Cisco Cisco Prime Network 3.9 Installation Guide
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Purpose of the Quick Start Guide
The purpose of this Quick Start Guide is to get you up and running with Cisco Prime Network 3.9, to the point where you can
create a map to visualize your network and you can take advantage of Prime Network’s many capabilities to monitor and
manage your network elements and services. This guide will lead you through the planning, installation, and post-installation
tasks required to get to this point.
create a map to visualize your network and you can take advantage of Prime Network’s many capabilities to monitor and
manage your network elements and services. This guide will lead you through the planning, installation, and post-installation
tasks required to get to this point.
Note
This Quick Start Guide does not replace other available Cisco Prime Network documentation, as it contains the
minimum subset of information required to get started. For detailed information on any of the subjects mentioned in
this guide, please see the Cisco Prime Network 3.9 guides listed in
minimum subset of information required to get started. For detailed information on any of the subjects mentioned in
this guide, please see the Cisco Prime Network 3.9 guides listed in
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The Quick Start Guide covers planning and installation of the Prime Network 3.9 gateway, unit, and clients after which you
will have access to the functionality available in Prime Network Vision, Events, and Administration (depending on user security
level), as well as Change and Configuration Management and Cisco Prime Network Activation (Network Activation)
framework.
will have access to the functionality available in Prime Network Vision, Events, and Administration (depending on user security
level), as well as Change and Configuration Management and Cisco Prime Network Activation (Network Activation)
framework.
Assumptions and Caveats
This section describes the assumptions upon which the information in this Quick Start Guide is based. If your Prime Network
deployment differs from what is described in these assumptions, please contact your Cisco account representative for assistance
with planning and installation of Prime Network.
deployment differs from what is described in these assumptions, please contact your Cisco account representative for assistance
with planning and installation of Prime Network.
Note
The Quick Start Guide is not intended for high scale environments, either at the network element level or the
cross-network size. Details about hardware requirements for high scale setups, including database and memory sizing
calculations, can be found in the Capacity Planning Guide which can be obtained from your Cisco account
representative.
cross-network size. Details about hardware requirements for high scale setups, including database and memory sizing
calculations, can be found in the Capacity Planning Guide which can be obtained from your Cisco account
representative.
The guide assumes the following:
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This is a new Prime Network installation, not an upgrade from a previous version.
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Prime Network will be used to manage up to 100 network elements, i.e., a small-medium deployment of Prime Network.
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for examples.
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The network can be managed by a maximum of one Prime Network gateway and one unit, either co-located on one server
or on separate servers.
or on separate servers.
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The Prime Network embedded database (Oracle 11g 11.2.0.1.0) will be used, not an external database.
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Prime Network will be run in a production environment with a low rate of database operations:
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0-5 actionable events per second. Actionable events are events that can be parsed by Prime Network and can therefore
participate in correlation.
participate in correlation.
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Up to 50 incoming events per second
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Up to 500 workflows per day
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Up to 300 change and configuration management operations persisted in the database.
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The default history size will be retained, i.e., 14 days for events, 7 days for workflows. If a longer history period is
required, please consult your Cisco account representative.
required, please consult your Cisco account representative.
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Telnet and SNMP will be used for device modeling and discovery when adding VNEs to the system, not SSH.
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The reader has experience in the Unix environment.
The Quick Start Guide does not cover the following:
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Integration
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Customization
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Package download
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Advanced configuration (e.g., polling)