CiscoWorks for Windows is a web-based suite of applications that provides dynamic status, statistics, and comprehensive configuration information about Cisco devices. It is targeted for small/medium business, departmental users, and network managers.
CiscoWorks for Windows is a web-based comprehensive network management solution for small to medium business networks. It provides a powerful set of monitoring and configuration tools for administering Cisco-based switch, router, hub, and access server networks.
Within CiscoWorks for Windows, you get the following applications:
CiscoView version 5.3—For a single Cisco device, provides graphical back- and front-panel views; dynamic, color-coded graphical displays to simplify device-status monitoring; device-specific component diagnostics, and device configuration. CiscoView can be launched from the CiscoWorks for Windows desktop, or from the WhatsUp Gold application.
WhatsUp Gold version 6—NMS software from Ipswitch, Inc. Whereas CiscoView provides you with the ability to monitor one Cisco device at a time, WhatsUp Gold provides the means to monitor devices through a topology map; allowing network discovery, mapping, monitoring, and alarm tracking.
Threshold Manager—Enables you to set thresholds on Cisco RMON-enabled devices, reducing management overhead and improving troubleshooting capabilities. Threshold Manager can be launched from the CiscoWorks for Windows desktop, or from the WhatsUp Gold application.
Show Commands—Displays detailed router system and protocol information without requiring you to remember complex Cisco IOS command-line languages or syntax. Show Commands can be launched from the CiscoWorks for Windows desktop, or from the WhatsUp Gold application.
What's New
CiscoWorks for Windows Version 6 provides the following new features:
Web interface for all applications
Improved, unified security with single logon
Desktop launch point for all applications
Autodiscovery of devices using SNMP
Hierarchical maps available on both console and client
Improved user interface for Show Commands and Threshold Manager
Desktop launch point for the Package Support Updater
Operating System Support
CiscoWorks for Windows runs on the following operating system (OS) platforms:
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 98 (second edition)
Windows NT 4.0 (workstation and server with Service Pack 5, and higher)
CiscoWorks for Windows supports the following browsers:
Netscape Navigator 4.61, 4.7 and 4.76
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.01, and 5.5 with Service Pack 1
Note For CiscoWorks for Windows to work properly; Java, Javascript and Cookies must be enabled in the browser.
Device Support
Table 1-1 provides brief descriptions about the applications provided with CiscoWorks for Windows, and lists the devices they support.
Note Additional devices can be added any time after the initial product release or
installation. When new device packages become available, they are placed on
Cisco.com. Check this site to ensure that you have the latest device package
release.
Table 1-1: CiscoWorks for Windows Applications
Application
Description
Device Support
CiscoView
A graphical SNMP-based device management tool that allows you to:
View a graphical representation of the front and back panels, including component (interface, card, power supply) status
Configure parameters for devices, cards, and interfaces
Monitor real-time statistics for interfaces, resource utilization, and device performance
Telnet, access Cisco.com and TAC mailer, and set values for SNMP and community strings
CiscoView enables you to view, manage, and monitor one Cisco device at a time.
MicroHub 1516 and 1538, FastHub 300 and 400, MicroSwitch 1548, LightStream 1010, Metro 1500, StackMaker, Switch Addlets, ubr7200, ubr900, VPN3000
Threshold Manager
Enables you to set thresholds on Cisco RMON-enabled devices and retrieve event information, thereby reducing management overhead and improving troubleshooting capabilities.
All devices with appropriate RMON enabled.
Show Commands
Enables you to display detailed system and protocol information for devices without having to remember or enter complicated command-line syntax.
All devices with appropriate Cisco IOS features and the following switches with CLI support:
A graphical SNMP-based network management tool that enables you to manage and monitor devices through a topology map. WhatsUp Gold provides information about your network status, and alerts you when monitored resources become unavailable.
A variety of devices such as routers, switches, hosts, servers, hubs, workstations, bridges, LAN concentrators and printers from any vendor.
Use the Package Support Updater to integrate new Cisco device information asynchronously with the CiscoView engine, uninstall device packages, install new device packages, or upgrade existing installed packages.
The Package Support Updater allows you to display a list of currently installed device packages and their versions, view a log of all device package changes, uninstall one or more packages, and automate device package installations and upgrades (refer to the "Maintaining Device Packages" section in Chapter 3).
To launch CiscoWorks for Windows from the server, you click Start > Programs > CiscoWorks for Windows 6.0 > CiscoWorks for Windows 6.0 Desktop.
CiscoWorks for Windows login window appears in your default browser.
Launching from a Remote Client
To start CiscoWorks for Windows from a remote client:
In Netscape Communicator, type the name of the server in the Location field, and press Enter.
In Internet Explorer, type the name of the server in the Address field, and press Enter or click Go.
For example, if CiscoWorks windows is installed on the computer emch-pc, you must type the following in the Location (Netscape Communicator), or Address (Internet Explorer) field:
When the standard HTTP port (port 80) is used by other applications, CiscoWorks for Windows installs the web server on port 1741. In such cases, you must type the name of the server and port number separated by a colon (:).
For example, you must type the following to invoke CiscoWorks for Windows on the server emch-pc, if CiscoWorks for Windows web server is installed on
The CiscoWorks for Windows login window appears in the browser window.
Logging In
When the CiscoWorks for Windows login window appears, type your user name and password, then click Login.
When the system is initially installed, user admin has a default password. To prevent all users from accessing privileged applications, user admin should change the password for admin immediately after installation. The pre-defined guest login has no password. If you require a password for the guest login, add a password for the guest user.
The special admin login provides provides you with superuser privileges—allowing you to perform any administrative task.
Note Ask your system administrator for detailed username and password
information.
