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C H A P T E R Planning a Community Candidate and Member Characteristics Community Device Limit Automatic Discovery of Candidates and Members Community Names OL-6194-07 2-10 C O N T E N T S Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant…
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GUI. It presents Cisco Network Assistant, known as Network Assistant, as a solution. Purpose The purpose of this guide is to give users information to start using Network Assistant. It consists of these chapters: Introduction—What Network Assistant is and what it does.
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The devices and port LEDs in the view look like the physical devices and the port LEDs. A community is a device group that can contain up to 40 connected network devices. Network Assistant uses the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) automatic discovery capability to find eligible network devices and to add them to a community.
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What I Network Assistant?If a community member fails, Network Assistant can continue to manage the other members. If a • cluster command device fails, Network Assistant cannot manage the other members of the cluster unless a cluster standby device has been configured. Communities have fewer restrictions than clusters about where members are located and how they •…
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Network Assistant Features Network Assistant simplifies the management of communities or clusters by offering a GUI, alternative modes for configuring network devices, two levels of access, and comprehensive online help. shows the main features of the GUI. Figure 2-1 Toolbar…
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Page 10: Front Panel View
Front Panel View When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, you can display the Front Panel view of your device by clicking the Front Panel on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > View > Front Panel on the feature bar.
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Check boxes to show devices Topology View When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, the Topology view appears by default. If you change this default, you can see the Topology view by clicking Topology view on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor >…
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Page 12: Menu Bar, Toolbar, And Feature Bar
The menu bar has these options: Application—choose printing options, select interaction modes, set user preferences, search for and • install Network Assistant updates, show or hide the feature bar, create and modify communities, and request system message notifications. Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant…
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Print a Network Assistant window or help topic. Preferences Set Network Assistant display properties, choose the views to open when Network Assistant is connected, and choose how often Network Assistant searches for an update. Save Save the configuration of the devices to your PC.
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In autohide mode, the feature bar appears only when you move the cursor to the left edge of the Network Assistant workspace. To see the feature bar in standard mode, click Application > Feature Bar, and select Standard •…
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The features are grouped under menus. When you click a menu item, the configuration window for the feature opens. Access modes affect the availability of features; some are not available in read only mode. For more information about how access modes affect Network Assistant, see the “Privilege Levels” section on page 2-9. -
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Network Assistant Modes You can use Network Assistant in these modes: Expert Mode—Configures a feature in a single window. Network Assistant is in expert mode by • default. To run a feature in expert mode choose Expert in the Application menu. To access the online help in expert mode, click Help in the window.
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Level 15 provides read write access. • Levels 1 to 14 provide read only access. Any options in the Network Assistant windows, feature bar, • toolbar, and popup windows that change the device, community, or cluster configuration are enabled for read only access.
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Page 18: Online Help
Online Help Online Help Network Assistant provides comprehensive online help that explains configuration and monitoring tasks. Sometimes the information in a help topic differs for different devices. In these cases, the right pane of the Help window contains all the versions of the topic, each labeled with the hostnames of the devices it applies to.
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Installing Cisco Network Assistant This chapter describes how to install Cisco Network Assistant and how to connect it to a device or an existing community. For information about the requirements needed to install Network Assistant, see the Release Notes at:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5931/prod_release_notes_list.html…
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When you click Connect, you are either connected to the community directly, or you are prompted for a username and password and then connected. When you connect to a cluster, Network Assistant asks if you want to convert the cluster to a community. For more information on converting a cluster to a…
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Network Assistant manages. Event Notification Network Assistant informs you of events that it detects by putting an event icon on the status bar and under devices in the Topology view. Clicking an event icon opens a window that describes the event and, whenever possible, connects you to the windows where you can take the needed actions.
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• Creating a Community, page 4-3 • For information about using Network Assistant to configure communities, see the online help. Planning a Community This section describes the guidelines, requirements, and caveats that you should understand before you create a community.
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Community Names When you create a community, Network Assistant requires that you assign a name to it. The name can contain up to 64 alphanumeric characters and is not case sensitive. When you select a name in the Connect window and a cluster and a community share that name, Network Note Assistant connects to the community.
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Communication Protocols Network Assistant uses HTTPS and HTTP to communicate with community members. It first tries to use HTTPS when using CDP to discover neighboring devices and when devices are added manually. If HTTPS fails, it tries again with HTTP.
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The wizard prompts you to enter an IP address and from the pulldown lists to select an interface name and subnet mask for each device that does not have them. Network Assistant does not delete the cluster upon creating the community.
