CiscoWorks
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CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution is a web-based suite of tools developed in Java by Cisco Systems, Inc. with the purpose of helping users manage a Cisco-based computer network.
Older versions used client-side Java heavily; the latest version uses more HTML and improves data sharing among tools.
CiscoWorks suite consists of various components such as:
- CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials
- CiscoWorks CiscoView
- CiscoWorks Common Services
- CiscoWorks Campus Manager
- CiscoWorks Device Fault Manager (DFM)
- CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor
- CiscoWorks IP Telephony Manager
- CiscoWorks Health and Utilization Monitor
The components are sold in bundled versions. Example bundles are:
- LAN Management Solution (LMS)
- Small Network Management Solution (SNMS)
- IP Telephony Environment Monitor (ITEM)
Contents |
[edit] LMS Applications
Following is the list of LMS Applications and core functionality for each:
[edit] Common Services (CS)
- Provides a foundation for CiscoWorks applications to share a common model for data storage, login, user role definitions, access privileges, security protocol and navigation
- Creates a standard user experience for all management functions
- Provides Multi-server environment with new security mechanisms for secure communications and data sharing
- Helps to discover devices from network using CDP, ARP, OSPF and many other protocols
- Provides a mechanism to logically group devices together and share between CiscoWorks applications for task execution
- Provides a list of debugging tools to enable you to test the device connectivity and troubleshoot non-responsive devices
[edit] LMS Portal
- Gives quick access to important statistics and details
- Allows to launch the installed LMS applications
- Provides top-level navigation for frequently-used functions
- Allows to open all applications and watch for the events in the network
- Allows to customize the look and feel and the content
[edit] CiscoWorks Assistant
- Troubleshoots and simplifies LMS deployment
- Helps to determine the possible causes of a device-down problem or a link-down problem
- Displays device troubleshooting info from each application in a single report
- Helps to determine the cause of an End Host or IP phone accessibility problem
- Solving real business problems and tackling management challenges
[edit] Campus Manager (CM)
- Manages layer 2 and layer 3 devices present on a network
- Performs some of the layer2 configurations like vlan, trunking, IVR, etherchannel, STP, etc
- Visualizes the physical topology of the network devices
- Monitors the connectivity between these managed devices
- Finds the information about the connected endhosts and IP phones on a network
[edit] Internet Performance Monitor (IPM)
- Performance Monitoring of the Network effectively
- Provides VOIP quality scores for VOIP Network
- Assesses the reacheability of a device
- Calculates the latency – roundtrip time between 2 devices
[edit] Device Fault Manager (DFM)
- Quickly and easily detects, isolates, notifies, and corrects faults encountered in the network
- Performs CiscoWorks DFM specific configurations and administration tasks
- Forwards alerts and events as e-mails and syslog messages
- Views events and alerts for the past 31 days
[edit] Resource Manager Essentials (RME)
- Reduces errors and staff hours spent on network administration
- Automates tedious and difficult update tasks
- Offers powerful troubleshooting tools with fault and error detection
- Tracks all inventory, configuration, and software changes to devices
[edit] Health Utilization Monitor (HUM)
- Monitors the utilization and availability of a device
- Monitors device performance parameters
- Provides factory MIB templates for user convenience
- Allows Flexible polling frequencies
- Provides historical trending reports
- Alerts and notifies threshold violations
