Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.

2 User Guide
November 9, 2015

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CONTENTS
PART

Getting Started

CHAPTER

Introduction to Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Prime Infrastructure Organization

CHAPTER

Adding Licenses

1-1

2-1

Adding a License to Access Features

CHAPTER

1-1

2-1

Adding Devices to Prime Infrastructure

Methods for Adding Devices

3-1

3-1

Adding Devices Using Discovery 3-1

Understanding the Discovery Process
Running Discovery 3-2
Running Quick Discovery 3-5
Verifying Discovery 3-5

3-1

Importing Devices from Another Source 3-6

CSV File Requirements for Importing Devices

3-6

Adding Devices Manually 3-7

Enabling IPSec Communication When Adding Devices
Validating That Devices Were Added Successfully
Verifying Device Credentials 3-9
Editing Device Parameters 3-9
Synchronizing Devices 3-10
Adding NAM HTTP/HTTPS Credentials
Exporting Devices
Next Steps

CHAPTER

3-8

3-10

3-11

3-11

Grouping Devices

4-1

Grouping Devices by Device Type

CHAPTER

3-8

Setting Up Network Monitoring

4-1

5-1

Monitoring Port Groups and Interfaces 5-1

Setting Up WAN Interface Monitoring 5-2
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Getting Enhanced Client Information by Integrating with ISE

Adding an Identity Services Engine 5-3
Configuring ACS View Servers 5-3
Setting Up Assurance for Performance Monitoring
Enabling NAM Data Collection 5-4
Defining NAM Polling Parameters 5-4
Enabling NetFlow Data Collection 5-5

PART

Viewing Dashboards

6-1

Adding Dashboards

6-3

Configuring Dashboards

6-3

Adding Dashlets 6-3

Overriding a Dashlet Filter
Creating Generic Dashlets

CHAPTER

Troubleshooting Dashboards

6-7
6-7

7-1

Troubleshooting Missing Data

PART

7-1

Monitoring Your Network

CHAPTER

Creating Monitoring Policies and Thresholds

Default Monitoring Policies 8-1
Modifying Default Monitoring Policies
Creating New Monitoring Policies

Monitoring NetFlow Traffic

9

8-3

Device Work Center

9-1

9-1

9-2

Import Policy Updates 9-3

Restarting the Prime Infrastructure Server
Monitoring Jobs

8-4

8-5

Operating and Monitoring the Network

Monitoring Background Tasks

8-1

8-3

Monitoring Third-Party Devices By Polling MIBs

Example: Monitoring IP SLA 8-5

CHAPTER

5-4

Watching Dashboards

CHAPTER

5-3

9-4

9-4

Using Packet Capture to Monitor and Troubleshoot Network Traffic

9-5

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Securing Network Services

CHAPTER

10

Monitoring Alarms

9-6

10-1

What Is an Event? 10-1

Recurring Alarms and Events
What Is an Alarm?

10-2

10-2

Where to Find Alarms

10-4

Where to Find Syslogs

10-4

Defining Alarm Thresholds

10-4

Changing Alarm Status 10-5

When to Acknowledge Alarms 10-5
Including Acknowledged and Cleared Alarms in Searches
Changing Alarm and Event Options
Configuring Alarm Severity Levels
Getting Help for Alarms

CHAPTER

11

CHAPTER

12

10-6

11-1

11-1

Monitoring Wireless Technologies

RRM

10-6

10-6

Configuring and Monitoring IWAN

Using the IWAN Wizard

10-6

12-1

12-1

Monitoring Interferers

12-4

Monitoring RFID Tags 12-4

Searching RFID Tags 12-4
Checking RFID Tag Search Results
Viewing Tag List 12-5
Monitoring Media Streams

12-5

12-5

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

12-6

Chokepoints 12-7
Adding a Chokepoint to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Database 12-7
Adding a Chokepoint to a Cisco Prime Infrastructure Map 12-8
Removing a Chokepoint from the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Database 12-9
Removing a Chokepoint from a Cisco Prime Infrastructure Map 12-9
Editing a Chokepoint 12-9
Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers 12-10
Enhancing Tag Location Reporting with Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers 12-10
Adding Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps

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Monitoring Access Point Radios

CHAPTER

13

Using Monitoring Tools

CHAPTER

14

Troubleshooting

12-12

13-1

14-1

Getting Help from Cisco 14-1

Launching the Cisco Support Community
Opening a Support Case 14-2

14-1

Checking an End Users Network Session Status

14-3

Troubleshooting Authentication and Authorization

Troubleshooting Network Attachments

14-3

14-4

Troubleshooting Network Attachment Devices

Troubleshooting Site Network Devices

14-4

14-4

Troubleshooting the User Application and Site Bandwidth Utilization

Troubleshooting User Problems

14-6

Troubleshooting the Users Experience

14-6

Troubleshooting Voice/Video Delivery to a Branch Office

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

15

14-7

14-7

Troubleshooting Wireless Performance Problems

CHAPTER

14-5

14-9

Monitoring Multiple Prime Infrastructure Instances

Viewing the Operation Center Dashboards

15-1

15-2

Monitoring Your Network Using Operation Center 15-2

Monitoring Devices Using Operation Center 15-2
Managing and Monitoring Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operation Center
Viewing Alarms and Events Using Operation Center 15-4
Viewing Clients and Users Using Operation Center 15-4
Running Reports With Operation Center 15-4

PART

Configuring Devices

CHAPTER

15-3

16

Working with Wireless Operational Tools

Configuring Guest User Templates

16-1

Running a Voice Audit on a Controller

Running Voice Diagnostics

16-1

16-2

16-3

Location Accuracy Tool 16-3

Enabling the Location Accuracy Tool

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Scheduling a Location Accuracy Test 16-4

Running an On-Demand Location Accuracy Test
Configuring Audit Summary

16-6

16-7

Configuring Migration Analysis 16-7

Upgrading Autonomous Access Points 16-8
Changing Station Role to Root Mode 16-8
Running Migration Analysis 16-8
Viewing the Migration Analysis Report 16-8
Viewing a Firmware Upgrade Report 16-9
Viewing a Role Change Report 16-9
Spectrum Experts 16-9
Adding a Spectrum Expert 16-9
Spectrum Experts Details 16-10

CHAPTER

17

Designing Device Configurations

17-1

Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates 17-2

Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates
Creating Features and Technologies Templates 17-3
Creating CLI Templates 17-3
Tagging Templates 17-11
Creating Composite Templates

17-12

Grouping Configuration Templates with Devices

Shared Policy Objects
Creating Interface Roles

17-2

17-13

17-13
17-14

Creating Network Objects 17-14

Creating a Security Rule Parameter Map 17-15
Creating a Security Service Group 17-15
Creating a Security Zone 17-15
Creating Wireless Configuration Templates 17-16
Creating Lightweight AP Configuration Templates 17-16
Creating Autonomous AP Configuration Templates 17-16
Creating Switch Location Configuration Templates 17-17
Creating Autonomous AP Migration Templates 17-17
Creating Controller Configuration Groups 17-17
Creating a New Configuration Group 17-18
Adding or Removing Controllers from a Configuration Group
Configuring Multiple Country Codes 17-19
Applying or Scheduling Configuration Groups 17-20

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Auditing Configuration Groups 17-21

Rebooting Configuration Groups 17-21
Retrieving Configuration Group Reports 17-22
Creating wIPS Profiles 17-22

CHAPTER

18

Deploying Templates and Devices

18-1

Applying and Scheduling Templates

18-1

Automating Device Deployment 18-2

Automating Device Deployment Using Plug and Play Profiles
Prerequisites for Using Plug and Play Profiles 18-3
Creating Plug and Play Profiles 18-5
Delivering and Applying the Bootstrap 18-7
Configuring Controller Deployments 18-9
Using the Auto Provisioning Filter List 18-9
Adding an Auto Provisioning Filter 18-10
Auto Provisioning Primary Search Key Settings

CHAPTER

19

Scheduling Configuration Tasks

18-10

19-1

Managing Scheduled Configuration Tasks 19-1

Managing AP Template Tasks 19-1
Viewing WLAN Configuration Scheduled Task Results
Managing Software Downloads 19-2
Troubleshooting Template Deployment

CHAPTER

20

Automating Device Deployment

CHAPTER

21

Configuring Device Features

18-2

19-2

19-5

20-1

21-1

Configuring the Device using WSMA

21-1

Configuring Application Visibility 21-2

Estimating CPU, Memory and NetFlow Resources on ASR Devices 21-4
Application Visibility Enhancements in Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Release 21-5
Viewing the Configured AVC Profiles 21-5
Assessing AVC Readiness of Your Routers 21-5
Enabling Application Visibility on Interfaces 21-6
Disabling Application Visibility on Interfaces 21-6
NBAR Protocol Packs 21-7
Creating an Application Visibility Template 21-8
Previewing Application Visibility 21-10

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Enabling Default Application Visibility on an Interface 21-11

Application Visibility Troubleshooting Sessions 21-12
Activating or Deactivating a Troubleshooting Session 21-13
Editing or Deleting a Troubleshooting Session 21-14
Configuring Quality of Service 21-14
Defining QoS Classification Profiles 21-15
Defining QoS Action Profiles 21-16
Enabling QoS on Interfaces 21-16
Disabling QoS on Interfaces 21-17
Creating a VPN Component Template 21-17
Creating an IKE Policies Template 21-17
Creating an IKE Settings Template 21-17
Creating an IPsec Profile Template 21-18
Creating a Preshared Keys Template 21-18
Creating RSA Keys Template 21-18
Creating a Transform Sets Template 21-19
Configuring an Easy VPN Server 21-19
Creating an Easy VPN Server Proxy Setting Template
Creating an Easy VPN Remote Template 21-20
Creating an Easy VPN Server Template 21-21
Creating a GSM Profile Template 21-22
Creating a Cellular Profile Template 21-23
Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

21-20

21-23

Configuring Interfaces 21-24

Configuring a Serial Interface 21-24
Configuring POS Interface 21-25
Configuring a Service Module 21-25
Configuring Controllers 21-26
Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface
Creating a Loopback Interface 21-27
Creating a VLAN Interface 21-27
Editing a VLAN Interface 21-28
Creating a Tunnel Interface 21-28
Editing an Existing Tunnel Interface 21-29
Creating a Virtual Template Interface 21-29
Editing an Existing Virtual Template Interface 21-29

21-27

Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces 21-30

Configuring a CDMA Interfaces 21-30
Configuring a GSM Interfaces 21-30
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Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT) 21-31

NAT Types 21-31
Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation 21-32
Creating NAT IP Pools 21-32
Creating NAT44 Rules 21-33
Configuring Interfaces 21-33
Setting Up NAT MAX Translation 21-34
Configuring DMVPN 21-34
Creating a DMVPN Tunnel 21-35
Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology 21-36
Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology
Configuring a Cluster Topology 21-37
Editing a DMVPN 21-37
Deleting a DMVPN 21-38

21-36

Configuring GETVPN 21-38

Creating a GETVPN Group Member 21-39
Creating a GETVPN Key Server 21-40
Editing a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server 21-41
Deleting a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server 21-41
Configuring VPN Components 21-41
Configuring IKE Policies 21-42
Configuring IKE Settings 21-42
Configuring IPsec Profiles 21-43
Creating Preshared Keys 21-44
Creating RSA Keys 21-44
Configuring Transform Sets 21-45
Creating a Zone-Based Firewall 21-46
Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall Template 21-47
Creating an Interface Role 21-48
Creating an IPv4 Network Object 21-48
Defining Device Override 21-48
Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules Template 21-48
Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall on a Single Device 21-49
Creating a Routing Protocol 21-56
Creating a Static Route 21-56
Creating a RIP Route 21-56
Creating an EIGRP Route 21-57
Creating an OSPF Route 21-58

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22

Getting Help Setting Up and Configuring Devices

22-1

Preconfiguring Devices to be Added Later 22-1

Supported Devices and Software Images for Plug and Play Setup Workflow 22-2
Prerequisites 22-3
Getting the Configuration to New Devices 22-4
Specifying Device Credentials 22-4
Saving the Plug and Play Profile 22-5
Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a FIPS-certified Prime
Infrastructure Server 22-5
Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a non FIPS-certified Prime
Infrastructure Server 22-6
Verifying Plug and Play Provisioning Status
Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches
Before You Begin 22-9
Assign Devices to Location 22-9
Choose Devices 22-9

22-8
22-8

Configuring Wired Features Using Guided Mode

IP Address Options 22-10
Device Credentials 22-11
VLAN and Switching Parameters 22-11
Auto Smartports and Uplinks 22-11
Confirmation 22-12
Configuring Wired Features Using Advanced Mode

22-10

22-12

Configuring Wireless Features 22-13

Create Groups 22-13
Wireless Parameters 22-13
Wireless LAN Security 22-13
Guest Access 22-13
Confirmation 22-13

PART

Managing Device Inventory

CHAPTER

CHAPTER

23

24

Viewing Devices

23-1

Viewing Network Devices

23-1

Viewing Compute Devices

23-3

Updating Device Inventory

24-1

Changing Discovery Settings

24-1

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Scheduling Discovery Jobs

24-2

Monitoring the Discovery Process

24-2

Discovery Protocols and CSV File Formats

Updating Device Inventory Manually
Importing Device Inventory

24-3

24-3

24-4

Using Credential Profiles 24-4

Adding Credential Profiles 24-5
Editing Credential Profiles 24-5
Deleting Credential Profiles 24-6
Copying Credential Profiles 24-6
Troubleshooting Unmanaged Devices

24-7

24-7

CHAPTER

25

Maintaining Software Images

25-1

Setting Image Management and Distribution Preferences

Managing Software Images

25-3

Importing Software Images

25-3

Changing Software Image Requirements

Deploying Software Images to Devices

25-2

25-4
25-5

Viewing Recommended Software Images from Cisco.com

CHAPTER

26

Analyzing Software Image Upgrades

25-6

Working with Device Configurations

26-1

Configuration Archives

25-5

26-1

Changing Prime Infrastructure Device Configuration Settings

26-2

Changing Prime Infrastructure Configuration Archive Collection Settings 26-2

Supported Syslog Formats for Configuration Archive Collection Settings 26-2
Comparing Current and Previous Device Configurations

26-3

Overview of Device Configurations 26-4

Changing a Single Device Configuration 26-4
Adding a Wireless LAN Controller 26-4
Changing Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Settings
Rebooting Controllers 26-5
Configuration Rollbacks

26-5

26-6

Rolling Back Device Configuration Versions

Deleting Device Configurations

26-6

26-6

Configuring Redundancy on Controllers

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Prerequisites and Limitations for Redundancy 26-7

Configuring Redundancy Interfaces 26-8
Configuring Redundancy on a Primary Controller 26-8
Configuring Redundancy on a Secondary Controller 26-9
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Redundancy States 26-10
Configuring Peer Service Port IP and Subnet Mask 26-12
Adding a Peer Network Route 26-13
Administration Commands for Redundancy 26-13
Disabling Redundancy on Controllers 26-13

CHAPTER

27

Grouping Devices and Ports

Types of Groups

27-1

27-1

Creating Device Groups

27-2

Using Location Groups

27-3

Creating Location Groups 27-3

Location Groups and Wireless Maps

27-3

Editing User Defined and Location Groups

27-3

Duplicating User Defined and Location Groups

Deleting User Defined and Location Groups

27-4
27-4

Device Accessibility in Parent-Child Device and Location Groups

Hiding Empty Groups

27-5

Creating Groups of Ports

27-5

Creating Customized Port Groups

Deleting a Port Group 27-6

PART

27-6

Visualizing the Network

CHAPTER

27-4

28

Using Network Topology Maps

28-1

Information Displayed in Topology Maps

Before Using Topology Maps

28-1

28-1

Understanding Topology Map Functions and Icons 28-1

Adding Unmanaged Devices and Links to Topology Maps

28-2

Viewing Fault Information for Devices and Links 28-2

Using the Network Topology Map to Find Devices 28-3
Viewing a Devices Network Topology

28-3

Viewing Link Status to Determine Network Status

Creating a Topology Dashlet

28-3

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Using Wireless Maps

29-1

Grouping Devices by Site 29-1

Creating Sites 29-1
Importing Site Map Data 29-2
Associating Endpoints with a Site

29-3

Monitoring Google Earth Maps 29-4

Creating an Outdoor Location Using Google Earth 29-4
Importing a File into Prime Infrastructure 29-8
Viewing Google Earth Maps 29-9
Adding Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Pages
Google Earth Settings 29-10
Using the Automatic Hierarchy to Create Maps

PART

29-11

Ensuring Network Services

CHAPTER

29-10

30

Configuring Application Visibility and Control

Configuring the Device using WSMA

30-1

30-1

Configuring Application Visibility 30-2

Estimating CPU, Memory and NetFlow Resources on ASR Devices
NBAR Protocol Packs 30-5
Creating an Application Visibility Template 30-5
Previewing Application Visibility 30-7
Enabling Default Application Visibility on an Interface 30-7
Application Visibility Troubleshooting Sessions 30-9
Activating or Deactivating a Troubleshooting Session 30-10
Editing or Deleting a Troubleshooting Session 30-10

30-4

Creating a VPN Component Template 30-11

Creating an IKE Policies Template 30-11
Creating an IKE Settings Template 30-11
Creating an IPsec Profile Template 30-12
Creating a Preshared Keys Template 30-12
Creating RSA Keys Template 30-12
Creating a Transform Sets Template 30-13
Configuring an Easy VPN Server 30-13
Creating an Easy VPN Server Proxy Setting Template
Creating an Easy VPN Remote Template 30-14
Creating an Easy VPN Server Template 30-15
Creating a GSM Profile Template 30-16
Creating a Cellular Profile Template 30-17

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Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

30-17

Configuring Interfaces 30-18

Configuring a Serial Interface 30-18
Configuring POS Interface 30-19
Configuring a Service Module 30-19
Configuring Controllers 30-20
Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface
Creating a Loopback Interface 30-21
Creating a VLAN Interface 30-21
Editing a VLAN Interface 30-22
Creating a Tunnel Interface 30-22
Editing an Existing Tunnel Interface 30-22
Creating a Virtual Template Interface 30-23
Editing an Existing Virtual Template Interface 30-23

30-21

Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces 30-24

Configuring a CDMA Interfaces 30-24
Configuring a GSM Interfaces 30-24
Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT) 30-25
NAT Types 30-25
Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation 30-25
Creating NAT IP Pools 30-26
Creating NAT44 Rules 30-26
Configuring Interfaces 30-27
Setting Up NAT MAX Translation 30-28
Configuring DMVPN 30-28
Creating a DMVPN Tunnel 30-28
Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology 30-30
Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology
Configuring a Cluster Topology 30-31
Editing a DMVPN 30-31
Deleting a DMVPN 30-32

30-30

Configuring GETVPN 30-32

Creating a GETVPN Group Member 30-33
Creating a GETVPN Key Server 30-34
Editing a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server 30-34
Deleting a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server 30-35
Configuring VPN Components 30-35
Configuring IKE Policies 30-36
Configuring IKE Settings 30-36
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Configuring IPsec Profiles 30-37

Creating Preshared Keys 30-37
Creating RSA Keys 30-38
Configuring Transform Sets 30-39
Creating a Zone-Based Firewall 30-39
Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall Template 30-41
Creating an Interface Role 30-41
Creating an IPv4 Network Object 30-41
Defining Device Override 30-42
Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules Template 30-42
Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall on a Single Device 30-42
Creating a Routing Protocol 30-49
Creating a Static Route 30-49
Creating a RIP Route 30-50
Creating an EIGRP Route 30-50
Creating an OSPF Route 30-51

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31

Ensuring Consistent Application Experiences

Evaluating Service Health 31-2
Health Rules 31-3
Creating Custom Applications

31-4

Identifying Optimization Candidates

31-4

Establishing Performance Baselines

Enabling Baselining 31-6

31-5

Validating Optimization ROI

31-7

Monitoring Optimized Flows

31-7

32-1

CHAPTER

32

Troubleshooting Applications

CHAPTER

33

Using Mediatrace

31-1

33-1

Troubleshooting RTP and TCP Flows Using Mediatrace 33-1

Using the Mediatrace Tables 33-1
Running Mediatrace from Selected RTP or TCP Flows 33-2
Launching an Ad Hoc Mediatrace From Endpoints 33-3
Troubleshooting Worst RTP Endpoints Using Dashlets 33-5
Comparing Flow Data From Multiple Sources 33-6

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Estimating Device Resources

CHAPTER

35

Application Servers

CHAPTER

36

Network Services

34-1

35-1

36-1

Cisco Mobility Services Engine and Services

CHAPTER

37

Configuring the Cisco AppNav Solution

Overview of Cisco AppNav

36-1

37-1

37-1

Components of Cisco AppNav

37-1

Prerequisites for Configuring Cisco AppNav

37-3

Configuring Cisco AppNav 37-3

Configuring Cisco AppNav from the Device Work Center 37-4
Configuring Cisco AppNav Using Templates 37-5
Deploying a Cisco AppNav Template 37-6
Configuring Cisco AppNav Automatically During ISR-WAAS Container Activation

CHAPTER

38

Configuring the Cisco WAAS Container

38-1

Prerequisites for Installing an ISR-WAAS Container

38-1

Cisco WAAS Central Manager Integration 38-1

Cisco WAAS Central Manager Integration 38-2
Configuring Single Sign-On 38-2
Creating a Username in Cisco WAAS Central Manager
Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager 38-3
Defining Interface Roles

38-4

Importing an OVA image

38-4

37-7

38-3

Configuring Cisco AppNav Automatically During ISR-WAAS Container Activation

38-5

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container 38-5

Installing and Activating an ISR-WAAS Container 38-5
Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on a Single Router 38-6
Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on Multiple Routers 38-6
Uninstalling and Deactivating a Cisco WAAS Container 38-7
Uninstalling a Single Cisco ISR-WAAS Container 38-7
Uninstalling a Multiple Cisco ISR-WAAS Container 38-7
Deactivating a Cisco ISR-WAAS Container 38-7

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Working with Wireless Mobility

What Is Mobility?
New Mobility

39-1

39-1

39-2

Mobility Work Center

39-2

Creating a Mobility Domain 39-3

Creating a Switch Peer Group 39-4
Changing a Mobility Role 39-4
Mobility Anchors 39-5
Configuring a Guest Anchor Controller for a WLAN

CHAPTER

40

Managing Reports

40-1

Managing Reports 40-2

Creating, Scheduling, and Running a New Report
Customizing Report Results 40-3
Managing Scheduled Reports
Prime Infrastructure Reports
A

40-2

40-3

Managing Saved Report Templates

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40-4

40-4

Prime Infrastructure User Interface Reference

Prime Infrastructure UI Components
Global Toolbars A-1
Filters A-2
Data Entry Features A-3

A-1

A-1

Common UI Tasks A-5

Changing Your Password A-5
Changing Your Active Domain A-6
Monitoring Alarms A-6
Getting Device Details from the Device 360 View A-6
Getting User Details from the User 360 View A-7
Getting Help A-9
Search Methods A-9
Performing a Quick Search A-9
Performing an Advanced Search A-10
Performing a Saved Search A-18
Configuring the Search Results Display (Edit View)

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Getting Started

Introduction to Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Adding Licenses

Adding Devices to Prime Infrastructure

Grouping Devices

Setting Up Network Monitoring

Changing User Settings

CH A P T E R

Introduction to Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a network management tool that supports lifecycle management of your
entire network infrastructure from one graphical interface. Prime Infrastructure provides network
administrators with a single solution for provisioning, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting both
wired and wireless devices. Robust graphical interfaces make device deployments and operations simple
and cost-effective.
Prime Infrastructure provides two different graphical user interfaces (from which you can switch back
and forth by clicking the down arrow next to your login name; see Global Toolbars):

Note

Converged viewOrganized as Dashboard, Monitor, Configuration, Inventory, Maps, Services,

Reports, and Administration. This User Guide describes features available in the converged view.

Classic viewCorresponds closely to the GUI in Cisco Prime Network Control System 1.1 or Cisco
Wireless Control System (WCS). The Cisco Prime Infrastructure Classic View Configuration Guide
for Wireless Devices, Release 2.2 describes features available in the classic view.

The Classic view is being deprecated and might not be available in future Prime Infrastructure releases.

Prime Infrastructure Organization

The Prime Infrastructure web interface is organized into a lifecycle workflow that includes the high-level
task areas described in Table 1-1. This document follows the same general organization.

Caution

You are strongly advised not to enable third-party browser extensions. In Internet Explorer, you can
disable third-party browser extensions by choosing Tools > Internet Options and unselecting the Enable
third-party browser extensions check box on the Advanced tab.

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Prime Infrastructure Organization

Table 1-1

Prime Infrastructure Task Areas

Task Area

Description

Used By

Dashboard

View dashboards, which give you a quick view of devices,

performance information, and various incidents. See Filters for
more information.

Network Operators, and Network

Engineers

Monitor

Monitor your network on a daily basis and perform other

day-to-day or ad hoc operations related to network device
inventory and configuration management. The Monitor tab
includes dashboards and tools that you need for day-to-day
monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operations.

Network Engineers, Designers, and

Architects

Configure

Network Engineers, Designers, and

Design feature or device patterns, or templates. You create
reusable design patterns, such as configuration templates, in the Architects
Design area. You may use predefined templates or create your
own. Patterns and templates are used in the deployment phase of
the lifecycle. You can also design Plug and Play profiles and
mobility services.

Inventory

Network Engineers, NOC Operators

Perform all device management operations such as adding
and Service Operators
devices, running discovery, managing software images,
configuring device archives, and auditing configuration changes
on devices.

Maps

View network topology and wireless maps.

Network Engineers, NOC Operators,

and Service Operators

Services

Access mobility services, Application Visibility and Control

services, and IWAN features.

Network Engineers, NOC Operators

and Service Operators

Report

Create reports, view saved report templates, and run scheduled

reports.

Network Engineers, NOC Operators,

and Service Operators

Administration

Specify system configuration settings and data collection

settings, and manage access control. You can view and approve
jobs, specify health rules, and manage licenses. You can also
perform software updates and configure high availability.

Network Engineers

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Adding Licenses
You must purchase licenses to access the Cisco Prime Infrastructure features required to manage your
network. Each license also controls the number of devices that you can manage using those features.
You need a base license and the corresponding feature licenses (such as the assurance or the lifecycle
license) to get full access to the respective Prime Infrastructure features to manage a set number of
devices.
When you install Prime Infrastructure for the first time, you can access the lifecycle, assurance,
collector, and data center features using the built-in evaluation license that is available by default. The
default evaluation limitations are as follows:

The Lifecycle and Assurance license is valid for 60 days for 100 devices.

The Collector License is valid for 60 days for 20,000 Netflow per seconds.

The Data Center License is valid for 60 days for 10 devices.

If you need additional information about licensing, see the following:

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Quick Start GuideContains descriptions of the different licenses,
how to order licenses, and license entitlement.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator GuideContains information about managing

licenses, troubleshooting licensing issues, and verifying license details.

