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White Paper
Transitioning from Cisco Prime LMS to Cisco Prime
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
August 2013
The purpose of this document is to provide Cisco Prime
™
LAN Management Solution (LMS) customers guidance
and recommendations to help ensure a smooth transition to
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
. This document will help
CiscoWorks and Cisco Prime LMS customers understand the value and implications of Cisco Prime Infrastructure:
●
Why migrate to Cisco Prime Infrastructure
●
What to consider when deciding to upgrade from LMS
●
Information on LMS feature transition support, device support, and deployment options
Why Migrate to Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Scope
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a converged solution for comprehensive lifecycle management of wired and wireless
access, campus, and branch networks with rich visibility into end-user connectivity and application performance
assurance issues.
Through a simplified Lifecycle and Assurance licensing model built on a scalable software platform, Cisco Prime
Infrastructure provides rich wired and wireless network lifecycle management functionality, and reporting
capabilities, and deep application performance visibility and client troubleshooting tools, respectively, from a
unified, single pane-of-glass solution.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure is the upgrade path for existing Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS) and
Wireless Control System (WCS) customers. It has functional parity with Cisco Prime NCS, including its navigation
scheme and user experience. In addition, Cisco Prime Infrastructure supports core LMS-like functionality for wired
device management. While not a direct feature-to-feature parity upgrade for Cisco Prime LMS users, Cisco Prime
Infrastructure is the transition path for Cisco Prime LMS.
What Does This Mean for Cisco Prime LMS Customers?
Cisco Prime LMS 4.2 will continue to receive Day-1 device support, maintenance, and security updates; however,
no new features.
Cisco Prime LMS 4.x customers on active software maintenance contracts can upgrade to Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 1.x through the
Cisco Product Upgrade Tool
. This entitles customers to download Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 1.x and LMS 4.2 software with the appropriate licenses.
Cisco Prime LMS 4.x customers without software maintenance or CiscoWorks LMS 3.x or 2.x customers can
upgrade to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.x at a reduced cost. Information on Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.x
licensing, evaluation, upgrades, and ordering is detailed in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Ordering and Licensing
Guide
.