Getting Started

Installing the Cisco EMF Application

Starting the Cisco EMF and Cisco 6400 SCM Software

Starting a Cisco EMF User Session

Cisco EMF Launchpad

Map Viewer

Groups

Access

Quitting a Cisco EMF User Session

Installing the Cisco 6400 SCM Software Application

Checking the Cisco 6400 UAC Hardware Setup

Starting the Cisco 6400 SCM Application

Getting Started with Cisco 6400 UAC Management

Quick Start Deployment

G etting Started

This chapter describes the typical tasks you should complete to begin using the Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager (SCM). See Figure 3-1 for further details.

Figure 3-1: T ypical Workflow

I n stalling the Cisco EMF Application

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework Installation and Licensing Guide for further information.

S tarting the Cisco EMF and C isco 6400 SCM Software

Before you can launch the Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager (SCM) application, you must start a Cisco Element Management Framework (EMF) user session. Launch the Cisco 6400 SCM application from the Cisco EMF Launchpad. Each active Cisco EMF session uses a single Cisco EMF user license.

Starting a Cisco EMF User Session

Note Cisco EMF should already be running. If you start the application and then you receive a message that Cisco EMF is not running, contact your system administrator or refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details.

To start a Cisco EMF user session, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the command line on the terminal window, enter:

<CEMF_ROOT>/bin/CEMF session

Note <CEMF_ROOT> is the Cisco EMF installation root directory (by default, this is /opt/CEMF).

The Login window appears (Figure 3-2).

Figure 3-2: L ogin Window

Step 2 Enter your user name and password.

Step 3 Click Ok to proceed.

When an unknown us er n ame or password is entered, an error displays. Click Ok, then enter a valid user name and password.

Note You have three chances to enter a valid user name and password. If you do not enter a valid user name and password after three attempts, the session does not start and the Login window closes.

When you enter a valid user name and password, the session starts and the Cisco EMF Launchpad window appears (Figure 3-3).

Cisco EMF Launchpad

The icons displayed in the Cisco EMF Manager panel on the Launchpad represent applications that are provided by this Cisco EMF installation. Extra icons might appear when additional packages are installed. The icons (Figure 3-3) represent the standard Cisco EMF tools.

Figure 3-3: Cisco EMF Launchpad

Map Viewer

The Cisco EMF MapViewer (or Viewer) application allows you flexibility in viewing, building, and monitoring your network using graphical representations of network elements.

MapViewer is the primary entry point into the Cisco 6400 SCM. When you launch the MapViewer application, a window appears corresponding to the highlighted map icon in the hierarchy pane.

You can:

Monitor the status of all network elements or abstractions of elements contained within the network.
Launch any of the additional applications on the Cisco EMF Launchpad.

Launching the M ap Viewer Application

Click the Viewer icon (Figure 3-4) to launch the MapViewer application or select Map Viewer from a pop-up menu if you are using other Cisco EMF applications. To access the pop-up menu, right-click a selected object.

Figure 3-4: Viewer Icon

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details about the Cisco EMF MapViewer application.

Groups

The Cisco EMF Object Group Manager application allows you to organize network elements into object groups. An object group is a collection of objects which are related in some way. They might all be the same type of equipment or all belong to the same customer.

You can build object groups manually or by building a query. Some Cisco EMF subsystems might also build object groups which are visible and usable by the Cisco EMF user.

Launching the Group Manager Application

Click the Groups icon (Figure 3-5) to launch the Cisco EMF Object Group Manager application or select Groups from a pop-up menu if you are using other Cisco EMF applications. To access the pop-up menu, right-click a selected object.

Figure 3-5: Groups Icon

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details on the Cisco EMF Object Group Manager application.

Access

Cisco EMF User Access Control allows system administrators to control the features of their system that various levels of personnel can access. This is important for secure network management.

L aunching the Access Manager Application

Click the Access icon (Figure 3-6) to launch the Cisco EMF User Access Control application or select Access from a pop-up menu if you are using other Cisco EMF applications. To access the pop-up menu, right-click a selected object.

Figure 3-6: Access Icon

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details on the Cisco EMF User Access Control application.

Event Browser

In Cisco EMF, when a condition (fault) occurs on a managed object in the network which results in an SNMP trap, the system is notified immediately. Notification is shown as an event which you can view using the Cisco EMF Event Browser (when configured to do so).

