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Determine Your Hardware Requirements

Determine Your Hardware Requirements
The hardware required and the way Cisco MNM is installed depend on the size of the network you are
managing and the amount of data you collect. Use this section to determine your hardware requirements
and software configurations.
Cisco Element Management Framework (Cisco EMF) and Cisco MNM consist of server and client
software. You can manager all small, medium, and most large networks from a single server, using the
Sun T5220 server which combines the client and server software. The multicore, multithread
architecture of the Sun T5220 servers works well with the Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
technology. It gives each VNC server a processor thread, and keeps the X-terminal traffic off the
network. The combination of the Sun T5220 server and VNC for Cisco MNM provides excellent
response time, even when your access is over WAN network connections.
Here is a breakdown of the client and server roles:
Server Software
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Client Software
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The Cisco EMF and Cisco MNM software run on a separate machine, or on machines other than the
Cisco MGC host. In a small network, server and client software might reside on a single machine (a
standalone configuration). In larger networks, the software is installed on two or more machines in the
following distributed configuration:
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In either configuration, users typically access Cisco MNM from X terminal workstations that run the
Client software through a Telnet session. In the distributed configuration, the X terminal workstations
connect directly to the Presentation server to run the client software.
See the standalone and distributed configurations illustrated in
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Network management, including management of databases that contain network information, store
alarms, and performance data
GUI applications, with user interaction, when Cisco MNM is installed on a standalone server
GUI applications, with which users interact.
One machine, known as the management server, contains the server software (including the
ObjectStore database management software in the Cisco EMF) and client software.
One machine, known as the presentation server, contains the client software only. In some large
networks, more than one Presentation server might be required.
Chapter 1 Installation Overview and Planning
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