Cisco CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution 4.0 Data Sheet

 

 

Data Sheet 

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competitors. CiscoWorks simplifies deployment of these new technologies through a new concept known as Work 

Centers. Work Centers provide a single consolidated user experience for the deployment and complete lifecycle 

management of new Cisco technologies. 

Provides comprehensive device coverage: To manage a borderless network effectively, device coverage is 

essential, no matter where the device is located. CiscoWorks provides support for more than 560 different Cisco 

hardware platforms, from an 800 Series Router to a CRS-1 and everything in between. No other product in the 

industry provides the breadth and depth of suppo

rt for Cisco platforms. The CiscoWorks LMS “day-one” device 

support program helps to ensure that when a new platform ships from Cisco, manageability support in CiscoWorks is 

available at the same time. 

Complete lifecycle management: Maintaining and managing the many services associated with a borderless 

network require a good foundation for dealing with the core network infrastructure and day-to-day tasks associated 

with lifecycle management. CiscoWorks LMS provides the functionality required to perform the day-to-day tasks, 

including discovery, monitoring and troubleshooting, configuration and change management, auto-remediation, and 

inventory and compliance reporting. 

Table 2 lists the features, functions, and benefits of CiscoWorks LMS 4.0. 

CiscoWorks LMS 4.0 Features, Functions, and Benefits 

●  Getting started workflow 
●  User-guided wizards 
●  Unattended install 
●  Predefined default settings 
●  Automonitor, provides immediate “day-one” default 

polling 

●  Improves time to deploy and reduces errors typically 

associated with installation for quick error-free 
implementation 

●  Provides immediate value with little user intervention 

and setup 

●  Streamlined interface and user experience - 

megamenus 

●  New “search” to quickly find device or product 

features 

●  Functionality-oriented navigation and operations 
●  Navigation assistance for existing LMS users - 

legacy menu 

●  User-centered workflows 
●  Ease-of-deployment features 

●  Intuitive simple user experience with immediate 

access to key management data reduces the time 
required to learn the product and perform frequently 
used tasks 

●  Operational alignment and guided workflows provide 

immediate return on investment (ROI) 

●  Comprehensive help with video-on-demand reduces 

the need for training, saving money and time 
required to learn the product 

●  Flexible web-based portal framework 
●  Create user-defined views 
●  Lightweight HTML interface 

●  Helps enable end-user customization to meet 

operational and end-user management requirements 
and integration with other web-based management 
products 

●  Dashboards allow for real-time performance and 

event monitoring 

●  Consolidated alarm browser 

●  Proactive notification of issues to quickly fix problems 

before they impact services or users 

●  Troubleshooting assistant with guided workflows 
●  “Hover-over” allows quick access to additional 

troubleshooting tools, Telnet, Device Center, 
CiscoView. 

●  Simplifies troubleshooting, reducing the time required 

to fix network-related issues 

●  Fast and easy access to quickly launch other tools 

for problem isolation and remediation 

●  Cisco best practices configuration templates 
●  Dynamic guided workflows 
●  Extensible configuration library; new updates and 

configurations can be added from Cisco.com 

●  Provides complete configuration and change 

management, reducing error-prone tasks and quickly 
identifying changes to help ensure network 
availability 

●  Cisco validated design helps ensure integrity of 

configuration changes reducing the chance for error