The most important aspect of Network Service Management is to identify faults and other events on the network and to take action to resolve them quickly and efficiently. For example, there might be a power supply fault in a chassis which would require an engineer to rectify the fault. This fault is critical to the running of the network and needs prompt attention.

Launching the E vent Browser Application

You can launch the Event Browser application in any one of the following ways:

Click the Events icon (Figure 3-7) in the Cisco EMF Launchpad window.

Figure 3-7: Events Icon

From the pop-up menu that displays when you right-click one or more objects in the Map Viewer (the Event Browser displays only the events associated with the selected object).
From other Cisco EMF applications, select the Event Browser option from the pop-up menu that displays when you right-click a selected object.

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details on the Event Browser application.

Discovery

The Cisco EMF Auto-discovery application allows you to:

Examine the network for IP and SNMP devices
Create a managed object for each new device discovered

You can open Auto-discovery from the Cisco EMF Launchpad window or from a pop-up menu that displays on a selected object.

L aunching the D iscovery Application

Click the Discovery icon (Figure 3-8) to launch the Cisco EMF Auto-discovery application or select Discovery from a pop-up menu if you are using other Cisco EMF applications. To access the pop-up menu, right-click a selected object.

Figure 3-8: Discovery Icon

Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details on the Cisco EMF Auto-discovery application.

Quitting a Cisco EMF User Session

To quit a Cisco EMF user session, follow these steps:

Step 1 From the File menu, choose Quit
or
press Ctrl-Q
or
click the Close icon

in the Toolbar

Step 2 A window prompts you, "Do you wish to quit the Cisco EMF Manager System?" Click Yes to quit the session. All active applications are closed and the session terminates.

I nstalling the Cisco 6400 SCM Software Application

Note Before you install the Cisco 6400 SCM application, you must install and start a licensed version of the full Cisco EMF application.

Refer to the Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide for installation instructions.

C hecking the Cisco 6400 UAC Hardware Setup

Before you can use the Cisco 6400 SCM to manage the Cisco 6400 UAC you must perform basic configuration changes, using Cisco IOS commands, which might need to be run on your Cisco 6400 UAC.

Refer to the appropriate section in the Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide for further information.

Starting the Cisco 6400 SCM Application

You must start a Cisco EMF user session before you can launch the Cisco 6400 SCM application.

MapViewer is the primary entry point into the Cisco 6400 system. MapViewer provides you with complete flexibility in viewing, building, and monitoring your network using graphical representations of network elements.

Click the Viewer icon (Figure 3-3) to launch the MapViewer application or select Map Viewer from a pop-up menu if you are using other Cisco EMF applications. To access the pop-up menu right-click a selected object.

When you launch the MapViewer application for the first time, a window (similar to the one shown in Figure 3-9) appears.

Figure 3-9: Map Viewer Window—First Launch

Use the Cisco EMF Viewer application to:

Deploy regions and sites from the Physical view.
Set appropriate map backgrounds using the Map editing facilities (that is, use GIF or BMP graphics of the maps you want to show).

Note Refer to the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide for further details.

Figure 3-10 shows a sample MapViewer window after regions and sites are deployed and the appropriate map background is set. You can easily monitor the status of all network elements or abstractions of elements contained within the network and you can launch any of the additional applications shown on the Cisco EMF Launchpad.

Figure 3-10: Map Viewer Window

The Map Viewer window is divided into two panels:

Left panel—Shows the objects in a hierarchy browser format.
Right panel—Objects selected in the browser's map appear here.

You can view several maps at one time in different windows.

To resize the Hierarchy panel and Map panel, position the cursor over the boundary, left-click using the mouse, then drag the boundary. You can view all information in the left and right panels using the scroll bars.

You can select one or more objects and right-click. This displays the list of services available on an object in a pop-up menu. The services available depends on the class of the object and is enabled or disabled according to the access of the user.

Getting Started with Cisco 6400 UAC Management

The deployment process should be carried out after starting the Cisco 6400 SCM for the first time or after installing new hardware or network elements. Deployment informs the Cisco 6400 SCM that supported network elements are present.

Qu ick Start Deployment

You can deploy the Cisco 6400 SCM objects manually or automatically by launching a wizard-style deployment tool that enables you to automatically deploy a network modeled in Cisco EMF. The deployment wizard also enables you to (optionally) deploy objects in Cisco EMF in advance of actual deployment of a Cisco 6400 UAC in the field.

