Specifications

Chapter 9 IOS® Software and Network Management
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CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution
When to Sell
Key Features
• Aids in avoiding configuration mismatches via templates for Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) community, Terminal Access Controller Access Control
System (TACACS), enable, syslog, SNMP trap destinations, Cisco Discovery Protocol
(CDP) and Domain Name System (DNS) to prevent CLI command errors
• Provides a snapshot of the current state of a specific device with detailed graphical back
and front views
• Provides a single window to monitor and manage Cisco network devices and non-network
devices such as PCs, servers, and applications
• Monitors and reports on hardware, configuration, and inventory changes
• Provides reports that analyze prerequisites and impacts of proposed software updates
• Simplifies remote access to SNMS applications through a secure web browser while
providing tiered user access based upon role permission
CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution Components
CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution includes the following tools:
•
CiscoView—Provides graphical back and front panel views of Cisco devices; dynamic,
color-coded graphical displays to simplify device-status monitoring, device-specific
component diagnostics, device configuration, and application launching
• CiscoWorks Server—Provides the common management desktop services and security
across the CiscoWorks family of solutions. It also provides the foundation for integrating
with other Cisco and third-party applications
• Support for secure browser communications with CiscoView and RME sessions via
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell (SSH) protocol
• WhatsUp Gold from Ipswitch, Inc.—Provides network discovery, mapping, monitoring,
and alarm tracking
• Resource Manager Essentials—Resource Manager Essentials (RME) provides tools for
building and managing network inventory, deploying configuration and software image
changes, archiving configurations, and providing an audit trail of network changes
Important: RME has a device limit of 40 or fewer Cisco devices.
Specifications
Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features
CiscoWorks Small
Network Management
Solution
• Simple integrated installation, autodiscovery and automated import of devices using SNMP
• Standards-based multi vendor management
• Reduce the time and complexity of keeping the networks’ configuration, software version and connectivity
optimized
Feature CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution
Server
Hardware: PC-compatible computer with 1 GHz or faster Pentium processor; CD-ROM drive; 100Base-T or
faster connection; 512 MB RAM; 9 GB available disk drive space; 1 GB virtual memory
Software: Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server (Service Pack 3)
Client
Hardware: PC-compatible computer with 1 GHz or faster Pentium processor
Operating System: Windows 2000 Server or Professional Edition with Service Pack 3, or Windows XP SP1
with Microsoft VM
Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1, on Windows operating systems