Conversion

• VSS Reverse Conversion

Archive Mgmt Configuration Archive

(Configuration > Configuration Archive)

Configuration Archive feature in Configuration allows you to:

• View Configuration archival summary

• Create Custom Queries

• Search Archives

• View Version Summary

• View Version Tree

• Synchronization configurations

• Compare Config files

• Create Label Configs

• View Protocol Usage Summary


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NetConfig NetConfig

(Configuration > Tools: NetConfig)

NetConfig feature in Configuration allows you to:

• Deploy configurations

• Assigning Tasks

• Create User Defined Tasks

Config Editor Config Editor

(Configuration > Tools:Config Editor)

Config Editor feature in Configurtion allows you to:

• Open configuration files for editing

• Edit Private Configs

• Edit Public Configs

• Set Edit Mode Preferences

Template Mgmt Compliance

(Configuration > Compliance)

Compliance feature in Configuration allows you to:

• Manage Baseline Templates

• Run Compliance Check

• Deploy Baseline templates

• View the status of Baseline jobs

• Generate Out-of-Sync summary report

Compliance Check

Direct Deploy

Compliance/Deploy Jobs Compliance

(Configuration > Job Browsers: Compliance)

You can check the status of the Baseline jobs.

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Chapter 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Reports

Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in ConfigurationThis section provides information on the CM features and terminologies mapped in Configuration function in LMS 4.1.

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in ReportsReports Management in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 provides a single launch point for all the reports that can be generated and viewd in Cisco Prime LMS 4.1.

All the reports have been grouped under various heads based on the information displayed.

In Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1, the reports have been categorized as:

• Inventory Reports

• Switch Port Report

• Technology Reports

• Fault and Events Reports

• Performance Reports

• Online Reports

Table 9-11 Mapping CM Features in Configuration

CM Features Configuration Function Description

Topology Services Topology

(Configuration > Topology)

Topology feature in Configuration allows you to view and monitor your network including the links and the ports of each link.

Topology Services displays the network topology of the devices discovered by LMS through Topology Maps.

Configuration VLAN

(Configuration > Workflows: VLAN)

VLAN feature in Configuration allows you to:

• Configure VLAN

• Delete VLAN

• Create Private VLAN

• Delete Private VLAN

• Configure Port Assignment

• Configure Promiscuous Ports

• Create Trunk

• Modify Trunk Attributes

Virtual Network Manager (VNM)

VRF Lite

(Configuration > Workflows: VRF Lite)

VRF Lite feature in Configuration allows you to:

• Create VRF

• Edit VRF

• Extend VRF

• Delete VRF

• Edge VLAN Configuration


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• System Reports

• Audit Reports

• Report Designer

• Report Settings

• Report Archives

The various reports have been from the following LMS 3.2 applications:

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials (RME), see Mapping RME Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

• Cisco Prime Common Services (CS), see Mapping CS Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager (CM), see Mapping CM Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

• Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM), see Mapping HUM Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

• Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM), see Mapping DFM Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

• Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM), see Mapping IPM Reports and Terminologies in Reports.

See Reports Management with Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information.

Mapping RME Reports and Terminologies in Reports

Table 9-12 Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Admin

RME Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

AuditTrail Report Inventory and Config

(Reports > Audit > Inventory and Config)

This option lets you compile a report on all Audit Trail changes that occurred in the network during a specific time period.

BugToolkit Reports Bug Summary

(Reports > Cisco.com > Bug Summary)

You can generate reports based on bugs filed against IOS and CATOS devices that are managed in the your network.

ChangeAudit Report Standard

(Reports > Audit > Change Audit > Standard)

This option lets you compile a report on all changes that occurred in the network during a specific time period. You can compile a report based on the selection criteria, such as application, users, connection mode.

Contract Connection Reports

Contract Connection

(Reports > Cisco.com > Contract Connection)

Cisco Contract Connection lets you verify which of your Cisco IOS devices are covered by a service contract. Contract Connection (CC) uses Inventory Manager, Cisco.com, and Cisco's internal contract tracking service, Contract Agent, to provide the status of your service coverage.


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Check Device Credential Reports

Credential Verification

(Reports > Inventory > Management Status > Credential Verification)

The Credential Verification Report displays the names and the credential status for each device. This report can be used to view the static device credentials

Inventory Reports Detailed Device

(Reports > Inventory > Detailed Device)

You can display complete inventory information for selected devices.

Syslog Reports Syslog

(Reports > Fault and Event > Syslog )

You can generate a system message report for a device or set of devices.

Custom Report Templates Custom Report Template

(Reports > Report Designer > Syslog and Inventory > Custom Report Template)

The Custom Templates option lets you create new report templates customized according to your requirements. You can also edit, or delete existing custom templates.

Report Archives Report Archives

(Reports > Report Archives > Inventory and Syslog)

The report output that is created from a scheduled report is stored in the reports archive. The archive displays the list for completed report jobs and you can view or delete them.



CS Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

System Report Status

Reports > System > Status > Log File

Reports > System > Status > Process

Users

Reports > System > Users > Permission

Reports > System > Users > Who is Logged On

System

Reports > Audit > System.

This option lets you compile a report on all Audit Trail changes that occurred in the network during a specific time period.

Device List Report Known Device List

Reports > Inventory > Management Status > Known Device List

The Device List Report displays the complete list and information of all devices in the repository.

Audit Report

Excluded Devices Report Excluded Devices

Reports > Inventory > Management Status > Excluded Devices

The Excluded Devices Report displays the list of devices that should not be added in DCR.


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Import Status Report Imported Device Status

Reports > Inventory > Management Status > Imported Device Status

The Imported Device List Report displays the information about the devices that are imported into DCR.

Unreachable Device Report Unreachable Devices

Reports > Inventory > Management Status > Unreachable Devices

This report displays all the unreachable devices.



CM Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

Custom Reports Custom Reportsl

Reports > Report Designer > User Tracking > Custom Reports

You can customize the layout and columns displayed in the reports to suit your needs.

Custom Layouts Custom Layouts

Reports > Report Designer > User Tracking > Custom Layouts

You can create or customize the columns displayed in Custom Reports using Custom Layouts option.

User Tracking Reports Domain Name Display

Admin > Network > Display Settings > Domain Name Display

You can specify the way in which domain names are to be displayed in User Tracking Reports, using the Domain Name Display option.

