Preparing to Install CiscoWorks

This chapter describes preparatory information for installing and configuring CiscoWorks. Included are worksheets to help you gather the necessary information.

Figure 1-1 provides an overview of the installation process, including preparation, installation, configuration, and validation.

Figure 1-1: Installation Roadmap

Before you install the CiscoWorks network management software, confirm that your computer system meets the related hardware and software-version requirements. In addition, you should note any special requirements about how you want CiscoWorks installed. For example, CiscoWorks prompts you during installation to supply information such as where you want CiscoWorks installed and whether you are performing an upgrade or new installation.

Time Saver If you do not have any special requirements, you can press Return to accept a default selection.

To gather all the information you need to install CiscoWorks, first complete the Installation Worksheet. You can then refer to the worksheet, if necessary, as you proceed with the installation.

Process Overview for Preparing to Install or Upgrade

Follow these basic steps to prepare to upgrade from a previous release of CiscoWorks, or to install and configure CiscoWorks for the first time.

Verify that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for CiscoWorks. (Refer to the "Verifying Your System Requirements" section, later in this chapter.)
Install the supported version of network management platform software, if necessary. For details on supported network management platform versions, refer to Table 1-1.
Verify that the correct version of network management platform is installed on your system by starting the software with the sample database file created during installation. Test the network management platform installation by starting a request to an agent on your local machine.
If you are upgrading from a previous release of CiscoWorks, back up your old network management system (NMS) database before you upgrade.

You are now ready to install and configure CiscoWorks on your system.

Upgrade Information

For Solaris, there is an upgrade path to Sybase 10.0.2 from Sybase 10; and there is an upgrade path to CiscoWorks 4.0 from CiscoWorks 3.2.

Verif ying Your System Requirements

You need the following hardware to run CiscoWorks:

Sun SPARCstation or UltraSPARC Workstation with Solaris 2.4 or 2.5.1
CD-ROM drive
Color monitor

Table 1-1 provides additional information of system requirements for CiscoWorks and other software.

Table 1-1: Hard Disk Space Requirements

Software	Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirements
CiscoWorks, Version 4.0	170 MB
Sybase (provided with CiscoWorks), Version 10.0.2	50 MB for Sun
HP OpenView, Version 4.1, or 4.1.1	50 MB
Site/SunNet/Domain Manager, Version 2.3	30 MB
Enterprise Manager, Version 2.0	30 MB
Sybase tables storage	65 MB total (NMS, 20 MB; polldb, 45 MB)
Total disk space (values are rounded up for improved performance)	350 MB¹ (minimum) 400 MB or more (recommended)

¹ CiscoWorks software must be installed in a single disk partition that contains at least 250 MB.

The minimum swap space requirement (128 MB) is suitable for managing small networks.

The memory and swap space requirements depend on such factors as which applications you run, the number of applications you run concurrently, and the number of network devices that you manage with CiscoWorks. You may need to increase the swap space beyond the general minimum requirements, depending on your particular network management needs.

Table 1-2 lists the random access memory (RAM) requirements for your system.

Table 1-2: RAM Requirements

CiscoWorks Software and Applications	RAM Requirements
CiscoWorks¹ software	18 MB
CiscoWorks applications²	14 MB
Total RAM for CiscoWorks software and all CiscoWorks applications	32 MB (minimum)³ 64 MB (recommended)
Total swap space	128 MB (recommended)

¹ Includes the RAM requirements for nmpolld processes in CiscoWorks, Sybase dataserver, and shared libraries.
² Approximately 14 MB of RAM enables you to simultaneously run a minimum of seven CiscoWorks applications. If you plan to run more than seven applications at the same time, you may need to increase the RAM, depending on the application and the activity performed.
³ The value of 32 MB is the bare minimum. Cisco recommends upgrading RAM to 64 MB.

Additional Software Requirements to Use CiscoWorks Applications

In addition to the general operating system requirements, CiscoWorks applications have specific Cisco Systems system software requirements. Table 1-3 lists the CiscoWorks application requirements. For more up-to-date information, refer to the CiscoWorks Release Notes shipped with the product or on the Cisco Connection Documentation, Enterprise Series CD-ROM.

