CiscoWorks LMS 3.

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Presentation Outline

What is Network Management?

What is CiscoWorks LMS?
CiscoWorks LMS Applications
What is Network Management?
 What is Network
Management?
Overview
N e tw o rk M a n a g e m e n t
E vo lu tio n o f N e tw o rkin g
N e tw o rk M a n a g e m e n t G o a ls
FC A P S
What is Network Management?
Evolution of Networking
N e tw o rk tra ffic
and
n e tw o rk
te ch n o lo g y
G ro w th

N e tw o rk
re so u rce s
( support staff, $
$)
Tim
e
N e tw o rks a re in cre a sin g in sca le a n d co m p lexity.
Yo u m u st n o t o n ly m a n a g e th e e le m e n ts o f th e n e tw o rk
in fra stru ctu re , b u t a lso th e se rvice s a cro ss th e e le m e n t.
S u p p o rt sta ff a n d b u d g e t d o n o t a lw a ys ke e p p a ce w ith te ch n o lo g y.
 What is Network
Management?
Network Management Goals
• The Goals:
– Ensure that users of a
network receive
information
technology services
with the quality of
service they expect.
– Ensure the strategic
and tactical
planning of the
engineering,
operations, and
maintenance
of a network and its
services.
– Help network
engineers manage
the complexity of a
data network and
 What is Network
Management?
FCAPS
ISO defines five functional areas
of network management:

Fault management
Configuration management
Accounting management
Performance management
Security management

Some management issues may span several areas.

 What is
CiscoWorks LMS 3.1?
 What is CiscoWorks LMS
3.1?
Overview
C isco W o rks LM S 3 . 1
B u n d le o f A p p lica tio n s
Fu n ctio n a l A rch ite ctu re
What is CiscoWorks LMS
3.1?
Bundle of Applications
CiscoWorks Portal
CiscoWorks Assistant

Internetwork

Device Fault
Performance
Essentials

CiscoView
Resource
Manager

Monitor

Manager
Manager
Campus

Common Services
 What is CiscoWorks LMS
3.1?
Functional Architecture
AAA Server
(Access Control Server)
Cisco.com User Authentication and RADIUS
Authorization TACACS+

CiscoWorks
CiscoWorks Client Servers
(Web Browser)
MIBs
HTTP SNMP, Telnet, SSH,
HTTPS TFTP, RCP, SCP,
and HTTPS

Multi-Server Trust Network Devices

Changes/
The CiscoWorks LMS 3.1 Architecture: (SNMP Updates Agents and MIBs)
A client/server/agent architecture
Access to information using a web browser
Central storage of information
Automatic collection of updates and changes
Simplifies the deployment of changes to network devices
 CiscoWorks
CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
Overview
C isco W o rks LM S 3 . 1
LM S Po rta l
C o m m o n S e rvice s
C isco W o rks A ssista n t
C am pus M anager
R e so u rce M a n a g e r E sse n tia ls
In te rn e tw o rk Pe rfo rm a n ce M o n ito r
D e vice Fa u lt M a n a g e r
C isco V ie w
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
ApplicationsPo rta ls
LMS Portal

Po rtle ts
V ie w s

W e b -b a se d in te rfa ce in to th e C isco W o rks LM S 3 . 1

a p p lica tio n s
La u n ch a p p lica tio n s to m a n a g e a n d m o n ito r C isco n e tw o rk
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
Common Services
Provides a common set of
Network Devices

management services shared by

the CiscoWorks applications.

(CiscoWorks Common Services) DCR

Applications
Runtime Includes web page, process management,
Services user security, and the help engine.

System Includes database engine and

utilities, event distribution
Services services, job management, and
device discovery.

Web Browser
User Interface
CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
CiscoWorks Assistant
W o rkflo w s
D e p lo ym e n t Tro u b le sh o o tin g

S e rve r S e tu p E n d H o st/ IP P h o n e D o w n

D e vice Tro u b le sh o o tin g

A u to m a te ta sks w ith
w o rkflo w s.

O ve rco m e n e tw o rk
m a n a g e m e n t a n d LM S
d e p lo ym e n t
ch a lle n g e s.
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
Campus Manager

V isu a liza tio n

( Topology Services )

C o n fig u ra tio n
– View physical
and logical
connectivity R e p o rts
of network.
– Configure and
view VLANs,
VTP, and
ATM U se r Tra ckin g
domains.
– Report on
devices,
best
practices,
and
discrepanci
es.
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
Resource Manager Essentials
Detailed Device
Inventory Information
Management
Report on changes Audit
to the Trail
configuration
settings. Configuration Files
Configurati
Change on
Report on changes Audit Management
to the inventory, Service
configuration
files, and software s
images.
Software Software Images
Management

Syslog Messages
Syslog
Analysis
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
– UseInternetwork
synthetic tests to Performance Monitor
measure protocol
response times
and monitor
device availability.
• ICMP echo
test
• TCP connect
test
• DNS
resolution
test
• DHCP test
• HTTP
response
test
• Voice, video
jitter test
• And more
– Isolate delays by
viewing latency
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
Device
– Proactively monitor Fault Manager
Cisco devices for
faults:
• Environme
ntal A le rts a n d
(temper A ctivitie s
ature,
voltage,
power
supply)
• Connectivi
ty
• Processor,
memory Fa u lt
utilizatio H isto ry
n, etc.
• Interface
utilizatio
n,
errors,
down
 CiscoWorks LMS 3.1
Applications
CiscoView

– Graphically
monitors and
configures a
Cisco network
device.
– Configure and
monitor mini-
RMON on M in i-R M O N
C h a ssis
Ethernet ports.
V ie w M anager