Cisco Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7 Installation Guide

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Revised: Jan 20, 2011
Part No.: OL-23759-01

Table of Contents

Purpose of the Quick Start Guide, page 2

Assumptions and Caveats, page 2

Supported Deployment Options, page 3

Planning and Pre-Installation Tasks

Prepare Your Gateway, Unit, and Client Hardware and Software, page 4

Ensure that the Required Disk Space is Available Prior to Installation, page 7

Ensure that Ports to be Used by Cisco ANA are Open, page 8

Configure Your Devices to Enable Effective Cisco ANA Management, page 10

Installation Tasks

Install the Gateway, page 11

Install the Client, page 14

Install the Unit, page 16

Install Cisco ANA Network Service Activation (NSA), page 19

Post-Installation Setup Tasks

Get a Valid Cisco ANA License, page 20

Set Up AVMs and VNEs, page 21

Set Up Users and Security, page 27

First Steps with Cisco ANA NetworkVision

Log Into Cisco ANA NetworkVision, page 29

Quick Overview of the Cisco ANA NetworkVision GUI, page 29

Create a Map for Network Visualization, page 31

Fault Management Basics, page 32