Adding a License to Access Features

You purchase licenses to access the Prime Infrastructure features required to manage your network. Each
license also controls the number of devices or the number of devices on which NetFlow is enabled that
you can manage using those features.
To add a new license, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Licenses.

Step 2

Click Files, then click License Files.

Step 3

Select the licenses that you have ordered with the required device limit, then click Add.

Step 4

Browse to the location of the license file, then click OK.

See the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator Guide for information about managing licenses,
deleting licenses, troubleshooting licensing issues, and verifying license details.

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Methods for Adding Devices
You can add devices to Cisco Prime Infrastructure in one of the following ways:

Use an automated processSee Adding Devices Using Discovery.

Import devices from a CSV fileSee Importing Devices from Another Source.

Add devices manually by entering IP address and device credential informationSee Adding
Devices Manually.

Adding Devices Using Discovery

When you run discovery, Prime Infrastructure discovers the devices and, after obtaining access, collects
device inventory data. We recommend that you run discovery when you are first getting started with
Prime Infrastructure.
Prime Infrastructure uses SNMP polling to gather information about your network devices within the
range of IP addresses you specify. If you have CDP enabled on your network devices, Prime
Infrastructure uses the seed device you specify to discover the devices in your network.
You can discover your devices by:

Configuring discovery settingsThis method is recommended if you want to specify settings and
rerun discovery in the future using the same settings. See Running Discovery.

Running Quick DiscoveryQuick Discovery quickly ping sweeps your network and uses SNMP
polling to get details on the devices. See Running Quick Discovery.

Understanding the Discovery Process

Prime Infrastructure performs the following steps during the discovery process:
1.

Using ICMP ping, determine if each device is reachable. If Prime Infrastructure is unable to reach
the device, the device Reachability status is Unreachable.

2.

Verify the SNMP credentials. If the device is reachable by ICMP, but the SNMP credentials are not
valid, the device Reachability status is Ping Reachable.
If the device is reachable by both ICMP and SNMP, the device Reachability status is Reachable.

3.

Verify Telnet and SSH credentials.

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4.

Start the inventory collection process to gather all device information.

5.

Add the devices to the Inventory > Network Devices page.

Running Discovery
Prime Infrastructure discovers devices with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
To run discovery, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Discovery, then click Discovery Settings.

Step 2

Click New.

Step 3

Enter the Protocol Settings as described in Table 3-1.

Step 4

Do one of the following:

Table 3-1

Click Save to save your discovery settings and schedule your discovery to run at a specified time.

Click Run Now to run the discovery now.

Discovery Protocol Settings

Field

Description

Protocol Settings

Ping Sweep Module

Prime Infrastructure gets a list of IP address ranges from a specified combination of IP address
and subnet mask, then pings each IP address in the range to check the reachability of devices.
See Sample IPv4 IP Addresses for Ping Sweep for more information.

Layer 2 Protocols

CDP Module

Prime Infrastructure reads the cdpCacheAddress and cdpCacheAddressType MIB objects in the
cdpCacheTable from CISCO-CDP-MIB on every newly found device as follows:
1.

The cdpCacheAddress MIB object is gathered from the current device. This provides a list
of neighbor device addresses.

2.

If the neighbor device addresses do not already exist in the global device list, they are added
to the local cache.

Select the Cross Router Boundary check box to specify that Prime Infrastructure should
discover neighboring routers.
LLDP

Similar to CDP, but it allows the discovery of non-Cisco devices.

Advanced Protocols

Routing Table

Queries and analyzes routing tables on seed routers to discover subnets and next-hop routers.
This process discovers a router for every subnet on its list of known networks.

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Discovery Protocol Settings (continued)

Field

Description

Address Resolution
Protocol

The ARP Discovery Module depends on the Routing Table Discovery Module (RTDM), and is
executed only when RTDM is processed. This precondition is identified based on the flags
processed by the ARP Discovery Module, which are part of the DeviceObject.
The entries coming out of the ARP Discovery Module do not need to pass through RTDM
because (per the router Discovery algorithm) active routers are those that RTDM must process
and identify.
When the ARP table is fetched and the entries are not already discovered by RTDM, these entries
(though they may represent routers) are not active routers and need not be passed on to RTDM.
This is ensured by setting the ARP Discovery Module flag to Processed and leaving the RTDM
flag set to Unprocessed.
When the RTDM comes across an entry with the RTDM flag unset and the ARP flag set, RTDM
identifies the entry as a inactive router or other device and it leaves the entry as unprocessed. The
ARP Discovery Module also ignores the entry according to the algorithm, based on the Processed
flag set against the ARP Discovery Module.
When the ARP Discovery Module is checked, the device MAC address needs to be updated in
the device information. Applications can retrieve this information in the adapter through the
DeviceInfo object. By scanning the device MAC address, the applications can distinguish
between Cisco and non-Cisco devices.
ARP cache from the device is collected using CidsARPInfoCollector. The MAC ID of the device
is retrieved from this data and set in the DeviceInfo object.

Border Gateway Protocol

The BGP Discovery Module uses bgpPeerTable in the BGP4-MIB to find its BGP peer. The table
contains its peers IP addresses, which are added as clues to the local cache.

Open Shortest Path First

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is an interior gateway routing protocol that uses the
ospfNbrTable and ospfVirtNbrTable MIBs to find neighbor IP addresses.

Filters

IP Filter

Includes or excludes devices based on IP address. For example, you can enter any of the
following strings and specify whether to include or exclude the devices found during discovery:
192.0.2.89
192.0.2.*
192.0.[16-32].89
[192-193].*.55.[16-32]

Advanced Filters

System Location Filter

Includes or excludes devices based on System Location.

System Object ID Filter

Includes or excludes devices based on the sysObjectID string set on the device.

DNS Filter

Includes or excludes devices based on the domain name string set on the device.

Credential Settings

Credential Set

The credential set lists all the available credential profiles in Prime Infrastructure. You can
associate credential profile with a range of IP addresses. The devices will be discovered based
on the selected credential profile. For more information see, Using Credential Profiles.

SNMPv2 Credential

SNMP community string is a required parameter for discovering devices in the network using
SNMPv2. You can enter multiple rows of credentials mapped to a specific IP address, or the IP
address can be a wildcard; for example, *.*.*.*, 10.1.1.*. You cannot save or use the discovery
settings if you do not specify SNMP credentials.

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Discovery Protocol Settings (continued)

Field

Description

SNMP V3 Credential

Prime Infrastructure supports SNMPv3 discovery for devices. The following SNMP V3 modes
are available:

AuthPrivProvides authentication based on the HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA algorithms.

Provides DES 56-bit encryption in addition to authentication based on the CBC-DES
(DES-56) and AES-128 standards.

AuthNoPrivProvides authentication based on the HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA

algorithms.

NoAuthNoPrivUses a username match for authentication.

PrivTypeProtocol used to secure the SNMP authentication request.

PrivPasswordPrefixed privacy passphrase for the SNMPv3 user.

Telnet Credential

You can specify the Telnet credentials during discovery so that Prime Infrastructure can collect
the device configurations and fully manage the devices. If you do not specify Telnet credentials
in the discovery settings, Prime Infrastructure discovers the devices but is unable to collect the
full inventory of the device until you specify the Telnet credentials.

SSH Credential

For full device support via SSH, you must use SSHv2 with a 1024 bit key. You can configure
SSH before running discovery.
We recommend that you select SSHv2 as the protocol for communicating with the device CLI
because it allows the use of Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) for configuring devices.
(For more information see, Configuring the Device using WSMA.)

Preferred Management IP (how Prime Infrastructure attempts to find the preferred management address for devices)

Use Loopback IP

Prime Infrastructure uses the preferred management IP address from the loop back interface. If
the device does not have a loopback interface, Prime Infrastructure uses similar logic to the OSPF
algorithm to select the routers preferred management IP address.

Use SysName

Prime Infrastructure gets the preferred management IP address for the device using DNS lookup
of the SysName for the device.

Use DNS Reverse Lookup Prime Infrastructure gets the preferred management IP address by doing a reverse DNS lookup
on the device IP address, followed by a forward DNS lookup.
After running discovery, choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices. See Device
Work Center for more information.

Sample IPv4 IP Addresses for Ping Sweep

Table 3-2

Sample IPv4 Seed IP Addresses for Ping Sweep

Subnet Range

Number of Bits

Number of IP
Addresses

Sample Seed IP
Address

Start IP Address

End IP Address

255.255.240.0

20

4094

10.104.62.11

10.104.48.1

10.104.63.254

255.255.248.0

21

2046

10.104.62.11

10.104.56.1

10.104.63.254

255.255.252.0

22

1022

10.104.62.11

10.104.60.1

10.104.63.254

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Sample IPv4 Seed IP Addresses for Ping Sweep

Subnet Range

Number of Bits

Number of IP
Addresses

Sample Seed IP
Address

Start IP Address

End IP Address

255.255.254.0

23

510

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.254

255.255.255.0

24

254

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.254

255.255.255.128

25

126

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.126

255.255.255.192

26

62

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.62

255.255.255.224

27

30

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.30

255.255.255.240

28

14

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.1

10.104.63.14

255.255.255.248

29

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.9

10.104.63.14

255.255.255.252

30

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.9

10.104.63.10

255.255.255.254

31

10.104.62.11

255.255.255.255

32

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.11

10.104.62.11

Running Quick Discovery

If you want to quickly run discovery without specifying and saving your settings, you can use Quick
Discovery.
You can see the guest users discovered by Prime Infrastructure by choosing Services > Guest Users. To
see the correct lifetime on guest user accounts after they are discovered, make sure the devices have the
correct time settings specified.
To run Quick Discovery, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Discovery.

Step 2

In the top-right side of the page, click Quick Discovery.

Step 3

Complete the required fields, then click Run Now.

Verifying Discovery
When discovery has completed, you can verify that the process was successful.
To verify successful discovery, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Discovery.

Step 2

Choose the discovery job for which you want to view details.

Step 3

Under Discovery Job Instances, expand the arrow to view details about the devices that were discovered.
If devices are missing:

Change your discovery settings, then rerun the discovery. See Table 3-1 for information about
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Add devices manually. See Adding Devices Manually for more information.

Importing Devices from Another Source

If you have another management system from which you want to import your devices, or if you want to
import a spreadsheet that lists all of your devices and their attributes, you can add device information
into Prime Infrastructure as explained in the following steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then click Bulk Import.

Step 2

From the Operation drop-down list, choose Device.

Step 3

Enter or browse to the CSV file that contains the devices that you want to import.

Step 4

Click the link to download a sample file that contains all of the fields and descriptions for the information
that must be contained in your imported file. See Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1

Downloading a Sample Template for Importing Devices or Sites

Make sure that you retain the required information in the CSV file as explained in CSV File
Requirements for Importing Devices.
If the importing CSV file contains any UDF parameters, ensure that UDF is configured in
Administration > System Settings > User Defined Field prior to importing the devices. The UDF
column in the CSV file must be begin with UDF: as indicated in the sample CSV template.
Step 5

Click Import.

Step 6

Check the status of the import by choosing Administration > Jobs.

Step 7

Click the arrow to expand the job details and view the details and history for the import job.

CSV File Requirements for Importing Devices

If you want to use a CSV file to import your devices or sites from another source into Prime
Infrastructure, you can download a sample template by choosing Inventory > Device Management >
Network Devices, then clicking Bulk Import. Click the link to download a sample template as shown

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in Figure 3-1.
When you download a sample CSV template for importing devices or sites, the extent to which Prime
Infrastructure can manage your devices depends on the information you provide in the CSV file. If you
do not provide values for CLI username, password, and enable password, Prime Infrastructure will have
limited functionality and cannot modify device configurations, update device software images, and
perform many other valuable functions. You can specify the credential profile in the CSV file to apply
the credentials to a set of devices. If you specify the credential profile and also enter the values manually
in the CSV file then the manually entered credentials takes high priority and the device is manged based
on the combination of manually entered credentials and credential profile. For example, if the CSV file
contains credential profile with SNMP and Telnet credentials in addition to manually entered SNMP
credentials then the device is managed based on the manually entered SNMP credentials and the Telnet
credentials in the credential profile.

For partial inventory collection in Prime Infrastructure, you must provide the following values in the
CSV file:
Device IP address
SNMP version
SNMP read-only community strings
SNMP write community strings
SNMP retry value
SNMP timeout value

For full inventory collection in Prime Infrastructure, you must provide the following values in the
CSV file:
Device IP address
SNMP version
SNMP read-only community strings
SNMP write community strings
SNMP retry value
SNMP timeout value
Protocol

You must also provide values for the fields that correspond to the protocol you specify. For
example, if you specify SNMPv3, you must specify values for the SNMPv3 fields in the sample
CSV file such as the SNMPv3 username and authorization password.
CLI username
CLI password
CLI enable password
CLI timeout value

Adding Devices Manually

Adding devices manually is helpful if you want to add a single device. If you want to add all devices in
your network, we recommend that you run discovery (see Running Discovery) or import devices from a
CSV file (see Importing Devices from Another Source).

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After adding a device in the Converged view with profile, if you edit the device (which is associated with
Credential Profile) in the Classic view, the Credential Profile association of the device is removed.
To add devices manually, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Click Add Device.

Step 3

Complete the required fields. See Enabling IPSec Communication When Adding Devices for
information about enabling IPSec.

Step 4

(Optional) Click Verify Credentials to verify the device credentials before adding the device.

Note
Step 5

Prime Infrastructure provides HTTP credentials verification support for NAM devices only.

Click Add to add the device with the settings you specified.

Note

User Defined Field (UDF) parameters are available only if you added them under
Administration > System Settings > User Defined Field. Do not use the special characters : ;
and # for UDF field parameters.

Enabling IPSec Communication When Adding Devices

If you installed Prime Infrastructure in FIPS mode, we recommend that you use IPSec tunneling to
secure wireless management traffic between your network devices and Prime Infrastructure servers.
Using IPSec between the management system and the managed devices provides an additional layer of
security.
Only certificate-based authentication is supported for IPSec. To set this up properly, see Using IPSec
Certificate-Based Authentication With FIPS Mode in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Administrator
Guide.
To enable IPSec when adding a device to Prime Infrastructure:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Click Add Device.

Step 3

Complete the required fields.

Step 4

Under IPSec Parameters, click Enable IPSec Communication, then complete the required fields.

Step 5

Click Add to add the device with the settings you specified.

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Validating That Devices Were Added Successfully

After collecting device information, Prime Infrastructure gathers and displays the configurations and the
software images for the devices. To verify that your devices were successfully added to Prime
Infrastructure, you can choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices and

Verify that the devices you have added appear in the list. Click a device name to view the device
configurations and that the software images that Prime Infrastructure collected from the devices.

View details about the information that was collected from the device by hovering your mouse
cursor over the Inventory Collection Status field and clicking the icon that appears.

Check the Device Reachability Status column. See Table 3-3 for status descriptions. HTTP/HTTPS
parameters are verified on NAM devices only.

Check the Admin Status column. See Table 3-4 for descriptions of the possible Admin Status values.

To view details about the collection job and the details and history for the import job, choose
Administration > Jobs.

See Troubleshooting Unmanaged Devices for information about how to resolve any errors.
Table 3-3

Descriptions of Device Reachability Status

Reachability Color

Description

Green

Prime Infrastructure is able to reach the device using SNMP.

Yellow

The device is reachable using Ping, but not via SNMP. Verify that you specified the correct SNMP
parameters for read access when the device was added to Prime Infrastructure.

Red

Prime Infrastructure is unable to reach the device using Ping. Verify that the device is operational
and connected to the network.

Table 3-4

Descriptions of Device Admin Status

Admin Status

Description

Managed

The device has been added successfully to Prime Infrastructure using SNMP.

Unmanaged

The device credentials are incorrect or you have exceeded the number of devices allowed by your
license. Choose Administration > Licenses to view the status of your license. See the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator Guide for information about managing licenses, troubleshooting
licensing issues, and verifying license details.

Verifying Device Credentials

Prime Infrastructure automatically verifies device credentials as part of the inventory process. You can
view device credential verification information by choosing Reports > Report Launch Pad > Device
> Device Credential Verification.

Editing Device Parameters

You can edit the device parameters of a single device or multiple devices by choosing Inventory >
Device Management > Network Devices.

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To edit device parameters, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select a single device or multiple devices and Click Edit.

Step 3

Update the required parameters.

Step 4

Click Update to update the parameters of all of the selected devices or Update & Sync to update and
synchronize the devices with the updated parameters.

Synchronizing Devices
To synchronize the Prime Infrastructure database with the configuration running on a device, you can
force an inventory collection.
To synchronize devices, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select the device whose configuration you want synchronized with the configuration stored in the Prime
Infrastructure database.

Step 3

Click Sync.

Adding NAM HTTP/HTTPS Credentials

If you are using Cisco Network Analysis Modules (NAMs) to monitor your network, you must add
HTTPS credentials so that Prime Infrastructure can retrieve data from them. This is especially important
for users who have licensed Assurance features, as most Assurance features depend on NAM data to
work.
Prime Infrastructure polls NAMs directly via HTTP (or HTTPS) to collect their data. This type of polling
requires Prime Infrastructure to store each NAMs HTTP credentials. Unlike with SNMP community
strings and Telnet/SSH credentials, you cannot enter NAM HTTP credentials during the discovery
process. You can only specify NAM HTTP credentials after the modules are discovered or added to
inventory.
Follow these steps to add HTTP credentials for a single NAM. You can repeat this task for all NAMs
from which you want Prime Infrastructure to collect data.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices > Device Type > Cisco Interfaces and
Modules > Network Analysis Modules.

Step 2

Select one of the NAMs and click Edit.

Step 3

In the Edit Device window, under Http Parameters:

ProtocolSelect the HTTP protocol, HTTP or HTTPS. The TCP Port will change automatically to
the default port for the protocol that you have selected.

TCP PortEnter a different TCP Port if you want to override the default.

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Step 4

UsernameEnter the name of a user who can access the NAM via HTTP or HTTPS.

PasswordEnter the password for the username that you entered.

Confirm PasswordRe-enter the password to confirm.

Choose Update.

Related Topics

Enabling NAM Data Collection

Defining NAM Polling Parameters

Exporting Devices
In Prime Infrastructure, you can export device information as a CSV file. Prime Infrastructure does not
export credential profiles.
To export devices, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select the devices that you want to export, then click Export Device.

Step 3

Enter an encryption password that will be used to open the exported CSV file.

Step 4

Confirm the encryption Password and click Export to export the device information.

Step 5

Double-click the ExportDevice.zip file and enter the encryption password to open the ExportDevice.csv
file.

Caution

The device export CSV file includes all device credentials and should be handled with appropriate care.
Similarly, the privilege to allow device export should be assigned to appropriate users only.

Next Steps
Now that you have added devices to Prime Infrastructure, you can create device groups and port groups
to simplify management, monitoring, and configuration of similar devices and ports. See Grouping
Devices.
You might also want to:

Plan for devices that will be added to your network in the futureSee Preconfiguring Devices to be
Added Later.

Configure wired and wireless features on your devices using guided, step-by-step instructionsSee
Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches.

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Grouping Devices
After you add devices to Cisco Prime Infrastructure, you can organize the devices into logical groupings
to simplify management, monitoring, and configuration. When you group devices, you can perform
operations on the entire group instead of selecting individual devices.

Grouping Devices by Device Type

You can group similar devices together to simplify management and configuration tasks. Depending on
your needs, device groups can be based on location, device type, device role, and so on.
A device group that you create can be one of two types:

StaticCreate and name a new device group to which you can add devices using the Add to Group
button from Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices > Groups & Sites or Inventory
> Grouping > Location & Device.

DynamicCreate and name a new device group and specify the rules to which devices must comply
before they are added to this device group. You do not add devices to dynamic groups. Prime
Infrastructure adds devices that match the specified rules to the dynamic group from Inventory >
Grouping > Location & Device.

MixedCreate and name a new device group to which you can add devices manually and specify
the rules to which devices must comply before they are added to this device group from Inventory
> Grouping > Location & Device.

To create a device group, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Location & Device or Inventory > Device Management > Network
Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group pane on the left, click the Add icon, then choose Create User Defined Group.

Step 3

Enter the name, description, and parent group if applicable.

Step 4

Select one of the following for the new device group:

Step 5

Add Device ManuallyYou add devices to the group based on your needs.

Add Device DynamicallyYou specify the rules to which devices must comply before they are
added to this device group. You do not add devices to dynamic groups. Prime Infrastructure adds
devices that match the specified rules to the dynamic group.

Click Preview to view the devices that are automatically added to the group based on the specified rule
and the manually added devices.

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Step 6

Click Save.
The device group that you created appears under the User Defined folder.

See, Grouping Devices and Ports for information about device groups, location groups, and port groups.

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After you add devices to the Prime Infrastructure inventory and set up device and port groups, you create
monitoring templates to monitor device health (for example, CPU, memory, and interface utilization),
basic QoS, and VPN tunnel statistics for wired devices in the group. After you create and apply
monitoring templates, Prime Infrastructure collects and processes data from specified devices and
displays the information in dashboards, dashlets (see Filters), and reports.

Monitoring Port Groups and Interfaces

You can also configure Prime Infrastructure to monitor more advanced information:

Getting Enhanced Client Information by Integrating with ISE

Setting Up Assurance for Performance Monitoring

Monitoring Port Groups and Interfaces

To monitor your device ports, you can create a port group and then display monitoring information on
the Prime Infrastructure dashboard. Port groups are logical groupings of interfaces that allow you to
monitor device ports by the function they serve. For example, you can create a port group for the WAN
ports and create another port group for the internal distribution ports on the same router.
See Types of Groups and Creating Customized Port Groups for more information about creating port
groups.
After you create groups, and you can create and an interface health monitoring template on those ports
as explained in the following steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies.

Step 2

In the Templates menu on the left, click Automonitoring.

Step 3

Complete the basic template fields, select the attributes that you want to monitor (for example, Interface
Availability, ifInErrors, ifOutErrors, inputUtilization, and outputUtilization), then click Save and
Activate.

Step 4

Select the new template, then click Port Groups > User Defined, select the port group you previously
created (see Creating Customized Port Groups for more information about creating port groups), then
click Submit.

Step 5

To display the results, choose Dashboards > Network Interface, and view the Top N Interface
Utilization dashlet.

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Step 6

Edit the Top N Interface Utilization dashlet and add the port group that you previously created.

Related Topic

Setting Up WAN Interface Monitoring

Setting Up WAN Interface Monitoring

Creating a WAN interface port group allows you to efficiently monitor all WAN interfaces in a specific
port group. For example, if you have many small branch offices that have low bandwidth issues, you can
create a port group that includes all WAN interfaces from each branch office, and then monitor this port
group for issues.
By default, Prime Infrastructure provides a static WAN Interfaces port group on which health monitoring
is automatically deployed. The following procedure shows you how to:

Step 1

Step 2

1.

Add interfaces to the WAN Interfaces port group.

2.

Verify the utilization and availability of the WAN interfaces from the Site dashboard.

To add interfaces to the WAN Interfaces port group:

a.

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Port.

b.

From the menu on the left, choose System Defined > WAN Interfaces.

c.

Select the device, then click Add to Group.

To display the results:

a.

Choose Dashboard> Site >

b.

Click either of the following:

> Add Dashlets.

Top N WAN Interfaces by Utilization

Top N WAN Interfaces with Issues

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Getting Enhanced Client Information by Integrating with ISE

Getting Enhanced Client Information by Integrating with ISE

Prime Infrastructure manages the wired and the wireless clients in the network. When Cisco ISE is used
as a RADIUS server to authenticate clients, the Prime Infrastructure collects additional information
about these clients from Cisco ISE and provides all client relevant information to the Prime
Infrastructure to be visible in a single console.
When posture profiling is enforced in the network, the Prime Infrastructure talks to Cisco ISE to get the
posture data for the clients and displays it along with other client attributes. When Cisco ISE is used to
profile the clients or an endpoint in the network, the Prime Infrastructure collects the profiled data to
determine what type of client it is, whether it is an iPhone, iPad, an Android device, or any other device.
You can get enhanced information about managed clients using the Cisco Identify Services Engine (ISE)
or ACS View servers.
If Prime Infrastructure is integrated with an ISE server (to access endpoint information), you can:

Check an End Users Network Session Status.

Use the User 360 View, you can identify possible problems with the end users authentication and
authorization for network access.

Troubleshoot the User Application and Site Bandwidth Utilization.

Prime Infrastructure displays ISE Profiling attributes only for authenticated endpoints.

Adding an Identity Services Engine

A maximum of two ISEs can be added toPrime Infrastructure. If you add two ISEs, one should be
primary and the other should be standby. When you are adding a standalone node, you can add only one
standalone node and cannot add a second node.
To add an Identity Services Engine, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Servers > ISE Servers.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add ISE Server, then click Go.

Step 3

Complete the required fields, then click Save.

The credentials should be superuser credentials local to ISE. Otherwise, ISE integration does not work.

Configuring ACS View Servers

If you do not have ISE, you can integrate your Cisco Secure Access Control ACS View server with Prime
Infrastructure. To access the ACS View Server tab, you must add a view server with credentials.
Prime Infrastructure supports only ACS View Server 5.1 or later.
To configure an ACS View Server, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Servers > ACS View Servers.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add ACS View Server, then click Go.

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Step 3

Enter the port number of the ACS View Server you are adding. (Some ACS View Servers do not allow
you to change the port on which HTTPS runs.)

Step 4

Enter the password that was established on the ACS View Server. Confirm the password.

Step 5

Specify the time, in seconds, after which the authentication request times out and a retransmission is
attempted by the Cisco WLC controller.

Step 6

Specify the number of retries to be attempted.

Step 7

Click Save.

Setting Up Assurance for Performance Monitoring

If your Prime Infrastructure implementation includes Assurance licenses, you must enable data
collection via NAMs and NetFlow configurations. This is necessary to populate the additional dashlets,
reports, and other features supplied with Assurance.

Enabling NAM Data Collection

To ensure that you can collect data from your Network Analysis Modules (NAMs), you must enable
NAM data collection. You can do this for each discovered or added NAM, or for all NAMs at the same
time.
Before You Begin

You must specify the HTTP/HTTPS credentials for each NAM (see Adding NAM HTTP/HTTPS
Credentials).
Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings > Data Sources.

Step 2

In the NAM Data Collector section, select all of the NAMs for which you want to enable data collection.

Step 3

Click Enable.

Related Topic

Defining NAM Polling Parameters

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Defining NAM Polling Parameters

You can specify that data that is collect from NAMs.
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies.

Step 2

Click Add, then select NAM Health under the Policy Types list.

Step 3

Select the NAM devices from which you want to collect data, then complete the required fields.

Step 4

Under Parameters and Thresholds, specify the parameters you want to poll from the NAM devices and
threshold conditions.

Step 5

Click Save and Activate.