Deployment is one of the first stages of the provisioning process. Deployment is the first stage of equipment provisioning. It is also referred to as pre-provisioning—meaning that part of the network hardware setup before the service is actually provisioned. After objects are deployed, the initial state of all objects is normal.

The 6400 SCM provides a Quick Start deployment option that guides you through the most commonly used deployment process, resulting in a fully discovered 6400 chassis (Figure 3-11). Full details of the various alternative Cisco 6400 SCM deployment options are described in "Cisco 6400 Deployment Process."

Note Quick Start Deployment creates a chassis, discovers a chassis objects and then commissions the chassis and its objects.

Figure 3-11: Deployment Process

Note Quick Start deployment assumes that the IOS CLI Telnet and IOS CLI Enable Passwords are (respectively) identical on both the NSP and each NRP. This is common in operational environments. When the NSP and NRP passwords are different, you can reset the NRP password at the end of this process. See "Cisco 6400 Deployment Process," for a full description of Cisco 6400 SCM deployment options.

To launch Quick Start deployment, follow these steps:

Step 1 Deploy a Site object from the Physical view. See the "Deploying a Generic Object" section for further details of how to deploy a Site object.

Step 2 Right-click on a relevant site object that you created from the Physical view.

Step 3 Hold down the right mouse button and choose Deployment > Cisco 6400 UAC > Deploy Cisco 6400 UAC (Quick Start) option. The Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters window (1 of 3) appears (Figure 3-12).

Figure 3-12: Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters Window (1 of 3)

Step 4 Enter a Shelf name. A Shelf is an object that acts as a container for chassis objects. Each Shelf object must have a unique name for deployment to be successful.

Step 5 Click Forward. The Deployment Wizard - Object Parameters window (2 of 3) appears (Figure 3-13).

Figure 3-13: Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters Window (2 of 3)

Step 6 Enter values for Chassis name, IP Address (for the primary NSP), SNMP Read Community, and SNMP Write Community, and then select an SNMP version.

Step 7 Click Forward. The Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters window (3 of 3) appears (Figure 3-14).

Figure 3-14: Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters Window (3 of 3)

Step 8 Enter values for NSP name, Username, Login Password, Exec. Password, SNMPv3 User Name, SNMPv3 Security Level, and SNMPv3 Auth Key.

Where:

NSP name—Identifies the Node Switch Processor card.

Username—Valid name of the user associated with the NRP2 card.

Login Password—User's password. This password must match the Line tty password configured in the Cisco IOS on the NSP card.

Exec. Password—Encrypted password. This is the enable password and must match the enable password configured in the Cisco IOS for the NSP card.
SNMPv3 User Name—The user who is conducting the SNMP operation.
SNMPv3 Security Level—A level of security at which SNMP messages can be sent. The three security levels that can be used are:
- noAuthNoPriv—SNMP messages are sent without authentication and without privacy.
- authNoPriv—SNMP messages are sent with authentication but without privacy.
- authPriv—SNMP messages are sent with authentication and with privacy.

SNMPv3 Auth. Key—The user's encrypted password key used in message authentication.

Note IOS Password and IOS Enable Password must be the same as the CLI passwords entered on the Cisco 6400 NSP Management window (Configuration tab). See the "Configuration Tab" section for further details.

Step 9 Click Forward. The Deployment Summary details appear in the Deployment Summary window (Figure 3-15).

Figure 3-15: Deployment Wizard—Summary Window

Step 10 Click Finish (when the Deployment Summary information is correct) to complete the deployment (creating the relevant objects in the Cisco EMF) and close the Deployment Summary window.

Note To view a chassis map of the chassis and card objects that you created using the quick start deployment option, double-click the Shelf object that you just created in the c6400Manager. See "Viewing the Cisco 6400 SCM Chassis Map" section for further details.

Note After deployment, you might want to start global performance logging for one or more selected chassis. See the "Starting Global Performance Logging" section for further details.

Note Unlike Auto-discovery, if you use Quick Start Deployment, the NRPs appear in a commissioned state and it is not necessary for you to re-enter the CLI password. If you use Auto-discovery, then you must commission the NRPs and re-enter the CLI password after the chassis is discovered.

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