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Cisco Media Gateway Manager for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway User Guide

Release 1.0, Part Number 78-11705-01, December 2000

Chapter 1 Cisco MGM Orientation

Management Tasks by Interface

with Cisco MGX 8260 nodes using SNMPv1 and TFTP protocols; the Cisco WebViewer uses a standard

web browser, such as Netscape for Solaris, that communicates with the HTTP server in each Cisco

MGX 8260 Media Gateway. In addition, you can launch a telnet session to an individual chassis directly

from a Cisco MGM menu.

An optional extension, the Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway, provides a language-independent Application

Programming Interface (API) from which higher-level managers can configure and monitor the Cisco

MGX 8260 Media Gateways. This interface supports both Cisco and third-party management

applications.

Management Tasks by Interface

Depending on the management task, you use one of three interfaces:

• Cisco EMF user interface

• Cisco WebViewer user interface

• Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway programatic interface

The following table organizes management tasks by management interface:

Table 1-1 Management Tasks by Cisco MGM Interface

Management Task Cisco MGM GUI WebViewer/CLI Cisco VCG

1. The Cisco Voice CORBA Gateway is an optional addin for the Cisco MGM product.

Automatic discovery of network elements Yes ––

Configure system date and time Yes

2. This is a standard Cisco EMF feature.

Yes Yes

Configure Dsx1/Dsx3/SONET/Fast Ethernet – Yes Yes

Configure D1SapProfile, MacSapProfile, D channel – Yes Yes

Configure MGCP parameters – Yes Yes

Configure IPDC parameters – Yes –

Configure Backhaul Sets, Groups, and Sessions – Yes Yes

Subchassis discovery and synchronization Yes – Yes

Software image and config file download Yes Yes Yes

Upgrade image and configure redundancy – Yes –

View Dsx1/Dsx3/Sonet line statistics information – Yes Yes

View Dsx1/Dsx3/Sonet line performance history

information

– Yes Yes