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Concepts

The Cisco 10000 series router offers a single solution for leased–line, ATM, frame relay , and broadband aggregation while providing customers with high–performance IP services, maximum platform scalability, and high availability.

The Cisco 10000 Series Manager application supports the Ci sco 10005 Edge Services Router (ESR) and the Cisco 10008 ESR.

The following figure shows a typical Cisco 10000 deployment.

Figure 1-1 Typical Cisco 10000 Deployment

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The Concepts chapter describes EM concepts and covers the following information:

• EM Documentation Set

• Cisco EMF Software Features

• EM Software Features

• EM Objects and Interfaces

• Views

• Object States

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EM Documentation Set

This guide is one part of the Cisco 10000 Series Manager EM documentation set. The following figure displays all of the guides in the EM documentation set and details the contents of each.

Figure 1-2 EM Documentation Set

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Cisco Element Management

Framework Installation and

Administration Guide (Release 3.2)

Cisco Element Management

Framework User Guide

(Version 3.2)

Cisco 10000 Series

Manager Installation Guide

(Release 1.0)

Cisco 10000 Series

Manager User Guide

(Release 1.0)

Describes how to install the Cisco Element Management Framework application and provides additional setup and licensing information.

Describes how to use the Cisco Element Management Framework applicatio

Describes how to install the Cisco 10000 Series Manager application and provides additional setup information.

Describes how to use the Cisco 10000 Series Manager application.

The guides identified in the preceding figure are av a i lable from Cisco Systems. For further information on obtaining Cisco documentation, see the “Obtaining Documentation” section on page -xv.

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Cisco EMF Software Features

Cisco EMF provides a flexible framework which supports a variety of EMs, making it possible to manage multiple device types within a gi ven netw ork on a single system. Common network management functionality provides for complete management of the logical and physical components o f the network. Using a solid base, Cisco EMF provides vital core functionality which allows for optimal network management when combined with EMs. Features include the following:

• Map Viewer—Displays the contents of the managed device(s) and serv es as the primary entry po int

for the EM, allowing for enhanced object monitoring status for all network elements within the managed network

• Deployment templates—Provides object deployment prompts, increasing ease and consistency

• Auto Discovery—Allows for the automatic discovery of devices entering the network based on IP

and/or SNMP data

• Event Browser—Notifies the system of events (e.g., alarms) which occur on the managed network

and, in turn, notifies the network manager according to adjustable settings

• Object Group Manager—Enables you to organize managed object s which r elat e to one another int o

groups

Cisco EMF Software Features

• Performance Manager—Presents performance statistics for monitored objects in a variety of formats

according to the criteria selected

• User Access Control—Administration tool allowing system administrators to manage application

privileges per user and user passwords

• Query Editor—Provides custom filtering capabilities which include or exclude certain information

from writing to the database and enables object group management

• Notification Profiles—Warns the user of system events according to defined environmental

occurrences through an audible or visual indicators (e.g., beep, display pop–up window), scripts (which, for example, sends an e–mail message), or event generation

• Thresholding Regimes—Defines a set of polling attributes and the polling period for monitoring,

which, when met, run the applicable notification profiles

• Event Groups—Organizes events by managed object(s) according to query settings

• Database Management—Maxim izes the Res ource Manage r Essentials (RM E) tool to manage

database backup and restorat ion

For further information on Cisco EMF and the tools it provides, see the following items:

• The “Cisco EMF Launchpad” section on page 2-6

• The Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide Release 3.2

• Cisco EMF help windows available through the Help button or menu on the Cisco EMF Launchpad

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EM Software Features

Installed with Cisco EMF, the EM allows for precise management of the device(s) it supports through custom GUI windows and modeling beha vior . In vok ed from the Cisco EMF Map V ie wer application, the EM provides Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) windows on chassis, module, interface, and connection levels as applicable. These windows provide the features which compliment the Cisco EMF capabilities to provide for complete, efficient network management.

