Table Of Contents
Understanding the User Interface
Understanding the HUM Workflow
Getting Started
This chapter tells you how to get started with CiscoWorks Health and Utilization Monitor (HUM). CiscoWorks HUM is installed on top of CiscoWorks Common Services 3.2. The chapter contains the following topics:
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Understanding the User Interface
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Logging into CiscoWorks
You must log into CiscoWorks server to access HUM. If you are logging into CiscoWorks server for the first time, you can use the reserved username as admin and password as admin.
To prevent unauthenticated access to the CiscoWorks server, CiscoWorks applications, and data, CiscoWorks Common Services provides features to manage security. You can specify the user authentication mode using the AAA Mode Setup.
CiscoWorks Common Services supports two modes of user authentication and authorization:
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By default, CiscoWorks Common Services uses CiscoWorks server authentication (Non ACS), to authenticate users and authorizes them to access CiscoWorks Common Services applications.
CiscoWorks LMS Portal is the first page that appears when you log into CiscoWorks Server. LMS Portal user interface allows you to launch the LMS applications and provides top-level navigation for the frequently used functions in these applications. You can launch HUM from CiscoWorks LMS Portal.
CiscoWorks LMS Portal provides important statistics and details of the HUM application using portlets. Portlets are the basic user interface components that are managed and displayed in the HUM View. For more information, see the User Guide for CiscoWorks LMS Portal 1.1.
To launch Health and Utilization Monitor:
Step 1
http://server_name:port_number
Where server_name is the name of the CiscoWorks server and port_number is the TCP port used by the CiscoWorks server. In normal mode (HTTP), the default TCP port for CiscoWorks server is 1741. For example:
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For more information, see Installing and Getting Started with CiscoWorks LAN Management Solutions 3.1.
Step 2
The admin password should be the same as the one entered while installing CiscoWorks Common Services.
Step 3
You are now logged into CiscoWorks server.
CiscoWorks LMS Portal is the primary user interface and the launch point for all applications, including HUM. After you log into CiscoWorks, the CiscoWorks LMS Portal is displayed.
Logging sessions timeout after two hours of inactivity. If you try to perform any tasks after this, a message appears that your session has timed out and you are prompted to login again.
Step 4
Figure 2-1 Health and Utilization Monitor Portlet
The Health and Utilization Monitor application is launched in a separate browser window.
Understanding the User Interface
This section provides an overview of the HUM user interface. The HUM user interface is categorized as modules based on the tabs available in the HUM application page. Table 2-1 describes the tabs available in the HUM application page.
Table 2-1 HUM Application Page Description
Poller
The Poller page has two main functions:
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For more information on the Poller module, see Poller Configuration.
Threshold
The Threshold page contains Threshold Setup that allows you to create, configure and manage thresholds.
For more information on the Threshold module, see Threshold Configuration.
Reports
The Reports page has two main functions:
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For more information on the Reports module, see Reports.
Admin
The Admin page allows you to perform maintenance and administrative tasks using the System Preferences option.
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For more information on the Admin module, see Administration.
Understanding the HUM Workflow
The CiscoWorks HUM workflow is simple, flexible and allows you to navigate among application modules. Figure 2-2 demonstrates the HUM workflow.
Figure 2-2 HUM Workflow
The main workflow tasks are:
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HUM Deployment Scenario
Figure 2-3 demonstrates a scenario how CiscoWorks HUM is deployed in an enterprise network to monitor the devices for utilization and availability levels. The scenario also describes how the collected data is presented as reports.
Figure 2-3 Deployment Scenario
CiscoWorks HUM polls for the template MIB variables in a device through SNMP polling and collects the data. The data collected is stored in the database and generated as reports.
These reports help the network administrators to analyze the utilization and availability levels of the device in an enterprise network. Reports provide historical trending information of a device. Reports can be e-mailed, saved, or printed.
Launching Online Help
To launch the Online help, go to the HUM application page and click Help. The Help button is at the top-right corner of the HUM application page. The HUM Online help is launched in a separate browser window.
The complete User Guide can be viewed in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) from within the online help. To view the PDF, you need Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or a later version.
Table 2-2 describes the tabs in the Health and Utilization Monitor Online help:
Logging Out From CiscoWorks
To exit from CiscoWorks, go to LMS Portal and click the Logout link displayed at the top-right corner of LMS Portal application page.
The CiscoWorks login page appears.
