Internetwork Management

Cisco provides applications that centralize management, automate routine tasks, and can be integrated into customers' existing network management environments. These applications are discussed in the following sections:

A brief summary of the internetwork management applications is displayed in Table 9.

Table 9: Summary of Cisco's In ternetwork Management Application

Network Management Application	Devices Supported or Managed by the Application	Product Platform
CiscoWorks Windows	Cisco routers, switches, hubs, access servers, concentrators, adapters, and ATM switches	PC with Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 and Windows 95 running CastleRock SNMPc (optionally bundled with CiscoWorks Windows) or HP OpenView Windows
CiscoSecure EasyACS	Cisco access servers and routers	PC with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Ci scoWorks Windows

CiscoWorks Windows is a suite of integrated PC-based network configuration and diagnostic tools for small-to-medium-sized networks or remote workgroups. CiscoWorks Windows includes Configuration Builder, Show Commands, Health Monitor, and CiscoView applications.

CiscoWorks Windows is bundled with CastleRock SNMPc, a complete NMS platform for mapping, graphing device statistics, and handling alarms and events of problem areas in customer networks. You can also integrate CiscoWorks Windows with HP OpenView Professional Suite.

Configuration Builder and CiscoView can run as standalone applications without the requirements of a management platform.

CiscoWorks Windows includes the following features:

Configuration Builder. Allows you to create configuration files for multiple Cisco routers, access servers, and hubs without requiring you to remember complicated command-line language or syntax for the devices. Using Configuration Builder, you can configure the Cisco routers listed in Table 10 with the most common Cisco IOS features in Cisco IOS Release 10.2 through 11.1(3) and Cisco access servers with Cisco IOS Release 10.2 or later. Advanced features can be configured by entering commands in the Add Commands window.

Configuration Builder provides the following features:

Multiple device configuration windows

: Multiple devices can be configured simultaneously for remote source-route bridging and Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) transport.

Configuration snap-ins

: Predefined priority queuing lists, IP or IPX access lists, IPX Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP) filters, and AppleTalk filters can be imported quickly into multiple configuration files.

Duplicate address and configuration checking

: Duplicate IP, IPX, AppleTalk, and DECnet addresses can be checked in all open configuration files.

Guided configuration

: Using the Guided Configuration option, users can move automatically through a sequence of relevant dialog boxes to create a configuration file for routers and router-related features in access servers or hubs.

Learn hardware capability

: A device's model type, software version, image type, and the number and types of installed interfaces can be detected. This information is automatically placed in the configuration file.

Remote configuration capability

: A configuration file can be sent via a TCP/IP network to a remote device that is running a WINSOCK-compliant TCP/IP stack.

Support for access servers and hubs

: Configuration Builder includes a new feature that allows you to configure chat scripts, enable routing protocols and terminal services for the access server, set up security, and configure dial-on-demand routing for IP and IPX and protocol translation.

Show Commands. Allow you to quickly display detailed system and protocol information about Cisco routing devices without requiring you to remember complicated command-line language or syntax. Show Commands support Cisco IOS Release 10.2 through Release 11.2.
Health Monitor. A dynamic fault and performance management tool that provides real-time statistics on device characteristics, interface status, errors, and protocol utilization. It also provides CPU and environmental card status and indicates changes in conditions through color changes. This application uses SNMP to monitor and control the Cisco devices. Health Monitor supports Cisco IOS Release 10.2 through Release 11.2.
CiscoView. Provides a physical view of a device's front and back panels with real-time status indicated through message feedback in the status bar area and through changes in port colors. This application uses SNMP to monitor and control the Cisco devices. CiscoView supports Cisco IOS Releases 10.2 through Release 11.2. New features added to this version of CiscoView include Threshold Manager 1.1.2 for simplifying the setting of remote-based thresholding.
As new Cisco devices and CiscoView management functions are released, the appropriate package files will be posted on CCO. Table 10 lists the devices currently supported by CiscoWorks Windows.