Enabling NetFlow Data Collection

To start collecting NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow data, you must configure your NetFlow-enabled
switches, routers, and other devices (ISR/ASR) to export this data to Prime Infrastructure. The following
table shows the various device types that support NetFlow and the ways to configure devices to export
NetFlow data to Prime Infrastructure.
Table 5-1

NetFlow Support Summary

IOS Versions
Supported NetFlow
Device Type Supporting NetFlow Export Types
Cisco ASR

NetFlow Configuration in Prime

Infrastructure

IOS XE 3.11 to
15.4(1) S, and later

TCP/UDP conversation Choose Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic

Easy PerfMon
based config
(EzPM)

Application Response
Time (ART)

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Netflow-Traffic-ConvNetflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Traffic-Voice-Video
-

Voice & Video

Netflow-URL-

HTTP URL visibility

Netflow-Aggregated-TrafficStats-

Application Traffic
Stats
IOS XE 3.9, 3.10

Template Naming Convention

TCP/UDP conversation Choose Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic
Application Response
Time (ART)
Voice & Video
HTTP URL visibility

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Netflow-Traffic-HostNetflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Voice-VideoNetflow-URLNetflow-AVC-Troubleshooti
ng-

AVC Troubleshooting

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Table 5-1

NetFlow Support Summary (continued)

IOS Versions
Supported NetFlow
Device Type Supporting NetFlow Export Types
Cisco ISR

15.1(3) T

NetFlow Configuration in Prime

Infrastructure

TCP/UDP conversation TCP/UDP: Choose

Configuration > Templates >
traffic
Features & Technologies >
Voice & Video
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI > Collecting
Traffic Statistics

Template Naming Convention

Netflow-Traffic-ConvNetflow-Voice-Video-

Voice Video: Use Medianet

Perfmon CLI template. Choose
Configuration > Templates >
Features & Technologies >
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI >Medianet
PerfMon
Format: V9
IOS XE 3.11 to
15.4(1) S, and later

TCP/UDP conversation Choose Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic

Easy PerfMon
based config
(EzPM)

Application Response
Time (ART)

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Netflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Traffic-Voice-Video
-

Voice & Video

Netflow-URL-

HTTP URL visibility

Netflow-Aggregated-TrafficStats-

Application Traffic
Stats
IOS XE 3.9, 3.10

Netflow-Traffic-Conv-

TCP/UDP conversation Choose Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic
Application Response
Time (ART)
Voice & Video
HTTP URL visibility

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Netflow-Traffic-HostNetflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Voice-VideoNetflow-URLNetflow-AVC-Troubleshooti
ng-

AVC Troubleshooting

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Table 5-1

NetFlow Support Summary (continued)

IOS Versions
Supported NetFlow
Device Type Supporting NetFlow Export Types
Cisco ISR
G2

15.1(4) M and
15.2(1) T

NetFlow Configuration in Prime

Infrastructure

Template Naming Convention

Netflow-Traffic-ConvTCP/UDP conversation TCP/UDP, ART: Create a

MACE CLI template. See
traffic
Netflow-App-TrafficConfiguring NetFlow on ISR
Application Response
Netflow-Voice-VideoDevices
Time (ART)
Voice & Video: Use Medianet
Voice & Video
Perfmon CLI template. Choose
Configuration > Templates >
Features & Technologies >
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI >Medianet
PerfMon
Format: V9

15.2(4) M and
15.3(1)T

TCP/UDP conversation Choose: Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic
Application Response
Time (ART)

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Netflow-Traffic-ConvNetflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Voice-Video-

Voice & Video

15.4(1)T and later
Easy PerfMon
based config
(EzPM)

TCP/UDP conversation Choose Services > Interfaces

Configuration
traffic
Application Response
Time (ART)

Format: V9 and IPFIX

Voice & Video

Netflow-Traffic-ConvNetflow-App-TrafficNetflow-Traffic-Voice-Video
Netflow-App-Traffic-URL-

HTTP URL visibility

Cisco
Catalyst
2000

15.0(2) UCP and

later

TCP/UDP conversation Create a custom CLI template.

traffic
See Configuring NetFlow
Export on Catalyst 2000
Switches.

Netflow-Traffic-Conv-

Format: V5, V9
Cisco
Catalyst
3750-X,
3560-X

15.0(1)SE
IP base or IP
services feature set
and equipped with
the network
services module.

TCP/UDP conversation Create a custom CLI template.

traffic
See Configuring NetFlow on
Catalyst 3000, 4000, and 6000
Family of Switches

Netflow-Traffic-Conv-

Format: V9

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Table 5-1

NetFlow Support Summary (continued)

IOS Versions
Supported NetFlow
Device Type Supporting NetFlow Export Types
Cisco
Catalyst
3850
(wired)

NetFlow Configuration in Prime

Infrastructure

Template Naming Convention

15.0(1)EX and later TCP/UDP conversation TCP/UDP: Create a custom CLI Netflow-Traffic-Convtemplate. See Configuring
traffic
Netflow-Voice-VideoNetFlow on Catalyst 3000,
Voice & Video
4000, and 6000 Family of
Switches
Voice & Video: Use Medianet
Perfmon CLI template. Choose
Configuration > Templates >
Features & Technologies >
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI >Medianet
PerfMon
Format: V9

Cisco
Catalyst
3850
(wireless)

Cisco IOS XE
Release 3SE
(Edison)

TCP/UDP conversation See Configuration Examples for Netflow-Traffic-Convtraffic

Flexible NetFlow.

Cisco
CT5760
Controller

Katana

TCP/UDP conversation See Application Visibility and

traffic
Flexible Netflow.

5760

Format: V9
Netflow-Traffic-Conv-

Format: V9

(Wireless)
Cisco
Catalyst
4500

15.0(1)XO and
TCP/UDP conversation TCP/UDP: Create a custom CLI Netflow-Traffic-Convtemplate. See Configuring
15.0(2)SG onwards traffic
Netflow-Voice-VideoNetFlow on Catalyst 3000,
Voice & Video
4000, and 6000 Family of
Switches.
Voice & Video: Use Medianet
Perfmon CLI template. Choose
Configuration > Templates >
Features & Technologies >
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI >Medianet
PerfMon
Format: V9

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Table 5-1

NetFlow Support Summary (continued)

IOS Versions
Supported NetFlow
Device Type Supporting NetFlow Export Types
Cisco
Catalyst
6500

NetFlow Configuration in Prime

Infrastructure

Template Naming Convention

15.1(1)SY and later TCP /UDP conversation TCP/UDP: Create a custom CLI Netflow-Traffic-Convtemplate. See Configuring
traffic
Netflow-Voice-VideoNetFlow on Catalyst 3000,
Voice & Video
4000, and 6000 Family of
Switches.
Voice & Video: Use Medianet
Perfmon CLI template. Choose
Configuration > Templates >
Features & Technologies >
CLI Templates > System
Templates - CLI >Medianet
PerfMon
Format: V9

Configuring NetFlow Export on Catalyst 2000 Switches

To manually configure NetFlow export on Catalyst 2000 devices, create a user-defined CLI template as
shown in the following steps.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > CLI Templates > CLI.

Step 2

Hover your mouse cursor over the information icon and click New to create a new CLI template.

Step 3

Enter a name for the new CLI template (for example, Prime_NF_CFG_CAT2K).

Step 4

From the Device Type list, choose Switches and Hubs.

Step 5

In the Template Detail > CLI Content text box, enter the following commands, modifying them as
needed for your network (note that these commands are only an example):
flow record PrimeNFRec
match ipv4 protocol
match ipv4 source address
match ipv4 destination address
match transport source-port
match transport destination-port
collect counter bytes long
collect counter packets long
!
!
flow exporter PrimeNFExp
destination 172.18.54.93
transport udp 9991
option exporter-stats timeout 20
!
!
flow monitor PrimeNFMon
record PrimeNFRec
exporter PrimeNFExp
interface GigabitEthernet3/0/1
ip flow monitor PrimeNFMon input

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Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, deploy it to your devices (see Creating and
Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates).

Configuring NetFlow on Catalyst 3000, 4000, and 6000 Family of Switches

To manually configure NetFlow to export TCP and UDP traffic on Catalyst 3000, 4000, or 6000 devices,
create a user-defined CLI template as shown in the following steps.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > CLI Templates > CLI.

Step 2

Hover your mouse cursor over the information icon and click New to create a new CLI template.

Step 3

Enter a name for the new CLI template (for example, Prime_NF_CFG_CAT3K_4K).

Step 4

From the Device Type list, choose Switches and Hubs.

Step 5

In the Template Detail > CLI Content text box, enter the following commands, modifying them as
needed for your network (note that these commands are only an example):
flow record PrimeNFRec
match ipv4 protocol
match ipv4 source address
match ipv4 destination address
match transport source-port
match transport destination-port
collect counter bytes long
collect counter packets long
!
!
flow exporter PrimeNFExp
destination 172.18.54.93
transport udp 9991
option exporter-stats timeout 20
!
!
flow monitor PrimeNFMon
record PrimeNFRec
exporter PrimeNFExp
interface GigabitEthernet3/0/1
ip flow monitor PrimeNFMon input

Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, deploy it to your devices (see Creating and
Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates).

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Configuring NetFlow on ISR Devices

To manually configure NetFlow to export MACE traffic on an ISR device, use the following steps to
create a user-defined CLI template:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > CLI Templates > CLI.

Step 2

Hover your mouse cursor over the information icon and click New to create a new CLI template.

Step 3

Enter a name for the new CLI template (for example, Prime_NF_CFG_MACE).

Step 4

From the Device Type list, choose Routers.

Step 5

In the Template Detail > CLI Content text box, enter the following commands, modifying them as
needed for your network (note that these commands are only an example)
flow record type mace mace-record
collect application name
collect art all
!
flow exporter mace-export
destination <PI_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>
source GigabitEthernet0/1
transport udp 9991
!
flow monitor type mace mace-monitor
record mace-record
exporter mace-export
cache timeout update 600
class-map match-all PrimeNFClass
match protocol ip
exit
policy-map type mace mace_global
class PrimeNFClass
flow monitor mace-monitor
exit
exit
interface GigabitEthernet 0/1
mace enable

Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, deploy it to your devices (see Creating and
Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates).

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Changing User Settings

Prime Infrastructure provides user preference settings that allow you to modify how information is
displayed.

Changing Your User Preferences

Changing Your Session Timeout

Changing List Length

Changing Your User Preferences

To change your user preferences, choose Administration > User Preferences and change the settings
shown on the User Preferences page.
You can also access User Preferences by clicking the arrow next to your login name in the Global Toolbar
at the top right, then selecting Preferences.
Related Topics

Changing Your Session Timeout

Changing List Length

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Customizing the Alarm Summary

Global Toolbars

Changing Your Session Timeout

Changing Your Session Timeout

Prime Infrastructure provides two settings that control when and how idle users are automatically logged
out:

User Idle TimeoutYou can disable or configure this setting, which ends your user session
automatically when you exceed the timeout. It is enabled by default and is set to 15 minutes.

Global Idle TimeoutThe Global Idle Timeout setting overrides the User Idle Timeout setting. The
Global Idle Timeout is enabled by default and set to 15 minutes. Only users with administrative
privileges can disable the Global Idle Timeout timeout or change its time limit.

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Changing List Length

Step 1

Choose Administration > User Preferences.

You can also access the User Preferences page by clicking the arrow next to your login name in the
Global Toolbar at the top right.

Step 2

Change the settings under User Idle Timeout.

Step 3

Click Save.

Related Topics

Changing Your User Preferences

Changing Your Session Timeout

Changing List Length

Prime Infrastructure lets you change the default number of entries shown on a given list page (such as
lists of alarms, events, the AP list, and so on). The default is 50 items.
Step 1

Choose Administration > User Preferences.

You can also access the User Preferences page by clicking the arrow next to your login name in the
Global Toolbar at the top right.

Step 2

Change the setting in the Items Per List Page drop down.

Step 3

Click Save.

Related Topic

Changing Your User Preferences

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Viewing Dashboards
Dashboards display at-a-glance views of the most important data in your network. Dashboards contain
dashlets that consist of visual displays such as tables and charts.

Note

Adobe Flash Player must be installed before you can view the dashlets on a Cisco Prime Infrastructure
dashboard.
Dashboards provide status and alerts, monitoring, and reporting information. A quick scan of a
dashboard should let you know if anything needs attention. Use the filters at the top of the dashboards
to specify the information that is displayed.
Dashboards contain dashlets that consist of visual displays such as tables and charts. You can drag and
drop dashlets to any location in the dashboards. Hover your mouse cursor over any dashlet, and the
following icons appear in the top-right corner of the dashboard.
Figure 7-1

Dashlet Icons

Dashlet options include editing the dashlet title, refreshing the dashlet, or changing the
dashlet refresh interval. (To disable refresh, unselect Refresh Dashlet.)

Dashlet help includes a picture of the dashlet, a description, the data sources used to populate
the dashlet, and any filters you can apply to the dashlets data.

Refresh the dashlet.

Maximize the dashlet. A restore icon appears, allowing you to restore the dashlet to its
default size.

Collapse the dashlet so that only its title appears. An expand icon appears.

Remove the dashlet.

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Dashlet badges indicate which filters were applied when generating the contents of each dashlet.
Figure 7-2

Dashlet Badges

Network aware filter. Use this filter to collect data for all devices, wired devices, wireless
devices, or a specific wireless SSID.

Site filter. Use this filter to collect data associated with an AP or a controller located at a
predefined location.

Application filter. Use this filter to collect data based on a service, an application within a
service, up to ten separate applications, or all applications.

Time frame filter. Use this filter to collect data for a preset time period, or you can specify
a beginning and ending date.

You can customize the predefined set of dashlets depending on your network management needs. You
can organize the information in user-defined dashboards. The default view comes with default
dashboards and pre-selected dashlets for each.

Note

The label Edited next to the dashlet heading indicates that the dashlet has been customized. If you
reset to the default settings, the Edited label is cleared.

When an upgrade occurs, the arrangement of dashlets in a previous version is maintained. Because
of this, dashlets or features added in a new release are not displayed. Click the Manage Dashboards
link to discover new dashlets.

The horizontal and vertical scrollbars are visible if you zoom the dashlets. Reset the zoom level back
to zero, or no zoom for viewing the dashlets without the scrollbars.

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Adding Dashboards

Adding Dashboards
To add a create a custom dashboard:
Step 1

Click the Settings icon (see Figure 7-3) and choose Add New Dashboard.
Figure 7-3

Settings Pulldown Menu

Step 2

Enter a name for the new dashboard, then click Add.

Step 3

Choose the new dashboard and add dashlets to it (see Adding Dashlets).

Configuring Dashboards
After an upgrade, the arrangement of dashlets in the previous version is maintained. Therefore, dashlets
or features added in a new release are not displayed. To display new dashlets, click the Settings icon
(shown in Figure 7-3) and choose Manage Dashboards.
To restore a dashboard to the default settings:
Step 1

Click the Settings icon (shown in Figure 7-3) and choose Manage Dashboards.

Step 2

Choose a dashboard from the list, and click Reset.

Adding Dashlets
A subset of the available dashlets is automatically displayed in the dashboards. To add a dashlet that is
not automatically displayed to a dashboard:
Step 1

Choose Dashboards, then select the dashboard to which you want to add the dashlet.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon (see Figure 7-3), then choose Add Dashlets.

Step 3

Find the dashboard heading in the drop-down list; you can add any of the dashlets under that heading to
that dashboard.

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Table 7-1 lists the default dashlet options that you can add in your Prime Infrastructure home page.
Table 7-1

Default Dashlets

Dashlet

Description

AP Join Taken Time

Displays the access point name and the amount of time (in days, minutes, and seconds)
that it took for the access point to join.

AP Threats/Attacks

Displays various types of access point threats and attacks and indicates how many of
each type have occurred.

AP Uptime

Displays each access point name and amount of time it has been associated.

Ad hoc Rogues

Displays ad hoc rogues for the previous hour, previous 24 hours, and total active.

Cisco Wired IPS Events

Displays wired IPS events for the previous hour, previous 24 hours, and total active.

Client

Displays the five most recent client alarms with client association failures, client
authentication failures, client WEP key decryption errors, client WPA MIC errors, and
client exclusions.

Client Authentication Type

Displays the number of clients for each authentication type.

Client Count

Displays the trend of associated and authenticated client counts in a given period of
time.

Client Distribution

Displays how clients are distributed by protocol, EAP type, and authentication type.

Client EAP Type Distribution

Displays the count based on the EAP type.

Client Protocol Distribution

Displays the current client count distribution by protocols.

Client Security Events

Displays client security events within the previous 24 hours including excluded client
events, WEP decrypt errors, WPA MIC errors, shunned clients, and IPsec failures.

Client Traffic

Displays the client traffic for wired and wireless clients. For displaying wired client
traffic on Traffic Dashlet, Identity Service Engine (ISE) should be integrated with
Prime Infrastructure, and wired devices should be configured with the ISE server, using
802.1x Port or MAC Authentication.

Client Troubleshooting

Allows you to enter a MAC address of a client and retrieve information for diagnosing
the client in the network.

Clients Detected by Context Aware

Service

Displays the client count detected by the context aware service within the previous 15
minutes.

Controller CPU Utilization (%)

Displays the average, maximum, and minimum CPU usage.

Controller Memory Utilization

Displays the average, maximum, and minimum memory usage as a percentage for the
controllers.

Coverage Areas

Displays the list coverage areas and details about each coverage area.

Friendly Rogue APs

Displays friendly rogue access points for the previous hour, previous 24 hours, and total
active.

Guest Users Count

Displays Guest client count over a specified time.

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Default Dashlets (continued)

Dashlet

Description

Inventory Detail Status

Displays the Chart summarizing the status for the following device types:

Controllers

Switches

Autonomous APs

Radios

MSEs

Third Party Controllers

Third Party Access Points

Inventory Status

Displays the total number of client controllers and the number of unreachable
controllers.

LWAPP Uptime

Displays the access point name and the amount of its uptime in days, minutes, and
seconds.

Latest 5 Logged in Guest Users

Displays the most recent guest users to log in.

Mesh AP by Hop Count

Displays the APs based on hop count.

Mesh AP Queue Based on QoS

Displays the APs based on QoS.

Mesh Parent Changing AP

Displays the worst Mesh APs based on changing parents.

Mesh Top Over Subscribed AP

Displays the considered over subscribed APs.

Mesh Worst Node Hop Count2-28

Displays the Worst AP node hop counts from the root AP.

Mesh Worst Packet Error Rate

Displays the worst Mesh AP links based on the packet error rates of the links.

Mesh Worst SNR Link

Displays the worst Mesh AP links based on the SNR values of the links.

Most Recent AP Alarms

Displays the five most recent access point alarms. Click the number in parentheses to
open the Alarms page which shows all alarms.

Most Recent Client Alarms

Displays the most recent client alarms.

Most Recent Mesh Alarms

Displays the most recent mesh alarms

Most Recent Security Alarms

Displays the five most recent security alarms. Click the number in parentheses to open
the Alarms page.

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Default Dashlets (continued)

Dashlet

Description

Network Device Summary

Displays the total managed device count, number of available access points (APs) and
total count of managed unreachable devices in the network.
The Unified AP Reachability can be any of the following:

ReachableOperational status is registered and admin status is enable.

UnreachableOperational status unregistered and admin status is enable.

If the admin status of the Unified AP is down, it will not be shown anywhere on the
network device summary dashlet.
The AP reachability information is defined as follows:

Unified APReachability is defined by the Operational Status. If the AP is

registered to a wireless LAN controller, it is considered reachable. If it is not
registered, it is not reachable.

Autonomous APReachability is defined by the device's SNMP Reachability field

in the Device Work Center.

Network Topology

Displays the network topology map.

Recent 5 Guest User Accounts

Displays the most recent guest user accounts created or modified.

Recent Alarms

Displays the five most recent alarms by default. Click the number in parentheses to
open the Alarms page.

Recent Coverage Holes

Displays the recent coverage hole alarms listed by access point.

Recent Malicious Rogue AP Alarms Displays the recent malicious rogue AP alarms.
Recent Rogue Alarms

Displays the five most recent rogue alarms. Click the number in parentheses to open the
Alarms page which shows the alarms.

Security Index

Displays the security index score for the wireless network. The security index is
calculated as part of the 'Configuration Sync' background task.

Top APs by Client Count

Displays the Top APs by client count.

Unclassified Rogue APs

Displays unclassified rogue access points for the previous hour, previous 24 hours, and
total active.

Client Count By
Association/Authentication

Displays the total number of clients by Association and authentication in Prime

Infrastructure over the selected period of time.

Associated clientAll clients are connected regardless of whether it is

authenticated or not.

Authenticated clientAll clients are connected through a RADIUS or TACACS

server.

Note

Client count includes autonomous clients.

Note

The wired clients connected to open ports are counted as authenticated although
authentication did not really happen due to open policy. This is also applicable
for the wireless clients connected to an OPEN WLAN. When two areas overlap,
the color is blended in the dashlet.

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Overriding a Dashlet Filter

You can change the filter settings for just one dashlet. For example, to change the time frame during
which data is collected for a single dashlet from the default to 24 hours:
Step 1

Navigate to that dashlet and click Dashlet Options.

Step 2

Select the Override Dashlet Time Filter check box, choose Past 24 Hours from the Time Frame
drop-down list, then click Save And Close.
The dashlet displays the last 24 hours of data. The label Edited next to the Time Frame dashlet badge
with a red diagonal line over the badge indicates that the filter has been customized.

Creating Generic Dashlets

You can add a generic dashlet anywhere; it displays the values for all polled devices.
Before You Begin

You must create at least one custom monitoring policy (for example, see Creating New Monitoring
Policies).
To create a generic dashlet:
Step 1

Choose Dashboards.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon (see Figure 7-3), then choose Add Dashlets.

Step 3

Find the Generic Dashlet and click Add. The Generic Dashlet appears on the dashboard.

Step 4

To edit the dashlet, hover your cursor over the Generic Dashlet and click Dashlet Options.

Step 5

Rename the dashlet.

Step 6

From the Template Name drop-down list, choose the custom template that you created, then click Save.

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Creating Monitoring Policies and Thresholds

Operating and Monitoring the Network

Monitoring Alarms

Configuring and Monitoring IWAN

Monitoring Wireless Technologies

Using Monitoring Tools

Troubleshooting

Monitoring Multiple Prime Infrastructure Instances

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Creating Monitoring Policies and Thresholds

Prime Infrastructure uses monitoring policies to monitor devices against the thresholds you specify.
When the thresholds that you specify are reached, Cisco Prime Infrastructure issues an alarm. The alarms
warn you of changing conditions before the issues impact operations.
By default, Prime Infrastructure polls:

Device health metrics on supported routers, switches and hubs. Storage devices and UCS series
devices are not monitored by the default health policy. See Modifying Default Monitoring Policies.

Interface health metrics on WAN interface groups.

You can also enable other Prime Infrastructure monitoring policies or create a custom MIB polling
policy (see Monitoring Third-Party Devices By Polling MIBs).

Default Monitoring Policies

Prime Infrastructure polls SNMP objects to gather monitoring information for the following health
monitoring policies under Monitor > Monitoring Policies > Automonitoring:

Device ParameterTable 8-1 describes the device health parameters that are polled.

Interface ParameterTable 8-2 describes the interface parameters that are polled.

For the following monitoring policies that provide assurance information, data is collected through
NetFlow or NAMs:

Table 8-1

Application Response Time

NAM Health

Traffic Analysis

Voice Video Data

Voice Video Signaling

Device Health Automonitoring Metrics

Metric

Devices Polled

MIB

MIB Objects Included

Device Availability

All SNMP devices

SNMPv2-MIB

sysUpTime

CPU Utilization

Cisco IOS devices,

Cisco Nexus 7000
Series

CISCO-PROCESS-MIB

cpmCPUTotalPhysicalIndex
cpmCPUTotal1minRev

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Device Health Automonitoring Metrics (continued)

Metric

Devices Polled

MIB

Memory Pool
Utilization

Cisco IOS devices

CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB ciscoMemoryPoolName
ciscoMemoryPoolType
ciscoMemoryPoolUsed /
ciscoMemoryPoolUsed
(ciscoMemoryPoolUsed +
ciscoMemoryPoolFree
ciscoMemoryPoolFree)) * 100

Cisco Nexus 7000

Series

CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB

ASR, Cisco Nexus

7000 Series

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB

entSensorValue

Catalyst 2000, 3000,

4000, 6000, ISR

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB

ciscoEnvMonTemperatureStatusValue

Environment Temp

Table 8-2

MIB Objects Included

(cempMemPoolUsed /
(cempMemPoolUsed +
cempMemPoolFree)) * 100

Interface Health Automonitoring Metrics

Metric

Devices Polled

MIB

Interface
Availability

Cisco IOS devices,

IF-MIB
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

MIB Objects Included

ifOperStatus
ifOutOctets
ifHighSpeed
ifInOctets
ifInErrors
ifOutErrors
ifInDiscards
ifOutDiscards

Input Utilization

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB,
Old-CISCO-Interface-MIB

ifHCInBroadcastPkts,
ifHCInMulticastPkts, ifInErrors,
ifInDiscards, ifInUnknownProtos
ifHCInBroadcastPkts,
ifHCInMulticastPkts

Output Utilization

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB,
Old-CISCO-Interface-MIB

ifHCInBroadcastPkts,
ifHCInMulticastPkts, ifHCInUcastPkts,
ifInDiscards, ifInUnknownProtos,
locIfInputQueueDrops

Percent Drop per

QoS Class

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB,
Old-CISCO-Interface-MIB

ifHCOutBroadcastPkts,
ifHCOutMulticastPkts,
ifHCOutUcastPkts, ifOutDiscards,
ifOutUnknownProtos,
locIfOutputQueueDrops

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Table 8-3

Class-Based, QoS, Health-Monitoring Metrics

Metric

Devices Polled

MIB

MIB Objects Included

QOS calculation

Cisco IOS devices

CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOSMIB

cbQosCMDropByte64
cbQosCMPostPolicyByte64
cbQosCMPrePolicyByte64

Interface Inbound
Errors

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB

ifInErrors

Interface Outbound
Errors

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB

ifOutErrors

Interface Inbound
Discards

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB

ifInDiscards

Interface Outbound
Discards

Cisco IOS devices

IF-MIB

ifOutDiscards

Modifying Default Monitoring Policies

Prime Infrastructure monitoring policies monitor network device metrics and alert you of changing
conditions before the issues impact their operation. By default, Prime Infrastructure polls device health
metrics on supported routers, switches and hubs, storage devices, and UCS series devices, and interface
health metrics on WAN interface groups.
To modify the polling frequency and the threshold parameters, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies.

Step 2

Click Automonitoring.

Step 3

Modify the required fields, then click:

Save and Activate to save and activate the policy immediately on the selected devices.

Save and Close to save the policy and activate it at a later time.

