Cisco CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution 4.0 Release Notes

LMS 4.0 combines the device grouping with a new attribute list. LMS 4.0 supports 200 device groups.

The other grouping services that are available in LMS are:

Fault Group - supports 50 groups 

IPSLA Collector Group - supports 100 groups 

Port and Module Group - supports 100 groups 

In LMS 4.0, Unified Device Manager (UDM) provides centralized device management using a 
centralized policy configuration. UDM identifies managed devices after verifying the configured policy 
and the license count.

The different device states in LMS 4.0 are:

Managed state

Suspended state

Unmanaged state

Managed Devices not matching the Policy state

Cisco EnergyWise is a comprehensive program for power management in your network. Cisco 
EnergyWise enables companies to measure, manage, and reduce the power consumption of network 
infrastructure and network-attached devices, and to increase cost savings.

Using EnergyWise in LMS 4.0 you can:

Assess the EnergyWise readiness of your network

Discover and enable EnergyWise on devices

Configure and implement energy management policies

Monitor power consumption using EnergyWise dashboard

Generate and view energy and cost savings graphs reports 

EnergyWise Reports quantify the energy used and saved by the network.

The types of EnergyWise reports are:

EnergyWise Device Power Usage Quick Report

EnergyWise Port Power Usage Report

EnergyWise Power Usage Report

EnergyWise Cost Saving Report

For more information on EnergyWise refer to Technology Work Centers in CiscoWorks LAN 
Management Solution 4.0.