User guide

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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
5
Network Management
Cisco MGM automatically discovers network elements and displays them on the Map Viewer screen.
From this map you can view operational status and navigate to screens that support node configuration
and software upgrades. This chapter includes the following network management topics:
• Cisco MGM Sites, page 5-1
• Site Discovery, page 5-1
• Inventory Discovery, page 5-2
• Downloading Software Images and Configuration Files, page 5-4
• Upgrading Card Software, page 5-5
Cisco MGM Sites
Cisco MGM organizes Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway nodes by site. An MGX 8260 site contains all
nodes with the same sysLocation attribute. The autodiscovery procedure queries the sysLocation value
of each MGX 8260 chassis it discovers, and either adds the chassis to an existing site or creates a new
one for it. If the sysLocation of a MGX 8260 chassis is an empty string, then it is added to default Cisco
MGM site. MGX 8260 sites are displayed in hierarchy display only, not in the topology map. A Cisco
MGM site remains in the system even if you delete all its nodes. Use Deployment>Delete Object to
remove an empty site.
For more information on configuring the sysLocation, see Configuring System Parameters, page 7-1.
Site Discovery
Automatic discovery occurs in two phases:
1. Automatic discovery of MGX 8260 nodes in a subnet
2. Subchassis synchronization of MGX 8260 subcomponents
You initiate Automatic Discovery from the Cisco EMF GUI by specifying the desired IP address range.
Cisco EMF then automatically discovers MGX 8260 nodes with IP addresses that fall within this range.
For more information, see the “Cisco MGM Community String Configuration” section on page 4-4.