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- Page 1 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant Version 5.4 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 Text Part Number: OL-6194-07...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
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... - Page 4 Manually Adding Members Converting a Cluster to a Community Verifying a Community Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management A P P E N D I X Network Assistant-Related Features and Their Defaults Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant...
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Page 5: Preface
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. - Page 6 Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07...
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Page 7: Chapter 1 What Is Network Assistant
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. -
Page 8: Chapter 1 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 •... -
Page 9: Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features
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... -
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. -
Page 11: Topology View
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 >... -
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... -
Page 13: Toolbar
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. -
Page 14: Feature Bar
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 •... - Page 15 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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Page 16: Network Assistant Modes
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. -
Page 17: Wizards
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. -
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. -
Page 19: Chapter 3 Installing Cisco Network Assistant
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... -
Page 20: Connecting To Network Assistant
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... -
Page 21: Event Notification
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. - Page 22 Chapter 3 Installing Cisco Network Assistant Connecting to Network Assistant Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant OL-6194-07...
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Page 23: Chapter 4 Planning And Creating Communities
• 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. -
Page 24: Community Device Limit
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. -
Page 25: Passwords
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. -
Page 26: Manually Adding Members
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. -
Page 27: Appendix
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”... -
Page 28: Configuring Your Switch For Network Assistant
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. -
Page 29: A P P E N D I X A Configuring A Catalyst 4500 Series Switch For Network Assistant Management
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. -
Page 30: Verify The Configuration
Command Step 6 Switch(config-if)# end Step 7 Switch# show running-config Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management Purpose Return to privileged EXEC mode. Verify the configuration. OL-6194-07... -
Page 31: I N D E X
4-2 to 4-3 adding automatic discovery of members defined discovering requirements See also community member 1-1 to 1-2 local PC adding automatic discovery 4-2 to 4-3 hostnames requirements hostnames identifying information passwords Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant 4-2 to 4-3 IN-1... - Page 32 Network Assistant procedure IP addresses community candidates manually adding members to communities members adding adding to a community menu bar Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant IN-2 Network Assistant connecting installing procedure introduced starting online help 2-10...