The Cisco Media Gateway Manager (Cisco MGM) can deploy, configure, and manage a group of Release 1.2 Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateways in one or more Points of Presence (POP). Cisco MGM conforms to the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) model, operating as an Element Management System (EMS) at the element management layer. Cisco MGM supports four of the five major OSI system management functional areas fault, configuration, performance, and security.

System Requirements

Cisco MGM has the following platform and software requirements.

Platform Requirements

The platform resources you need depend on the number of Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateways and their configurations. Table 1 demonstrates the standard configuration for Cisco MGM Server and Client.

Table 1: Minimum Platform Requirements

Resource	Cisco MGM Server	Cisco MGM Client
Hardware	Sun Ultra 60 Workstation	Sun Ultra 5 workstation
Operating system	Solaris 2.6 with CDE 1.3 or SunOS 5.6	Solaris 2.6 with CDE 1.3 or SunOS 5.6
Memory	1 GB RAM	256MB RAM
Disk space	Four hard disks, 9GB or larger¹	One hard disk, 9GB or larger
Processor	Two x 360Mhz	333Mhz
Swap space	2GB	2GB
Monitor	17" color	17" color
Graphics card	24bit	24bit
CD ROM	Local or remote	Local or remote

¹Do not substitute a smaller number of larger drives.

Software Requirements

You need the following software for Cisco MGM 1.0:

Cisco EMF version 3.1
Netscape 4.5 for Solaris (for Cisco WebViewer)
Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway, software version 1.2
Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway version 1.0 (optional)

Feature Information

Cisco MGM supports four of the five major OSI system management functional areas fault, configuration, performance, and security. Cisco MGM also conforms to the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) model, operating as an Element Management System (EMS) at the element management layer. As such, Cisco MGM manages a subnetwork of homogenous network elements.

Cisco MGM includes a graphical user interface that displays network information and supports device management. This interface extends the capabilities of the Cisco Element Management Framework (Cisco EMF) to include managing Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateways. Cisco MGM includes links to two management tools, the Cisco WebViewer and the Cisco MGX 8260 command line interface, from which you configure individual nodes. Network management layer applications can communicate with Cisco MGM through an optional CORBA/IDL interface provided by the Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway (Cisco VCG). This gateway is a separate product that extends the capabilities of the Cisco MGM product.

Limitations and Restrictions

Per Cisco EMF 3.1 requirement, Cisco MGM 1.0 only supports Solaris 2.6.
Per Cisco EMF 3.1 requirement, Cisco MGM 1.0 GUI will not support Open Window environment.

Installation Notes

A basic installation requires a minimum of 2 GB of free disk space in a file system (for example /opt) for Cisco EMF and Cisco MGM.
Cisco EMF has to be installed and up and running before Cisco MGM can be installed.

Important Notes

If cemf stop hangs while suspending the participant service, use /opt/cemf/bin/sysmgrClient -q to stop the Cisco EMF core processes. Before performing this operation, wait for at least one hour for the cemf stop command to complete.

: Because sysmgrClient -q may damage the database, run cemf stop then cemf reset afterwards to reset the database.

Do not use the Deployment menu to delete site objects. Doing so may cause the MapViewer window to stop working correctly. If this occurs, close the MapViewer window and restart a new one from the LaunchPad. Also try to delete one chassis at a time.
Before uninstalling Cisco MGM from a system that manages more than 10 MGX 8260 Media Gateways, delete all MGX 8260 Media Gateways from Cisco EMF GUI. Otherwise, Cisco MGM uninstall may fail.
Do not interrupt a cemf backup operation using Ctrl-C or the kill command. This may leave Cisco EMF in an inconsistent state from which you cannot recover.
The object indicator color represents the highest severity of alarm on the object, but not necessarily the status of the resource on the chassis. For status of the resource that the object represents, use the Object Configuration window to query for the desired information.
The MGCP object is always shown as active on Cisco MGM GUI, even if it is not activated on the MGX8260 chassis. To query for MGCP operational status, use the Object Configuration window.
When creating DS1 lines in bulk, do it one card at a time; Cisco MGM may take a while to create all the lines.
SNMP v1 community strings are always scrambled in Object Configuration window. To view the unscrambled community strings, display the UserAttributeTypeCMGMMGX8260 table for the desired chassis object.
Alarm propagation to the Cisco MGM GUI may not work correctly. A future Cisco EMF 3.1 patch repairs this problem.
The alarm indicator next to the object name on the lefthand side panner sometimes does not show the correct color of the highest outstanding alarm. If this occurs, close the MapViewer window and open a new one.
The Subchassis Syncup dialog may return prematurely while the syncup operation is still running. This happens when it is synchronizing with lines or section group/manager data.

Caveats

The following table describes the known problems in Cisco MGM 1.0:

Table 2: Bugs and Workarounds

Bug Id	Bug Description	Impact	Workaround
CSCds39117	After subchassis discovery, the MGCP object is shown as normal on the CEMF Map View (hierarchy tree and topology view). However, WebViewer shows MGCP core operational and admin status as down.	The normal MGCP icon does not necessary mean MGCP is activated on the chassis.	You can use Object Configuration to browse the operational and admin status on the MGCP
CSCds56948	Chassis sync-up does not bring out the alarms which were cleared at Event Browser which were still solid red at chassis.	Color on object indicators represent the highest severity outstanding alarm on the object, but not the status of the resource on the chassis. For status of the resource that the object represents, use the Object Configuration window to query the information.	You can still see the alarm history of the object by opening Event Browser against the object, and select Cleared alarms from the display criteria dialog
CSCds88679	When a large number of lines are created on MGX8260, the alarm indicators for some of the lines may indicate incorrect alarm information.	You may be misled about outstanding alarm on an object.	Shut down and restart MapViewer will refresh the alarm indicators

Obtaining Documentation

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World Wide Web

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Contacting TAC by Using the Cisco TAC Website

If you have a priority level 3 (P3) or priority level 4 (P4) problem, contact TAC by going to the TAC website:

http://www.cisco.com/tac

P3 and P4 level problems are defined as follows:

P3—Your network performance is degraded. Network functionality is noticeably impaired, but most business operations continue.
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Contacting TAC by Telephone

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P2—Your production network is severely degraded, affecting significant aspects of your business operations. No workaround is available.

Documentation	Description
Cisco Element Manager Framework User Guide DOC-7810791=	This book describes the element management framework on which the Cisco Media Gateway Manager is based.
Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide DOC-7811705=	This book describes the Cisco Media Gateway Manager features and operational procedures.
Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway for the MGX 8260 Media Gateway Developer Reference Guide DOC-7811706=	This book describes the CORBA/IDL interface for the Cisco Media Gateway Manager.
Cisco MGX 8260 Command Line Interface Guide DOC-7810987=	This book describes how to configure MGX 8260 Media Gateways from the command line interface.
Cisco WebViewer Guide DOC-7811012=	This book describes how to use the Cisco WebViewer tool.

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Release Notes for the Cisco Media Gateway Manager, Version 1.0