Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0 White Paper

 

 

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Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0 comes preinstalled on the PRIME-NCS-APL-K9 physical appliance. The Cisco 

Prime Infrastructure 2.0 software image does not support the installation of any other packages or applications on 

this dedicated platform. If for some reason the appliance comes without any software, the application may be 

installed from the DVD that comes with it. Once the server boots up, the procedure will be similar to the procedure 

described for a virtual appliance. More information on installing Cisco Prime Infrastructure on a physical appliance 

can be found at 

. 

In normal circumstances, you will not have to stop or start NCS services. The services will start automatically once 

installation is complete, and no manual startup of services is required. If there is a need to restart the services for 

some reason, the following commands may be executed by the admin user from the command-line interface (CLI): 

pi1.cisco.com/admin# ncs stop - Stops the Cisco Prime Infrastructure server 

pi1.cisco.com/admin# ncs status - Shows the Cisco Prime Infrastructure server status 

pi1.cisco.com/admin# ncs start - Starts the Cisco Prime Infrastructure server 

Once the Cisco Prime Infrastructure server has been installed and configured, it is now ready to be accessed from 

the web. The server URL would be 

 or 

. In Cisco Prime Infrastructure 

2.0, log in using the following credential for the very first time: 

Username: root 

Password: <the root password is the one that was entered during the install script> 

After the server has been configured, it is advisable to log in with a non-root user to keep the root user for system 

level configurations as and when needed. More updated information can be found at Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0 

Quick Start Guide at 

. 

In normal circumstances, you may not need to access the CLI, but if there is a need for access to some service 

requirements, the Cisco Prime Infrastructure server may be accessed through Secure Shell Protocol Version 2 

(SSH2) by the admin user. The admin user is provided with a Cisco IOS

®

 Software-like shell, which is the preferred 

shell for carrying out most operational tasks. The password for this admin user is configured during the initial 
installation and configuration, as mentioned in the “Installing the Cisco Prime Infrastructure OVA” section. Please 

note that the root password that is prompted in the install script is only for web access and not access to the CLI. 

The root user is not enabled by default, but you can enable the root user for the first time using the root_enable 

command at the admin console. Once the root user is enabled, log out of the admin shell and log in using the root 

user and the previously defined password for root.