Cisco Cisco Prime Network 3.10 Installation Guide
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Overview
The purpose of this Quick Start Guide is to get you up and running with Prime Network 3.10, 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.
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.
The Quick Start Guide does not cover the entire spectrum of installation options. It is intended for small-medium deployments
of Prime Network using an embedded database, with no high availability. Details of the assumptions upon which this guide is
based are provided in
of Prime Network using an embedded database, with no high availability. Details of the assumptions upon which this guide is
based are provided in
, and some examples are provided in
. Before proceeding with the installation, perform the pre-installation tasks provided in
.
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 3.10 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 3.10 guides listed in
.
Quick Start Guide Scope
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.
This guide assumes that:
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This is a new Prime Network installation, not an upgrade from a previous version.
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Prime Network is installed as a standalone application , not as a part of a Prime suite.
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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.
See
See
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 R2) will be used, not an external database.
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Prime Network will 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