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Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management This appendix describes how to configure a Catalyst 4500 series switch for Network Assistant. It also lists the Network Assistant feature defaults for the switch. For complete information on configuring Network Assistant on the Catalyst 4500 series switch, see the Note “Configuring the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch with Cisco Network Assistant”…
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2. Port number on the Network Assistant and the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match. 3. You can only change this value for a cluster of devices. Port number on the Network Assistant and on the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match. Value can be changed to any non-default number above 1024.
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Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management R E V I E W D R A F T — C I S C O C O N F I D E N T I A L Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community If you have enabled clustering, disable clustering before configuring a community.
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31, Cisco Network Assistant IN-1 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 INDEX A accessing communities 4-2 automatic discovery adding members 4-3 considerations connectivity 4-2 non-CDP-capable devices 4-4 in communities 4-2 See also CDP C candidates automatic discovery in communities 4-3 Catalyst 4500 switches cluster configuration A-3 community configuration A-3 default settings A-1 minimum configuration A-2 CDP automatic discovery in comm…
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9, CHAPTER 2-1 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 2 Network Assistant Features Network Assistant simplifies the management of communities or clusters by offering a GUI, alternative modes for configuring network devices, two levels of access, and comprehensive online help. Figure 2-1 shows the main features of the GUI. Figure 2-1 Network Assistant GUI These sections describe the Network Assistant features: • Front Panel View, page 2-2 • Topology View…
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11, Cisco Network Assistant 2-3 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features Topology View Figure 2-2 Front Panel View and Port Popup Window Topology View When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, the Topology view appears by default. If you change this default, you can see the Topology view by clicking Topology view on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > V…
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30, A-4 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management Step 6 Switch(config-if)# end Return to privileged EXEC mode. Step 7 Switch# show running-config Verify the configuration. Command Purpose
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12, 2-4 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar Figure 2-3 Topology View and Device Popup Windows Note When you are managing a community, the Topology view displays all the devices in that community. To display a different community, you must connect to that community. When you are managing a cluster, the Topology view displays only the cluster and the network neighborho…
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18, Cisco Network Assistant 2-10 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features Online Help Online Help Network Assistant provides comprehensive online help that explains configuration and monitoring tasks. Sometimes the information in a help topic differs for different devices. In these cases, the right pane of the Help window contains all the versions of the topic, each labeled with the hostnames of the devices it applies to. Online help…
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29, REVIEW DRAFT—CISCO CONFIDENTIAL A-3 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community Note If you have enabled clustering, disable clustering before configuring a community. If you plan to use a community, define an IP address on each switch: Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Cluster If you plan to use clustering…
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32, Index IN-2 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 D device limits in a community 4-2 discovery, communities See automatic discovery F features Front Panel view 2-2 menu bar 2-4 online help 2-10 privilege levels 2-9 Topology view 2-3 wizards 2-9 H hostnames in communities 4-2 I installing Network Assistant procedure 3-1 IP addresses community candidates 4-1 M manually adding members to communities 4-4 members adding 4-3 adding to…
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5, v Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Preface Audience This guide is for system administrators, network managers, and other users who want to manage standalone network devices and device groups through a GUI. It presents Cisco Network Assistant, known as Network Assistant, as a solution. Purpose The purpose of this guide is to give users information to start using Network Assistant. It consists of these chapt…
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15, 2-7 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar Figure 2-4 shows the feature bar. Figure 2-4 Feature Bar The features are grouped under menus. When you click a menu item, the configuration window for the feature opens. Access modes affect the availability of features; some are not available in read only mode. For more information about how access …
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19, CHAPTER 3-1 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 3 Installing Cisco Network Assistant This chapter describes how to install Cisco Network Assistant and how to connect it to a device or an existing community. For information about the requirements needed to install Network Assistant, see the Release Notes at :http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5931/prod_release_notes_list.html Installing Network Assistant To install Network Assistant on your PC, follow these steps:…
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21, 3-3 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 3 Installing Cisco Network Assistant Connecting to Network Assistant When the connection occurs, the Network Assistant window is in connect mode. The toolbar adds icons that represent device features. Similarly, the feature bar fills with menus that list the device features that Network Assistant manages. Event Notification Network Assistant informs you of events that it d…
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25, 4-3 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07 Chapter 4 Planning and Creating Communities Creating a Community Passwords When connecting to a community, Network Assistant prompts you for each unique password that has already been assigned for members of the community. Network Assistant attempts to use these passwords to connect to other devices. You are prompted for a password onl…
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Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
Preface
Audience
This guide is for system administrators, network managers, and other users who want to manage standalone network devices and device groups through a GUI. It presents Cisco Network Assistant, known as Network Assistant, as a solution.
Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to give users information to start using Network Assistant. It consists of these chapters:
•Introduction—What Network Assistant is and what it does.
•Network Assistant Features—How to use Network Assistant to manage devices and networks.
•Installing Network Assistant—How to install Network Assistant on your workstation, start it, and connect it to a network device.
•Planning and Creating Communities—The concepts and procedures for planning and creating communities by using Network Assistant. The concept of clusters is supported for backward compatibility.
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C H A P T E R 1
What Is Network Assistant?
Network Assistant is an application that you can use to manage standalone devices and device groups—communities and clusters—from anywhere in your intranet. You can perform multiple configuration tasks without using command-line interface (CLI) commands. You can also apply actions to multiple devices and ports at the same time for VLAN and quality of service (QoS) settings, inventory and statistics reports, link and device monitoring, software upgrades, and many other networking features.
Network Assistant graphical user interface (GUI) provides these views:
•Topology view—shows devices that are in a community, a cluster, or that are eligible to join the community or cluster, link information between devices, and other connected clusters.
•Front-panel view—allows you to monitor the real-time status of the devices and perform many configuration tasks. The devices and port LEDs in the view look like the physical devices and the port LEDs.
A community is a device group that can contain up to 40 connected network devices. Network Assistant uses the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) automatic discovery capability to find eligible network devices and to add them to a community. When a network device is added to a community, it becomes a member device. Network Assistant manages, configures, and monitors each member on an individual basis. Each member must have an IP address assigned to it.
Most Cisco network devices that have IP addresses, such as routers, switches, and access points, can belong to a community. For a specific list of network devices, see the release notes. For information on community limitations, see the “Community Device Limit” section on page 4-2.
You can create a community to manage Cisco cluster-capable devices as well as noncluster-capable devices in the same logical group, regardless of their physical locations and the software installed on the devices.With Network Assistant you can create, modify, delete, and manage multiple communities.
A cluster is a device group that can contain up to 16 connected network devices, but they have to be cluster-capable Catalyst devices. The devices belong exclusively to one cluster; they do not participate in other clusters. You assign an IP address to a device that will become the command device. The IP address of the command device is the single point of access that Network Assistant uses to configure, manage, and monitor the command device and the member devices.
A community offers these benefits that a cluster does not:
•Communities can manage routers, access points, and switches. Clusters can only manage switches.
•The device limit for communities is 40, but the device limit for clusters is 16.
•Network Assistant can communicate securely with every member in a community. In a cluster, Network Assistant communicates with member devices through the command device, but the communication is secure only between Network Assistant and the command device. It is not secure from the command device to member devices.
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•If a community member fails, Network Assistant can continue to manage the other members. If a cluster command device fails, Network Assistant cannot manage the other members of the cluster unless a cluster standby device has been configured.
•Communities have fewer restrictions than clusters about where members are located and how they are connected to each other. For more information on cluster member restrictions, see the online help.
•If candidate devices do not have CDP enabled, you can still create a community and manually add the devices. Clusters cannot be created unless CDP is enabled on all the candidate devices.
Network Assistant features include front panel and topology views of device groups. See Chapter 2, “Network Assistant Features,” for more information.
For information on setting up communities, see Chapter 4, “Planning and Creating Communities.”
For information on setting up device clusters, see Chapter 4, “Planning and Creating Clusters” of the Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant document, version 1.0.
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Network Assistant Features
Network Assistant simplifies the management of communities or clusters by offering a GUI, alternative modes for configuring network devices, two levels of access, and comprehensive online help. Figure 2-1 shows the main features of the GUI.
Figure 2-1 Network Assistant GUI
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These sections describe the Network Assistant features:
•Front Panel View, page 2-2
•Topology View, page 2-3
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•Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar, page 2-4
•Network Assistant Modes, page 2-8
•Wizards, page 2-9
•Smartports, page 2-9
•Privilege Levels, page 2-9
•Updates for Network Assistant, page 2-9
•Online Help, page 2-10
Front Panel View
When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, you can display the Front Panel view of your device by clicking the Front Panel on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > View > Front Panel on the feature bar. If the device belongs to a community, you see all of the devices that were selected the last time that the front panel view appeared for that community. If the device is a cluster, you see the cluster members that were selected the last time that the view was displayed.
By using the Front Panel view, you can
•Drag and re-arrange the devices that appear.
•Select and configure the devices.
•Right-click a port and configure it.
•Select multiple ports, on the same device or on different devices, and configure the ports at the same time.
Figure 2-2 shows a community with these members: Catalyst 4948, 3750, 3560, 3550, 2960, 2955, and 2950 switches and a Catalyst Express 500 switch.
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