Specifically, the Cisco 10000 Series Manager supports the Cisco 10005 ESR and Cisco 10008 ESR chassis, as well as various modules which can accommodate ethernet, ATM, POS, SONET, and E3/DS3 interfaces. Element management capabilities for these items are provided in windows and wizards, eliminating the need for operators to have detailed Cisco IOS software and SNMP–based kn o wledge for individual interface or system parameter commands.

The following features highlight the capabilities of the EM:

• Framework—Based on Cisco EMF 3.2, which includes FCAPS management tools

• IOS Ve rsions —See the correspo nding release note document for specific versions supported

• Deployment and Discovery—Allows for manual or automatic deployment and discovery

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Deployment—Supports manual deployment for generi c objects, and pre–deployment of chassis objects using templates which provide faster deployment with fewer errors

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Auto Discovery—Discovers chassis and all submodules automatically with in a given IP range, providing real–time information regarding the contents of the network

• Synchronization—Synchronizes t he physical inventory model with managed N Es, providing

accurate, real–time information on what is deployed in the network

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• Fault management—Provides status information, as well as fault detection, troubleshooting, and

repair tools

• Configuration—Provides base configuration for managed objects within th e device, as well as:

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Discovery—Allows for discovery of individual chassis and modules, or complete subchassis discovery

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Preprovisioning—Enables conf iguration of predeployed modules not yet present in the chassis on the device via IOS commands and within the EM through window–based features

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Restoration—Configuration backup functionality is available, enabling configuration restoration as required

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Redundancy—Dual CPUs allow for fail–over backups and provide forced fail–ov er capabilities when needed

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Profiles—Allows you to apply established configuration parameters to a b ulk number of objects

• Accounting—Provides real–time inventory information

• Performance—Supplies real–time performance–related statistics as well as capabilities to log

historical performance data for analysis

• Security—Provides capabilities to manage system security at the EM or device level

• Alarm Notification—Provides support of multiple traps, producing alarm notification per the

criteria established

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EM Objects and Interfaces

The EM manages both physical and logical objects as follows:

• Physical—Represents tangible components and devices such as the chassis (hardware frame),

module interfaces and port adapters, and interfaces

• Logical—Represents intangible, more abstract features, such as ATM connections objects and

profiles

Fault, Configuratio n, A ccounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) windows are accessible on both physical and logical EM objects, in the form of FCAPS menu options that appear when you right–click on any object in the EM. FCAPS functionality provides a complete management interface to features of the router.

The EM uses Telecom Graphics Objects (TGO) in the Map Viewer application. TGO is a TeleManagement Forum (TMF) sponsored initiative to provide standard graphical representations for network topology maps.

A TGO displays additional informa tion ico ns on top of the existing ob ject icon s displaye d in Map Viewer. The additional icons indicate a variety of information (for example, information on the state of the object or event status information). The following figure provides an example of a TGO.

EM Objects and Interfaces

Figure 1-3 Sample Telecom Graphical Object

An object is a representation of a network element. For example, the object could be a node, a shelf, a shelf item, or a link. Each object shown in the right window provides pictorial cues which provide information about its associated network element. The information can be structural information; for example, a network element name or state and event information such as “out of service.”

Each object can display the following information about its associated network element:

• Object name—Name that the user gives to the object

• Object class—Class indicates a different kind of element

• Object state—(ANSI T1-232):

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Event unacknowledged count

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Event unacknowledged state

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Event outstanding state

The following figure shows an example of a chassis map displaying a few of the TGO icons that could appear.

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EM Objects and Interfaces

Figure 1-4 Sample Chassis Showing Telecom Graphical Objects

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Note For additional information regarding the type of TGO objects that can appear in the EM, see the Cisco

Element Management Framework User Guide.

This section covers the following areas:

• Physical Objects

• Cisco 10000 Router Chassis

• Supporting Modules

• Modules

• Physical Interfaces and Logical Interface Technologies

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