Cisco Cisco Prime Network Control System Appliance Installation Guide

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license to the Software provided to Customer under the End User License Agreement between Customer and Cisco. Capitalized 
terms used in this SLA and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the End User License 
Agreement. To the extent that there is a conflict among any of these terms and conditions applicable to the Software, the terms 
and conditions in this SLA shall take precedence.

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If Customer does not agree to the terms of this SLA, Customer may not install, download or otherwise use the Software.

ADDITIONAL LICENSE RESTRICTIONS:

Installation and Use. The Software components are provided to Customer solely to install, update, supplement, or replace 
existing functionality of the applicable Network Management Software product. Customer may install and use the 
following Software components:

Cisco Prime Network Control System (WAN): May be installed on a server in Customer's network management 
environment.

For each Software license granted, customers may install and run the Software on a single server to manage the number of 
network devices and codecs specified in the license file provided with the Software, or as specified in the Software License 
Claim Certificate. Customers whose requirements exceed the network device and codec limits must purchase upgrade 
licenses or additional copies of the Software. The network device and codec limits are enforced by license registration.

Reproduction and Distribution. Customers may not reproduce nor distribute the Software.

DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

Please refer to the Cisco Systems, Inc. End User License Agreement. 

This guide explains how to install Cisco Prime  NCS (WAN) 1.1. 

This guide is targeted to administrators who configure, monitor, and maintain Prime NCS (WAN), and troubleshoot problems 
that may occur. These administrators must be familiar with VMWare OVA applications, virtualization concepts and virtualized 
environments.

For detailed information about configuring and managing this product, see Cisco Prime Network Control System (WAN) 1.1 
User Guide.

Prime NCS (WAN) provides lifecycle management of Cisco routers and switches, simplifying the configuration, administration, 
monitoring, and troubleshooting of these devices. Prime NCS (WAN) helps deploy and manage Cisco Borderless Network 
architectures and services with a focus on WAN and multi-service branch networks.

Prime NCS (WAN) is organized into a lifecycle workflow that includes the following high-level task areas:

Design—The design phase focuses on the overall design of feature or device patterns or templates. The design area is where 
you create reusable design patterns such as configuration templates. Prime NCS (WAN) provides predefined templates, but 
you can also create your own. These patterns and templates are intended for use in the deployment phase of the lifecycle.

Deploy—The deployment phase focuses on deploying previously defined designs or templates into your network. The deploy 
area is where you specify how to deploy features, making use of the templates created in the design phase. The deploy phase 
allows you to push configurations defined in your templates to one or many devices.

Operate—The Operate area is where you monitor your network on a daily basis, as well as perform other day-to-day or ad hoc 
operations relating to network device inventory and configuration management. The Operate tab contains dashboards, the 
Device Work Center, and the tools you need for day-to-day monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operations.

Administration—The Administration area is where you specify system configuration settings, manage access control, and 
specify data collection settings.