Admin Reports System reports

Reports > System > ANI Server Analysis

Reports > System > Data Collection Metrics

Reports > System > Device Support

You can view an analysis of the ANI Server, details of devices discovered, Data Collection metrics, and list of devices supported.

Mac Tracking Reports All Host Entries

Reports > Inventory > User Tracking > All Host Entries

Displays the User Tracking Report Generator from you can generate All Host Entries report.

Switch Port Reports Reports > Switch Port > Ports > Port Attributes

Displays Port Attributes Report. The report gives complete information about the ports in the devices such as Port Name, type, Speed and Duplex mode.

Discrepancies Reports Discrepancies

Reports > Fault and Event > Best Practices > Discrepancies

Displays discrepancies or anomalies in the discovered network. You can generate a report on the discrepancies.

VLAN Reports VLAN Reports

Reports > Technology > VLAN

Displays VLAN reports for devices, switch clouds, or VTP domains. You must select a VTP domain or a switch cloud for generating the report.


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VRF Reports VRF-Lite

Reports > Technology > VRF Lite > VRF Lite

View the details of the VRF Supported devices, VRF Capable devices and other devices in your network. You can also generate VRF Reports that includes Device Based VRF report and VRF Based Report

Readiness Reports Readiness

Reports > Technology > VRF Lite > Readiness

The Readiness Report provides the VRF readiness of the devices in the network. The Readiness Report provides information of the VRF Supported and VRF Capable devices.



HUM Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

Quick Reports Device Reports

Reports > Performance > Device > CPU Utilization

Reports > Performance > Device > Device Performance

Reports > Performance > Device > Availability

Reports > Performance > Device > Memory Utilization

Interface Reports

Reports > Performance > Interface > Availability

Reports > Performance > Interface > Error Rate

Reports > Performance > Interface > Utilization

PoE Port Utilization

Reports > Technology > PoE > PoE Port Utilization

PSE Consumtion

Reports > Technology > PoE > PSE Consumption

Cisco Prime Cisco Prime LMS 4.1 contains a set of predefined system generated reports called Device Reports and Interface Reports. These reports run periodically and are stored in the server.

These Reports provide detailed information about the devices polled. The Reports page provides information only on the Top-10 and Bottom-10 devices. The Top-10 and Bottom-10 devices are devices that have the highest or lowest utilization or availability value.

POE Port Utilization report displays the port level utilization for each device polled for the Power Over Ethernet Port Utilization template.

PSE Consumption displays the power utilization and losses for each device polled for the Power Over Ethernet PSE Consumption template.

Poller Reports Poller Reports

Reports > Performance > Poller

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Mapping IPM Reports and Terminologies in Reports

Threshold Violation Reports

Threshold Violation Reports

Reports > Fault and Event > Threshold Violation > Thresholds.

This report displays the Threshold Violations details for each device based on the polled data

TrendWatch Report TrendWatch Report

Reports > Fault and Event > Threshold Violation > Trendwatch Details

You allows you to create reports based on each TrendWatch configured for the MIB variable

Trendwatch Summary Reports

Trendwatch Summary

Reports > Fault and Event > Threshold Violation > Trendwatch Summary

You can create consolidated reports based on the TrendWatches configured for the MIB variable



DFM Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

Group/Device Filtering Device Fault

Reports > Fault and Event > History > Device Fault

You can use the Group/Device Filtering option to get information about the alerts and events that occur on a specific device or device group.

Alert/Event ID Filtering Event History

Reports > Fault and Event > History > Event History

You can use the Alert/Event ID Filtering option to get information about all instances of alerts and events that occur in your network.


IPM Reports Name of the report in LMS 4.1 Description

Report Archives Report Archives

Reports > Report Archives > IPSLA

You can manage the archived reports and create report jobs.

Audit Reports IPSLA Audit

Reports > Audit > IPSLA

You can generate audit reports on all Audit changes that occurred in the network during a specified time period.

System Reports IPSLA System Summary

Reports > Performance > IPSLA System Summary > Daily

You can generate system reports automatically for all collectors based on the report types and granularity after the consolidation of the statistical data. The system reports generated are in tabular format.


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Chapter 9 Mapping LMS 3.2 Features and Terminologies to LMS 4.1 Functions Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in Admin

Mapping LMS 3.2 Features in AdminAdmin function in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1 groups all the activities and tasks that a user with Network or System Administrator privileges needs to perform.

Admin function allows you to:

• Prevent unauthenticated access to LMS server, Cisco Prime applications, and data.

• Manage security while operating in single-server and multi-server modes

• Manage process, set up backup parameters, update licensing information, collect server information, manage jobs and resources, and configure system-wide information on the Lms Server

• Configure discovery settings, and perform administrative tasks in Device and Credential Repository

• Combine the device grouping for various LMS functionalities with a consolidated attribute list.

• Modify SNMP Timeouts and Retries, schedule Data Collection. and configure Polling options.

• Locate and track end hosts in your network to troubleshoot and analyze any connectivity issues.

• Administer Collection Settings

• Perform administrative tasks that are required to monitor and troubleshoot your network using LMS

• Perform administrative tasks involved in setting up notification, syslog settings.

• Customize the names and event severity, create and activate notification subscriptions, and setup up automated actions for Change Audit tasks and syslogs

• Administer Change Audit and Software Management

• Configure Job Policies, approve, and reject jobs

• Check for software and device support updates, download them to their server file system along with the related dependent packages, and install the device updates.

• View and interpret the discrepancies and best practices deviations in your network.

• Administer report and purge settings

• Set the debugging settings of various modules in LMS.

Features in Admin function are derived from the following LMS 3.2 applications:

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials (RME), see Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in Admin.

• Cisco Prime Common Services (CS), see Mapping CS Features and Terminologies in Admin.

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager (CM), see Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in Admin.

• Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM), see Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in Admin.

IPSLA Reports IPSLA Detailed

Reports > Performance > IPSLA Detailed

You can generate the following statistical reports and graphs based on the granularity (such as Minute, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly).

Summarized Reports IPSLA Summary

Reports > Performance > IPSLA Summary

You can generate portlet reports in LMS 4.1. Scheduling and generating e-mail notification will be provided for these reports.



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• Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM), see Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in Admin.

• Cisco Prime Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM), see Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in Admin.

