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Quick Start Guide

Cisco Craft Works Interface Quick Start Guide

Cisco IOS XR Software Release 3.4

1

Introduction

2

About CWI

3

Prerequisites

4

Configuring the Router and CWI Client

5

Installing, Launching, and Uninstalling CWI

6

Getting Started with the Operation of CWI

7

Reference Information

8

Obtaining Documentation

9

Documentation Feedback

10

Cisco Product Security Overview

11

Product Alerts and Field Notices

12

Obtaining Technical Assistance

13

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Summary of Contents for Craft Works Interface

Page 1: ...ring the Router and CWI Client 5 Installing Launching and Uninstalling CWI 6 Getting Started with the Operation of CWI 7 Reference Information 8 Obtaining Documentation 9 Documentation Feedback 10 Cisco Product Security Overview 11 Product Alerts and Field Notices 12 Obtaining Technical Assistance 13 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information ...

Page 2: ...administrative admin plane and device plane for Cisco IOS XR devices Depending on the tasks that you want to perform CWI offers a selection of CLI and graphic based tools from which you can choose to perform the tasks In addition to monitoring tools CWI provides the following three methods to configure devices Telnet SSH and Terminal Plus applications for direct access to the CLI of the device CLI...

Page 3: ...outer CWI Client System Requirements These sections list the CWI client hardware and software requirements The CWI client hardware requirements ensure that the CWI client has the proper verified system requirements for the chosen platform Table 1 Checklist for Router Prerequisites Item Task Additional Information Base image and manageability PIE Ensure that the base image and manageability pie are...

Page 4: ...nts page 6 Table 2 CWI Client Hardware Requirements System Requirement CPU and CPU Speed MHz RAM Drive Space MonitorDisplay Settings Windows based PC IBM PC compatible 500 MHz PentiumIII minimum 1 20 GHz Pentium IV recommended 256 MB minimum 512 MB recommended CWI 5MB JRE 48MB 1024 by 768 pixels UNIX Solaris 550 MHz minimum 1 2 GHz recommended 256 MB minimum 512 MB recommended CWI 5MB JRE 48MB 102...

Page 5: ...y pool command in global configuration mode as shown in the following example RP 0 RP0 CPU0 router configure RP 0 RP0 CPU0 router config vty pool default 0 max vty For more information see Cisco IOS XR System Management Command Reference Enabling the Telnet Server To enable the Telnet server on a device for CWI use the telnet server command in global configuration mode The following example shows ...

Page 6: ... To set up the minimum crypto configuration for SSL CORBA HTTP or both perform the following steps Step 1 Generate an RSA key pair Accept all prompted defaults If the key pair label is not specified the_default is used RP 0 RP0 CPU0 router crypto key generate rsa Step 2 Configure the certification authority CA trust point RP 0 RP0 CPU0 router config crypto ca trustpoint ca name RP 0 RP0 CPU0 route...

Page 7: ...ed in to a router if you choose the certificate option Always To install CWI perform the following steps Step 1 Launch your HTTP or HTTPS enabled web browser See the CWI Client System Requirements section on page 3 for information on web browsers If SSL is enabled the router SSL certificate must be accepted To choose the applicable option follow the online instructions Note If you click No to deny...

Page 8: ...entials for all the devices must be the same for example they must have the same username and password When you login the progress window displays the login activity for each device When the login has been completed for all the devices the main desktop appears The CWI Inventory Tree is populated with the chosen devices and from this tree you can launch various applications to manage them After lau...

Page 9: ...AA password Step 4 Optional Enter the enable password for IOS Note When you connect to an IOS device you must enter the enable password Step 5 Choose one of the following connection categories from the drop down menu IP Console Aux Scripted Note If you choose the IP based or Console Aux connection categories the scripted login fields are not displayed Step 6 Choose one of the following connection ...

Page 10: ... Inventory Tree See the CWI Desktop Window section on page 19 for information on the CWI Desktop window Note CWI is automatically locked when there is no activity in the CWI session for 15 minutes To unlock CWI you must provide the username and password used when logging in to the router See Cisco Craft Works Interface User Guide for CWI unlocking procedures If any of the minimum requirements of t...

Page 11: ...Launching CWI Without Using the Device Tree section on page 9 Step 4 Click the ellipsis button to display the Login Script Steps window see Figure 7 For more information on how to specify the login script steps see Specifying the User Login Script section on page 15 Note This step is mandatory only if you selected the Scripted connection category Step 5 Enter the IP address or name of the node in ...

Page 12: ...ion of the group in the Group Description field Step 4 Click OK to accept the device group information for the device tree Removing a Device or Device Group To remove a device or device group from the Login Information directory right click the device or device group and choose Delete Click Yes to confirm Logging In to Multiple Network Elements To log in to multiple network elements perform the fo...