Creating New Monitoring Policies

Prime Infrastructure monitoring policies monitor network device metrics and alert you of changing
conditions before the issues impact their operation.
To create a new monitoring policy, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies.

Step 2

Click Add.

Step 3

Select a monitoring policy from the Policy Types menu.

Step 4

Enter a name for the new policy.

Step 5

Under Parameters and Thresholds, specify the threshold values for which you want Prime Infrastructure
to issue an alarm when they are reached.

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Step 6

Click:

Save and Activate to save and activate the policy immediately on the selected devices.

Save and Close to save the policy and activate it at a later time.

Monitoring Third-Party Devices By Polling MIBs

You can design custom MIB polling policies to monitor third-party or Cisco devices and device groups.
You can also create custom MIB policies to monitor device features for which Prime Infrastructure
doesnt provide default policies. Using this feature, you can:

Upload the SNMP MIB for the device type, then choose devices and attributes to poll and the polling
frequency.

Upload a single MIB definition file or a group of MIBs with their dependencies as a ZIP file.

Note

Ensure that you upload all the dependencies, before uploading the MIB. You can also upload the
MIB along with its dependencies in a ZIP file.
Display the results as a line chart or a table.

This feature allows you to easily repeat polling for the same devices and attributes and customize the
way Cisco devices are polled using SNMP.
You can create a maximum of 25 custom MIB polling policies.
To create a custom MIB polling policies, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies, then click Add.

Step 2

From the Policy Types menu, select Custom MIB Polling.

Step 3

Enter a name for the policy.

Step 4

Under the MIB Selection tab, specify the polling frequency and enter the MIB information.

If Prime Infrastructure doesnt have the specific MIB you want to monitor, download the MIBs you
want to monitor from the following URL:
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&step=2

To upload a MIB, specify a filename extension only if you are uploading a ZIP file.

Note

Step 5

Regardless of the device, the extensions .ZIP,.MIB and .MY are allowed.

If you are uploading a ZIP file, ensure that all dependent MIB files are either included in the ZIP or
already present in the system.

Ensure your upload file and the MIB definition have the same name (for example: Do not rename
the ARUBA-MGMT-MIB definition file to ARUBA_MGMT). If you are uploading a ZIP file, you
may name it as you please, but the MIB files packaged inside it must also follow this convention (for
example: MyMibs.zip is acceptable, as long as all MIB files in the ZIP match their MIB names).

To test the policy you created on a device before activating it, click the Test tab and select a device on
which to test the new policy.

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Step 6

Click Save and Activate to immediately activate the policy on the devices specified.

Step 7

To view the MIB polling data, create a generic dashlet (see Creating Generic Dashlets) using the name
of the policy that you created.
To view the SNMP polling date for ASR devices, you should use the show platform hardware qfp
active datapath utilization | inc Processing command for CPU utilization and show platform
hardware qfp active infrastructure exmem statistics | sec DRAM command for memory utilization.

Note

There is no limitation in the number of MIB files uploaded.

Example: Monitoring IP SLA

You can create a monitoring policy to view IP service levels for network-based applications and services.
There are approximately seven IP SLA-related MIBs. In this example, the video MIB only is monitored.
Step 1

Download the IP SLA video MIB from the following URL:

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&step=2

Step 2

Choose Monitor > Monitoring Policies, then click Add.

Step 3

Click Custom MIB Polling.

Step 4

Enter a name for the policy.

Step 5

Under the MIB Selection tab, click Upload MIB and navigate to the MIB that you uploaded in Step 1.

Step 6

From the Tables pulldown menu, select a table, then select the specific metrics to monitor.

Step 7

To test the policy you created on a device before activating it, click the Test tab and select a device on
which to test the new policy.

Step 8

Select the devices for which you want to monitor IP SLA metrics.

Step 9

Click Save and Activate to immediately activate the policy on the devices specified.

Step 10

To monitor this information from a dashboard, you need to create a generic dashlet. See Creating Generic
Dashlets for more information.

Monitoring NetFlow Traffic

You can customize NetFlow templates as explained in the following steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > NetFlow Templates.

Step 2

Click Create Custom Report.

Step 3

Select a template.

Step 4

Complete the required fields.

Step 5

Click:

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Save to save the policy immediately on the selected devices.

Save and Close to save the policy and activate it at a later time.

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Operating and Monitoring the Network

On the Monitor tab, Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides tools to help you monitor your network on a
daily basis, as well as perform other day-to-day or ad hoc operations relating to network device inventory
and configuration management. The Monitor tab includes tools that you need for day-to-day monitoring,
troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Monitoring Background Tasks

Device Work Center

Import Policy Updates

Monitoring Jobs

Using Packet Capture to Monitor and Troubleshoot Network Traffic

Using Packet Capture to Monitor and Troubleshoot Network Traffic

Securing Network Services

Monitoring Background Tasks

A background task is a scheduled program running in the background with no visible pages or other user
interfaces. In Prime Infrastructure, background tasks can be anything from data collection to backing up
configurations. You can monitor background tasks to see which background tasks are running, check
their schedules, and find out whether the task was successfully completed.
To monitor the background tasks, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Settings > Background Tasks to view scheduled tasks. The Background
Tasks page appears.

Step 2

Choose a command from the drop-down list:

Execute NowRuns all of the data sets with a selected check box.

Enable TasksEnables the data set to run on its scheduled interval.

Disable TasksPrevents the data set from running on its scheduled interval.

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Device Work Center

From Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, you can view the device inventory and
device configuration information. The Device Work Center contains general administrative functions at
the top and configuration functions at the bottom as described in Table 9-1.
Table 9-1

Device Work Center Tasks

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Network Devices

Task

Description

Manage devices

Add, edit, delete, sync, and export devices,

These buttons are located at the top of the
add, and delete devices from groups and sites, Device Work Center. Refer Adding Devices
and perform a bulk import.
Manually, Exporting Devices, and Importing
Devices from Another Source for more details.

View basic device

information and collection
status

View basic device information such as

reachability status, IP address, device type,
and collection status.

Hover your mouse cursor over the IP

Address/DNS cell and click the icon to access
the 360 view for that device (see Getting
Device Details from the Device 360 View).
Hover your mouse cursor over the Collection
Status cell and click the icon to view errors
related to the inventory collection.

Manage device groups

Add devices to site groups

By default, Prime Infrastructure creates

dynamic device groups and assigns devices to
the appropriate Device Type folder. You can
create new device groups that appear under
the User Defined folder.

Displayed in the left pane of the Device Work

Center Page.
See for more information about creating and
using device groups.

After you set up a site group profile, you can Add to Group button located at the top of the
add devices to it.
Device Work Center page under Groups &
Sites.
To add devices to site groups in Device Work
Center, add them to Group and then select
site group.
To add devices to site maps, go to the Maps >
Site Maps page.

View device details

Note

A device can belong to one site group

hierarchy only.

Note

The devices added to a site group in

Device Work Center are not added to
the Maps > Site Maps page.
Similarly, the devices added in the
Maps > Site Maps page are not added
to site groups in Device Work Center.

View device details such as memory, port,

environment, and interface information.

Click a device in the Network Devices page to

go to the Device Details page.

View device information and status, and

associated modules, alarms, neighbors, and
interfaces. See Getting Device Details from
the Device 360 View for more information.

Hover your mouse cursor over a device IP

address and click the icon that appears.

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Table 9-1

Device Work Center Tasks (continued)

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Network Devices

Task

Description

Create and apply

configuration templates

Click the Configuration tab at the bottom of

You can configure device features on the
selected device. You can also view the list of the Device Work Center page.
applied and scheduled feature templates that
See Configuring Device Features for more
were deployed to the device.
information about configuring features on a
device.
You might not be able to configure some
controller features using the Device Work
Center. Use the Configuration > Templates
> Features & Technologies page to
configure controller features.

View device configurations

View archived configurations, schedule

Click Configuration Archives at the top of the
configuration rollbacks, and schedule archive Device Work Center.
collections.

View software images

You can view the recommended software

image for a single device, and then import or
distribute that image. If you want to distribute
a software image to multiple devices, see
Deploying Software Images to Devices.

Click Software Image Management at the top

of the Device Work Center. Select a device for
which you want to view the recommended
software image. Click the Image tab.
Scroll down to Recommended Images to view
the recommended image for the device that
you selected. Prime Infrastructure gathers the
recommended images from both Cisco.com
and the local repository.
You can import the recommended image (see
Importing Software Images) or distribute (see
Deploying Software Images to Devices) the
recommended image.

View interface details

You can view the description, admin status,

and operational status of the interface.

Choose a device in the Device Work Center,

then click the Configuration tab at the bottom
of the screen. Click Interfaces to view the
interface details.

View and modify TrustSec

configuration

You can view and modify the TrustSec

configuration of a TrustSec-based device.

Choose a device in the Device Work Center,

then click the Configuration tab at the bottom
of the screen. Click Security >TrustSec >
Wired 802_1x.

Import Policy Updates

Import Policy Updates allow you to manually download the policy updates patch file from Cisco.com
and import it into the Compliance and Audit Manager Engine.
To import policy updates, follow these steps:
Step 1

From the Cisco.com home page, navigate to Products & Services > Cloud and Systems Management.
Click View All Products, then click Routing and Switching Management > Cisco Prime
Infrastructure, select the latest version and then click Compliance Policy Updates.

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Step 2

Download the CompliancePolicyUpdates.vX-y.jar patch file, where X is the major version and y is the
minor version.

Step 3

Enter your Cisco.com credentials.

Step 4

Save the CompliancePolicyUpdates.vX-y.jar patch file to your local system.

Step 5

From the Prime Infrastructure GUI, select the downloaded CompliancePolicyUpdates.vX-y.jar file from
your local system, choose Administration > Import Policy Updates, then click Browse.
The Import Policy Updates menu appears only if you have enabled the Compliance Service
(Administration > System Settings) as described in Configuring Server Settings.

Step 6

To import the CompliancePolicyUpdates.vX-y.jar patch file into the Compliance Engine, click Upload.

Step 7

After you see the message indicating the file was successfully imported, restart the Prime Infrastructure
server. See Restarting the Prime Infrastructure Server.

Step 8

Verify that the Prime Infrastructure server process is restarted.

Restarting the Prime Infrastructure Server

To restart the prime infrastructure server, follow these steps:
Step 1

To restart the Prime Infrastructure server, log in as the admin user:

ssh admin@<server>

Step 2

Run the following commands (in the order specified) from the admin prompt:
admin# ncs stop
admin# ncs start

Monitoring Jobs
Use the Jobs dashboard to:

View all running and completed jobs and corresponding job details

Filter jobs to view the specific jobs in which you are interested

View details of the most recently submitted job

View job execution results

Modify jobs, including deleting, editing, running, canceling, pausing, and resuming jobs

Prime Infrastructure can have a maximum of 25 jobs running concurrently. If a new job is created while
25 jobs are already running, the new job state is scheduled until a job completes and the new job can
start. If a new jobs scheduled time has already passed before it could be started, the new job will not run
and youll need to reschedule or start it when less than 25 jobs are running.
To monitor jobs, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Jobs.

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Step 2

Click a job, then perform any of the following actions:

Click Run to start the currently scheduled job immediately. If a job has the status failed, click Run
to resubmit the same job, which creates a new scheduled job with the same parameters as the
previous job. Only the failed and partially successful devices within the job will be selected for retry.

Click Abort to stop a discovery job currently in progress and return it to its scheduled state. You
cannot abort all jobs. For example, you receive an error message if you try to abort a running
configuration job.

Click Cancel to delete any future scheduled jobs for the job you specified. If a job is currently
running, it will complete.

Click the History tab to view the history of a job. Hover your mouse cursor over the results in the
Status column to display troubleshooting information that can help you determine why a job failed.

Click the Details tab to view job information such as when the job was created, started, or scheduled.

When a minute job is scheduled to run recursively, the first trigger of the job falls on nth minute of the
hour, as divided by the quartz scheduler, and successive runs will be placed as per the schedule. For
example, if you have given the start time as 12:02:00 and you want the job to run every 3 minutes, then
the job will be executed at 12:03 (in a minute), with the next recurrence at 12:06, 12:09, and so on.
Another example, if you have given the start time as 12:00:00 and you want the job to run every 3
minutes, then the job will be executed at 12:00 (without any delay), with the next recurrence at 12:03,
12:06, and so on.

Using Packet Capture to Monitor and Troubleshoot Network

Traffic
In addition to aggregating data from multiple NAMs, Prime Infrastructure with licensed Assurance
features makes it easy to actively manage and troubleshoot network problems using multiple NAMs and
ASRs.

Note

To use this feature, your Prime Infrastructure implementation must include Assurance licenses.

Note

This feature is supported for NAMs and ASRs. For more information on minimum Cisco IOS XE version
supported on ASRs, see the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release Notes.
In the following workflow, a network operator needs to troubleshoot a set of similar authentication
violations taking place at multiple branches. Because the operator suspects that the authentication
problems are due to a network attack in progress, the operator runs the Packet Capture feature against
the NAMs or ASRs for each branch, then runs the Packet Decoder to inspect the suspicious traffic.

Step 1

Create a capture session definition:

a.

Choose Monitor > Tools > Packet Capture, then click Capture Session to create a new capture
session definition.

b.

Complete the General section as needed. Give the session definition a unique name and specify how
you want to file the captured data. To capture the full packet, enter 0 in the Packet Slice Size.

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c.

If you want to restrict the captured traffic to particular source or destination IPs, VLANs,
applications, or ports, click Add in the Software Filters section and create filters as needed. If you
do not create a software filter, it captures everything.

d.

In the Devices area, you can select:

A NAM and its data ports. You can create one capture session per NAM only, whether the

capture session is running or not.

An ASR and its interfaces.
e.

Click Create and Start All Sessions.

Prime Infrastructure (with licensed Assurance features) saves the new session definition, then runs
separate capture sessions on each of the devices you specified. It stores the sessions as files on the device
and displays the list of packet capture files in the Capture Files area.
Step 2

Step 3

To decode a packet capture file:

a.

Choose Monitor > Tools > Packet Capture.

b.

Select a PCAP file in a NAM or ASR device.

c.

Select Copy To to copy the PCAP file to the PI server (the decode operation only runs on files in
the PI server).

d.

Click View Jobs to confirm that the copy job completed successfully.

e.

Open the localhost folder, select the check box for the new capture file, then click Decode. The
decoded data appears in the bottom pane.

f.

A TCP Stream displays the data as the application layer sees it. To view the TCP Stream for a
decoded file, select a TCP packet from the Packet List, then click TCP Stream. You can view the
data as ASCII text or in a HEX dump.

To run a packet capture session again, select the session definition in the Capture Sessions area and
click Start.

Securing Network Services

Cisco TrustSec Identity-Based Networking Services (IBNS) is an integrated solution consisting of Cisco
products that offer authentication, access control, and user policies to secure network connectivity and
resources. Cisco TrustSec IBNS help enterprises to increase productivity and visibility, reduce operating
costs, and enforce policy compliance.

Note

To use this feature, your Prime Infrastructure implementation must include Assurance licenses.
In Prime Infrastructure, the TrustSec network service design enables you to choose preferred options for
provisioning configurations to TrustSec-capable devices to enable 802.1X and other TrustSec
functionality. You can configure wired 802_1x devices by creating TrustSec model-based configuration
templates and choosing any one of the following navigation paths:

Services > Network Services > TrustSec

Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > TrustSec > Wired 802_1x

Note that for Catalyst 6000 devices:

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Security violation as protect is not available for Catalyst 6000 supervisor devices.

Security violation as replace is available in Cisco IOS Release 15.1(01)SY and later.

The command macsec is not available for Catalyst 6500 supervisor 2T devices.

The MACsec support is available only for 3560-X series and 3750-X series devices with minimum
supported image version 12.2.55SE3/15.0(1)SE2.

Note

For the TrustSec 2.0 platform support list, see the Cisco TrustSec 2.0 Product Bulletin.
For more details about configuring TrustSec model-based configuration templates, see Creating
Feature-Level Configuration Templates.
Generating a TrustSec Readiness Assessment Report

TrustSec Readiness Assessment displays TrustSec-based device details such as TrustSec version,
readiness category, readiness device count, and device percentage displayed in the pie chart.
To generate a TrustSec Readiness Assessment report, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Network Services > TrustSec.

Step 2

Expand the Features-TrustSec folder, then click Readiness Assessment.

A pie chart appears with the following types of devices:

TrustSec Limited Compatibility Devices

TrustSec Capable Devices

TrustSec Hardware Incapable Devices

TrustSec Software Incapable Devices

Step 3

Click Section view and click any of the pie chart slices to view the details of the selected TrustSec-based
device type.

Step 4

Click Complete view to view the details of all TrustSec-based devices.

Step 5

Select the TrustSec version and click Export to export the readiness assessment details to a CSV file.

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Monitoring Alarms
An alarm is a Cisco Prime Infrastructure response to one or more related events. If an event is considered
of high enough severity (critical, major, minor, or warning), Prime Infrastructure raises an alarm until
the condition no longer occurs.

What Is an Event?

What Is an Alarm?

Defining Alarm Thresholds

Where to Find Alarms

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Customizing the Alarm Summary

Changing Alarm Status

Changing Alarm and Event Options

Configuring Alarm Severity Levels

Getting Help for Alarms

Where to Find Syslogs

What Is an Event?
An event is an occurrence or detection of some condition in or around the network. An event is a distinct
incident that occurs at a specific point in time. Examples of events include:

Port status change

Device reset

Device becomes unreachable by the management station

An event can also result from:

A fault that is an error, failure, or exceptional condition in the network. For example, when a device
becomes unreachable, an unreachable event is triggered.

A fault clearing. For example, when a device state changes from unreachable to reachable, a
reachable event is triggered.

One or more events may generate an abnormal state or alarm. The alarm can be cleared, but the event
remains. You can view the list of events using the Event Browser.
Choose Monitor > Alarms & Events, then click Events to access the Events Browser page.

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Event Creation

Prime Infrastructure maintains an event catalog and decides how and when an event is created and
whether to associate an alarm with the event. Multiple events can be associated with the same alarm.
Prime Infrastructure discovers events in the following ways:

By receiving notification events and analyzing them; for example, syslog and traps.

By automatically polling devices and discovering changes; for example, device unreachable.

By receiving events when a significant change occurs on the Prime Infrastructure server; for
example, rebooting the server.

Incoming event notifications (traps and syslogs) are identified by matching the event data to predefined
patterns. A trap or syslog is considered supported by Prime Infrastructure if it has matching patterns and
can be properly identified. If the event data does not match predefined patterns, the event is considered
unsupported, and it is dropped.
Faults are discovered by Prime Infrastructure through polling, traps, or syslog messages. Prime
Infrastructure maintains the context of all faults and ensures that duplicate events or alarms are not
maintained in the Prime Infrastructure database.
The following table provides examples of when Prime Infrastructure creates an event.
Time

Event

Prime Infrastructure Behavior

10:00AM PDT December 1, 2013 Device A becomes unreachable.

Creates a new unreachable event on device A.

10:30AM PDT December 1, 2013 Device A continues to be unreachable.

No change in the event status.

10:45AM PDT December 1, 2013 Device A becomes reachable.

Creates a new reachable event on device A.

11:00AM PDT December 1, 2013 Device A stays reachable.

No change in the event status.

12:00AM PDT December 1, 2013 Device A becomes unreachable.

Creates a new unreachable event on device A.

Recurring Alarms and Events

To reduce the amount of unnecessary alarms and events, Prime Infrastructure detects the underlying
causes of an event, and then modifies when it issues alarms and events if the devices have any of the
problems. For example, for module or link faults, if a module is down, Prime Infrastructure creates one
Module Down alarm only, and associates all of the interfaces link down events to the Module Down
alarm. When the module state is restored, Prime Infrastructure clears the module alarm and all interface
messages are associated to the cleared alarm.

What Is an Alarm?
An alarm is a Prime Infrastructure response to one or more related events. If an event is considered of
high enough severity (critical, major, minor, or warning), Prime Infrastructure raises an alarm until the
resulting condition no longer occurs.
One or more events can result in a single alarm being raised. An alarm is created in the following
sequence:
1.

A notification is triggered when a fault occurs in the network.

2.

An event is created, based on the notification.

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3.

An alarm is created after verifying that there is no active alarm corresponding to this event.

An alarm is associated with two types of events:

Active Events: Events that have not been cleared. An alarm remains in this state until the fault is
resolved in a network.

Historical Events: Events that have been cleared. An event state changes to a historical event when
the fault is resolved in a network.

A cleared alarm represents the end of an alarms lifecycle. A cleared alarm can be revived if the same
fault recurs within a preset period of time. The default is 5 minutes.
Event and Alarm Association

Prime Infrastructure maintains a catalog of events and alarms. This catalog contains a list of events and
alarms managed by Prime Infrastructure, and the relationship among the events and alarms. Events of
different types can be attached to the same alarm type.
When a notification is received:
1.

Prime Infrastructure compares an incoming notification against the event and alarm catalog.

2.

Prime Infrastructure decides whether to raise an event.

3.

If an event is raised, Prime Infrastructure decides if the event triggers a new alarm or if it is
associated with an existing alarm.

A new event is associated with an existing alarm if the new event is of the same type and occurs on the
same source.
Alarm Status

Table 10-1 provides alarm status descriptions.

Table 10-1

Alarm Status Descriptions

Alarm Status

Description

Not
acknowledged

When an event triggers a new alarm or a new event is associated with an existing alarm.

Acknowledged

When you acknowledge an alarm, the status changes from Not acknowledged to Acknowledged.

Cleared

A cleared alarm can involve any of the following:

Auto-clear from the deviceThe fault is resolved on the device and an event is triggered for the device.
For example, a device-reachable event clears a device-unreachable event. This, in turn, clears the
device-unreachable alarm.

Manual-clear from Prime Infrastructure usersYou can manually clear an active alarm without
resolving the fault in the network. A clearing event is triggered and the alarm is cleared.

If a fault continues to exist in the network, a new event and alarm are created subsequently, based on
event notification (traps/syslogs).
Event and Alarm Severity

Each event has an assigned severity. Events fall broadly into the following severity categories, each with
an associated color in Prime Infrastructure:

Flagging (indicates a fault)Critical (red), Major (orange), Minor (yellow), or Warning (sky blue).

InformationalInfo (blue). Some informational events clear flagging events.

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For example, a Link Down event might be assigned Critical severity, while its corresponding Link Up
event will be Cleared severity.
In a sequence of events, the event with the highest severity determines the severity of the alarm.

Defining Alarm Thresholds

Use monitoring templates to define thresholds. When the thresholds that you specify are reached, Prime
Infrastructure issues an alarm. See Creating Monitoring Policies and Thresholds for information about
defining thresholds.

Where to Find Alarms

Table 10-2 lists where you can find alarms.
Table 10-2

Where to Find Alarms

Location in GUI

Description

Monitor > Alarms &

Events

Displays a new page listing all alarms with details such as severity, status, failure source, time
stamp, owner, category, and condition. You can change the status of alarms and assign,
annotate, delete, specify email notifications from this page and use the troubleshoot
functionality to devices from PI.

Hover your mouse cursor

over Alarm Summary

Displays a table listing the critical, major, and minor alarms currently detected by Prime
Infrastructure. See Customizing the Alarm Summary.

Alarm Browser

Opens a window that displays the same information as in the Monitor > Alarms & Events but
does not take you to a new page.

From device 360 view

On the Alarms tab, when you hover the mouse over the Failure Source field, the crosshair icon
appears. Click the icon to see the 360 view of the device. Or, on the Alarm browser, when you
hover the mouse over the Failure Source field, the crosshair icon appears. Click the icon to see
the 360 view of the device.

Dashboard > Incidents

Displays dashlets that contain alarm summary information, top n sites with the most alarms, top
n alarm types, device reachability status, syslog watch, and syslog summary.

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Prime Infrastructure provides user preference settings that let you control whether:

Step 1

Maps and Alarms pages refresh whenever Prime Infrastructure raises a new alarm.

Prime Infrastructure displays prompts and warning messages when you acknowledge an alarm or
clear all alarms of a condition.

Cleared alarm conditions are always set to the Information severity level.

Choose Administration > User Preferences.

You can also access the User Preferences page by clicking the arrow next to your login name in the
Global Toolbar at the top right.

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Step 2

If you want maps and alarms pages to automatically refresh every time Prime Infrastructure raises a new
alarm, select the Refresh Map/Alarms page on new alarm check box in the Alarms portion of the page.

Step 3

If you do not want the warning message to appear whenever you acknowledge an alarm, select the
Disable Alarm Acknowledge Warning Message check box. Note that the warning message displays as
a reminder that a recurrence of the problem does not generate another alarm unless this functionality is
disabled.

Step 4

If you do not want to be prompted to confirm each time you clear an alarm condition, select the Disable
confirmation prompt for Clear all of this condition check box. Note that the warning displays as a
reminder that you are clearing all occurrences of the specified condition.

Step 5

If you do not want to be prompted to confirm the severity change each time you clear an alarm condition,
select the Disable Set severity to Information? prompt for Clear all of this condition check box.

Step 6

Click Save.

Related Topics

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Customizing the Alarm Summary

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Customizing the Alarm Summary

Prime Infrastructure provides user settings that control the information shown in the Alarm Summary
toolbar (shown in the Global Toolbar at bottom right) and in the Alarm Summary pop-up page displayed
when you click on the Alarm Summary toolbar. These include:

Step 1

How often the alarm count is refreshed in the Alarm Summary toolbar and page.

Which category of alarm to track as the default alarm category shown in the Alarm Summary
toolbar.

Which categories of alarms to include in the Alarm Summary page, and in the total displayed in the
Alarm Summary toolbar.

Choose Administration > User Preferences.

You can also access the User Preferences page by clicking the arrow next to your login name in the
Global Toolbar at the top right.

Step 2

To change the Alarm Summary refresh frequency: In the Refresh Alarm count in the Alarm Summary
every drop down list, choose a refresh frequency (every 5 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2
minutes, or 5 minutes).

Step 3

To elect the alarm categories to display in the Alarm Summary toolbar and pop-up page:
a.

Click Edit Alarm Categories. The Select Alarm Categories pop-up displays.

b.

In the Default Category to display drop-down, choose the default category whose total alarm count
you want to display in the Alarm Summary toolbar. For example: Choose AP Rogue to have the
Alarm Summary toolbar display the count for AP Rogue alarms only. Choose Alarm Summary to
have the toolbar display a count of all alarms in all selected categories and subcategories; choose

c.

In the pick list under the Show drop-down, choose the checkbox next to each category or
sub-category of alarm that you want to include in the Alarm Summary popup page.

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If Default Category to display is set to Alarm Summary, the alarm totals shown in the toolbar
will be the total of all alarms for all the categories and sub-categories you select in the pick list. If
any other category or sub-category is selected as the Default Category, the toolbar shows totals only
for that category.
d.
Step 4

When you are finished, click OK. Your selected alarm category and subcategories are listed on the
User Preferences page.