See Administration of Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for more information.

Mapping RME Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the RME features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.


RME Features Admin Function Description

Group Administration Group Management

(Admin > System: Group Management)

The Group Management function is also available under Inventory

(Inventory > Group Management)

Group Management feature in Admin allows you to perform:

• Device

• Fault

• IPSLA Collector

• Port and Module

Change Audit Change Audit Settings

(Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings)

Change Audit Settings feature in Admin allows you to perform:

• Inventory Change Filter

• Config Change Filter

• Exception Periods

Syslog Collector Status Syslog Collector Status

(Admin > Collection Settings: Syslog > Syslog Collector Status)

Syslog Collector Status feature in Admin allows you to:

• View the status of your Common Syslog Collector

• Subscribe/Unsubscribe a Common Syslog Collector

• Test Syslog Collector Subscription

• Understand the Syslog Collector Properties File

Automated Actions Syslog Automated Actions

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Syslog Automated Actions)

Syslog Automated Actions feature in Admin allows you to:

• Create an Automated Action

• Edit an Automated Action

• Write Automated Script

• Enable or Disable an Automated Action

• Exporte or Importe an Automated Action

• Delete an Automated Action


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Message Filters Syslog Message Filters

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Syslog Message Filters)

Syslog Message Filters feature in Admin allows you to:

• Create a Filter

• Edit a Filter

• Enable or Disable a Filter

• Export or Import a Filter

• Delete a Filter

Force Purge ChangeAudit Force Purge

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > ChangeAudit Force Purge)

ChangeAudit Force Purge feature allows you to perform a Forced Purge of Change Audit, as required

Config Change Filter Config Change Filter

(Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings > Config Change Filter)

Config Change Filter feature allows you to enable or disable VLAN Change audit filtering.

Transport Settings Config Transport Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Transport Settings)

Config Transport Settings feature allows you to set the protocol order for Configuration Management features such as Archive Management, Config Editor, and NetConfig jobs to download configurations and to fetch configurations.

Archive Mgmt Config Archive Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Archive Settings)

Config Archive Settings feature allows you to move the directory where the configuration of the devices can be archived on the LMS server.

Archive Settings Config Archive Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Archive Settings)

Config Archive Settings feature allows you to move the directory where the configuration of the devices can be archived on the LMS server.

Collection Settings Config Collection Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Collection Settings)

Config Collection Settings feature allows you to define the configuration collection settings

Purge Settings Config Archive Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Config Archive Purge Settings)

Config Archive Purge Settings feature allows you to Purge Configurations from the Configuration Archive

Exclude Settings Config compare Exclude Commands Configuration

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config compare Exclude Commands Configuration)

Config compare Exclude Commands Configuration feature allows you to list the commands that have to be excluded while comparing configuration

Fetch Settings Config Job Timeout Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Config > Config Job Timeout Settings)

Config Job Timeout Settings feature allows you to configure the Job Result Wait Time per device for the Sync Archive Jobs.



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Config Job Policies Config Job Policies

(Admin > Network: Configuration Job Settings > Config Job Policies)

Config Job Policies feature allows you to define the default job policies for Configuration Management applications like NetConfig, ArchiveMgmt, ConfigEditor, Netshow

CDA Settings Verification Settings

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Verification Settings)

Verification Settings feature allows you to verify Device Credentials

Inventory Inventory

(Admin > Collection Settings: Inventory)

Inventory feature in Admin allows you to create and manage inventory jobs

Inventory Change Filter Inventory Change Filter

(Admin > Network: Change Audit Settings > Inventory Change Filter)

Inventory Change Filter feature allows you to select the attributes that you do not wish to log using Change Audit

System Job Schedule Inventory System Job Schedule

(Admin > Collection Settings: Inventory > Inventory System Job Schedule)

Inventory System Job Schedule feature allows you to change the schedule of default, periodic system jobs

PSIRT/EOX Reports PSIRT/EOX reports option

(Admin > Network: PSIRT, EOS and EOL Settings > PSIRT/EOX reports option)

PSIRT/EOX reports option feature allows you to change the data source for generating a PSIRT or End-of-Sale or End-of-Life report.

Software Mgmt Software Image Management

(Admin > Network: Software Image Management)

Software Image Management feature allows you to View/Edit Preferences

Set Backup Policy Syslog Backup Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Backup Settings)

Syslog Backup Settings feature allows you to set up the Syslog backup policy

Set Purge Policy Syslog Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Purge Settings)

Syslog Purge Settings feature allows you to specify a default policy for the periodic purging of Syslog messages.

Force Purge Syslog Force Purge

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Syslog Force Purge)

Syslog Force Purge feature allows you to perform a forced purge of Syslog messages, as required.



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Mapping CS Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the CS features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-19 Mapping CS Features in Admin

CS Features Admin Function Description

Server Server Monitoring

(Admin > System: Server Monitoring)

The Server Monitoring feature allows you to:

• Collect Server Information

• DiskWatcher Configuration

• Processes

• Selftest

Single-Server Management Single-Server Management

(Admin > Trust Management: Local Server > Single-Server Management)

Single-Server Management feature allows you to view the mode of server security and the information on self signed certificate.

Browser-Server Security Mode Setup

Browser-Server Security Mode Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Local Server > Browser-Server Security Mode Setup)

Browser-Server Security Mode Setup feature allows you to enable or disable the Browser Server Security

Local User Policy Setup Local User Policy Setup

(Admin > System: User Management > Local User Policy Setup)

Local User Policy Setup feature allows you to setup username and password policies for Cisco Prime local users in LMS

Local User Setup Local User Setup

(Admin > System: User Management > Local User Setup)

Local User Setup feature allows you to:

• Import users

• Export users

• Modify your profile

• Add a local user

• Edit user profiles

• Delete local users

Certificate Setup Certificate Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Local Server > Certificate Setup)

Certificate Setup feature allows you to create security certificates that enable SSL communication between your client browser and management server.

Multi-Server Trust Management

Multi Server

(Admin > Trust Management: Multi Server)

You can configure the following in Multi-Server mode:

• Peer Server Account Setup

• System Identity Setup

• Peer Server Certificate Setup

• Single Sign-On Setup


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Peer Server Account Setup Peer Server Account Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Multi Server > Peer Server Account Setup)

Peer Server Account Setup feature allows you to create users who can login to Lms Servers and perform certain tasks.