Table 1-3: CiscoWorks Application Software or Hardware Requirements

CiscoWorks Application	Hardware or Software Requirement	Cisco Devices Supported
AutoInstall Manager	Neighbor router running one of the following Cisco IOS releases: 10.3(12) 11.0(9) 11.1(3) 11.2 New router running one of the following: 10.3(12) 11.0(9) 11.1 3) 11.2	Any Cisco devices
Configuration Management	Cisco IOS Release 1 10.3(12), 11.0(9), 11.1(3) or 11.2
Device Polling	Supports MIB and Cisco MIB variables up through Cisco IOS Release 11.1
Environmental Monitor	Cisco IOS Release 9.21 Revision 4 ENVM¹ Card (Microcode version 2.0 or later)	Cisco 7000, AGS+
Software Management suite (Software Library Manager, Software Inventory Manager, and Device Software Manager)	Cisco 3000, Cisco AGS+, Cisco 4000, and Cisco 7000 are supported by the following Cisco IOS software releases: 10.3(12) 11.0(9) 11.1(3) 11.2 All routers (collection of Cisco 3000, 4000, and 7000, or AGS+ routers)	Device types with Flash memory: Cisco 3000, Cisco 4000, Cisco 7000, Cisco AGS+, and Cisco CGS and MGS Device types with Run-from-Flash images: Cisco 2500 and Cisco 3000

¹ ENVM=Environmental Monitor

The minimum swap space requirement (128 MB) is suitable for managing small networks.

System Resource Verification

The information in Table 1-4 is a guide to verify the system resources.

Table 1-4: Commands for Accessing System Resources

Installation Option	Solaris Systems
System operating system	Use uname -r to display Solaris Version 2.4 or 2.5.1.
Windowing system	OpenWindows (Motif) OpenLook.
Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager 2.3	Run $SNMHOME/bin/snm_version to display the version number for Site/SunNet/Domain Manager.
HP OpenView 4.1	Run /opt/OV/ReleaseNotes/NNM to display the version number for HP OpenView.
Solstice Enterprise Manager 2.0 (patch level 4)	Run /opt/SUNWconn/em/bin/snm_version to display the version number for Enterprise Manager.
Hard disk space	Use df -lk to display the amount of disk space available in each file system.
RAM	As the superuser, use dmesg \| grep mem to display available RAM on your system.
Swap space	As the superuser, use swap -s to display system swap space.
Sybase 10.0.2 installation	Directory path and kernel modifications options. Sybase installation requires the database to be located on the same system as CiscoWorks. If you are a knowledgeable Sybase user, you can perform a manual Sybase installation in order to take advantage of Sybase's client/server capabilities. This option is not supported by Cisco.
CD-ROM device type and name	To display all the devices in the /dev/rdsk directory, use ls /dev/rdsk \| more. CD-ROM drives usually have device names similar to `c*s2`.

Installation and Configuration Worksheet

Complete the configuration worksheet (Table 1-5) by circling the correct choices and filling in the blanks.

**Table 1-5: Configuration Worksheet**
General Configuration Information	Default	Other
Installation type:	New	Upgrade
Directory in which CiscoWorks is to be installed:	For HPOV: /opt/CSCOcwh For Site/SunNet/Domain Manager: /opt/CSCOcws For EM: /opt/CSCOcws	Other:
Directory in which Sybase is to be installed:	/opt/CSCOsyb	Other:
CiscoWorks Group Name:	cscworks	Other:
CiscoWorks group ID:	55	Other:
Usernames of individuals who will belong to CiscoWorks group:	Username: Username: Username: Username: Username: Username:
Ciscoworks username:	cscworks	Other:
Ciscoworks user ID number:	100	Other:
NMS path:	For HPOV: /opt/OV For Site/SunNet/Domain Manager: /opt/SUNWconn/snm For EM: /opt/SUNWconn/em	Other:
Install new MIBS:	YES	NO
Sybase server name:	CW_SYBASE	Other:
Polldb db size:	40	Other:
NMS db size:	20	Other:
NMS log size:	5	Other:
Polldb db location:	/opt/CSCOsyb/data	Other:
TFTP config:	YES	N/A
CW message log file:	/var/log/nmslog	Other:
Syslog facility for CiscoWorks messages:	local7	Other:
Installing a TACACS server:	YES	NO
Start TACACS daemon during reboot:	YES	NO
TACACS username:
Username Password:
Using Extended TACACS mode:	YES	NO
Extended TACACS mode Password:
Enabling the CiscoWorks log purging utility:	YES	NO

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