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To verify that Resource Manager was installed and configured correctly and to use all Resource Manager modules, you need to add at least one device to the database. This chapter consists the following sections:
In the previous chapter, you learned how to log in as an administrator. You can now add device information to the Resource Manager database. You need a manageable device (a device whose inventory information is tracked by Resource Manager) to verify the correct installation of Resource Manager. Log in to Resource Manager as the administrator as explained in the "Logging In as Administrator" section. You can add a device or import a device, as explained in the following sections.
Follow these steps to add device information:
Step 1 Click Admin on the button bar, then select Inventory > Add Devices. The Add a Single Device dialog box appears.
Step 2 Enter the access information and annotations for one device in the Add a Single Device dialog box. You must fill in the Device Name field. All other fields are optional. For more information about these fields, refer to the Resource Manager online help.
Step 3 Click Next. The Add Passwords dialog box appears.You must fill in the Read Community String field and verify the password. All other fields are optional. For more information about these fields, refer to the Resource Manager online help.
Step 4 To submit the basic device information to the device integration process, click Next. The Enter Authentication Information dialog box appears.
Step 5 If required, complete the Enter Authentication Information dialog box. All fields are optional. For more information about the fields, refer to the Resource Manager online help.
Step 6 Click Finish. The Single Device Add dialog box appears.
Step 7 Click View Status. The Add/Import Status Summary dialog box appears.
Use the Add/Import Status Summary to check the integration status of the device you specified. You should see the following device status:
| Device Status | Number of Devices |
|---|---|
| Managed | 0 |
| Alias | 0 |
| Pending | 1 |
| Conflicting | 0 |
| Suspended | 0 |
| Not Responding | 0 |
If the device responded very quickly, the Managed column might already contain 1 device when the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box appears.
Step 9 To update device status, click Update on the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box. If the pending count goes from 1 to 0 after you click Update and the Managed field has 1 device, Resource Manager was installed and configured correctly.
You might need to wait a couple of minutes for the device to become managed. Click Update on the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box every minute or so to check the current status of the device.
For more information about adding devices, refer to Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager.
This section provides overview information about importing devices into the Resource Manager database. For complete instructions on importing devices, see Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager or online help.
You can import devices in three ways:
To import devices from an NMS database, the Resource Manager administrator might have to work with the system administrator of the host on which the NMS database is running. For more information on importing locally or remotely, refer to the Resource Manager online help.
You can import devices by extracting data from your existing data source into a CSV file, then use your CSV file as input into the Resource Manager database. You need to create a CSV file, then click Admin and select Inventory > Import from File to access the CSV or DIF file and import the device information. For details and instructions on creating and importing from a CSV or DIF file, see Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager or online help.
To import devices from HP Network Node Manager, CastleRock SNMPc, or CiscoWorks for Switched Internetworks (CWSI), select Admin > Inventory > Import from Local NMS. You can then import devices from the databases listed in the Local Database Import dialog box. See Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager or online help for details and instructions on importing from a local NMS database.
To import devices from a remote database, verify the remote process is running on the remote host and obtain access to the remote host. Click Admin, then select Inventory > Import from Remote NMS to import devices from the databases listed in the Remote Database Import dialog box. For details and instructions on importing from a remote NMS database, see Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager or online help.
Now that you have added device information to the Resource Manager database, you can use the Resource Manager modules. This section explains how to set up each module:
You determine network availability and modify polling parameters with the Availability module. To access Availability, click Admin, then select Availability.
Before you can use Availability, you must configure at least one view (group of devices) to be monitored, as shown in the following steps:
Step 1 Click Admin, then select Availability > Change Polling Options.
The Select Polled Views dialog box appears. The All Views list on the left contains all available views from which to choose. The Polled Views list on the right contains the views to be polled.
Step 2 To add a view for monitoring, select one view from the All Views list, then click Add. The view is added to the Polled Views list on the right.
Step 3 Click Next. The Change Polling Options dialog box appears.
Step 4 To change the polling parameters, select a value from the list to change.
Step 5 Click Finish. The Availability Options dialog box appears, notifying you that the availability options have been successfully changed.
Step 6 To exit the Availability folder, click on another folder in the navigation tree.
Now that you have configured one view and specified polling parameters, you can monitor devices and run various reports. For details about using Availability, see Learning to Use Cisco Resource Manager and online help.
Syslog Analysis lets you centrally log and track messages generated by devices. You can use the logged error message data to analyze router and network performance. You can customize syslog analysis to produce the information and message reports that are important to your operation. To access syslog analysis, click Admin, then select Syslog Analysis.
Because system message logging is not part of the Windows NT operating system, Resource Manager provides syslog message logging as a Windows NT service (Cisco Resource Manager syslog service). The syslog service saves each system message to the default directory, C:\Programs Files\CSCOpx. Syslog analysis then reads the syslog.log file in the default directory for messages, processes the messages, and writes them to the Resource Manager database. CGI scripts use the database information to generate system message reports. See online help for more information about using syslog analysis.
Software Management performs system software, boot loader upgrades, and software configuration operations on groups of routers and switches. See the Cisco Resource Manager Release Notes for Windows NT for the devices supported by Software Management.
Before you can use Software Management, you must have sufficient space to store the software image files. You should have 2 to 8 MB of space for each image.
Resource Manager installs a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server when it installs Software Management. TFTP enables you to transfer files to and from remote systems. During the installation of Software Management, the C:\Program Files\CSCOpx\tftpboot directory is created. This directory is used to save and store files that are loaded to a device when using Resource Manager modules supported by TFTP. All users have read, write, and execute privileges to the ftpboot directory.
Now that you have added device information and accessed additional Resource Manager modules, continue with "Facility Administration and Logging" to learn about Resource Manager facilities and message logging.
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