System Identity Setup System Identity Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Multi Server > System Identity Setup)

System Identity Setup feature allows you to create a trust user on servers that are part of a multi-server setup.

Peer Server Certificate Setup

Peer Server Certificate Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Multi Server > Peer Server Certificate Setup)

Peer Server Certificate Setup feature allows you to add certificates of any number of peer Lms Servers to the trusted store of each server.

Single Sign-On Setup Single Sign-On Setup

(Admin > Trust Management: Multi Server > Single Sign-On Setup)

Single Sign-On Setup feature allows you to use your browser session to transparently navigate to multiple Lms Servers without authenticating to each of them.

Authentication Mode Setup Authentication Mode Setup

(Admin > System: Authentication Mode Setup)

Authentication Mode Setup feature allows you to select login modules and set their options.

Cisco.com Connection Management

Connection Management

(Admin > System: Cisco.com Settings > Connection Management)

Connection Management feature allows you to view the Cisco.com Connection Details

Cisco.com User Account Setup

User Account Setup

(Admin > System: Cisco.com Settings > User Account Setup)

User Account Setup feature allows you to add and modify Cisco.com user login names and password.

Proxy Server Setup Proxy Server Setup

(Admin > System: Cisco.com Settings > Proxy Server Setup)

Proxy Server Setup feature allows you to update the proxy server configuration.

Processes Processes

(Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Processes)

Processes feature allows you to:

• View the details of all processes

• Filter and show only processes of a specific state

• Start the processes

• Stop the processes

Backup Backup

(Admin > System: Backup)

Backup feature allows you to schedule immediate, daily, weekly, or monthly automatic database backups.

Log Rotation Log Rotation

(Admin > System: Log Rotation)

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Licensing License Management

(Admin > System: License Management)

License Management feature allows you to:

• Obtain a License for Cisco Prime LMS

• License the Application

• View License Information

• Update Licenses

Collect Server Information Collect Server Information

(Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Collect Server Information)

Collect Server Information feature helps you to get the following server information:

• System information

• Environment

• Configuration

• Logs

• Web server information

• Device and credentials administration information

• Grouping services information

Selftest Selftest

(Admin > System: Server Monitoring > Selftest)

Selftest feature allows you to

• View self test reports

• Test certain basic functions of the server.

Notify Users Notify Users

(Admin > System: User Management > Notify Users)

Notify Users feature allows you to broadcast messages to online users.

Job Browser Browser

(Admin > Jobs: Browser)

Browser feature allows you to view the status of all the LMS admin-related Jobs.

Resource Browser Resource Browser

(Admin > Network: Resource Browser)

Resource Browser feature allows you to:

• View Resource details

• Free locked resources

System Preferences System Preferences

(Admin > System: System Preferences)

System Preferences feature allows you to configure system-wide information on the Lms Server

Common Services Log Configurations

Common Services Log Configurations

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Common Services Log Configurations)

Common Services Log Configurations feature allows you to enable the debugging option for the Common Services components.

DiskWatcher Configuration DiskWatcher Configuration

(Admin > System: Server Monitoring > DiskWatcher Configuration)

DiskWatcher Configuration feature allows you to calculate the disk space information of a drive (on Windows) or a file system (on Solaris) where Cisco Prime LMS is installed, and stores them in diskWatcher.log file.



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Groups Group Management




Group Management feature allows you to perform:

• Device

• Fault

• IPSLA Collector

• Port and Module

Software Center Software Center

(Admin > System: Software Center)

Software Center feature allows you to check for software and device support updates, download them to their server file system along with the related dependent packages, and install the device updates.

Software Update Software Update

(Admin > System: Software Center > Software Update)

Software Update feature allows you to:

• Select Software Updates

• Download Software Updates

Device Update Device Update

(Admin > System: Software Center > Device Update)

Device Update feature allows you to:

• View a list of all Cisco Prime related devices packages on your system

• Check for the device updates

• Delete the device packages

Schedule Device Downloads

Schedule Device Downloads

(Admin > System: Software Center > Schedule Device Downloads)

Schedule Device Downloads feature allows you to:

• Schedule device package downloads and specify the time, frequency of the downloads.

• Specify download policies.

Activity Log Activity Log

(Admin > System: Software Center > Activity Log)

The Activity Log page displays the following:

• Scheduled Job Details: This page displays the details of scheduled jobs in the software center.

• Event Log: This page displays the logs of events in the software center.

Device Selector Settings Device Selector Settings

(Admin > Network: Display Settings > Device Selector Settings)

The Device Selector Settings section contains the following features. These settings are stored on a per-user basis.

• Group Customization: Provides options to select/remove the Device Selector groups.

• Group Ordering: Provides options to select/remove the groups to be displayed in the device selectors.

Mode Settings Mode Settings

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Mode Settings)

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Device Polling Device Polling

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Device Polling)

Device Polling feature allows you to:

• Activate Device Polling to check whether the devices can be reached

• Configure Device Polling policy

• Schedule Device Polling

• Display a list of devices that are not reachable for a certain period of time

• Delete the selected unreachable devices from DCR

Device Poll Settings Device Poll Settings

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Device Poll Settings)

Device Poll Settings feature allows you to configure a Device Polling policy and schedule a Device Polling job to check whether the devices can be reached.

User Defined Fields User Defined Fields

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > User Defined Fields)

User Defined Fields feature allows you to:

• Add User Defined Fields

• Rename User Defined Fields

• Delete User Defined Fields

Default Credential Sets Default Credential Sets

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Default Credential Sets)

Default Credential Sets feature allows you to:

• Configuring a Default Credentials Set

• Deleting a Default Credentials Set

Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration

Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration

(Admin > Network: Device Credential Settings > Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration)

Default Credential Sets Policy Configuration feature allows you to configure default credential set policies and apply the default credentials for a range of devices to be added or imported to DCR.