Click Save to save your changes.

Related Topics

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Changing Alarm Display Behavior

Global Toolbars

Changing Alarm Status

You can remove an alarm from the list of alarms by changing its status to Acknowledged or Cleared. No
e-mails will be generated for these alarms.
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Alarms & Events.

Step 2

Select an alarm, then choose one of the following options under Change Status:

AcknowledgeRemoves the alarm from the Alarms list and prevents the alarm from being counted
as an active alarm on the Alarm Summary page or any alarms list.

UnacknowledgeReturns the alarm to its active alarm state on the Alarm Summary page and all
alarms lists.

ClearSets the alarm state to Cleared. Cleared alarms remain in the Prime Infrastructure database,
but in the Clear state. You clear an alarm when the condition that caused it no longer exists.

Clear all of this ConditionSets the alarm state to Cleared for all alarms with the same Condition
as the alarm you selected.
After you click Yes to confirm that you want to clear all alarms of the specified condition, a dialog
appears asking if you want to change the severity for the selected alarm condition to Informational.
This prevents Prime Infrastructure from issuing alarms for the specified condition. To later reset the
conditions severity, choose Administration > System Settings > Severity Configuration and
modify the severity. See Configuring Alarm Severity Levels for more information.

When to Acknowledge Alarms

You may want certain alarms to be removed from the Alarms list. For example, if you are continuously
receiving an interference alarm from a certain device, you may want to stop that alarm from being
counted as an active alarm on the Alarm Summary page or any alarms list. In this scenario, you can find
the alarm for the device in the Alarms list, select an alarm and choose Change Status > Acknowledge.

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If the device generates a new violation on the same interface, Prime Infrastructure does not create a new
alarm, and the Alarm Summary page shows no new alarms. However, if the interference violation is
created on another interface, a new alarm is created.
By default, acknowledged alarms are not displayed on either the Alarm Summary page or in any alarm
list. Also, no emails are generated for acknowledged alarms. By default, acknowledged alarms are not
included for any search criteria. To change this default, go to the Administration > System Settings >
Alarms and Events page and disable the Hide Acknowledged Alarms preference.
When you acknowledge an alarm, a warning message appears as a reminder that a recurrence of the
problem does not generate another alarm unless this functionality is disabled. Use the Administration
> User Preferences page to disable this warning message.
You can also search for all previously acknowledged alarms to reveal the alarms that were acknowledged
during the last seven days. Prime Infrastructure automatically deletes cleared alerts that are more than
seven days old, so your results can show activity for only the last seven days. Until an existing alarm is
deleted, a new alarm cannot be generated for any managed entity for which Prime Infrastructure has
already generated an alarm.

Including Acknowledged and Cleared Alarms in Searches

By default, acknowledged and cleared alarms are not included for any search criteria. To change this
default, choose Administration > System Settings > Alarms and Events and disable the Hide
Acknowledged Alarms or Hide Cleared Alarms preference.
Cleared alarms remain in the Prime Infrastructure database, but in the Clear state. You clear an alarm
when the condition that caused it no longer exists.

Changing Alarm and Event Options

You might want to change the schedule for deleting alarms, the alarm severities that are displayed, or
alarm email options.
To change alarm and event options, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, choose Alarms and Events.

Step 3

Change the alarm or event settings, then click Save.

Configuring Alarm Severity Levels

A newly generated alarm has a default severity level that you might want to change.
To configure an alarms severity level, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, choose Severity Configuration.

Step 3

Select the check box of the alarm condition whose severity level that you want to change.

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Step 4

From the Configure Security Level drop-down list, choose a severity level, then click Go.

Step 5

Click OK to confirm the changes.

Getting Help for Alarms

If you receive an alarm in Monitor > Alarms & Events for which you cannot find a resolution in the
Cisco Support Community (click an alarm, then choose Troubleshoot > Support Forum.), you can use
Prime Infrastructure to open a support request (click an alarm, then choose Troubleshoot > Support
Case). See Troubleshooting Prime Infrastructure in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator
Guide for more information.

Where to Find Syslogs

Prime Infrastructure logs all syslogs from severity 0 through 7 (emergency through debugging messages)
generated by all devices that are managed by Prime Infrastructure. Prime Infrastructure also logs all
SNMP messages.
Prime Infrastructure logs and displays syslogs from managed devices only. Syslogs from devices that are
not managed by Prime Infrastructure are not logged or displayed.
To view syslogs, choose Monitor > Alarms & Events, then click the Syslogs tab. You can use the
predefined filters provided by Prime Infrastructure, or use the Quick or Advanced Filters to search on
your own criteria.

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Configuring and Monitoring IWAN

Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) is a system that enhances collaboration and cloud application
performance while reducing the operating cost of the WAN. This system leverages low-cost,
high-bandwidth Internet services to increase bandwidth capacity without compromising the
performance, availability, or security of cloud-based applications. Organizations can use IWAN to
leverage the Internet as WAN transport, as well as for direct access to Public Cloud applications. For
more information on Cisco IWAN, see the Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) Design Guide.
Prime Infrastructure positions the IWAN wizard workflow mostly for green field customers where the
IWAN services need to be enabled for the first time. The enabled IWAN service cannot be modified for
brown field customers. But customers can always overwrite the last-configured service by rewriting any
of these services on required sites.
You can use Prime Infrastructure to design, configure, and monitor the IWAN services for an enterprise.
Cisco IWAN requires the configuration of DMVPN, PFR, AVC and QOS as part of enabling IWAN
services on different devices.

Prerequisites for Enabling IWAN Services

When designing or deploying IWAN services, configurations need to be decided. A network
administrator needs to plan the branches on which the IWAN has to be enabled or reconfigured. In Prime
Infrastructure, you can access a set of CVD validated out of the box IWAN templates by navigating to
Configuration Templates > Features & Technologies > Feature Templates. All the templates under
this feature technology are tagged IWAN, and any new template that a user creates will automatically
carry this tag and will appear in the IWAN workflow.
The tags that are automatically used for the templates are as follows:

DMVPN: IWAN-DMVPN

PFR: IWAN-PFR

QOS: IWAN-QOS

AVC: IWAN-AVC

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The tags that are used for the IWAN Hub and IWAN Branch Categories based on the Device roles are as
follows:

Hub Category:
Master Controller: IWAN-HUB-Master-Controller
MPLS Hub: IWAN-HUB-MPLS
Internet Hub: IWAN-HUB-Internet

Branch Category
Single Router Branch: IWAN-Branch-Single-Router
Dual Router Branch-MPLS: IWAN-Branch-Dual-MPLS
Dual Router Branch-Internet: IWAN-Branch-Dual-Internet

Users can create their own templates from the bundle templates or modify the out of the box design
templates, which can be recreated from the CVD templates and displayed in the IWAN workflow.
Therefore, enabling the complete IWAN services through Prime Infrastructure is done based on two
categories, SITE and ROLE. SITE can be HUB or SPOKE, and ROLE can be X, Y, Z, and so on.
Depending on this selection, the templates will be organized and displayed in sequence for users to fill
in the values. At the end of the workflow, the summary of the configurations to be deployed on the
network is displayed. When the Deploy button is clicked, the configurations are pushed to the network.
Important Notes

Ensure that the interface loopback 0 IP address is configured on all Master Controllers before
deployment.

The loopback IP of the Master Controller should be permitted in the DC-LOCAL-ROUTES

prefix-list in HUB-Border-MPLS and HUB-Border-Internet routers for Border routers to reach MC.

Example:
ip prefix-list DC-LOCAL-ROUTES seq 40 permit <MC loopback0 ip>/32

The DC_Prefix1 field in CVD-DMVPN-MPLS and CVD-DMVPN-Internet templates should match

the DC subnet. If there is more than one subnet in DC, then the suffix le 32 can be used to include
all the subnets.

Example:
Subnet A172.29.10.0/30
Subnet B172.29.10.4/30
Subnet C172.29.10.8/30
DC_Prefix1(x.x.x.x/x)172.29.10.0/24 le 32

In CVD-DMVPN, CVD-DMVPN-Dual-Internet, and CVD-DMVPN-Dual-MPLS templates, the

subnet mask of the Loopback interface needs to be entered in the Loopback-Subnet field.

%IPSEC-3-REPLAY_ERROR: IPSec SA receives an anti-replay error.

If this error message is seen on the HUB-Border-MPLS router, you may be able to resolve this by
increasing the window size.
Example:
crypto ipsec security-association replay window-size 1024

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Using the IWAN Wizard

Using the IWAN Wizard

Prime Infrastructure provides a wizard to help you design and deploy IWAN services. Before
configuring IWAN services, refer Prerequisites for Enabling IWAN Services.
Step 1

Select Services > IWAN.

Step 2

Click Next to choose the configuration.

Step 3

Select a category to deploy IWAN:

Branch

Hub

Step 4

Select the features you wish to configure, then click Next.

Step 5

Select the devices on which you want to configure the specified features. To configure IWAN on multiple
branches at the same time, select multiple devices and enter the values for the variables for each.

Step 6

Depending on the features you selected to configure in Step 4, the wizard guides you through entering
the necessary values.
The templates are configured as part of the IWAN wizard, and you can access them by navigating to
Configuration > Templates Features & Technologies > Feature Templates.

Note

Post deployment, ensure that you enable routing between Master Controllers and Hub Border Routers
and include the subnet of the loopback 0 interface as part of the routing domain.

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Monitoring Wireless Technologies

This chapter contains the following sections:

Monitoring Radio Resource Management

Monitoring Interferers

Monitoring RFID Tags

Monitoring Media Streams

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

Monitoring Chokepoints

Monitoring Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers

Monitoring Access Point Radios

Monitoring Radio Resource Management

The operating system security solution uses the Radio Resource Management (RRM) function to
continuously monitor all nearby access points to automatically discover rogue access points.
RRM, built into the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, monitors and dynamically corrects performance
issues found in the RF environment.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure would receive traps whenever a change in the transmit power of the access
point or channel occurred. These trap events or similar events such as RF regrouping were logged into
Cisco Prime Infrastructure events as informational and were maintained by the event dispatcher. The
reason behind the transmit power or channel changes (such as signals from neighboring access points,
interference, noise, load, and the like) were not evident. You could not view these events and statistics
to then perform troubleshooting practices.
RRM statistics help to identify trouble spots and provide possible reasons for channel or power-level
changes. The dashboard provides network-wide RRM performance statistics and predicts reasons for
channel changes based on event groupings. The event groupings may include the following:

Worst performing access points

Configuration mismatch between controllers in the same RF group

Coverage holes that were detected by access points based on threshold

Precoverage holes that were detected by controllers

Ratios of access points operating at maximum power

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Note

RRM dashboard information is available only for lightweight access points.

Channel Change Notifications

Notifications are sent to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure RRM dashboard when a channel change occurs.
Channel changes depend on the Dynamic Channel Assignment (DCA) configuration where the mode can
be set to auto or on demand. When the mode is auto, channel assignment is periodically updated for all
lightweight access points that permit this operation. When the mode is set to on demand, channel
assignments are updated based on request. If the DCA is static, no dynamic channel assignments occur,
and values are set to their global defaults.
When a channel change trap is received after an earlier channel change, the event is marked as Channel
Revised; otherwise, it is marked as Channel Changed. A channel change event can have multiple causes.
The reason code is factored and equated to 1, irrespective of the number of reasons that are possible. For
example, suppose a channel change might be caused by signal, interference, or noise. The reason code
in the notification is refactored across the reasons. If the event had three causes, the reason code is
refactored to 1/3 or 0.33 per reason. If ten channel change events have the same reason code, all three
reasons are equally factored to determine the cause of the channel change.

Transmission Power Change Notifications

Notifications are sent to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure RRM dashboard when transmission power
changes occur. Each event for transmit power changes is caused by multiple reasons. The reason code is
factored and equated to one, irrespective of the number of reasons for the event to occur.

RF Grouping Notifications
When RRM is run on the controller, dynamic grouping is done and a new group leader is chosen.
Dynamic grouping has three modes: Automatic, Off, and Leader. When grouping is Off, no dynamic
grouping occurs, and each switch optimizes only its own lightweight access point parameters. When
grouping is Automatic, switches form groups and elect leaders to perform better dynamic parameter
optimization. With automatic grouping, configured intervals (in seconds) represent the period with
which the grouping algorithm is run. (Grouping algorithms also run when the group contents change and
automatic grouping is enabled.)

RRM Dashboard
The RRM dashboard is available at Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Radio Resource
Management.
The dashboard is made up of the following parts:

The RRM RF Group Summary shows the number of different RF groups. To get the latest number
of RF Groups, run the configuration synchronization background task.

The RRM Statistics portion shows network-wide statistics.

The Channel Change Reason portion shows why channels changed for all 802.11a/b/g/n radios.
SignalThe channel changed because it improved the channel quality for some other neighbor

radio(s). Improving the channel quality for some other neighbor radio(s) improved the channel
plan of the system as evaluated by the algorithm.

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WiFi Interference
Load
Radar
Noise
Persistent Non-WiFi Interference
Major Air Quality Event
Other

The Channel Change shows all events complete with causes and reasons.

The Configuration Mismatch portion shows comparisons between leaders and members.

The Coverage Hole portion rates how severe the coverage holes are and gives their location.

The Percent Time at Maximum Power shows what percent of time the access points were at
maximum power and gives the location of those access points.

The following statistics are displayed:

Total Channel ChangesThe sum total of channel changes across 802.11a/b/g/n radios, irrespective
of whether the channel was updated or revised. The count is split over a 24-hour and 7-day period.
If you click the percentages link or the link under the 24-hour column, a page with details for that
access point only appears.

Total Configuration MismatchesThe total number of configuration mismatches detected over a

24-hour period.

Total Coverage Hole EventsThe total number of coverage hole events over a 24-hour and 7-day
period.

Number of RF GroupsThe total number of RF groups (derived from all of the controllers which
are currently managed by Cisco Prime Infrastructure).

Configuration MismatchThe configuration mismatch over a 24-hour period by RF group with

details on the group leader.

APs at MAX PowerThe percentage of access points with 802.11a/n radios as a total percentage
across all access points which are at maximum power. The maximum power levels are preset and are
derived with reference to the preset value.
Maximum power is shown in three areas of the RRM dashboard. This maximum power portion
shows the current value and is poll driven.

Channel Change CausesA graphical bar chart for 802.11a/n radios. The chart is factored based on
the reason for channel change. The chart is divided into two parts, each depicting the percentage of
weighted reasons causing the event to occur over a 24-hour and 7-day period. Each event for channel
change can be caused by multiple reasons, and the weight is equally divided across these reasons.
The net reason code is factored and equated to one irrespective of the number of reasons for the event
to occur.

Channel Change - APs with channel changesEach event for channel change includes the MAC
address of the lightweight access point. For each reason code, you are given the most channel
changes that occurred for the 802.11a/n access point based on the weighted reason for channel
events. This count is split over a 24-hour and 7-day period.

Coverage Hole - APs reporting coverage holesThe top five access points filtered by IF Type 11
a/n which triggered a coverage hole event (threshold based) are displayed.

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Aggregated Percent Max Power APsA graphical progressive chart of the total percentage of
802.11a/n lightweight access points which are operating at maximum power to accommodate
coverage holes events. The count is split over a 24-hour and 7-day period.
This maximum power portion shows the values from the last 24 hours and is poll driven. This occurs
every 15 minutes or as configured for radio performance.

Percent Time at Maximum PowerA list of the top five 802.11a/n lightweight access points which
have been operating at maximum power.
This maximum power portion shows the value from the last 24 hours and is event driven.

Monitoring Interferers
In the Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Interferers page, you can monitor interference devices
detected by CleanAir-enabled access points. By default, the Monitoring AP Detected Interferers page is
displayed.
Table 12-1 lists the menu paths to follow to monitor interferers.
Table 12-1

Menu Paths to Monitor Interferers

To See...

Go To...

AP-detected interferers

Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Interferers

AP-detected interferer details

Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Interferers

> Interferer ID

AP-detected interferer details location history

Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Interferers

> Interferer ID, then choose Select a command >
Location History and click Go

Monitoring RFID Tags

The Monitor > Wireless Technologies > RFID Tags page allows you to monitor tag status and location
on Cisco Prime Infrastructure maps as well as review tag details.

Note

This page is only available in the Location version of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
This section provides information on the tags detected by the location appliance.
The Tag Summary page is available at Monitor > Wireless Technologies > RFID Tags.

Searching RFID Tags

Use the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Advanced Search feature to find specific tags or all tags.
To search for tags:
Step 1

Click Advanced Search.

Step 2

From the Search Category drop-down list, choose Tags.

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Step 3

Enter the required information. Note that search fields sometimes change, depending on the category
chosen.

Step 4

Click Go.

Checking RFID Tag Search Results

To check the search results, click the MAC address of a tag location on a search results page.
Note the following:

The Tag Vendor option does not appear when Asset Name, Asset Category, Asset Group, or MAC
Address is the search criterion.

Only vendor tags that support telemetry appear.

The Telemetry data option appears only when MSE (select for location servers), Floor Area, or
Outdoor Area is selected as the Search for tags by option.

Telemetry data displayed is vendor-specific; however, some commonly reported details are GPS
location, battery extended information, pressure, temperature, humidity, motion, status, and
emergency code.

Asset Information, Statistics, Location, and Location Notification details are displayed.

Only CCX v1 compliant tags are displayed for emergency data.

Viewing Tag List

Click the Total Tags number link to view the Tags List for the applicable device name. The Tag List
contains the MAC address, asset details, vendor name, mobility services engine, controller, battery
status, and map location.

Monitoring Media Streams

To monitor the media streams configurations, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Media Streams. The Media Streams page appears showing
the list of media streams configured across controllers.
The Media Streams page contains a table with the following columns:

Stream NameMedia Stream name.

Start IPStarting IP address of the media stream for which the multicast direct feature is enabled.

End IPEnding IP address of the media stream for which the multicast direct feature is enabled.

StateOperational state of the media stream.

Max BandwidthIndicates the maximum bandwidth that is assigned to the media stream.

PriorityIndicates the priority bit set in the media stream. The priority can be any number from 1
to 8. A lower value indicates a higher priority. For example, a priority of 1 is highest and a value of
8 is the lowest.

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ViolationIndicates the action to performed in case of a violation. The possible values are as
follows:
DropIndicates that a stream is dropped on periodic revaluation.
Best EffortIndicates that a stream is demoted to best-effort class on periodic reevaluations.

Step 2

PolicyIndicates the media stream policy. The possible values are Admit or Deny.

ControllersIndicates the number of controllers that use the specified media stream.

ClientsIndicates the number of clients that use the specified media stream.

To view the media stream details, click a media stream name in the Stream column. The Media Streams
page appears.
The Media Streams page displays the following group boxes:

Media Stream DetailsDisplays the media stream configuration information. This includes the
Name, Start Address, End Address, Maximum Bandwidth, Operational Status, Average Packet Size,
RRC Updates, Priority, and Violation.

StatisticsDisplays the number of controllers and number of clients that use the selected media
stream. Click the controller count to access the list of controllers that use the selected media stream.

ErrorDisplays the error, Worst AP, and corresponding floor map for that AP.

Client CountsDisplays the number of clients for each period.

Failed Client CountsDisplays the number of clients that failed for each period.
The client information is presented in a time-based graph. For graphs that are time-based, there is a
link bar at the top of the graph page that displays 6h, 1d, 1w, 2w, 4w, 3m, 6m, 1y, and Custom. When
selected, the data for that time frame is retrieved and the corresponding graph is displayed.

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

When a lightweight access point initially starts up, it attempts to discover and join a wireless LAN
controller. After joining the wireless controller, the access point updates its software image if needed
and receives all the configuration details for the device and network. After successfully joining the
wireless controller, the access point can be discovered and managed by Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Until
the access point successfully joins a wireless controller the access point cannot be managed by Cisco
Prime Infrastructure and does not contain the proper configuration settings to allow client access.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides you with a tool that diagnoses why an access point cannot join a
controller and lists corrective actions.
The Unjoined AP page displays a list of access points that have not joined any wireless controllers. All
gathered information about the unjoined access point is included in the page. This includes name, MAC
address, IP address, controller name and IP address, switch and port that the access point is attached to,
and any join failure reason if known.
To troubleshoot unjoined access points, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Unjoined APs. The Unjoined APs page appears containing
a list of access points that have not been able to join a wireless controller.

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Step 2

Select the access point that you wish to diagnose, then click Troubleshoot. An analysis is run on the
access point to determine the reason why the access point was not able to join a wireless controller. After
performing the analysis, the Unjoined APs page displays the results.

Step 3

If the access point has tried to join multiple wireless controllers and has been unsuccessful, the
controllers are listed in the left pane. Select a controller.

Step 4

In the middle pane, you can view what the problem is. It will also list error messages and controller log
information.

Step 5

In the right pane, recommendations for solving the problems are listed. Perform the recommended
action.

Step 6

If you need to further diagnose a problem, you can run RTTS through the Unjoined AP page. This allows
you to see the debug messages from all the wireless controllers that the access point tried to join at one
time.
To run RTTS, click the RTTS icon (
) located to the right of the table. The debug messages appear in
the table. You can then examine the messages to see if you can determine a cause for the access point
not being able to join the controllers.

Monitoring Chokepoints
Chokepoints are low-frequency transmitting devices. When a tag passes within range of a placed
chokepoint, the low-frequency field awakens the tag, which, in turn, sends a message over the Cisco
Unified Wireless Network that includes the chokepoint device ID. The transmitted message includes
sensor information (such as temperature and pressure). A chokepoint location system provides
room-level accuracy (ranging from few inches to 2 feet, depending on the vendor).
Chokepoints are installed and configured as recommended by the chokepoint vendor. After the
chokepoint is installed and operational, it can be entered into the location database and plotted on a Cisco
Prime Infrastructure map.

Adding a Chokepoint to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Database

To add a chokepoint to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Chokepoints.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Chokepoint.

Step 3

Click Go.

Step 4

Enter the MAC address and name for the chokepoint.

Step 5

Specify either an entry or exit chokepoint.

Step 6

Enter the coverage range for the chokepoint.

Chokepoint range is a visual representation only. It is product-specific. The actual range must be
configured separately using the applicable chokepoint vendor software.

Step 7

Click Save.

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After the chokepoint is added to the database, it can be placed on the appropriate Cisco Prime
Infrastructure floor map.

Adding a Chokepoint to a Cisco Prime Infrastructure Map

To add a chokepoint to a map:
Step 1

Choose Maps > Site Maps.

Step 2

In the Maps page, click the link that corresponds to the floor location of the chokepoint.

Step 3

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Chokepoints.

Step 4

Click Go.
The Add Chokepoints summary page lists all recently added chokepoints that are in the database but not
yet mapped.

Step 5

Select the check box next to the chokepoint that you want to place on the map.

Step 6

Click OK.
A map appears with a chokepoint icon located in the top-left corner. You are now ready to place the
chokepoint on the map.

Step 7

Click the chokepoint icon and drag it to the proper location.

The MAC address, name, and coverage range of the chokepoint appear in the selected chokepoints detail
page when you click the chokepoint icon for placement.

Step 8

Click Save.
The newly created chokepoint icon might or might not appear on the map, depending on the display
settings for that floor. The rings around the chokepoint icon indicate the coverage area. When a CCX tag
and its asset passes within the coverage area, location details are broadcast, and the tag is automatically
mapped on the chokepoint coverage circle. When the tag moves out of the chokepoint range, its location
is calculated as before and is no longer mapped on the chokepoint rings.
MAC address, name, entry/exit chokepoint, static IP address, and range of the chokepoint display when
you hover your mouse cursor over its map icon.

Step 9

If the chokepoint does not appear on the map, select the Chokepoints check box located in the Floor
Settings menu.
Do not select the Save Settings check box unless you want to save this display criteria for all maps.

Step 10

Synchronize network design to the mobility services engine or location server to push chokepoint
information.

Removing a Chokepoint from the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Database

To remove a chokepoint from the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Chokepoints.

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Step 2

Select the check box of the chokepoint that you want to delete.

Step 3

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Remove Chokepoints.

Step 4

Click Go.

Step 5

Click OK to confirm the deletion.

Removing a Chokepoint from a Cisco Prime Infrastructure Map

To remove a chokepoint from a Cisco Prime Infrastructure map:
Step 1

Choose Maps > Site Maps.

Step 2

In the Maps page, click the link that corresponds to the floor location of the chokepoint.

Step 3

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Remove Chokepoints.

Step 4

Click Go.

Step 5

Click OK to confirm the deletion.

Editing a Chokepoint
To edit a chokepoint in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database and the appropriate map:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Chokepoints.

Step 2

In the MAC Address column, click the chokepoint that you want to edit.

Step 3

Edit the parameters that you want to change.

The chokepoint range is product-specific and is supplied by the chokepoint vendor.

Step 4

Click Save.

Monitoring Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers

The Wi-Fi TDOA receiver is an external system designed to receive signals transmitted from a tagged,
tracked asset. These signals are then forwarded to the mobility services engine to aid in the location
calculation of the asset.

Enhancing Tag Location Reporting with Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers

TDOA receivers use the method of Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) to calculate tag location. This
method uses data from a minimum of three TDOA receivers to generate a tagged asset location.

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Note

If a TDOA receiver is not in use and the partner engine software is resident on the mobility service
engine, then the location calculations for tags are generated using RSSI readings from access points.

The Cisco Tag engine can calculate the tag location using the RSSI readings from access points.

Before using a TDOA receiver within the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, you must perform the
following steps:
1.

Have a mobility services engine active in the network. See the Adding a Mobility Services Engine
section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Configuration Guide.

2.

Add the TDOA receiver to Cisco Prime Infrastructure database and map. See Adding Wi-Fi TDOA
Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps.

3.

Activate or start the partner engine service on the MSE using Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

4.

Synchronize Cisco Prime Infrastructure and mobility services engines. See the Synchronizing
Services section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Configuration Guide.

5.

Set up the TDOA receiver using the AeroScout System Manager. See the AeroScout Context-Aware
Engine for Tags, for Cisco Mobility Services Engine Users Guide for configuration details at the
following URL:
http://support.aeroscout.com.

Adding Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Maps

After the Wi-Fi TDOA receiver is installed and configured by the AeroScout System Manager and the
partner software is downloaded on the mobility services engine, you are ready to add the TDOA receiver
to the mobility services engine database and position it on a Cisco Prime Infrastructure map.
After adding TDOA receivers to Cisco Prime Infrastructure maps, you continue to make configuration
changes to the TDOA receivers using the AeroScout System Manager application rather than Cisco
Prime Infrastructure.
For more details on configuration options, see the AeroScout Context-Aware Engine for Tags, for Cisco
Mobility Services Engine User Guide at the following URL:
http://support.aeroscout.com.
To add a TDOA receiver to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database and the appropriate map:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > WiFi TDOA Receivers to open the All WiFi TDOA
Receivers summary page.
To view or edit current WiFi TDOA receiver details, click the MAC Address link to open the details page.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add WiFi TDOA Receivers.

