Cisco Cisco Prime Network 4.2 Installation Guide
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Installing Prime Network
This section provides step-by-step instructions for installing the Prime Network gateway, unit, and client software using the
installation wizard. For CLI installation instructions, see the
installation wizard. For CLI installation instructions, see the
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Install the Gateway and Unit (One-Server Setup)
The following procedure describes how to install a Prime Network gateway with an embedded database using the GUI
installation wizard.
installation wizard.
Note
If you have a one-server setup, you need to install the gateway only. There is no need to install the unit because the
gateway acts as both gateway and unit.
gateway acts as both gateway and unit.
For installation of the gateway with an embedded database, copy the database zip files from Disk 3 of the Prime Network
installation DVDs to a directory on the gateway server:
installation DVDs to a directory on the gateway server:
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linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip
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linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip.
Step 1
Launch the X client application (for example, Xming).
Step 2
As the root user, launch a terminal on the server where you want to install the Prime Network gateway.
Step 3
Insert Disk 1: New Install in the DVD drive. For details on the installation DVDs, see
Step 4
Mount the inserted DVD using the mount command, and move to the mount directory.
Step 5
In the mount directory, locate the install.bin file and run it:
./install.bin
This launches the installation wizard.
Step 6
Read the introduction and click Next.
Step 7
In the Installation Type window, select Express - Install Prime Network with Embedded Oracle Database and click
Next.
Next.
Step 8
Provide the required user and installation folder information.
Field
Enter:
Notes
Set OS User Window
New Operating System
user
user
A user name for the Prime
Network operating
system. This user name
will be used when
connecting to the gateway
using SSH and for other
administrative purposes.
Network operating
system. This user name
will be used when
connecting to the gateway
using SSH and for other
administrative purposes.
This user name is used as the basis for the
installation directory and the database
schema names. We recommend you use
pn420. In the documentation, we use pnuser
to represent the operating system user
variable.
installation directory and the database
schema names. We recommend you use
pn420. In the documentation, we use pnuser
to represent the operating system user
variable.
Password
A password for the Prime
Network operating system
user.
Network operating system
user.
—
PN User Window
Password
A password for the Prime
Network root user.
Network root user.
The root user name and password are used to
log into the Prime Network GUI applications.
log into the Prime Network GUI applications.