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Mapping CM Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the CM features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-20 Mapping CM Features in Admin

CM Features Admin Function Description

User Tracking User Tracking

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking)

User Tracking feature allows you to locate and track the end hosts in your network

Acquisition Acquisitions Info

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisitions Info)

Acquisitions Info feature allows you to view acquisition information

Acquisition Actions Acquisition Action

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Action)

Acquisition Action feature allows you to trigger the following acquisitions:



• IP Phone Acquisition

Acquisition Settings Acquisition Settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Settings)

Acquisition Settings feature allows you to modify User Tracking Acquisition settings

Schedule Acquisition Acquisition Schedule

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Schedule)

Acquisition Schedule feature allows you to modify UT acquisition schedule

Ping Sweep Ping Sweep

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Ping Sweep)

Ping Sweep feature allows you to determine the range of IP addresses that map to live end hosts (computers).

Configure Subnet Acquistion

Subnet Acquisition Configuration

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Subnet Acquisition Configuration)

Subnet Acquisition Configuration feature allows you to configure LMS to perform User Tracking Acquisition on selected subnets.

Delete Interval User Tracking Purge Policy

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Purge Policy)

User Tracking Purge Policy feature allows you to modify the time interval for deleting entries from the End Host Table, IP Phone Table or the History Table from the database.

Configure Trunk for End Hosts Discovery

Acquisition Configuration in Trunk

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Acquisition Configuration in Trunk)

Normally UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected only to access ports. If you enable this feature UT Acquisition discovers end hosts connected to non-link trunk ports also.

Reports Domain Name Display

(Admin > Network: Display Settings > Domain Name Display)

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User Tracking Purge Policy User Tracking Report Purge Policy

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > User Tracking Report Purge Policy)

User Tracking Report Purge Policy feature allows you specify the intervals at which old reports and jobs are to be purged.

End Host Table Import Table Import

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Table Import)

Table Import feature allows you to mport from a file, user names and notes for end hosts already discovered

Dynamic Updates Dynamic Update Process Status

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic Update Process Status)

Dynamic Update Process Status feature allow you to:

• Check whether the Dynamic Updates processes are running or not.

• Start or Stop dynamic updates

Device Trap Configuration Device Trap Configuration

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Device Trap Configuration)

Device Trap Configuration feature allows you to configure the Cisco switches for sending SNMPv1/SNMPv2 MAC Notification Traps when a host is connected to or disconnected from that port.

Trap Listener Configuration Trap Listener Configuration

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Trap Listener Configuration)

Trap Listener Configuration feature allows you to configure the trap listener

Dynamic User Tracking Configuration

Dynamic User Tracking Configuration

(Admin > Collection Settings: User Tracking > Dynamic User Tracking Configuration)

Dynamic User Tracking Configuration feature allows you configure certain properties in Dynamic User Tracking to enhance the security of the system.

Debugging Options Dynamic User Tracking

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Dynamic User Tracking)

Dynamic User Tracking feature allows you to set the debugging options required for Dynamic Updates

Dynamic User Tracking Console

Dynamic User Tracking Console

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Dynamic User Tracking Console)

Dynamic User Tracking Console feature allows you to troubleshoot Dynamic User Tracking updates in a detailed way.

User Tracking Reports User Tracking Reports

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Reports)

User Tracking Reports feature allows you to debug events related to User Tracking client side activities

SNMP Timeouts and Retries

Data Collection SNMP Timeouts and Retries

(Admin > Collection Settings: Data Collection > Data Collection SNMP Timeouts and Retries)

Data Collection SNMP Timeouts and Retries feature allows you to modify the SNMP timeouts and retries when Data Collection fails for a particular device with SNMP timeout exceptions.

Schedule Data Collection Data Collection Schedule

(Admin > Collection Settings: Data Collection > Data Collection Schedule)

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Device Poller Data Collection Critical Devices Poller

(Admin > Collection Settings: Data Collection > Data Collection Critical Devices Poller)

Data Collection Critical Devices Poller feature allows you to:

• Configure the time interval at which the network is polled

• Poll only a critical set of devices

• View the device and link status without running Data Collection

Restricted Topology View Restricted Topology View

(Admin > Network: Monitor / Troubleshoot > Restricted Topology View)

Restricted Topology View feature allows you to view the Restricted Topology

DFM Poller Settings Fault Poller settings for topology

(Admin > Network: Monitor / Troubleshoot > Fault Poller settings for topology)

Fault Poller settings for topology feature allows you to view Fault Poller information in Topology Maps and N-Hop view portlet

Discrepencies Best Practices Deviation Settings

(Admin > Network: Best Practices Deviation Settings)

Best Practices Deviation Settings feature allows you to:

• View Reports on Discrepancies

• View Reports on Best Practices Deviations

• Acknowledge Discrepancies

• Acknowledge Best Practices Deviations

• Resolve Discrepancies and Best Practices Deviations

• Customize Discrepancies Reporting

Purge Settings Layer2 Services Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Layer2 Services Purge Settings)

Layer2 Services Purge Settings feature allows you to purge Layer2 services jobs or report archives in LMS

Data Collection Data Collection

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Data Collection)

Data Collection feature allows you to set the trace, and debugging, for Data Collection

Configuration and Reports Layer2 Configuration and Reports

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Layer2 Configuration and Reports)

Layer2 Configuration and Reports feature allows you to set up Debugging Options for Network Reports

Topology Topology

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Topology)

Topology feature allows you to enable debugging for Topology Services client side activities.

User Tracking Server User Tracking Server

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Server)

User Tracking Server feature allows you to debug events related to all User Tracking server side processes



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User Tracking Reports User Tracking Reports

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > User Tracking Reports)

User Tracking Reports feature allows you to debug events related to User Tracking client side activities

Dynamic User Tracking Dynamic User Tracking

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Dynamic User Tracking)

Dynamic User Tracking feature allows you to set the debugging options required for Dynamic Updates

RMON Configuration RMON Configuration

(Admin > Network: Monitor / Troubleshoot > RMON Configuration)

RMON Configuration feature allows you to enable RMON to Measure Bandwidth Utilization

VRF Collector Schedule VRF Lite Collector Schedule

(Admin > Collection Settings: VRF Lite > VRF Lite Collector Schedule)

VRF Lite Collector Schedule feature allows you to:

• Schedule the day and the time of VRF Lite Collection

• Add a new schedule, edit or delete existing schedules

VRF SNMP Timeouts and Retries

VRF Lite SNMP Timeouts and Retries

(Admin > Collection Settings: VRF Lite > VRF Lite SNMP Timeouts and Retries)

VRF Lite SNMP Timeouts and Retries feature allows you to modify the SNMP timeouts and retries when VRF Lite Collection fails for a particular device with SNMP timeout exceptions.

