Cisco Cisco Media Gateway Control Node Manager 2.7 Release Notes
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Release Notes for the Cisco Media Gateway Controller Node Manager, Release 2.7(3)
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Introduction
Introduction
The Cisco Media Gateway Controller (MGC) Node Manager (MNM) is an element management system
(EMS) for the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node, a call control node based on the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch. The Cisco MNM provides basic management of the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node devices, including fault, configuration, performance, and user
security management.
(EMS) for the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node, a call control node based on the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch. The Cisco MNM provides basic management of the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch node devices, including fault, configuration, performance, and user
security management.
The Cisco MNM helps you manage the following components:
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Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch
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Cisco ITP-L
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Cisco LAN Switch (Cisco Catalyst 2900, 5500, and 6509 only)
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Cisco BAMS
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Cisco HSI
System Requirements
At a minimum, you need the following hardware and software to install and run Cisco MNM:
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Sun platform in the UltraSPARC families
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Minimum 4 GB of RAM
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8 GB of swap (or greater)
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Sun Solaris 8 or 10 operating system (Solaris 10 recommended)
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Latest patches recommended
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Open Windows with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
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Properly configured drives, 36 GB or larger. The database drives should be configured as raw
devices and connected to a separate controller for maximum performance.
devices and connected to a separate controller for maximum performance.
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The tmpfs file system must be mounted to /tmp for maximum performance.
The following are additional requirements if Cisco MNM coexists with CiscoView 6.1(6) on the
Solaris 10 operating system:
Solaris 10 operating system:
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Version must be the November 2006 release or higher, and the minimum recommended cluster patch
levels are those cluster patches released April 17, 2007.
levels are those cluster patches released April 17, 2007.
Note
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Cisco MNM Release 2.7(3) includes CiscoView for Solaris 10 only. CiscoView for Solaris 8 is not
provided with the Cisco MNM media kit. However, previous CiscoView versions shipped with
previous Cisco MNM media kits can be reused. New Cisco MNM users should be using Solaris 10
for best long-term satisfaction and full CiscoView support. New Cisco MNM users who use only
Solaris 8 operating system must obtain CiscoView for Solaris 8 separately, possibly by purchasing
the appropriate LMS 2.5.1 package.
provided with the Cisco MNM media kit. However, previous CiscoView versions shipped with
previous Cisco MNM media kits can be reused. New Cisco MNM users should be using Solaris 10
for best long-term satisfaction and full CiscoView support. New Cisco MNM users who use only
Solaris 8 operating system must obtain CiscoView for Solaris 8 separately, possibly by purchasing
the appropriate LMS 2.5.1 package.
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Cisco MNM is available on CD, and LMS 3.0 and CiscoView 6.1(6) are available on DVD.