Table 10: Devices Supported by Ci scoWorks Windows 3.0

Category	Device^¹
Modular Routers
Cisco 7000 family	Cisco 7000, Cisco 7010, Cisco 7204 and Cisco 7206 with port adapter cards, Cisco 7505, Cisco 7507, and Cisco 7513
Cisco 4000 series	Models 4000, 4000-M, 4500, 4500-M, 4700, and 4700-M
Cisco 3600 series	Models 3620 and 3640
Cisco 2500 series	Models 2524 and 2525
Fixed-Configuration Routers
Cisco 1000 series	Models 1003, 1004, and 1005
Cisco 700 family	Models 761, 762, 765, 766, 771, 772, 775, and 776
Cisco 2500 series	Models 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2507, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2520, 2521, 2522, and 2523
Combination Routers
Cisco 1600 series	Models 1601, CPA1601, 1602, CPA1602, 1603, CPA1603, 1604, and CPA1604
Cisco Desktop Hubs
Cisco 1500 series Micro Hubs	Models 1502 and 1503
Access Servers
Universal access server	Cisco AS5200
Workgroup Products
Workgroup switches	Catalyst switches: 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, 1900, 1900C, 1912, 2100, 2600, 2822, 2828, 2900, 3000, 3100, 3200 (including modules WS-X3001-X3005), 5000, 5002, and 5500
Workgroup hubs	FastHub 300 series hubs²

¹ Devices not currently supported by CiscoWorks Windows 3.0 will be supported in future incremental software releases. The releases will be distributed via CCO, as well as the Network Management Support CD-ROM.
² The FastHub 300 series hubs were formerly known as the FastHub 100+ series hubs.

Table 11 provides an overview of the supported Cisco Works Windows applications.

Table 11: Supported CiscoWorks Windows Applications

Application	Description	Operating System	Cisco IOS Release	Device Support
Threshold Manager	Enhances the ability to set thresholds on Cisco RMON-supported devices to reduce management overhead and improve troubleshooting capabilities	Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0	Cisco IOS Release 11.1 or 11.2 with the RMON events and alarms group	All devices with appropriate Cisco IOS or RMON features
StackView/StackMaker	Simplifies stack management	Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5.1 and 4.0	Cisco IOS Releases 10.0 through 11.2	Cisco 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604; Cisco 3620 and 3640; Catalyst 1900, 1900C, and 1912; Catalyst 2822 and 2828; and FastHub 300 series¹
Flash File System	Provides file copying and editing features for the Cisco 7500 series, Cisco 7000 series, and Cisco 7200 series routers	Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0	Cisco IOS Releases 10.0 through 11.2	Cisco 7000, 7010, 7204, 7206, 7505, 7507, and 7513 routers
AS5200 Manager	Modem management application used to monitor, configure, and troubleshoot the AS5200 access server	Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0	Cisco IOS Release 10.2 or later	AS5200 access server

¹ The FastHub 300 series hubs were formerly known as the FastHub 100+ series hubs.

Table 12 provides an overview of CiscoWorks Windows specifications.

Table 12: Ci scoWorks Windows Specifications

Description	Specification
Compatible platforms	Pentium-based PC running Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 (preferred platform) or Windows 95
Hardware requirements	SVGA graphics adapter and monitor recommended 24-MB RAM (32-MB recommended) 130-MB free hard disk space required for complete installation
Network management platform compatibility	CastleRock SNMPc 4.1n (bundled with product) Hewlett-Packard OpenView 7.2C (C.02.17) and HP OpenView Professional Suite (D.01.00)
Network management protocol	SNMP (RFC 1157)

Table 13 lists CiscoWorks Windows software product numbers.

Table 13: Ci scoWorks Windows Software Product Numbers

Description	Product Number
CiscoWorks Windows 3.0 for Windows NT/Windows 95¹ (bundled with CastleRock SNMPc 4.1n)	CWPC-3.0-SNMPC
CiscoWorks Windows 3.0 upgrade with SNMPc	CWPC-3.0-SNMPC-UPG
CiscoWorks Windows 3.0 for Windows NT/Windows 95 and HP OpenView	CWPC-3.0-OVW
CiscoWorks Windows 3.0 for HP OpenView upgrade	CWPC-3.0-OVW-UPG
Software subscription orders	SRV-CWPC-WIN

¹ Requires WINSOCK 1.1-compliant TCP/IP software if users need to access devices via a TCP/IP network. Recommend using the TCP/IP stacks resident in Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51.

CiscoSecure EasyACS

CiscoSecure EasyACS (Version 1.0) is easy-to-use access control server software designed to provide basic authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services on a Windows NT server for a single Cisco access server or firewall router. It is included on a CD-ROM with Cisco 2500 series access servers, AS5200 universal access servers, and Cisco 3600 series routers.

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