VNM Purge Settings VRF Lite Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > VRF Lite Purge Settings)

VRF Lite Purge Settings feature allows you to purge VRF Management jobs or report archives in LMS.

Debugging Options VRF Lite Server Debugging

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > VRF Lite Server Debugging)

VRF Lite Server Debugging feature allows you to set an Application Logging Level to VRF Lite Server details.

VNM Server Debugging VRF Lite Server Debugging

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > VRF Lite Server Debugging)

VRF Lite Server Debugging feature allows you to o set an Application Logging Level to VRF Lite Server details.

VNM Collector Debugging VRF Lite Collector Debugging

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > VRF Lite Collector Debugging)

VRF Lite Collector Debugging feature allows you to set an Application Logging Level to VRF Collector details.

VNM Client Debugging VRF Lite Client Debugging

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > VRF Lite Client Debugging)

VRF Lite Client Debugging feature allows you to set an Application Logging Level to VRF Lite Client

VNM Utility Debugging VRF Lite Utility Debugging

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > VRF Lite Utility Debugging)

VRF Lite Utility Debugging feature allows you to set an Application Logging Level to VRF Lite Utility



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Mapping HUM Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the HUM features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-21 Mapping HUM Features in Admin

HUM Features Admin Function Description

Data Purge Performance data purge settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance data purge settings)

Performance data purge settings feature allows you to:

• Periodically purge polled data that you no longer need in the database.

• Purge data records such as summarization records, Poller failure records, threshold violation records, audit trail records.

Job Purge Performance Job Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance Job Purge Settings)

Performance Job Purge Settings feature allows you to periodically purge job data that you no longer need.

Load MIB Load MIB

(Admin > Network: Monitor / Troubleshoot > Load MIB)

Load MIB feature allows you to load a new MIB file into LMS

Log Level Settings Performance Debugging Settings

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Performance Debugging Settings)

Performance Debugging Settings allows you to configure and manage log level settings in Device Performance Management function of LMS.

Poll Settings Performance Management SNMP timeouts and retry settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Performance > Performance Management SNMP timeouts and retry settings)

Performance Management SNMP timeouts and retry settings feature allows you to configure the Performance Management SNMP timeout and SNMP retries

Purge Details Performance Data Purge Summary

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Performance Data Purge Summary)

Performance Data Purge Summary feature allows you to view the details of the data purged

Syslog Receiver Groups Performance - Syslog notification

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Performance - Syslog notification)

Performance - Syslog notification feature allows you to create Syslog Receiver Groups

Trap Receiver Groups Performance - SNMP Trap notification

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Performance - SNMP Trap notification)

Performance - SNMP Trap notification feature allows you to create SNMP Trap Receiver Groups


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Mapping DFM Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the DFM features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.

Table 9-22 Mapping DFM Features in Admin

DFM Features Admin Function Description

Daily Purging Schedule Fault History Purging Schedule

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > Fault History Purging Schedule)

Fault History Purging Schedule feature allows you to configure the Daily Fault History Purging Schedule

Group Administration Group Management





• Device

• Fault

• IPSLA Collector

• Port and Module

Logging Fault Debugging Settings

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > Fault Debugging Settings)

Fault Debugging Settings feature allows you to set the Fault Management debug settings

Rediscovery Schedule Fault Management Rediscovery Schedule

(Admin > Collection Settings: Fault > Fault Management Rediscovery Schedule)

Fault Management Rediscovery Schedule feature allows you to:

• Suspend and Resume a Rediscovery Schedule

• Add and Modify a Rediscovery Schedule

SNMP Trap Forwarding Fault - SNMP trap forwarding

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - SNMP trap forwarding)

Fault - SNMP trap forwarding feature allows you to configure SNMP Trap Forwarding

SNMP Trap Receiving Fault - SNMP trap receiving settings

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - SNMP trap receiving settings)

Fault - SNMP trap receiving settings feature allows you to update the SNMP Trap Receiving Port

SNMP Default Server SMTP Default Server

(Admin > System: SMTP Default Server)

SMTP Default Server feature allows you to configure a Default SMTP Server

Event Sets Event Sets

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Event Sets)

Event Sets feature allows you to configure Event Sets

E-mail Notification Fault - Email notification

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Email notification)

Fault - Email notification feature allows you to manage Fault E-Mail Notification Subscriptions


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Mapping IPM Features and Terminologies in AdminThis section provides information on the IPM features and terminologies mapped to Admin function in LMS 4.1.

E-mail Subject Customization

Fault - Email subject customization

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Email subject customization)

Fault - Email subject customization feature allows you to customize the e-mail subject for forwarded events.

Notification Customization Fault Notification Customization

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault Notification Customization)

Fault Notification Customization feature allows you to customize the names and event severity in LMS

Notification Groups Fault Notification Group

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault Notification Group)

Fault Notification Group feature allows you to configure Fault Notification Groups

Syslog Notification Fault - Syslog notification

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > Fault - Syslog notification)

Fault - Syslog notification feature allows you to manage Fault Syslog Notifications

SNMP Config Fault Management SNMP Timeouts and Retries

(Admin > Collection Settings: Fault > Fault Management SNMP Timeouts and Retries)

Fault Management SNMP Timeouts and Retries feature allows you to modify Fault Management SNMP Timeout and Retries

Table 9-22 Mapping DFM Features in Admin

Table 9-23 Mapping IPM Features in Admin

IPM Features Admin Function Description

Application Settings IPSLA application settings

(Admin > Collection Settings: Performance > IPSLA application settings)

IPSLA application settings feature allows you to copy IPSLA (Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement) configuration to running-config, and set managed source interface.

Syslog Configuration IPSLA Syslog Configuration

(Admin > Network: Notification and Action Settings > IPSLA Syslog Configuration)

IPSLA Syslog Configuration feature allows you to enable or disable the IPSLA Syslog

Log Level Settings IPSLA Debugging Settings

(Admin > System: Debug Settings > IPSLA Debugging Settings)

IPSLA Debugging Settings feature allows you to set the log levels for IPSLA Performance Management


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Purge Settings IPSLA data Purge Settings

(Admin > Network: Purge Settings > IPSLA data Purge Settings)

IPSLA data Purge Settings feature allows you to set the Purge period for Historical and Audit reports. You can also set the Purge period from the Setup Center.

