Chapter 20 Configuring Network Management - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring Network Management
A permanent network management station (NMS) enables you to use Cisco's network managment
software, including CiscoView and Cisco WAN Manager. For many configuring and provisioning tasks,
you may find the graphical interface more convenient than the command line interface.
During the initial setup of the BPX node, you temporarily connected a terminal or Cisco WAN Manager
workstation to the CONTROL port, as required for initial power-up. However, this temporary
CONTROL port connection is not used in normal operation. This chapter explains how to connect a
permanent network management station to the LAN port
(Of course, you can always access the BPX switch through a local control port over an RS-232 or
Ethernet TCP/IP link. You use an administration screen from a control terminal or from the Cisco WAN
Manager Network Management Station (NMS) to issue BPX switch commands.)
To connect a permanent network management station, you must configure both the nodes and the Cisco
WAN Manager workstation.
This chapter covers these initial procedures for setting up a permanent network management
station:Configuring the BPX Switch LAN and IP Relay
LAN Connection for the Network Management Station
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Configuring the BPX Switch LAN and IP Relay
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• Configuring the LAN Port
• Controlling External Devices
For remote control terminal access, you can use a Virtual Terminal (vt) command provided that the node
has been configured with a name and at least one trunk to the network has been established.
When an IGX is configured as an Interface Shelf, it cannot be reached by the vt command. For this
reason, you must configure Frame Relay end-to-end connections from the Cisco WAN Manager via the
Connection Manager over an in-band LAN connection.
However, Telnet can be used to access an interface shelf (such as an IGX shelf, MGX 8220, or MGX
8800 shelf) if a Cisco WAN Manager workstation is not available to provide in-band management.
You can monitor, manage, and troubleshoot the BPX switch by using the Cisco WAN Manager Network
Management Station. You issue commands to a BPX switch through the Node Administration window.
You use Cisco WAN Manager's Connection Manager to provision and perform end-to-end
configuration management for Frame Relay connections in both tiered and non-tiered networks.You can
display and monitor the network's topology, monitor alarms, events, and statistics. Refer to the Cisco
WAN Manager Operations manual.
For an overview of BPX network management software, including WAN Manager, see Network
Management, in Chapter 1, The BPX Switch: Functional Overview.
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