Cisco Cisco Prime Network 3.10 Installation Guide

After installing and setting up Prime Network, you can start creating maps and monitoring your network elements in Prime 
Network Vision. This section contains the following subsections:

To log into Prime Network Vision:

Choose Start > Programs > Cisco Prime Network > Cisco Prime Network Vision.The Prime Network Vision Login 
dialog box is displayed. 

Enter your username and password. 

In the Host field, enter the IP address (as specified during gateway installation) or the hostname of the 
Cisco Prime Network gateway server.

Click OK. The Cisco Prime Network Vision window appears empty when it is opened for the first time.

Prime Network Vision is the main GUI application used to visualize the network through network and service maps, to view 
device physical and logical inventories and connectivity, and to manage device configuration and software images. 

Prime Network Vision enables you to:

View network inventory and multiple-layer connectivity.

Troubleshoot, monitor, and manage network elements (NEs).

Model and view network maps, maintaining up-to-date topological information on device connections, traffic, and routes.

 shows the Cisco Prime Network Vision window. The window includes a tree-and-branch representation of the network 

elements on the left, and a map view representation of the network elements, links, and logical entities such as VLAN, VPNs 
and other entities that comprise the network on the right. 

Map view icons are displayed in aggregated or expanded view. Any icon that has a + in the upper right corner is closed 
aggregation. Double-clicking it expands the aggregation. Right-clicking and selecting Show Thumbnail displays the aggregation 
contents within the parent map. Anything that has a green frame around it and a - (minus sign) in the upper right corner is an 
open aggregation. Almost all the items in the upper right corner of 

 are aggregations as indicated by the + symbol. 

Aggregations can contain other aggregations.

Enable XML

IOS-XR devices

Prime Network VNEs use XML mode to 
communicate with IOS XR devices. 
Enable XML command:

xml agent tty

Configure Virtual Device Contexts 
(VDCs)

Devices running Nexus operating system In the default VDC for the Nexus device, 

the vdc combined-hostname command 
must be configured.