Group Admin Group Management





• Device

• Fault

• IPSLA Collector

• Port and Module

Table 9-23 Mapping IPM Features in Admin


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C H A P T E R 10
Applications and Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1
This chapter provides information on LMS 3.2 applications and tasks removed from LMS 4.1.

It explains:

• Cisco Prime LMS 3.2 Applications Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

• Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

Cisco Prime LMS 3.2 Applications Removed from LMS 4.1Cisco Prime Assistant, part of Cisco Prime LMS 3.2, is a web-based tool that provides workflows to help you resolve network management and deployment issues. A workflow is a compilation of tasks that help you deploy Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) servers and troubleshoot your network. The Cisco Prime Assistant Engine, which works in the back end, executes the workflows and allows you to navigate among the tasks.

This Cisco Prime Assistant application is not available from LMS 4.1.

Cisco Prime Common Services Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1This section details the following Cisco Prime Common Services (CS) tasks removed from LMS 4.1:

• Home Page Admin Tasks

• Report Tasks


Chapter 10 Applications and Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1 Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

This section details the following Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentisls (RME) tasks removed from LMS 4.1:

• Device Management task

• Reports Task

• Software Mgmt Task

Table 10-1 Cisco Prime Common Services tasks removed from LMS 4.1

LMS 3.2 Task Name LMS 3.2 Navigation Description

Home Page Admin Tasks

Registering Applications With Cisco Prime Home Page

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Home Page Admin > Application Registration

You can register Cisco Prime applications on local or remote servers. You need to enter application instance attributes (host, port, and protocol).

Other information such as AppName, URLs available are already defined by the application in a template.

After registering, the application becomes available for integration with other applications based on the template definition.

Registering Links With Cisco Prime Home Page

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Home Page Admin > Links Registration

Adds additional links to Cisco Prime Home Page for both custom and home grown and third-party applications such as HPOV. The links will then be displayed under third-party or custom tools as specified.

Setting Up Cisco Prime Home Page

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Server > Home Page Admin > Settings

User can change Cisco Prime Home Page Name, Custom tools Label and Third party label.User can also hide the external resources section of Cisco Prime Home Page and change the urgent messages polling interval.

Report Tasks

Devices that are not configured in ACS Report

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Common Services > Device and Credentials > Reports > Devices that are not configured in ACS Report > Generate Report

The report displays the list of devices in DCR that need to be configured in ACS. You can generate this report only when the AAA mode is set to ACS.


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Table 10-2 Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials tasks removed from LMS 4.1


Device Management task

Viewing Conflicting Device Types

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Conflicting Device Types

The Conflicting device state occurs if the sysObjectID in the device and that in the Device and Credential Repository do not match.

Viewing Normal Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Normal Devices

Normal devices are devices that have been successfully contacted by LMS, or the device has contacted LMS at least once (polling, successful job completion, Syslog receipt). This indicates that this was a real device in the network (at one point in time).

This state does not guarantee that you have had a successful Inventory and Configuration Collection.

Viewing Pending Devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Pending Devices

When the device is added to LMS, device management moves the device into this state, and invokes all the registered application tasks such as Inventory Collection and Configuration collection.

Based on the results of the tasks, the device moves to one of these states—Pre-deployed, Normal or Aliased.

The Pending state is a transient state and no device will be in this state for any significant time. If the devices are in this state for a longer time, you can suspend the devices and resubmit for managing.

Working with pre-deployed devices

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Devices > Device Management > Pre-deployed Devices

In the Pre-deployed device state, the device has never been contacted by LMS through protocols such as SNMP, Telnet, or SSH.

If LMS contacts the device through tasks such as Inventory polling, Configuration polling, and receiving syslog messages, the device moves to a Normal state.

Reports Task

Setting the Reports Archive Default Directory

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Reports > Archive Settings

You can change the default directory location for reports archival on the LMS server.

Software Mgmt Task

Updating upgrade information

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Software Mgmt > Update Upgrade Information

For IPX/IGX/BPX/MGX devices, both the Cisco.com Upgrade Analysis and the Repository Upgrade Analysis options use the upgrade knowledge base to make upgrade recommendations.


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Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1This section details the following Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager (DFM) task removed from LMS 4.1.

Cisco Prime Campus Manager Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1This section details the following Cisco Prime Campus Manager (CM) tasks removed from LMS 4.1:

Inventory Task

Cisco.com fetch interval

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > RME > Admin > Inventory > Cisco.com Fetch Interval

You can use PSIRT/EOX System Job Schedule to determine the frequency at which the information can be retrieved from Cisco.com for generating:

• PSIRT Summary Report

• End of Sale/End of Life Report

Table 10-2 Cisco Prime Resource Manager Essentials tasks removed from LMS 4.1 (continued)


Table 10-3 Cisco Prime Device Fault Manager tasks removed from LMS 4.1


Getting Started with Views

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Device Fault Manager > Configuration > Other Configurations > Alerts and Activities Defaults

This feature creates views for the Alerts and Activities display.

You can create, edit, delete, activate or deactivate a view in this page.

Table 10-4 Tasks Removed in LMS 4.1


Data Collection Task

Mode and Policy Settings

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Device Management > Mode And Policy Settings

There are two modes of managing devices in LMS, namely Auto mode and Manual mode. You can control the mode in which Data Collection is done.

Manually Including Devices to Data Collection

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Device Management > Include Devices

You can select and manually add devices that need to be managed by LMS.

Manually Excluding Devices from Data Collection

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Campus Manager > Admin > Data Collection > Device Management > Exclude Devices

You can manually exclude devices from the list of devices managed by LMS.


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Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor Tasks Removed from LMS 4.1

This section details Cisco Prime Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM) tasks removed from LMS 4.1:

Table 10-5 Tasks Removed in LMS 4.1


Admin Task

Scheduling Quick Reports

Cisco Prime LMS Portal > Health and Utilization Monitor > Admin > System Preferences > Quick Report Schedule

The Quick Report Schedule allows you to enable or disable generation of any of the pre-defined Quick Reports. It also lets you configure the frequency of generating each of the Quick Reports.

By default, all the pre-defined Quick Reports are enabled and are generated every hour.