Page 13: ...e User Login Script section on page 15 Note In addition you must enter the applicable information in the Device Description field to uniquely identify the connection For example if you are connecting to a device such as router_1 through the intermediate machine enter router_1 in the Description field Step 8 Enter the node name DNS name or IP address of the device that CWI is directly connecting to...

Page 14: ...multaneously If an error is encountered while logging in to multiple devices simultaneously from the Progress window see Figure 5 you can Click the Continue to Desktop button if at least one device passed Click the Back to Login button to go back to the CWI Login window Click the Details button that is located next to the failed device to display the entire log and display fallback and troubleshoo...

Page 15: ...ed in the corresponding Send Send Represents the information that is sent to the device following the proceeding Wait For You can enter a string to be sent to connect to the router for example telnet term server 2001 Or you can choose either Scripted Username or Scripted Password options from the drop down list If you choose either Scripted Username option or Scripted Password option CWI uses the ...

Page 16: ...lists the steps that you can enter for a SSH connection Depending on where you launched the Login Script Steps window click OK to go back to the CWI Login window or the Add Device window Closing CWI To close CWI perform the following steps Step 1 Choose File Exit Or click the Close button on the CWI Desktop title bar A Craft Works Interface dialog box appears Step 2 Click Yes to exit the applicati...

Page 17: ... you can log into one or more devices or device groups For more information see the Logging In to Multiple Network Elements page 12 Installing and Accessing Online Help The first time the CWI Desktop is opened the online help should be installed The online help provides a descriptive overview of the windows menu items toolbar buttons status icons and other interface features of CWI that can be lau...

Page 18: ...for command line interaction with the router Display a dynamic graphical representations of routers Print export and search data Sort and move columns Table 8 Supported Domains Node Application Inventory Device All 1 1 You cannot access the Rack Environment Monitor application from the device node Nonshared For example line cards PLIMs2 SPAs3 and so forth 2 PLIM physical layer interface module 3 S...

Page 19: ... tasks starting applications and arranging windows Toolbar Contains icons referred to as tools that provide direct access to context sensitive functions Clicking a tool selects a task Inventory Tree Displays all components of each router that CWI can access and is the primary interface to these components The Inventory Tree dynamically shows current alarms and events connectivity status and physic...

Page 20: ...g you to dynamically view alarm records with powerful filtering capabilities Alarm Viewer also provides a launch point to view correlated alarms Inventory Viewer Displays the attribute values of selected objects Interface Viewer Provides a view of interface attributes for selected cards Telnet SSH Terminal Plus Provides the capability to issue CLI commands and view session information within CWI T...

Page 21: ...ck Environment Monitor Displays the attributes at the rack level Card Environment Monitor Displays the attributes at the card level Sensor Environment Monitor Displays the attributes at the sensor level Health Monitor Displays the attributes for each card Performance System Monitor Displays the system wide performance statistics Performance Process Monitor Displays the attributes for each process ...

Page 22: ...e Installation Envelope VPN When setting the minimum router configuration you must use the client Virtual Private Network VPN IP address and Domain Name Server DNS name instead of the client IP address and DNS name when configuring the IP hostname for the CWI client This mapping is required for the client to receive notifications from the router If you have a VPN you can use the basic or SSL encry...

Page 23: ...cation driven features Troubleshooter application Rack Environment Monitor Card Environment Monitor Sensor Environment Monitor Health Monitor Performance System Monitor Performance Process Monitor Performance Interface Monitor Reduced Mode Reduced Mode functions as a default that operates independently of the presence of the manageability pie or state of XML agent The following CWI applications ar...

Page 24: ...router show process emweb If this step fails start the HTTP server See the Setting Up the Common Configuration for IP Connection Methods section on page 5 If you are unable to log in to the router from the CWI login screen run the Troubleshooter application at the prompt See Cisco Craft Works Interface User Guide for information on using the Troubleshooter application Table 15 Connection Methods a...

Page 25: ... can order a Product Documentation DVD product number DOC DOCDVD or DOC DOCDVD SUB from Cisco Marketplace at the Product Documentation Store at this URL http www cisco com go marketplace docstore Ordering Documentation You must be a registered Cisco com user to access Cisco Marketplace Registered users may order Cisco documentation at the Product Documentation Store at this URL http www cisco com ...

Page 26: ... PGP versions 2 x through 9 x Never use a revoked encryption key or an expired encryption key The correct public key to use in your correspondence with PSIRT is the one linked in the Contact Summary section of the Security Vulnerability Policy page at this URL http www cisco com en US products products_security_vulnerability_policy html The link on this page has the current PGP key ID in use If yo...

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