Step 3

Click Go.

Step 4

Enter the MAC address, name, and static IP address of the TDOA receiver.

Step 5

Click Save to save the TDOA receiver entry to the database.

Note
Step 6

A WiFi TDOA Receiver must be configured separately using the receiver vendor software.

Choose Maps > Site Maps.

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Step 7

In the Maps page, select the link that corresponds to the floor location of the TDOA receiver.

Step 8

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add WiFi TDOA receivers.

Step 9

Click Go.
The All WiFi TDOA Receivers summary page lists all recently-added TDOA receivers that are in the
database but not yet mapped.

Step 10

Select the check box next to each TDOA receiver to add it to the map.

Step 11

Click OK.
A map appears with a TDOA receiver icon located in the top-left corner. You are now ready to place the
TDOA receiver on the map.

Step 12

Click the TDOA receiver icon and drag it to the proper location on the floor map.

Step 13

Click Save.
The icon for the newly added TDOA receiver might or might not appear on the map depending on the
display settings for that floor. If the icon did not appear, proceed with Step 14.

Step 14

If the TDOA receiver does not appear on the map, click Layers to collapse a selection menu of possible
elements to display on the map.

Step 15

Select the WiFi TDOA Receivers check box.

When you hover your mouse cursor over a TDOA receiver on a map, configuration details appear for
that receiver.

Step 16

Click X to close the Layers page.

Do not choose Save Settings from the Layers menu unless you want to save this display criteria for all
maps.

Step 17

Download the partner engine software to the mobility services engine.

Monitoring Access Point Radios

To monitor the access point radio configurations, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Access Point Radios. The Access Point Radios page
appears showing the list of access points configured across controllers.
The Access Point Radios page contains a table with the following columns:

AP NameAccess Point name.

Ethernet MACAP Ethernet MAC Address.

IP Address

Radio

Map Location

Controller

Controller Name

Radio Client Count

Admin StatusIndicates whether or not the administration state of the access point is enabled.

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Step 2

AP Mode

Oper Status

Alarm Status

Click the name of the access point whose details you want to monitor.

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Monitoring Wireless Voice Diagnostics

Monitoring Wireless Configuration Audit

Monitoring Autonomous AP Migration Analysis

Monitoring Location Accuracy

Monitoring Packet Capture

Monitoring Wireless Voice Audit

Prime Infrastructure provides a voice auditing mechanism to check controller configuration and to
ensure that any deviation from the deployment guidelines is highlighted as an Audit Violation. You can
run a voice audit on a maximum of 50 controllers in a single operation.
To run the voice audit:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Tools > Wireless Voice Audit.

Step 2

Click the Controllers tab, and complete the fields as described in the Voice Audit Field Descriptions
section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 3

Click the Rules tab.

Step 4

In the VoWLAN SSID text box, type the applicable VoWLAN SSID.

Note

Step 5

Step 6

The red circle indicates an invalid rule (due to insufficient data). The green circle indicates a
valid rule.

Do either of the following:

To save the configuration without running a report, click Save.

To save the configuration and run a report, click Save and Run.

Click the Report tab to view the report results.

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Monitoring Wireless Voice Diagnostics

The Voice Diagnostic tool is an interactive tool that diagnoses voice calls in real time. This tool reports
call control errors, clients' roaming history, and the total number of active calls accepted and rejected by
an associated AP.
The Voice Diagnostic test is provisioned for multiple controllers; that is, if the AP is associated with
more than one controller during roaming, the Voice Diagnostic tool tests all associated controllers. Prime
Infrastructure supports testing on controllers whose APs are placed on up to three floors. For example,
a Prime Infrastructure map might have floors 1 to 4, with all APs associated to controllers (WLC1,
WLC2, WLC3, and WLC4) and placed on the Prime Infrastructure map. If a client on any AP is
associated with WLC1 on the first floor and a Voice Diagnostic test is started for that client, a test is also
provisioned on WLC2 and WLC3.
The Voice Diagnostic page lists prior test runs, if any. For information about the fields on this page, see
the Voice Diagnostic Field Descriptions section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.
From the Select a command from the drop-down list, you can start a new test, check the results of an
existing test, or delete a test.

Note

To support roaming, the tool figures out controllers in the same building as of client's associated AP
building and adds to all controller's watchlist. The tool looks for controllers in +/-5 floors from client's
current association As location to configure on controllers. Configuration on controller's watchlist is
done for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes controller will remove the entry from the watchlist.
To run a Voice Diagnostic test:

Step 1

Choose Monitor > Tools > Wireless Voice Diagnostics.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose the New test and click Go.

Note

You can configure a maximum of two clients for voice call diagnosis. Both clients can be on the
same call or can be on a different call.

Step 3

Enter a test name and the length of time to monitor the voice call.

Step 4

Enter the MAC address of the device for which you want to run the voice diagnostic test.

Step 5

Select a device type; if you select a custom phone, enter an RSSI range.

Step 6

Click StartTest.

Monitoring Wireless Configuration Audit

Choose Monitor > Tools > Wireless Configuration Audit to launch the Configuration Audit Summary
page.
This page provides a summary of the following:

Total Enforced Config GroupsTemplates that are configured for Background Audit and are
enforcement enabled.

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Total Mismatched ControllersConfiguration differences found between Prime Infrastructure and

the controller during the last audit.

Total Config Audit AlarmsAlarms generated when audit discrepancies are enforced on
configuration groups. If enforcement fails, a critical alarm is generated on the configuration group.
If enforcement succeeds, a minor alarm is generated on the configuration group. Alarms contain
links to the audit report, where you can view a list of discrepancies for each controller.

Most recent 5 config audit alarmsIncludes object name, event type, date, and time of the audit
alarm.

Click View All to view the applicable Alarm page that includes all configuration audit alarms.

Monitoring Autonomous AP Migration Analysis

Choose Monitor > Tools > Autonomous AP Migration Analysis to launch the Migration Analysis
Summary page.
Autonomous access points are eligible for migration only if all criteria have a pass status. A red X
designates ineligibility, and a green check mark designates eligibility. These columns represent the
following:

Privilege 15 CriteriaThe Telnet credential provided as part of the autonomous access point
discovery must be privilege 15.

Software VersionConversion is supported only from Cisco IOS 12.3(7)JA releases excluding
Cisco IOS 12.3(11)JA, Cisco IOS 12.3(11)JA1, Cisco IOS 12.3(11)JA2, and Cisco IOS
12.3(11)JA3.

Role CriteriaA wired connection between the access point and controller is required to send the
association request; therefore, the following autonomous access point roles are required:
root
root access point
root fallback repeater
root fallback shutdown
root access point only

Radio CriteriaIn dual-radio access points, the conversion can happen even if only one radio is of
the supported type.

Monitoring Location Accuracy

You can analyze the location accuracy of non-rogue and rogue clients, interferers, and asset tags by using
the Location Accuracy tool.
By verifying for location accuracy, you are ensuring that the existing access point deployment can
estimate the true location of an element within 10 meters at least 90% of the time.
The Location Accuracy tool enables you to run either of the following tests:

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Scheduled Accuracy TestingEmployed when clients, tags, and interferers are already deployed
and associated to the wireless LAN infrastructure. Scheduled tests can be configured and saved
when clients, tags, and interferers are already prepositioned so that the test can be run on a regularly
scheduled basis.

On-Demand Accuracy TestingEmployed when elements are associated but not pre-positioned.
On-demand testing allows you to test the location accuracy of clients, tags, and interferers at a
number of different locations. It is generally used to test the location accuracy for a small number
of clients, tags, and interferers.

Both are configured and executed through a single page.

Enabling the Location Accuracy Tool

Note

You must enable the Advanced Debug option in Prime Infrastructure to use the Scheduled and
On-demand location accuracy tool testing features. The Location Accuracy tool does not appear as an
option on the Monitor > Tools menu when the Advanced Debug option is not enabled.
To enable the advanced debug option in Prime Infrastructure:

Step 1

In Prime Infrastructure, choose Maps >Wireless Maps > Site Maps.

Step 2

Choose Properties from the Select a command drop-down list, and click Go.

Step 3

Select the Enabled check box to enable the Advanced Debug Mode. Click OK.

Note

If Advanced Debug is already enabled, you do not need to do anything further. Click Cancel.

Use the Select a command drop-down list to create a new scheduled or on-demand accuracy test, to
download logs for last run, to download all logs, or to delete a current accuracy test.

Note

You can download logs for accuracy tests from the Accuracy Tests summary page. To do so, select
an accuracy test and from the Select a command drop-down list, choose either Download Logs or
Download Logs for Last Run. Click Go.

The Download Logs option downloads the logs for all accuracy tests for the selected test(s).

The Download Logs for Last Run option downloads logs for only the most recent test run for the
selected test(s).

Scheduling a Location Accuracy Test

Use the scheduled accuracy testing to verify the accuracy of the current location of non-rogue and rogue
clients, interferers, and asset tags. You can get a PDF of the test results at Accuracy Tests > Results.
The Scheduled Location Accuracy report includes the following information:

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A summary location accuracy report that details the percentage of elements that fell within various
error ranges.

An error distance histogram.

A cumulative error distribution graph.

An error distance over time graph.

A summary by each MAC address whose location accuracy was tested noting its actual location,
error distance and a map showing its spatial accuracy (actual vs. calculated location), and error
distance over time for each MAC.

To schedule a Location Accuracy test:

Step 1

Choose Monitor > Tools > Location Accuracy Tool.

Step 2

Choose New Scheduled Accuracy Test from the Select a command drop-down list.

Step 3

Enter a test name.

Step 4

Choose an area type, a building, and a floor from the corresponding drop-down lists.

Note
Step 5

Campus is configured as Root Area, by default. There is no need to change this setting.

Choose a beginning and ending time for the test by entering the days, hours, and minutes. Hours are
entered using a 24-hour clock.

Note

When entering the test start time, be sure to allow enough time prior to the test start to position
testpoints on the map.

Step 6

Choose a destination point for the test results. (If you choose the e-mail option, you must first define an
SMTP Mail Server for the target email address. Choose Administrator > System Settings > Mail
Server Configuration to enter the appropriate information.)

Step 7

Click Position Testpoints.

Step 8

On the floor map, select the check box next to each client, tag, and interferer for which you want to check
location accuracy.
When you select a MAC address check box, two icons appear on the map. One represents the actual
location and the other represents the reported location. If the actual location for an element is not the
same as the reported location, drag the actual location icon for that element to the correct position on the
map. (You cannot drag the reported location.)

Step 9

(Optional) To enter a MAC address for a client, tag, or interferer that is not listed, select the Add New
MAC check box, enter the MAC address, and click Go.
An icon for the newly added element appears on the map. If the element is on the location server but on
a different floor, the icon appears in the left-most corner (in the 0,0 position).

Step 10

When all elements are positioned, click Save.

Step 11

Click OK to close the confirmation dialog box.

You are returned to the Accuracy Tests summary page.

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Step 12

To check the test results, click the test name, click the Results tab in the page that appears, and click
Download under Saved Report.

Running an On-Demand Location Accuracy Test

You can run an On-Demand Accuracy Test when elements are associated but not prepositioned.
On-Demand testing allows you to test the location accuracy of clients, tags, and interferers at a number
of different locations. It is generally used to test the location accuracy of a small number of clients, tags,
and interferers. You can get a PDF of the test results at Accuracy Tests > Results. The On-Demand
Accuracy Report includes the following information:

A summary location accuracy report that details the percentage of elements that fell within various
error ranges.

An error distance histogram

A cumulative error distribution graph

To run an On-Demand Accuracy Test:

Step 1

Choose Monitor > Tools > Location Accuracy Tool.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose New On demand Accuracy Test.

Step 3

Enter a test name.

Step 4

Choose an area type, a building, and a floor from the corresponding drop-down lists.

Note

Campus is configured as Root Area, by default. There is no need to change this setting.

Step 5

Choose a destination point for the test results. (If you choose the e-mail option, you must first define an
SMTP Mail Server for the target email address. Choose Administrator > System Settings > Mail
Server Configuration to enter the appropriate information.)

Step 6

Click Position Testpoints.

Step 7

To test the location accuracy and RSSI of a particular location, select client, tag, or interferer from the
drop-down list on the left. A list of all MAC addresses for the selected option (client, tag, or interferer)
is displayed in a drop-down list to the right.

Step 8

Choose a MAC address from the drop-down list, move the red cross hair to a map location, and click the
mouse to place it.

Step 9

From the Zoom percentage drop-down list, choose the zoom percentage for the map.
The X and Y text boxes are populated with the coordinates based on the position of the red cross hair in
the map.

Step 10

Click Start to begin collection of accuracy data, and click Stop to finish collection. You must allow the
test to run for at least two minutes before stopping the test.

Step 11

Repeat Step 11 to Step 14 for each testpoint that you want to plot on the map.

Step 12

Click Analyze Results when you are finished mapping the testpoints, and then click the Results tab in
the page that appears to view the report.

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Monitoring Packet Capture

In addition to aggregating data from multiple NAMs, Prime Infrastructure with licensed Assurance
features makes it easy to actively manage and troubleshoot network problems using multiple NAMs and
ASRs. For details, see Using Packet Capture to Monitor and Troubleshoot Network Traffic.

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Troubleshooting
Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides the following for sophisticated monitoring and troubleshooting of
end-user network access.
The following sections describe some typical troubleshooting tasks:

Getting Help from Cisco

Checking an End Users Network Session Status

Troubleshooting Authentication and Authorization

Troubleshooting Network Attachments

Troubleshooting Network Attachment Devices

Troubleshooting Site Network Devices

Troubleshooting the User Application and Site Bandwidth Utilization

Troubleshooting User Problems

Troubleshooting the Users Experience

Troubleshooting Voice/Video Delivery to a Branch Office

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

Troubleshooting Wireless Performance Problems

Troubleshooting UCS Hardware Problems

Viewing Bandwidth on Fabric Interconnect Ports

Getting Help from Cisco

Prime Infrastructure provides helpful tools for network operators to connect to Cisco experts to diagnose
and resolve problems. You can open support cases and track your cases from Prime Infrastructure. If you
need help troubleshooting any problems, Prime Infrastructure allows you to:

Connect with the Cisco Support Community to view and participate in discussion forums. See
Launching the Cisco Support Community.

Open a support case with Cisco Technical Support. See Opening a Support Case.

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Getting Help from Cisco

Launching the Cisco Support Community

You can use Prime Infrastructure to access and participate in discussion forums in the online Cisco
Support Community. This forum can help you find information for diagnosing and resolving problems.
You must enter your Cisco.com username and password to access and participate in the forums.
To launch the Cisco Support Community:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Alarms & Events, click an alarm, then choose Troubleshoot > Support Forum.

Step 2

In the Cisco Support Community Forum page, enter additional search parameters to refine the
discussions that are displayed.

Opening a Support Case

You can use Prime Infrastructure to open a support request and to track your support cases. Prime
Infrastructure helps you gather critical contextual information to be attached to the support case,
reducing the time it takes to create a support case.
To open a support case or access the Cisco Support Community, you must:

Have a direct Internet connection on the Prime Infrastructure server

Enter your Cisco.com username and password

To open a support case:

Step 1

Chose Monitor > Alarms & Events, then hover your mouse cursor over the IP address of the device on
which the alarm occurred.

Step 2

From the device 360 view, click the Support Request icon.

Step 3

Enter your Cisco.com username and password.

Step 4

Click Create.
Prime Infrastructure gathers information about the device and populates the fields for which it can
retrieve information. You can enter a Tracking Number that corresponds to your own organizations
trouble ticket system.

Step 5

Click Next and enter a description of the problem.

By default, Prime Infrastructure enters information that it can retrieve from the device. Prime
Infrastructure automatically generates the necessary supporting documents such as the technical
information for the device, configuration changes, and all device events over the last 24 hours. You can
also upload files from your local machine.

Step 6

Click Create Service Request.

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Checking an End Users Network Session Status

Checking an End Users Network Session Status

When an end user calls the help desk, typically with a complaint that might not be very specific (I cant
log in or The network is really slow), you will want to get an overall view of the users current
network session status, identify which individual session is associated with the problem, and examine
the details for that session.
For example, how is the user attached to the network? Does this person have more than one endpoint
(where an endpoint could be, for example, a laptop, desktop, iPad, iPhone, or Android)?
Before You Begin

This feature requires:

Integration with an ISE server (to access endpoint information).

Integration with LDAP (to display information about the end user).

To check an end users network session status:

Step 1

In the system search field (see Search Methods), enter the name of the user (or client) who is
experiencing the issue. If there are multiple matches, select the correct username from the list of
matches.

Step 2

Start the User 360 View (see Getting User Details from the User 360 View).
The information that is available from this view typically includes current information about the end user
and all of that users current or recently ended network sessions.

Troubleshooting Authentication and Authorization

Using the User 360 View, you can identify possible problems with the end users authentication and
authorization for network access.
For example, there could be authentication problems (such as the users password being rejected), or
there could be authorization issues (such as the user being placed in a policy category such as guest
or quarantine that might result in unexpected behavior).
Before You Begin

This feature requires integration with an ISE server.

To troubleshoot the network:
Step 1

Open the User 360 View for that user and check the value in Authorization Profile. This is a
mnemonic string that is customer-defined, so it might not contain clear information (for example,
standard_employee or standard_BYOD or Guest).

Step 2

If this field is a link, click it to display information about the users authorization profile. Based on this
information:

If the end user is associated with the appropriate policy category, this procedure is complete.

If the end user is not associated with the appropriate policy category, you can hand off the problem
(for example, to an ISE admin or help tech) or perform actions outside Prime Infrastructure to
investigate why the user was placed in the current policy category (Authorization Profile).

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Step 3

Check to see whether there are any indications of authentication errors (authentication failure could be
due to various things, including an expired password). The visual indication of authentication errors
allows you to see more data related to the authentication errors. At that point, you might need to hand
off the problem (for example, to an ISE admin or help tech).

Troubleshooting Network Attachments

Use the following procedure to determine if there are problems with the end user attaching to the
network, such as errors on the access port (wired) or radio association problems (wireless).
To troubleshoot network attachments:
Step 1

Open the User 360 View for that user and click the Go to Client Details icon (see Getting User Details
from the User 360 View).

Step 2

If a problem has been detected, it might not be appropriate to continue troubleshooting the problem; it
is probably sufficient to note the problem and hand it off to second tier support. If you want to continue
detailed client troubleshooting, exit the User 360 View and launch the full client and user
troubleshooting page (choose Monitor > Clients and Users).

Troubleshooting Network Attachment Devices

Use the following procedure to troubleshoot any active alarms or error conditions associated with the
network attachment device and port for the end user that might be causing problems for the end users
network session:
Step 1

To view any existing active alarms or error conditions associated with the network attachment device
and port for the end user (available for the controller, switch, access point, and site), open the User 360
View for that user and click the Alarms tab.

Step 2

To see if a problem has been detected, click the Go to Client Details icon (see Getting User Details from
the User 360 View).

Step 3

If a problem has been detected, it might not be appropriate to continue troubleshooting the problem; it
is probably sufficient to note that fact and hand off the task to second tier support. If you want to continue
detailed client troubleshooting, exit the User 360 View and launch the full client and user
troubleshooting page (choose Monitor > Clients and Users).

Troubleshooting Site Network Devices

Use the following procedure to determine if there are any existing active alarms or error conditions
associated with any of the network devices that are part of the site for the end user that could be causing
problems for the users network session.

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Step 1

To view any existing active alarms or error conditions associated with network devices that are part of
the site for the end user, open the User 360 View for that user and click the Alarms tab.

Step 2

You can choose to view:

Active alarms list for the site

List of all site devices (with alarm indications)

Topo map of site (with alarm indications)

Step 3

If a problem with a site has been detected, an alarm icon will appear next to the site location. Click the
icon to view all of the alarms associated with that site.

Step 4

If a problem has been detected, it might not be appropriate to continue troubleshooting the problem; it
is probably sufficient to note that fact and hand off the task to second tier support. If you want to continue
detailed client troubleshooting, exit the User 360 View and launch the full client and user
troubleshooting page (choose Monitor > Clients and Users).

Troubleshooting the User Application and Site Bandwidth

Utilization
If an end user is experiencing high bandwidth utilization for a site on the interface dashboard, use the
following procedure to identify the applications consumed by the user and the bandwidth consumed by
every application for a given endpoint owned by the user.
Before You Begin

This feature requires:

Integration with an ISE server (to access endpoint information).

For wired sessions, that AAA accounting information is being sent to ISE.

That session information (netflow/NAM data, Assurance licenses) is available.

Step 1

To view the applications accessed by the end user and the response time for the applications for the users
devices, open the User 360 View for that user and click the Applications tab.

Step 2

The Applications tab displays information about the applications accessed by the end user (see
Troubleshooting). To get more information about an application, including the bandwidth utilization of
the application consumed by the end user (the bandwidth consumed for the conversation), choose
Dashboard > Performance > Application.

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Troubleshooting User Problems

You can use the User 360 View to troubleshoot problems reported by users.

Table 14-1

Step 1

In the Search field on any page, enter the end users name.

Step 2

In the Search Results window, hover your mouse cursor over the end users name in the User Name
column, then click the User 360 view icon that appears as shown in Figure A-10.

Step 3

With the User 360 view displayed, identify where the problem is occurring using the information
described in Table 14-1.

Using the User 360 View to Diagnose User Problems

To Gather This Data

Click Here in User 360 View

Click a device icon at the top of the

Information about the device to
which the user is attached, such as the User 360 View.
endpoint, location, connections, and
session information

Additional Information
Click available links to display additional
information. For example, you can click the
Authorization Profile link to launch ISE. See
Troubleshooting Authentication and
Authorization

Alarms associated with the device to Click a device icon at the top of the
Click the Troubleshoot Client icon
to
which the user is attached
User 360 View, then click the Alarms go to client troubleshooting. See Client
tab.
Troubleshooting in the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Classic View Configuration
Guide for Wireless Devices, Release 2.2.
Applications running on the device to Click a device icon at the top of the
which the user is attached
User 360 View, then click the
Applications tab.

Click an application to view the end-user

data filtered for the user you specified. See
Troubleshooting the Users Experience.

Troubleshooting the Users Experience

If an end user reports a problem with accessing the application, use the User 360 View to troubleshoot
the users experience.
Before You Begin

This feature requires that session information (netflow/NAM data, Assurance licenses) is available.
Step 1

To view the applications accessed by the end user and the response time for the applications for the users
devices, open the User 360 View for that user and click the Applications tab.

Step 2

The Applications tab displays information about the applications accessed by the end user (see
Troubleshooting the Users Experience). To get more information about an application, choose
Dashboard > Performance > Application.

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Troubleshooting Voice/Video Delivery to a Branch Office

To successfully diagnose and resolve problems with application service delivery, network operators must
be able to link user experiences of network services with the underlying hardware devices, interfaces,
and device configurations that deliver these services. This is especially challenging with RTP-based
services like voice and video, where service quality, rather than gross problems like outages, impose
special requirements.

Note

To use this feature, your Prime Infrastructure implementation must include Assurance licenses.
Prime Infrastructure with the licensed Assurance features makes this kind of troubleshooting easy. The
following workflow is based on a typical scenario: The user complains to the network operations desk
about poor voice quality or choppy video replay at the users branch office. The operator first confirms
that the user is indeed having a problem with jitter and packet loss that will affect the users RTP
application performance. The user further confirms that other users at the same branch are also having
the same problem. The operator next confirms that there is congestion on the WAN interface on the edge
router that connects the local branch to the central voice/video server in the main office. Further
investigation reveals that an unknown HTTP application is using a high percentage of the WAN interface
bandwidth and causing the dropouts. The operator can then change the unknown applications DSCP
classification to prevent it from stealing bandwidth.

Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > End User Experience.

Step 2

Next to Filters, specify:

The IP address of the Client machine of the user complaining about poor service.

The Time Frame during which the problem occurred.

The ID of the problem Application.

Click Go to filter the Detail Dashboard information using these parameters.

Step 3

View RTP Conversations Details to see the Jitter and Packet Loss statistics for the client experiencing
the problem.

Step 4

View the User Site Summary to confirm that other users at the same site are experiencing the same issue
with the same application.

Step 5

In the User Site Summary, under Device Reachability, hover your mouse cursor over the branchs edge
router. Prime Assurance displays a 360 View icon for the device under the Device IP column. Click the
icon to display the 360 View.

Step 6

In the 360 View, click the Alarms tab, to see alarms on the WAN interfaces, or on the Interfaces tab, to
see congested WAN interfaces and the top applications running on them.

Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

When a lightweight access point initially starts up, it attempts to discover and join a wireless LAN
controller. After joining the wireless controller, the access point updates its software image if needed
and receives all of the configuration details for the device and network. Until the access point

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successfully joins a wireless controller, it cannot be managed by Prime Infrastructure, and it does not
contain the proper configuration settings to allow client access. Prime Infrastructure provides you with
a tool that diagnoses why an access point cannot join a controller, and lists corrective actions.

Note

To use this feature, your Prime Infrastructure implementation must include Assurance licenses.
The Unjoined AP page displays a list of access points that have not joined any wireless controllers. All
gathered information about the unjoined access point is included on the page. This information includes
name, MAC address, IP address, controller name and IP address, switch and port that the access point is
attached to, and any join failure reason, if known.
To troubleshoot unjoined access points:

Step 1

Choose Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Unjoined Access Points.

Step 2

In the Unjoined APs page, select an access point to diagnose, then click Troubleshoot.

Step 3

After the troubleshooting analysis runs, check the results in the Unjoined APs page.
If the access point has tried to join multiple wireless controllers but has been unsuccessful, the
controllers are listed in the left pane.

Step 4

Select a controller and check the middle pane for:

A statement of the problem

A list of error messages

Controller log information

Step 5

Check the right pane for recommendations for solving any problems, and perform any recommended
actions.

Step 6

(Optional) To further diagnose the problem, run RTTS through the Unjoined AP page by clicking the
RTTS icon
located to the right of the table. Examine the debug messages that appear in the table to
determine a cause for the access point being unable to join the controllers.

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RTTS Debug commands for Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points

Table 14-2 contains the list of RTTS debug commands for Legacy controllers and NGWC controllers.
Table 14-2

Controller
Legacy

NGWC

RTTS Debug commands for Legacy controllers and NGWC controllers

Commands

debug capwap info enable

debug dot1x all enable

debug mobility directory enable

debug capwap ap error

debug dot1x events

debug capwap ios detail

Troubleshooting Wireless Performance Problems

If an end user reports a problem with their wireless device, you can use the Site dashboard to help you
determine the AP that is experiencing problems.
Before You Begin

This feature requires that session information (netflow/NAM data, Assurance licenses) is available.
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > Site and view the site to which the client experiencing trouble
belongs.

Step 2

To see the AP that is experiencing trouble at this site, click the Settings icon (see Figure 7-3), then click
Add next to Busiest Access Points.

