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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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Chapter 2 Getting Started With IPM
Starting IPM Client
The default directory for installing IPM is /opt. If you installed IPM in a different directory, you must
specify that directory instead of /opt.
If you installed the IPM client and IPM server on different Solaris systems, you must enter the ipm start
command from the /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin directory:
# cd /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin
# ./ipm start client
To start the IPM client and connect to an IPM server other than the default server, enter:
# cd /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin
# ./ipm start client
server_name
where server_name is the Solaris or Windows system on which the IPM server is running.
To protect the device credentials, IPM does not allow you to disable the administrative password. IPM
will prompt you to enter the password at the time of launching the standalone client.
When the IPM client starts, it displays the IPM Main Window (Figure 2-2). The name of the system on
which the IPM server is running, appears in the title bar of the IPM Main Window.
Figure 2-2 IPM Main Window
You can also access the IPM Main Window from the CiscoWorks homepage. For more details, see
Starting IPM Client From the CiscoWorks Homepage, page 2-2. Alternatively, you can click View >
CiscoWorks Home Page to access the CiscoWorks homepage.
When you start IPM for the first time, the IPM Main Window contains no collectors. As you configure
collectors, they appear in this window. Each collector is a combination of a configured source, a target,
and an operation. For each collector, you can specify parameters for gathering statistics and scheduling.