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A

Acquisition 9-7, 9-26

Acquisitions task 4-2

Activity Log 9-24

Admin 9-17

Administering Device Groups 3-3

Administering Groups 2-16

Admin Reports 9-14

Alarm Event 8-3

Alert/Event ID Filtering 9-16

Alerts and Activities 5-2

Alias Devices 5-4

Archived Reports 3-13

Archive Mgmt 9-9

Audit log report 2-4

Audit Report 2-11

audit reports 7-4

AuditTrail Report 9-12

Auto Update Server 9-6

Auto Update Servers 2-11

B

backup 2-5

Bandwidth Utilization 4-6

Base Config vs. Latest Version of Different Devices 3-7

Baseline template 3-8

Baselining 3-9

Best Practices Deviation Settings 9-28

Browser-Server Security Mode Setup 9-21

BugToolkit Reports 9-12

C

Campus Manager 4-1

CDA Settings 9-20

Certificate Setup 9-21

ChangeAudit Force Purge feature 9-19

ChangeAudit Report 9-12

Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1 1-1

Cisco Prime login modules 2-3

CiscoView 8-1

CiscoView tasks 8-2

Collection Failure Notification 3-20

Collector 9-2

Collect server information 2-5

Command Sets 3-14

Common Services 2-1

Config Archive Settings 9-19

Config Collection Settings 9-19

Config Editor 9-10

configuration archive 3-17

Configuration Version Summary 3-6

Configuration Version Tree 3-6

Connection Management 9-22

Contract Connection Reports 9-12

custom configuration query 3-6

Custom Layouts 9-14

Custom Reports 9-14

Custom Templates 9-13

D

daily system report 7-4

Data Collection Schedule 9-27

IN-1uide for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

Index

DCR Administration 2-13

DCR Device List Report 2-11

debug mode 2-7

Device Aliases 9-6

Device Center 9-6

Device Discovery 9-6

Device List Report 9-13

Device Management 2-10, 9-5

Device Management Tasks 3-2

Device Poller 4-10

Device Polling 9-25

Device Trap Configuration 9-27

Device Update 9-24

DFM 5-1

Dicovery schedule 2-10

Direct Deploy 9-10

Discrepancies Reports 9-14

Discrepencies 9-28

DiskWatcher Configuration 9-23

distribute patches 3-11

Domain Name Display 9-26

Dynamic Updates 4-4

E

E-mail Notification 9-31

E-Mail Notification Subscription page 5-6

Event ID Filtering 5-7

Excluded Devices Report 2-11, 9-13

Exclude Settings 9-19

F

Fault Monitor 9-4

Fetch Settings 9-19

Force Purge 9-20

IN-2Navigation Guide for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

G

Group/Device Filtering 5-7, 9-16

Group Admin 9-7

Group Administration Task 3-3

H

HPOV 10-2

HUM 6-1, 10-5

I

Imported Device List Report 9-14

Imported Device Status report 2-11

Inventory 9-20

Inventory Reports 9-13

Inventory tasks 3-18

IPM 7-1

IPSLA 9-2

IPSLA application settings 9-32

IPSLA data Purge Settings 9-33

IPSLA Debugging Settings 9-32

IPSLA Operation 7-2

J

Job Purge 3-19

L

License Management 9-23

license update 2-5

Load MIB 9-30

local user policy 2-2

Log File Status Report 2-4

Log Level Settings 7-5

Log Rotation 9-22

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M

Mac Tracking Reports 9-14

Mini-RMON 9-8

Mini-RMON tasks 8-2

Mode Settings 9-24

Monitoring 9-1

monthly summary 7-4

N

NetConfig 9-10

Netconfig Tasks 3-4

NetShow Job Browser 3-14

non-compliance configuration report 3-8

nventory Tasks 3-2

O

Outages 9-2

Out-of-Sync report 3-6

Output Archive 3-14

P

Peer Server Account 2-2

Pending Devices 10-3

Ping Sweep 9-26

ping sweep 4-3

Polling Parameter 9-4

Poll Settings 9-30

pre-deployed devices 10-3

Priority Setting 9-4

Processes 9-22

Process management tools 2-5

Process Status Report 2-4

PSIRT/EOX Reports 3-18

Purge Settings 7-5

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PVLAN 4-7

Q

Quick Reports 4-2, 9-15

Quick Report Schedule 10-5

R

Readiness Reports 9-15

real time statistics 8-4

Report Archive Tasks 7-3

Report Job Browser Tasks 7-3

Reports Management 9-11

Restricted Topology View 4-10, 9-28

RME 3-1

Running vs. Latest Archived 3-7

S

Scheduled job 2-9

Scheduling Sync Archive Job 3-5

search archive 3-6

security certificates 2-2

Self signed certificates 2-2

Selftest 9-23

Self Test Information report 2-5

Server Monitoring 9-21

Server Tasks 2-1

Set Cisco.com User Account 2-4

Set Default Credential Set Policy 2-16

Set Peer Server Certificate 2-3

Set Single Sign-On 2-3

Single-Server Management 9-21

SmartCase 3-15, 9-6

SNMP Trap Notifications 5-6

SNMP traps 4-5

IN-3igation Guide for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

Index

Software Center 9-24

Software Repository Management 3-10

Startup vs. Running 3-7

Summarized Reports 9-17

Suspended 5-6

Suspended devices 3-2

Switch Port Reports 9-14

Syslog Message Filters 9-19

Syslog Reports 9-13

Syslog tasks 3-19

System Identity Setup 9-22

System Report 9-13

T

Templates 6-2

Threshold Settings 9-4

Threshold Violation Reports 9-16

Topology Groups 4-10

Topology Services 4-6

traffic statistics history 8-4

Trap Listener Configuration 9-27

TrendWatch 9-3

TrendWatch Report 9-16

Trendwatch Summary Reports 9-16

Troubleshooting 9-1

Trunk 4-8

U

Unreachable Device Report 9-14

upgrade information 10-3

User Defined Fields 2-14, 9-25

User Tracking 4-4, 9-26

V

View Configuration Files 3-3

IN-4Navigation Guide for Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1

VLAN 4-7

VLAN reports 9-14

VRF Lite 9-11

VRF Lite Collector Schedule 9-29

VRF Reports 9-15

VSS 3-15

VSS Config 9-9

W

weekly system report 7-4

workflows 10-1

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