Step 3

Scroll down to the Busiest Access Points dashlet. You can

Hover your mouse over a device to view device information. See Getting Device Details from the
Device 360 View.

Click on an AP name to go to the AP dashboard from where you can use the AP filter option to view
AP details such as Client Count, Channel Utilization, and, if you have an Assurance license, Top N
Clients and Top N Applications.

Utilization based on SNMP polling for the APs.

Volume information based on Assurance NetFlow data, if you have an Assurance license. For
example, you can see the traffic volume per AP.

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Troubleshooting UCS Hardware Problems

Use the following procedure to trace the root cause of an application delivery failure to a UCS hardware
problem of Cisco UCS B-series and C-series servers. You can identify whether the problem is in fabric
interconnect port, chassis or blades.
To identify the issue in UCS chassis, blade server, fabric interconnect port:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Compute Devices.

Step 2

Choose Cisco UCS Servers in the Compute Devices pane.

Step 3

Click the expand icon corresponding to the faulty UCS device in the Cisco UCS Servers pane to open
the Schematic that shows the inter-connections of the UCS chassis and blades and the up/down status
of chassis, and blade servers.

Step 4

Click the Chassis tab and hover your mouse cursor over the faulty chassis name, then click the chassis
360 view icon to view the up/down status of power supply unit and fan modules.

Step 5

Click the Servers tab and hover your mouse cursor over the faulty blade server name, then click the
server 360 view icon.
The server 360 view provides detailed blade server information including the number of processors,
memory capacity, up/down status of adapters, network interface cards (NICs), and hot bus adapters
(HBAs).

Step 6

Click the Network tab to view the entire network interface details of fabric interconnect such as port
channel,Ethernet interface, vEthernet, and vFabric Channel.

To identify the bandwidth issue in fabric interconnect port:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Click the faulty UCS device from the All Devices pane.

Step 3

Click the expand icon corresponding to fabric interconnect switch.

Step 4

Click Fixed Modules to view the operational status of fabric interconnect ports.

Step 5

Click Interfaces to view the operational status for fabric interconnect port and interfaces. This is same
as the operational status of fabric interconnect port and interfaces viewed from Network tab in Compute
Devices page.

Viewing Bandwidth on Fabric Interconnect Ports

You can view the details of a fabric interconnect port or a fabric interconnect port group using the Top-N
Interface Utilization dashlet from the Overview and Performance dashboards. Use the following
procedure to identify whether the overuse of bandwidth on the ports connecting the fabric interconnect
to the UCS chassis is causing application performance issues such as slowness on Cisco UCS.
We recommend you to create a fabric interconnect port group and select the port group in the dashlet to
view the bandwidth utilization details.
To identify the overuse of bandwidth on the fabric interconnect ports:

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Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > Interface then choose the UCS device interface from the
Interface drop-down list.
or
Choose Dashboard > Overivew > Network Interface.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon as shown in Figure 14-1 and choose Add Dashlets.
Figure 14-1

Settings Pulldown Menu

Step 3

Choose Top N Interface Utilization dashlet and click Add.

Step 4

Do the following if you have already created a fabric interconnect port group
a.

Click the Dashlet Options icon in the Top N Interface Utilization dashlet.

b.

Select the fabric interconnect port group in the Port Group and click Save And Close.

The Top N Interface Utilization dashlet displays the list of interfaces with maximum utilizaion
percentge. This dashlet also shows the average and maximum data transmission and reception details of
the fabric interconnect ports.

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Monitoring Multiple Prime Infrastructure

Instances
There are three situations that justify the use of multiple Cisco Prime Infrastructure instances to manage
your network:

You want to categorize the devices in your network into logical groups, with a different Prime
Infrastructure instance managing each of those groups. For example, you could have one instance
managing all of your networks wired devices and another managing all of its wireless devices.

The one Prime Infrastructure instance you have running is sufficient to manage your network, but
the addition of one or more instances would greatly improve Prime Infrastructures overall
performance by spreading the CPU and memory load among multiple instances.

Your network has sites located throughout the world, and you want a different Prime Infrastructure
instance to manage each of those sites in order to keep their data separate.

If multiple Prime Infrastructure instances are running in your network, you can monitor those instances
from the Operations Center. In this chapter, we will cover a typical workflow you might employ when
using the Operations Center. This workflow consists of the following tasks:

Viewing the Operations Center dashboards

Monitoring your network

Running reports

See Setting Up the Operations Center in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator Guide, for a
description of the tasks you must complete before using the Operations Center for the first time.

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Viewing the Operations Center Dashboards

Viewing the Operations Center Dashboards

The Operations Center provides additional, Operations Center-specific dashboards that you can use to
quickly determine the status of your network and identify any issues that require further attention. The
Operations Center dashlets display aggregated date. Three types of dashboards are available:

Overview dashboards, which summarize the current status of key areas in your network.

Wireless dashboards, which provide performance and security metrics for the wireless portion of
your network.

The Performance dashboard, which provides performance information for your networks devices.

To access a particular dashboard, as well as the dashlets that comprise that dashboard, either click the
appropriate tabs on the main Operations Center page or select the dashboard from the Dashboard menu.
For more information about dashboards and dashlets, see Appendix A, Prime Infrastructure User
Interface Reference.

Monitoring Your Network Using Operations Center

After viewing the various dashboards available in the Operations Center, you can then take a closer look
at what is going on in your network. Specifically, you can monitor:

The devices that belong to your network.

The Prime Infrastructure servers that manage those devices.

The alarms and events that have taken place in your network.

The clients and users configured to use your network.

The following topics will cover these items in more detail.

Monitoring Devices Using Operations Center

Select Monitor > Network Devices to open the Network Devices page. From here, you can view
information for every device that belongs to your network, such as its hostname/IP address, its current
reachability status, and the last time inventory data was successfully collected from that device. When
you first open the Network Devices page, every network device is displayed.
If you delete a device from the Operations Center Network Devices page, the device is also deleted from
the managed Prime Infrastructure instances.
To refine the devices displayed, do one of the following:

From the Device Group pane, select the desired device type, location, or user-defined group.

Apply a custom filter or select one of the predefined filters from the Show drop-down list. See
Performing a Quick Filter for more information. Operations Center provides a custom filter that
allows you to view duplicate devices across your managed instances.

Search for a particular device. See Search Methods for more information.

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Monitoring Your Network Using Operations Center

Using Virtual Domains to Control User Access

You can use virtual domains to limit user access to certain portions of your network from the Operations
Center. Virtual domains allow you to configure the information users have access to and ensure that they
can access only the devices they are responsible for.
From the Operations Center, you can view all the virtual domains available in all managed Prime
Infrastructure instances. You cannot create or edit virtual domains from the Operations Center. If the
same virtual domain is created in multiple different Prime Infrastructure instances, Operations Center
displays the virtual domain once with the aggregated data from all virtual domains of the same name.
For more information on creating virtual domains and assigning users to those domains, see Controlling
User Access in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator Guide.

Managing and Monitoring Prime Infrastructure Servers Using Operations

Center
Select Monitor > Manage and Monitor Servers to open the Manage and Monitor Servers page. From
here, you can:

Note

Add new Prime Infrastructure servers (up to the license limit).

Edit, delete, activate, and deactivate current Prime Infrastructure servers.

View the servers network latency, CPU utilization, memory utilization, license count, and alarms
generated for the Prime Infrastructure instances.

Determine whether any servers are down.

View support cases created.

See if any backup servers are running. You can configure a backup Prime Infrastructure server to
automatically come online and take over operations for the associated primary server when it goes
down. For more information on the high availability framework provided by Prime Infrastructure,
see Configuring High Availability in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Administrator Guide.

You must follow these guidelines if using High Availability:

Install backup servers (primary as well as secondary) with fully resolved host names.

Install Operations Center-enabled patches on both primary and secondary servers that are running
older Prime Infrastructure versions.

Aside from a servers reachability status, there are three metrics you should focus on: a servers network
latency, its CPU utilization, and its memory utilization. If a server has a network latency figure that
exceeds one second, or it has a CPU or memory utilization percentage greater than 80%, the chances are
good that an issue exists with that server.

Viewing the Server Status Summary in Operations Center

If you are somewhere other than the Manage and Monitor Servers page and want to view the current
status of your Prime Infrastructure servers without leaving the dashboard or page you have open, view
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the bottom of the Operations Centers main page. From here, you can quickly determine if any of your
servers are currently down. You can also launch a separate Prime Infrastructure instance for the selected
server.

Viewing Alarms and Events Using Operations Center

Select Monitor > Alarms and Events to open the Alarms and Events page. From here, you can view a
comprehensive listing of your networks alarms, events, and syslog messages. With one or multiple
alarms selected, you can also indicate whether those alarms have been acknowledged, add a note that
describes them in more detail, or delete them from this page.
The Alarm Summary displays an aggregated count of critical, major, and minor alarms from the
managed Prime Infrastructure instances.
To refine the alarms, events, and syslog messages displayed here, do one of the following:

From the Device Group pane, select the desired device type, location, or user-defined group.

Apply a custom filter or select one of the predefined filters from the Show drop-down list. See
Performing a Quick Filter for more information.

Search for a particular alarm or event. See Search Methods for more information.

Hover your cursor on the Alarm Browser screen to display the aggregated count of alarms for the
managed Prime Infrastructure instances. You can also acknowledge, annotate, and delete alarms,
and the same action is duplicated on the respective Prime Infrastructure instance.

Viewing Clients and Users Using Operations Center

Select Monitor > Clients and Users to open the Clients and Users page, which contains the aggregated
clients of all managed Prime Infrastructure instances. From here, you can view information for the
clients configured on your network, such as a clients MAC address, the user associated with the client,
and the name of the device that hosts the client. By clicking a clients corresponding radio button, you
can access even more detailed information for that client at the bottom of the Clients and Users page. To
refine the list of clients displayed here, do one of the following:

Apply a custom filter or select one of the predefined filters from the Show drop-down list. See
Performing a Quick Filter for more information.

Search for a particular client. See Search Methods for more information.

Cross-Launching Prime Infrastructure Using Operations Center

A common element in the Operations Centers four Monitor pages is the Prime Server column, which
indicates the Prime Infrastructure server associated with any given device, alarm, event, client, or user.
By clicking the corresponding link in any of the Monitor pages or the Server Status summary, you can
launch a separate Prime Infrastructure instance to perform the necessary management tasks without
closing the Operations Center.

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Running Reports With Operations Center

In addition to the various dashboards and monitor pages, the Operations Center also provides additional
reports that you can generate to take an even closer look at your network in order to monitor its health
and troubleshoot any issues you may encounter. The Operations Center reports contain aggregated data
from the managed Prime Infrastructure instances. For more information about Prime Infrastructure
reports and how to generate them, see Managing Reports.

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Designing Device Configurations

Deploying Templates and Devices

Scheduling Configuration Tasks

Configuring Device Features

Getting Help Setting Up and Configuring Devices

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Designing Device Configurations

You can use Cisco Prime Infrastructure configuration templates to design the set of device configurations
that you need to set up the devices in a branch. When you have a site, office, or branch that uses a similar
set of devices and configurations, you can use configuration templates to build a generic configuration
that you can apply to one or more devices in the branch. You can also use configuration templates when
you have a new branch and want to quickly and accurately set up common configurations on the devices
in the branch. Altering configurations across a large number of devices can be tedious and
time-consuming, and templates save you time by applying the necessary configurations and ensuring
consistency across devices.

Guidelines for Planning Your Network Design

Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates

Creating Composite Templates

Grouping Configuration Templates with Devices

Shared Policy Objects

Creating Network Objects

Creating Wireless Configuration Templates

Creating Switch Location Configuration Templates

Creating Controller Configuration Groups

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Guidelines for Planning Your Network Design

Consider the following factors when using the Prime Infrastructure to create reusable design patterns to
simplify device configurations. When you plan your network design and then create templates based on
that design, you can increase operational efficiency, reduce configuration errors, and improve
compliance to standards and best practices.:

What is the size of your network?

How diverse are the devices and services that you support?

How many network designers do you have?

What degree of precision do you need in controlling your network?

If you have a small network with only one or two designers and not much variation among device
configurations, you could start by copying all CLI configurations you know are good into a set of
configuration and monitoring templates, then create a composite template that contains these templates.
If you have a large network with many different devices, try to identify the configurations you can
standardize. Creating feature and technology templates as exceptions to these standards allows you to
turn features on and off as needed.

Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates

Prime Infrastructure provides the following types of feature-level configuration templates:

Features and technologies templatesConfigurations that are specific to a feature or technology in

a devices configuration. See Creating Features and Technologies Templates.

CLI templatesUser-defined templates that are created based on your own parameters. CLI
templates allow you to choose the elements in the configurations. Prime Infrastructure provides
variables that you replace with actual values and logic statements. You can also import templates
from the Cisco Prime LAN Management System. See Example: Updating Passwords Using a CLI
Template.

Composite templatesTwo or more feature or CLI templates grouped together into one template.
You specify the order in which the templates contained in the composite template are deployed to
devices. See Creating Composite Templates.

Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates

To create a feature-level configuration template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies, choose the type of template, and
complete the required fields. For information about the field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 2

Click Save as New Template.

Step 3

After you save a configuration task template, you can specify devices, values, and scheduling
information to tailor your deployment (see Applying and Scheduling Templates).

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Step 4

To verify the status of the template deployment, choose Administration > Jobs.

Example: Creating an ACL Template

To create an ACL template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies > Security > ACL.

Step 2

Enter the mandatory fields.

Step 3

In the Template Detail, click Add Row.

Step 4

Enter the ACL details, then click Save as New Template.

Step 5

Click the arrow to expand the ACL, then click Add Row to provide additional details about the ACL
such as the action, source IP address, and wildcard mask.

Step 6

Click Save.

Step 7

After you save the template, you can specify devices, values, and scheduling information to tailor your
deployment (see Applying and Scheduling Templates).

Creating Features and Technologies Templates

Features and Technologies templates are templates that are based on device configuration and that focus
on specific features or technologies in a devices configuration.
When you add a device to Prime Infrastructure, Prime Infrastructure gathers the device configuration for
the model you added. Prime Infrastructure does not support every configurable option for all device
types. If Prime Infrastructure does not have a Features and Technologies template for the specific feature
or parameter that you want to configure, create a CLI template (see Creating CLI Configuration
Templates, page 16-4).
Features and Technologies templates simplify the deployment of configuration changes. For example,
you can create an SNMP Features and Technologies template and then quickly apply it to devices you
specify. You can also add this SNMP template to a composite template (see Creating Composite
Templates). Then later, when you update the SNMP template, the composite template in which the
SNMP template is contained automatically has your latest changes.
To create a Features and Technologies template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

In the Features and Technologies menu on the left, choose a template type to create.

Step 3

Complete the fields for that template.

If you are creating a feature template that applies only to a particular device type, the Device Type field
lists only the applicable device type, and you cannot change the selection. Specifying a device type helps
you to prevent a mismatch; that is, you cannot create a configuration and apply the configuration to a
wrong device.
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Step 4

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 5

To verify the status of a template deployment, choose Administration > Jobs.

Creating CLI Templates

CLI is a set of re-usable device configuration commands with the ability to parameterize select elements
of the configuration as well as add control logic statements. This template is used to generate a device
deployable configuration by replacing the parameterized elements (variables) with actual values and
evaluating the control logic statements.
To view the list of system CLI templates, choose Configuration > Templates > Features and
Technologies > CLI Templates > System Templates - CLI. You cannot delete a System Template, but
you can modify and save it as a new template. In this page, you can import or export any template. You
cannot import a template under the system defined folder. The Undeploy button is disabled in this page
since the CLI templates do not have an option undeploy them.

Prerequisites for Creating CLI Templates

Before you create a CLI template, you must:

Have expert knowledge and understanding of the CLI and be able to write the CLI in Apache VTL.
For more information about Apache Velocity Template Language, see
http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/vtl-reference-guide.html.

Understand to what devices the CLI you create can be applied.

Understand the data types supported by Prime Infrastructure.

Understand and be able to manually label configurations in the template.

To know how to use variables and data types, see the Variables and Data Types.

Creating CLI Configuration Templates

Use templates to define device parameters and settings, which you can later to a specified number of
devices based on device type.
Before You Begin

Make sure that you have satisfied the prerequisites (see Prerequisites for Creating CLI Templates).
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

Expand the CLI Templates folder, then click CLI.

Step 3

Enter the required information.

a.

In the OS Version field, you can specify an OS image version so that you can filter out devices older
than the one that you specified.

a.

In the Template Detail section, click the Manage Variables icon (above the CLI Content field).
This allows you to specify a variable for which you will define a value when you apply the template.

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b.

Click Add Row and enter the parameters for the new variable (see the Variables and Data Types),
then click Save.

c.

Enter the CLI information. In the CLI field, you must enter code using Apache VTL (see
http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/vtl-reference-guide.html). For more information about
different CLI command formats, see:
Adding Multi-line Commands
Adding Enable Mode Commands
Adding Interactive Commands

d.
Step 4

(Optional) To change the variables, click the Manage Variables icon, and then make your changes
(see the Variables and Data Types). Click Form View (a read-only view) to view the variables.

Click Save As New Template, specify the folder in which you want to save the template, then click Save.
To duplicate a CLI template, expand the System Templates - CLI, hover your mouse cursor over the
quick view picker icon next to CLI, and then click Duplicate.

Variables and Data Types

You can use variables as placeholders to store values. The variables have names and data types.
Table 16-1 lists data types that you can configure in the Manage Variables page.
Table 16-1

Data Types

Data Type

Description

String

Enables you to create a text box for CLI templates. To specify a validation expression and a default value,
expand the row and configure the Default Value and Validation Expression fields.

Integer

Enables you to create a text box that accepts only numeric value. If you want to specify a range for the integer,
expand the row and configure the Range From and To fields. To specify a validation expression and a default
value, expand the row and configure the Default Value and Validation Expression fields.

DB

Enables you to specify a database type. See the Managing Database Variables in CLI Templates.

IPv4 Address Enables you to create a text box that accepts only IPv4 addresses for CLI templates. To specify a validation
expression and a default value, expand the row and configure the Default Value and Validation Expression
fields.
Drop-down

Enables you to create a list for CLI templates. To specify a validation expression and a default value, expand
the row and configure the Default Value field (with a comma-separated value for multiple lists which appears
in the UI).

Check box

Enables you to create a check box for CLI templates. To specify a validation expression and a default value,
expand the row and configure the Default Value field.

Radio Button

Enables you to create a radio button for CLI templates. To specify a validation expression and a default value,
expand the row and configure the Default Value field.

Text Area

Enables you to create a text area which allows multiline values for CLI templates. To specify a validation
expression and a default value, expand the row and configure the Default Value and Validation Expression
fields.

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Managing Database Variables in CLI Templates

You can use database (DB) variables for the following reasons:

DB variables are one of the data types in CLI templates. You can use the DB variables to generate
device-specific commands.

DB variables are predefined variables. To view the list of predefined DB variables, see the
CLITemplateDbVariablesQuery.properties file in the following folder
/opt/CSCOlumos/conf/ifm/template/inventoryTagsInTemplate.

For example, SysObjectID, IPAddress, ProductSeries, ImageVersion are DB variables.When a

device is added to Prime Infrastructure, the complete details of the device is collected in the DB
variables. That is, the OID of the devices is collected in SysObjeectID, product series in
ProductSeries, image versions of the device in ImageVersion, and so on.

Using the data collected by the DB variables, accurate commands can be generated to the device.

You can select the DB variable in the Type field (using the Managed Variables page). Expand the
name field and fill in the default value field with any of the DB variables which you want to use.

When a device is discovered and added to Prime Infrastructure, you can use the database values that
were gathered during the inventory collection to create CLI templates.

For example, if you want to create a CLI template to shut down all interfaces in a branch, create a CLI
template that contains the following commands:
#foreach ($interfaceName in $interfaceNameList)
interface $interfaceName
shutdown
#end

where $interfaceNameList is the database variable type whose value will be retrieved from the database.
$interfaceNameList has a default value of IntfName. You need to create the interfaceNameList variable
as DB data type (using the managed variable dialog box) and add set the default to IntfName. If you have
not specified a default value, you can specify it when you apply the CLI template.
To populate interfaceNameList with the value from the database, you must create a properties file to
capture the query string and save it in the /opt/CSCOlumos/conf/ifm/template/inventoryTagsInTemplate
folder.
To view the predefined DB variables go to the following path:
cd /opt/CSCOlumos/conf/ifm/template/inventoryTagsInTemplate
After you create and apply the CLI template and the property file, the following CLI is configured on
the devices. This output assumes that the device has two interfaces (Gigabitethernet0/1 and
Gigabitethernet0/0):
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
shutdown
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
shutdown

Note

While it is possible to create a customized query using Enterprise JavaBeans Query Language (EJB QL),
only advanced developers should attempt this. We recommend you use the variables defined in the
CLITemplateDbVariablesQuery.properties file only.

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Using Validation Expression

The values that you define in the Validation Expression are validated with the associated component
value. For example, if you enter a default value and a validation expression value in the design flow, this
will be validated during the design flow. That is, if the default value does not match with the entered
value in the validation expression, you will encounter a get error at the design flow.

Note

The validation expression value works only for the string data type field.
Example:
Choose Configuration > Features and Technologies > CLI Templates > CLI > Manage Variables > Add
Row. Choose string data type and then expand the row and configure the regular expression, which will
not allow a space in that text box.
Enter the following expression in the validating expression field.
^[\S]+$

Default value (optional)ncs

The value should match with regular expression in the validation expression field.)
Result:
Save the template, and then select a device. Try to enter a space in the text field. You will encounter a
regular expression error.

Adding Multi-line Commands

To enter multi-line commands in the CLI Content area, use the following syntax:
<MLTCMD>First Line of Multiline Command
Second Line of Multiline Command
......
......
Last Line of Multiline Command</MLTCMD>

where:

<MLTCMD> and </MLTCMD> tags are case-sensitive and must be entered as uppercase.

The multi-line commands must be inserted between the <MLTCMD> and </MLTCMD> tags.

Do not start this tag with a space.

Do not use <MLTCMD> and </MLTCMD> in a single line.

Example 1:
<MLTCMD>banner_motd ~ Welcome to
Cisco. You are using
Multi-line commands.
~</MLTCMD>

Example 2:
<MLTCMD>banner motd ~ ${message}
~</MLTCMD>

where message is a multi-line input variable.

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Adding Enable Mode Commands

Use this syntax to add enable mode commands to your CLI templates:
#MODE_ENABLE
<<commands >>
#MODE_END_ENABLE

Adding Interactive Commands

An interactive command contains the input that must be entered following the execution of a command.
To enter an interactive command in the CLI Content area, use the following syntax:
CLI Command<IQ>interactive question 1<R>command response 1 <IQ>interactive question
2<R>command response 2

where <IQ> and <R> tag are case-sensitive and must be entered as uppercase.
For example:
#INTERACTIVE
crypto key generate rsa general-keys <IQ>yes/no<R> no
#ENDS_INTERACTIVE

Combining Interactive Enable Mode Commands

Use this syntax to combine interactive Enable Mode commands:

#MODE_ENABLE
#INTERACTIVE
commands<IQ>interactive question<R>response
#ENDS_INTERACTIVE
#MODE_END_ENABLE

For example:
#MODE_ENABLE
#INTERACTIVE
mkdir <IQ>Create directory<R>XXX
#ENDS_INTERACTIVE
#MODE_END_ENABLE

Adding Interactive Multiline Commands

This is an example of an interactive command that contains multiple lines:

#INTERACTIVE
macro name EgressQoS<IQ>Enter macro<R><MLTCMD>mls qos trust dscp
wrr-queue queue-limit 10 25 10 10 10 10 10
wrr-queue bandwidth 1 25 4 10 10 10 10
priority-queue queue-limit 15
wrr-queue random-detect 1
wrr-queue random-detect 2
wrr-queue random-detect 3
wrr-queue random-detect 4
wrr-queue random-detect 5
wrr-queue random-detect 6
wrr-queue random-detect 7
wrr-queue random-detect max-threshold 1 100 100 100 100
wrr-queue random-detect min-threshold 1 80 100 100 100
wrr-queue random-detect max-threshold 2 100 100 100 100
wrr-queue random-detect min-threshold 2 80 100 100 100
wrr-queue random-detect max-threshold 3 80 90 100 100
wrr-queue random-detect min-threshold 3 70 80 90 100
wrr-queue random-detect min-threshold 4 70 80 90 100

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wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
wrr-queue random-detect
@</MLTCMD>
#ENDS_INTERACTIVE

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Creating CLI Configuration Templates from Copied Code

One quick way to create CLI configuration templates is to copy code from a command line configuration
session, CLI script, or other stored set of configuration commands. Prime Infrastructure lets you turn all
the CLI parameters in the copied CLI into template variables.
To create a CLI template variable from copied code:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

Expand the CLI Template folder, then click CLI.

Step 3

In the CLI template, paste the copied code into the CLI Content field.

Step 4

Select the text that is to be the variable name and click Manage Variables (the icon above the CLI
Content field).
You can use this same procedure to edit an existing variable created from copied code.

Step 5

Fill out the required information, then click Save > Add.

Step 6

To view the new variable, click Form View.

Exporting a CLI Configuration Template

If you have CLI templates in any other Prime Infrastructure server, you can export them as an XML file
and import them into your current Prime Infrastructure server.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

Expand the CLI Template folder, then click System Templates - CLI.

Step 3

Select the template(s) that you want to export.

Step 4

Click the Export icon at the top right of the CLI template page.

Importing a CLI Configuration Template

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

Expand the CLI Template folder, then hover your mouse cursor over the quick view picker icon next to
CLI.

Step 3

Click Show All Templates.

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Step 4

Click the Import icon at the top right of the CLI template page.

Step 5

Click Select Templates to navigate to your file, then click OK.

Exporting CLI Variables

You can export the CLI variables into a CSV file while deploying a CLI configuration template. You can
use the CSV file to make necessary changes in the variable configuration and import it into Prime
Infrastructure at a later time.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies > CLI Templates.

Step 2

Click System Templates - CLI.

Step 3

Select the template whose variables you want to export.

Step 4

Click the Export icon at the top right of the CLI template page.

Step 5

Click OK.

Importing CLI Variables

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies > CLI Templates.

Step 2

Click System Templates - CLI.

Step 3

Select the template whose variables you want to import.

Step 4

Click the Import icon at the top right of the CLI template page.

Step 5

Click OK.

Example: Updating Passwords Using a CLI Template

You might want to update the password for network devices on a regular basis, once every six months.
To make the changes in a rolling fashion, you plan to perform the operation once for two regions every
three months.
In this example, there are four custom dynamic groups, one for each region based on the cities in every
region: North Region, South Region, East Region, and West Region. You must update the enable
password for all of the devices in the north and south region. After this is complete, you plan to set
another job to occur for the West and East region devices to occur three months later.
Before You Begin

The devices in these regions must have an assigned location attribute.

