This chapter provides an overview of the Cisco Cable Manager (CCM), Release 1.0 as well as a description of the system components and requirements. CCM is the UNIX-based solution that can be run locally from the Cisco Cable Manager server console or remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC. CCM provides the following features:
Display graphical views of the network
Manage Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and DOCSIS-compliant cable modems elements
Display a network inventory report of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router
Generate predefined and customized reports for cable router and cable modem utilization, performance, and statistics
Utilize system-wide fault management with SNMP-based alarm and threshold notifications
Optionally use templates for single and batch-mode configuration of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers
Note Cisco Cable Manager template-based configuration requires Cisco IP Manager and Oracle.
Isolate flapping modems using a flapping modem report
Use Find/Ping tools to troubleshoot and verify connectivity
Launch CiscoView to display chassis views and device management
Cisco Element Manager Framework Event Manager EMF/EM
Cisco Cable Manager, Release 1.0
Cisco Cable Manager includes CiscoView for Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and cable modems
Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite (optional)
Oracle 8.x (optional)
Cisco Cable Manager client (required for more than five simultaneous user sessions)
Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers
Cable modems
You can access the Cisco Cable Manager server in two ways:
Locally through the Cisco Cable Manager server console
Remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC
Note Additional machines with identical settings are required to support redundancy. Cisco Cable Manager 1.0 supports only hardware redundancy. Multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers can be used to manage the devices throughout a network simultaneously. However, the Cisco Cable Manager servers function independent of each other with no synchronization between the management systems.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the Cisco Cable Manager system components.
Additional cable modem management can be added with multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers. When multiple Cisco Cable Managers are used, management data is not distributed or synchronized between the management systems.
Cisco Cable Manager server supports up to five simultaneous users. If more than five simultaneous user sessions are required, a Cisco Cable Manager client can be added to the network to provide an additional five simultaneous user sessions. Expanding on this architecture, additional Cisco Cable Manager clients can be added.
Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router requirements
Cable modem requirements
Cisco IP Manager requirements (optional)
Before starting installation, ensure these requirements are satisfied.
Note Additional machines with identical settings are required to support redundancy. Cisco Cable Manager 1.0 supports only hardware redundancy. Also, multiple Cisco Cable Manager servers can be used to manage the same network simultaneously and independently with no synchronization between them.
Note Each Cisco Cable Manager server can support up to five simultaneous user sessions. For additional sessions, a Cisco Cable Manager client is required.
Sun Ultra 60 or above with Solaris 2.6 OS installed
4-GB hard drive with at least the following free disk space:
300 MB in /opt/AV
100 MB in /opt
100 MB in /tmp
Note These requirements assume up to 30 days of performance and report data is maintained on the server. Any data over 30 days old is replaced with current data.
Cisco Element Manager Framework Event Manager (CEMF/EM) 1.1---A separate license is required for the CEMF/EM. For more information about this license requirement, see the Cisco Element Manager Framework documentation.
Cisco Cable Manager, Release 1.0---Cisco Cable Manager includes CiscoView for managing Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers and DOCSIS cable modems
Optional requirements for template-based configuration management of Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers:
Locally from the Cisco Cable Manager server console
Remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) from a UNIX workstation or PC X-server display
Note Each Cisco Cable Manager server can support up to five simultaneous user sessions. For additional sessions, a Cisco Cable Manager client is required.
Cisco Cable Manager allows you to remotely (rlogin, Telnet, rsh) run Cisco Cable Manager from an X-session display on a UNIX workstation or a PC.
The UNIX workstation must meet the following requirements:
Sun Ultra 5
256 MB of RAM
1-GB hard drive
Ethernet connection to Cisco Cable Manager serve or Cisco Cable Manager client
The PC must meet the following requirements:
Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95
Pentium I/II
200-MHz processor
64 MB of RAM
Exceed 6.1
Ethernet connection to Cisco Cable Manager server or Cisco Cable Manager client
Note If not configured correctly, the X session software may truncate icons or cause other display anomalies. To solve this problem, either use the XDMCP option to launch a whole Solaris desktop login or change the X session settings. Also, color and keyboard map settings might need to be reset.
To set Read-Only (RO) and Read-Write (RW) community strings as public and private, respectively, enter the following commands on the router in the privileged mode:
snmp-server enable snmp-server comm-string public ROsnmp-server comm-string private RWNote The SNMP read-only string used by Cisco Cable Manager to read Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers data can be set as part of the autodiscovery process. This read-only string entered as part of the autodiscovery process needs to match the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router string setting. If the strings do not match, Cisco Cable Manager will not discover the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband routers.
Multiple host IP addresses can be entered to forward traps to multiple SNMP management stations. For more information about SNMP configuration, refer to the Cisco IOS documentation.
Cisco Cable Manager can optionally run with Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite to provide Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router configuration management through Cisco IP Manager templates.
Refer to the Cisco IP Manager 2.0 installation documentation for a complete list of the Cisco IP Manager 2.0 Lite requirements.