Step 1

If the four groups, North Region, South Region, East Region, and West Region, have not been created:
a.

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then hover your mouse cursor over
User Defined and click Add SubGroup.

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b.

In the Create Sub-Group area, enter:

Group Name: North Region
Group Description: List of devices in the north region
Filter: Location > Contains > SJC-N

To determine the location of a device, choose Inventory > Device Management > Network
Devices > (gear icon) > Columns > Location.
The devices for the new group appear under Device Work Center > User Defined > North.
c.
Step 2

Step 3

Do the same for south, east, and west regions.

To deploy the password template:

a.

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies > CLI Templates > System
Templates-CLI.

b.

Select the Enable Password-IOS template and click Deploy.

c.

In the Device Selection area, open the User Defined groups and select the North Region and South
Region groups.

d.

In the Value Selection area, enter and confirm the new enable password, then click Apply.

e.

In the Schedule area, enter a name for the job, the date and time to apply the new template (or click
Now), then click OK.

After the job has run, choose Administration > Jobs to view the status of the job (see Monitoring Jobs).

Tagging Templates
You can label a set of templates by providing an intuitive name to tag the templates. After you create a
tagged template, the template is listed under the My Tags folder. Tagging a configuration template helps
you:

Search a template using the tag name in the search field

Use the tagged template as a reference to configure more devices

Tagging a New Configuration Template

To tag a new configuration template and publish the tagged template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies.

Step 2

Expand the Features and Technologies folder, choose an appropriate subfolder, and then choose a
template type.

Step 3

Complete the required fields, enter a tag name in the Tags field, then click Save as New Template.

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Tagging an Existing Template

To tag an existing template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies.

Step 2

In the Features and Technologies menu on the left, expand the My Templates folder and choose the
template that you want to update.

Step 3

Enter a tag name in the Tag as text box, then click Save.

Associating a Tag With Multiple Templates

You can tag a new tag name or associate an existing tag with multiple templates.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies.

Step 2

Click the Tag icon drop-down arrow on the navigation toolbar of the Templates column.

Step 3

Enter a tag name in the Tag as field.

Step 4

In the My Templates folder, click the templates that are to be associated with the tag.
To associate all of the templates in the folder with the tag, select the check box next to the My Templates
folder.
Then click Apply.

Creating Composite Templates

Create a composite template if you have a collection of existing features or CLI templates that you want
to apply collectively to devices. For example, when you deploy a branch, you need to specify the
minimum configurations for the branch router. Creating a composite template allows you to create a set
of required features that include:

Feature templates for the Ethernet interface

A CLI template for additional features you require

All of the templates that you create can be added to a single composite template, which aggregates all of
the individual feature templates that you need for the branch router. You can then use this composite
template to perform branch deployment operations and to replicate the configurations at other branches.
If you have multiple similar devices replicated across a branch, you can create and apply a master
(golden) composite template for all of the devices in the branch. You can use this master composite
template to:

Simplify deployment and ensure consistency across your device configurations.

Compare against an existing device configuration to determine if there are mismatches.

Create new branches.

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Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Composite Templates > Composite
Templates.

Step 2

Provide the required information.

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose the devices to which all of the templates contained in
the composite template apply. For example, if your composite template contains one template that
applies to Cisco 7200 Series routers and another that applies to all routers, choose the Cisco 7200
Series routers in the Device Type list.
If a device type is dimmed, the template cannot be applied on that device type.

In the Template Detail area, choose the templates to include in the composite template.
Using the arrows, put the templates in the composite in the order in which they should be deployed
to the devices. For example, to create an ACL and associate it with an interface, put the ACL
template first, followed by the interface template.

Step 3

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, and apply it to your devices (see Creating
and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates).

Related Topic

Grouping Configuration Templates with Devices

Grouping Configuration Templates with Devices

You might want to associate a set of configuration templates with specific devices. If you have devices
that require the same configuration, you can create a configuration group that associates configuration
templates with devices. Creating a configuration group allows you to quickly apply new templates
without remembering to which devices the new templates should be deployed.
Composite templates allow you to group smaller templates together, but only configuration groups
specify the relationship between the templates and the groups of devices to which those templates apply.
You can also specify the order in which the templates in the configuration group are deployed to the
devices.
Before you create a configuration group, you should:

Create configuration templates for the devices in your configuration group. See Creating and
Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Determine which devices should be included in the configuration group.

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Configuration Groups.

Step 2

Complete the required fields. The device types displayed depend on what you select from the Device
Type field.

Step 3

Where needed, change a templates order in the group by selecting it and clicking the up or down arrow.

Step 4

Click Save as a New Configuration Group.

Table 16-2 describes the possible configuration group states.

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Configuration Group Status Descriptions

Status

Description

Success

Indicates that a configuration group has been successfully created.

Pending

One or more devices in the configuration group have changes that have not yet been deployed. For example,
if you add a new device to the configuration group, the status of the new device is Pending. If you modify a
configuration template to which the configuration group is associated, all devices in the configuration group
have the status Pending.

Scheduled

Indicates that a configuration group deployment is scheduled. When a configuration group is Scheduled, any
devices in the group that are Pending or Failed are changed to Scheduled. If a device is Deployed, it remains
Deployed and its status does not change to Scheduled.

Failure

Deployment has failed for one or more devices in the configuration group.

Shared Policy Objects

Policy objects enable you to define logical collections of elements. They are reusable, named
components that can be used by other objects and policies. They also eliminate the need to define a
component each time that you define a policy.
Objects are defined globally. This means that the definition of an object is the same for every object and
policy that references it. However, many object types (such as interface roles) can be overridden at the
device level. This means that you can create an object that works for most of your devices, then
customize the object to match the configuration of a particular device that has slightly different
requirements.
To improve efficiency and accuracy in your configuration templates, you can create shared policy objects
to include in your configuration templates. You create interface roles (see Interface Roles) or network
objects (see Creating Network Objects) that you can add to your configuration templates.
Related Topics

Interface Roles

Creating Network Objects

Interface Roles
Interface roles allow you to define policies to specific interfaces on multiple devices without having to
manually define the names of each interface. Interface roles can refer to any of the actual interfaces on
the device, including physical interfaces, subinterfaces, and virtual interfaces such as loopback
interfaces.
If you create an all-Ethernets interface role, you can define identical advanced settings for every Ethernet
interface on the device with a single definition. You add this interface role to a configuration template,
then deploy the template to the selected devices to configure the Ethernet interfaces.
Interface roles are especially useful when applying policies to new devices. As long as the devices that
you are adding share the same interface naming scheme as existing devices, you can quickly deploy the
necessary configuration template containing the interface role to the new devices.

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Creating Interface Roles

An interface role allows you to dynamically select a group of interfaces without having to manually
define the interfaces on each device. For example, you can use interface roles to define the zones in a
zone-based firewall configuration template. You might define an interface role with a naming pattern of
DMZ*. When you include this interface role in a template, the configuration is applied to all interfaces
whose name begins with DMZ on the selected devices. As a result, you can assign a policy that enables
anti-spoof checking on all DMZ interfaces to all relevant device interfaces with a single action.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects.

Step 2

In the Shared Policy Objects pane, choose Shared > Interface Role.

Step 3

From the Interface Role page, click Add Object.

Step 4

From the Add Interface Role page, create matching rules for the interface role.
When you define the zone-based template, for example, all of the interfaces on the device that match the
specified rules will become members of the security zone represented by this interface role. You can
match interfaces according to their name, description, type, and speed.

Step 5

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating Network Objects

Network objects are logical collections of IP addresses or subnets that represent networks. Network
objects make it easier to manage policies.
There are separate objects for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses; the IPv4 object is called networks/hosts, and
the IPv6 object is called network/hosts-IPv6. Except for the address notation, these objects are
functionally identical, and in many instances the name network/host applies to either type of object. Note
that specific policies require the selection of one type of object over the other, depending on the type of
address expected in the policy.
You can create shared policy objects to be used in the following configuration templates:

Zone-based firewall templatesSee Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall Template

Application VisibilitySee Configuring Application Visibility

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects > Shared > IPv4 Network Object.

Step 2

From the Network Object page, click Add Object and add a group of IP addresses or subnets.

Step 3

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating a Security Rule Parameter Map

To create and use a set of parameter map objects in the firewall rules, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects.

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Step 2

In the Shared Policy Objects pane, choose Shared > Security Rule Parameter Map.

Step 3

From the Security Rule Parameter Map page, click Add Object.

Step 4

Specify a name and description for the parameter map that is being created.

Step 5

From the parameters list, select the parameters you want to apply and provide a value for each of them.

Step 6

To specify Device Level Override, choose Device Level Override > Add Device.

Step 7

Select the device you wish to add, and click OK.

Step 8

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating a Security Service Group

To create and use a set of parameter map objects in the firewall rules, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects.

Step 2

In the Shared Policy Objects pane, choose Shared > Security Service.

Step 3

From the Security Service page, click Add Object.

Step 4

Specify a name and description for the service that is being created.

Step 5

Select the service data from the available list. If you select TCP or UDP, provide a list of port numbers
or port ranges (separated by comma).

Step 6

To specify Device Level Override, choose Device Level Override > Add Device.

Step 7

Select the device you wish to add, and click OK.

Step 8

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating a Security Zone

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects.

Step 2

In the Shared Policy Objects pane, choose Shared > Security Zone.

Step 3

From the Security Zone page, click Add Object.

Step 4

Specify a name and description for the security zone that is being created.

Step 5

Specify a set of rules that defines the interfaces that must be attached to the zone.

Step 6

To specify Device Level Override, choose Device Level Override > Add Device.

Step 7

Select the device you wish to add, and click OK.

Step 8

Click OK to save the configurations.

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Creating Wireless Configuration Templates

The following sections describe how to create wireless configuration templates for:

Lightweight access points

Autonomous access points

Switches

Converting autonomous access points to lightweight access points

Creating Lightweight AP Configuration Templates

To create a template for a lightweight access point, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Lightweight Access Points.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Template, then click Go.

Step 3

Enter a name and description for the template and click Save. If you are updating an already existing
template, click the applicable template in the Template Name column.

Step 4

Click each of the tabs and complete the required fields. For information about the field descriptions, see
the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Creating Autonomous AP Configuration Templates

To create a template for an autonomous access point, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Autonomous Access Points.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Template, then click Go. If you are updating
an already existing template, click the applicable template in the Template Name column.

Step 3

Enter a name for the template and the applicable CLI commands.

Note

Do not include any show commands in the CLI commands text box. The show commands are
not supported.

Creating Autonomous AP Migration Templates

To make a transition from an autonomous solution to a unified architecture, autonomous access points
must be converted to lightweight access points.

Note

After an access point has been converted to lightweight, the previous status or configuration of the access
point is not retained.
To create an autonomous AP migration template, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Configuration > Autonomous AP Migration.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Template, then click Go. If you are updating
an already existing template, click the applicable template in the Template Name column.

Step 3

Complete the required fields. For information about the field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 4

To view the migration analysis summary, choose Monitor > Tools > Autonomous AP Migration
Analysis.

Creating Switch Location Configuration Templates

To configure a location template for a switch, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Switch Location.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Template, then click Go.

Step 3

Enter the required fields. For information about the field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure
2.2 Reference Guide.

Creating Controller Configuration Groups

By creating a configuration group, you can group controllers that should have the same mobility group
name and similar configuration. You can assign templates to the group and push templates to all of the
controllers in a group. You can add, delete, or remove configuration groups, and download software, IDS
signatures, or a customized web authentication page to controllers in the selected configuration groups.
You can also save the current configuration to nonvolatile (flash) memory to controllers in selected
configuration groups.

Note

A controller cannot be a member of more than one mobility group. Adding a controller to one mobility
group removes that controller from any other mobility group to which it is already a member.
By choosing Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups, you can view a
summary of all configuration groups in the Prime Infrastructure database. Choose Add Configuration
Groups from the Select a command drop-down list to display a table with the following columns:

Group NameName of the configuration group.

TemplatesNumber of templates applied to the configuration group.

Creating a New Configuration Group

To create a configuration group, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

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Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Config Group, then click Go.

Step 3

Enter the new configuration group name. It must be unique across all groups.

If Enable Background Audit is selected, the network and controller audits occur for this
configuration group.

Note

Step 4

If Enable Enforcement is selected, the templates are automatically applied during the audit if any
discrepancies are found.

Other templates created in Prime Infrastructure can be assigned to a configuration group. The same
WLAN template can be assigned to more than one configuration group. Choose from the following:

Select and add laterClick to add a template at a later time.

Copy templates from a controllerClick to copy templates from another controller. Choose a
controller from a list of current controllers to copy its applied template to the new configuration
group. Only the templates are copied.

Note

Step 5

If the Enable Background Audit option is chosen, the network and controller audit is
performed on this configuration group.

The order of the templates is important when dealing with radio templates. For example, if
the template list includes radio templates that require the radio network to be disabled prior
to applying the radio parameters, the template to disable the radio network must be added to
the template first.

Click Save. The Config Groups page appears.

After you create a configuration group, Prime Infrastructure allows you to choose and configure multiple
controllers by choosing the template that you want to push to the group of controllers.

GeneralAllows you to enable mobility group.

To enable the Background Audit option, set template-based audit in Administration > System >
Audit Settings.

ControllersFor details, see Adding or Removing Controllers from a Configuration Group.

Country/DCAFor details, see Configuring Multiple Country Codes.

TemplatesAllows you to select the configuration templates that you have already created.

Apply/ScheduleFor details, see Applying or Scheduling Configuration Groups.

AuditFor details, see Auditing Configuration Groups.

RebootFor details, see Rebooting Configuration Groups.

ReportAllows you to view the most recent report for this group.

Adding or Removing Controllers from a Configuration Group

To add or remove controllers from a configuration group, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

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Step 2

Click a group name in the Group Name column, then click the Audit tab.
The columns in the table display the IP address of the controller, the configuration group name the
controller belongs to, and the mobility group name of the controller.

Step 3

Click to highlight the row of the controller that you want to add to the group, then click Add.

Note

Step 4

Note

If you want to remove a controller from the group, highlight the controller in the Group
Controllers area and click Remove.

Click the Apply/Schedule tab, click Apply to add or remove the controllers to the configuration groups,
then click Save Selection.

You cannot add or configure Catalyst 3850 Series Switches or Cisco 5700 Series Wireless LAN
Controllers using the Classic view. To add or configure these devices, use the Lifecycle view.

Configuring Multiple Country Codes

You can configure one or more countries on a controller. After countries are configured on a controller,
the corresponding 802.11a/n DCA channels are available for selection. At least one DCA channel must
be selected for the 802.11a/n network. When the country codes are changed, the DCA channels are
automatically changed in coordination.

Note

802.11a/n and 802.11b/n networks for controllers and access points must be disabled before configuring
a country on a controller. To disable 802.11a/n or 802.11b/n networks, choose Configure > Controllers,
select the desired controller that you want to disable, choose 802.11a/n or 802.11b/g/n from the left
sidebar menu, and then choose Parameters. The Network Status is the first check box.
To add multiple controllers that are defined in a configuration group and then set the DCA channels,
follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Config Groups, then click Go.

Step 3

Create a configuration group by entering the group name and mobility group name.

Step 4

Click Save, then click the Controllers tab.

Step 5

Highlight the controllers that you want to add, and click Add. The controller is added to the Group
Controllers page.

Step 6

Click the Country/DCA tab. The Country/DCA page appears. Dynamic Channel Allocation (DCA)
automatically selects a reasonably good channel allocation amongst a set of managed devices connected
to the controller.

Step 7

Select the Update Country/DCA check box to display a list of countries from which to choose.

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Step 8

Those DCA channels that are currently configured on the controller for the same mobility group are
displayed in the Select Country Codes page. The corresponding 802.11a/n and 802.11b/n allowable
channels for the chosen country is displayed as well. You can add or delete any channels in the list by
selecting or deselecting the channel and clicking Save Selection.

Note

A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 20 countries can be configured for a controller.

Applying or Scheduling Configuration Groups

The scheduling function allows you to schedule a start day and time for provisioning.
To apply the mobility groups, mobility members, and templates to all of the controllers in a configuration
group, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

Step 2

Click a group name in the Group Name column, then choose the Apply/Schedule tab.

Step 3

Click Apply to start the provisioning of mobility groups, mobility members, and templates to all of the
controllers in the configuration group. After you apply, you can leave this page or log out of Prime
Infrastructure. The process continues, and you can return later to this page to view a report.

Note

Do not perform any other configuration group functions during the apply provisioning.

A report is generated and appears in the Recent Apply Report page. It shows which mobility groups,
mobility members, or templates were successfully applied to each of the controllers.
Step 4

Enter a starting date in the text box or use the calendar icon to choose a start date.

Step 5

Choose the starting time using the hours and minutes drop-down lists.

Step 6

Click Schedule to start the provisioning at the scheduled time.

Auditing Configuration Groups

The Configuration Groups Audit page allows you to verify if the configuration complies of the controller
with the group templates and mobility group. During the audit, you can leave this window or log out of
Prime Infrastructure. The process continues, and you can return to this page later to view a report.
Do not perform any other configuration group functions during the audit verification.
To perform a configuration group audit, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

Step 2

Click a group name in the Group Name column, then click the Audit tab.

Step 3

Click to highlight a controller on the Controllers tab, choose >> (Add), and Save Selection.

Step 4

Click to highlight a template on the Templates tab, choose >> (Add), and Save Selection.

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Step 5

Click Audit to begin the auditing process.

A report is generated and the current configuration on each controller is compared with that in the
configuration group templates. The report displays the audit status, the number of templates in sync, and
the number of templates out of sync.

Note

This audit does not enforce Prime Infrastructure configuration to the device. It only identifies
the discrepancies.

Step 6

Click Details to view the Controller Audit report details.

Step 7

Double-click a line item to open the Attribute Differences page. This page displays the attribute, its value
in Prime Infrastructure, and its value in the controller.

Note

Step 8

Click Retain Prime Infrastructure Value to push all attributes in the Attribute Differences
page to the device.

Click Close to return to the Controller Audit Report page.

Rebooting Configuration Groups

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

Step 2

Click a group name in the Group Name column, then click the Reboot tab.

Step 3

Select the Cascade Reboot check box if you want to reboot one controller at a time, waiting for that
controller to come up before rebooting the next controller.

Step 4

Click Reboot to reboot all controllers in the configuration group at the same time. During the reboot,
you can leave this page or log out of Prime Infrastructure. The process continues, and you can return
later to this page and view a report.
The Recent Reboot Report page shows when each controller was rebooted and what the controller status
is after the reboot. If Prime Infrastructure is unable to reboot the controller, a failure is shown.

Retrieving Configuration Group Reports

To display all recently applied reports under a specified group name, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Controller Configuration Groups.

Step 2

Click a group name in the Group Name column, then click the Report tab. The Recent Apply Report
page displays all recently applied reports including the apply status, the date and time the apply was
initiated, and the number of templates. The following information is provided for each individual IP
address:

Apply StatusIndicates success, partial success, failure, or not initiated.

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Step 3

Successful TemplatesIndicates the number of successful templates associated with the applicable
IP address.

FailuresIndicates the number of failures with the provisioning of mobility group, mobility
members, and templates to the applicable controller.

DetailsClick Details to view the individual failures and associated error messages.

If you want to view the scheduled task reports, click the click here link at the bottom of the page.

Creating wIPS Profiles

Prime Infrastructure provides several predefined profiles from which to choose. These profiles (based
on customer types, building types, industry types, and so on) allow you to quickly activate the additional
wireless threat protection available through Cisco Adaptive wIPS. You can use a profile as is or
customize it to better meet your needs.
Predefined profiles include:

Education

EnterpriseBest

EnterpriseRogue

Financial

HealthCare

HotSpotOpen

Hotspot8021x

Military

Retail

Tradeshow

Warehouse

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The wIPS Profiles > Profile List page allows you to view, edit, apply, or delete current wIPS profiles
and to add new profiles. The Profile List provides the following information for each profile:

Profile NameIndicates the user-defined name for the current profile. Click the profile name to
view or edit profile details.
Hover your mouse cursor over the profile name to view the Profile ID and version.

MSE(s) Applied ToIndicates the number of mobility services engines (MSEs) to which this
profile is applied. Click the MSE number to view profile assignment details.

Controller(s) Applied ToIndicates the number of controllers to which this profile is applied.
Click the controller number to view profile assignment details.

To create a wIPS profile, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Services > wIPS Profiles.

Step 2

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Profile, then click Go.

Step 3

Enter a profile name in the Profile Name text box of the Profile Parameters page.

Step 4

Select the applicable predefined profile, or choose Default from the drop-down list.

Step 5

Choose Save > Next.

When you select Save, the profile is saved to the Prime Infrastructure database with no changes and no
mobility services engine or controller assignments. The profile appears in the profile list.

Step 6

Step 7

To edit and delete current groups or add a new group:

a.

From the Select a command drop-down list on the SSID Group List page, choose Add Group or
Add Groups from Global List, then click Go.

b.

Enter the group name and one or more SSID groups, then click Save.

To determine which policies are included in the current profile, choose Profile Configuration. The
check boxes in the policy tree (located in the left Select Policy pane) indicate which policies are enabled
or disabled in the current profile. Using this page, you can:

Enable or disable an entire branch or an individual policy by selecting or unselecting the check box
for the applicable branch or policy.
By default, all policies are selected.

Click an individual policy to display the policy description. Use the Policy Rules page add, edit,
delete, and reorder the current policy rule settings.

Note

There must be at least one policy rule in place. You cannot delete a policy rule if it is the
only one in the list.

Note

If the profile is already applied to a controller, it cannot be deleted.

Configure the following settings:

Threshold (not applicable to all policies)Indicates the threshold or upper limit associated with

the selected policy. Because every policy must contain at least one threshold, default thresholds
are defined for each based on standard wireless network issues. Threshold options vary based
on the selected policy.

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When the threshold is reached for a policy, an alarm is triggered. Alarms from Cisco Adaptive
wIPS DoS and security penetration attacks are classified as security alarms. A summary of these
attacks is located in the Security Summary page; choose Monitor > Security to access this
page. The wIPS attacks are located in the Threats and Attacks section.
SeverityIndicates the level of severity of the selected policy. Parameters include critical,

major, info, and warning. The value of this field might vary depending on the wireless network.
NotificationIndicates the type of notification associated with the threshold.
ACL/SSID GroupIndicates the ACL or SSID Group(s) to which this threshold is be applied.

Note

Only selected groups trigger the policy.

Step 8

When the profile configuration is complete, select Next to proceed to the MSE/Controller(s) page.

Step 9

In the Apply Profile page, select the mobility services engine and controller(s) to which you want to
apply the current profile, then click Apply to apply the current profile to the selected mobility services
engine/controller(s).
You can also apply a profile directly from the profile list. From the Profile List page, select the profile
that you want to apply and click Apply Profile from the Select a command drop-down list. Then click
Go to access the Apply Profile page.

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Applying and Scheduling Templates

Automating Device Deployment

Configuring Controller Deployments

Applying and Scheduling Templates

After you create a template and want to apply it to one or many devices, you can specify the devices,
values, and scheduling information to tailor your deployment.
To apply and manage a template:

Table 17-1

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Scheduled Configuration Task.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, open the folder that contains the type of template that you want to apply.

Step 3

Select the check box of the template that you want to apply, then click Deploy.

Step 4

Provide the information described in the Table 17-1, then click OK.

Step 5

To view the details of the job, choose Administration > Jobs.

Configuration Templates > Scheduled Configuration Task Options

Option

Description

Device Selection

Displays the list of devices to which you want to apply the template.

Value Assignment

Allows you to specify a variable other than what was previously defined in the configuration template.
Click a name, and the previously defined variables are displayed. To change any of the values, click the
variable that you want to change, enter a new value, and click Apply.
You can also update the variables for all selected devices. Click All Selected Devices and update
variables to apply the changes on all selected devices at the same time. If you want to update variables
for a particular device in the list that need not be applicable to other devices, then choose the device
and update its variables. All of the other devices will continue to use the variables that were previously
defined except for the device for which variables are updated.
Note

The changes that you make apply only to the specific configuration that you are deploying. To
change the configuration template for all future deployments, choose Configuration >
Templates > Features & Technologies and change the template.

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Table 17-1

Configuration Templates > Scheduled Configuration Task Options

Option

Description

Schedule

Allows you to create a meaningful deployment job name, then specify whether to run the job now or in
the future.
You can also schedule the job to run periodically on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis.

Job Option

The following job options are available:

Failure Policy
Ignore failure and continueThis is the default option. The devices are randomly picked up

for template deployment. If the job fails on a device, the job skips the device and continues
with the remaining devices. The Job results show success/failure information for all the
selected devices.
Stop on failureIf the job fails to execute on a device, the job is stopped. The job results are

updated only for the devices on which the job was executed successfully and for other devices
which didnt undergo template deployment, Not Attempted message is shown. The order of
devices chosen for deployment will be same as the device order in Value assignment pane.

Summary

Copy Running Config to StartupIf the template deployment job succeeds, the running
configuration of the device is copied to startup configuration.

Archive Config after deployCreates a new config archive job and archives the configuration of
devices after successfully deploying the template.

Summarizes your deployment option selections.

Note

The undeploy option is applicable only for the controller templates listed under Templates > Features
and Technologies > Controller and will be active only if the controller template has been deployed to
a device.

Automating Device Deployment

Prime Infrastructure helps automate the deployment of new devices on the network by obtaining and
applying the necessary software image and configuration on a new network device. Using features such
as Cisco Network Services (CNS) call-home and Cisco IOS auto-install (which uses DHCP and TFTP),
Prime Infrastructure reduces the time a new device takes to join the network and become functional.
The Plug and Play feature of Prime Infrastructure allows you to create templates to define features and
configurations that you can reuse and apply to new devices. You can streamline new device deployment
by creating bootstrap templates, which define the necessary initial configuration, to communicate with
Prime Infrastructure. You can specify (and predeploy) software images and configurations for devices
that will be added to the network in the future.

Automating Device Deployment Using Plug and Play Profiles

The Prime Infrastructure Plug and Play feature allows you to perform an initial provisioning of a
software image and configuration on a new device.

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To automate the deployment of a new device on your network:

Step 1

Create a Plug and Play profile (see Creating Plug and Play Profiles).

Step 2

Based on the Plug and Play method, add a new device with CNS capabilities to the network, and apply
a bootstrap configuration to activate the CNS agent on the device. Use any of the bootstrap delivery
methods that Prime Infrastructure supports, or use your own mechanism (see Delivering and Applying
the Bootstrap).

When you apply the bootstrap configuration:

1.

The device uses the call-home agent capability to connect to the Prime Infrastructure server.

2.

Automated deployment is initiated.

3.

The Prime Infrastructure server receives the ID of the new device and verifies that the device ID
matches the device ID in any of the Plug and Play preprovisioning definitions. If there is no match
for the device ID, Prime Infrastructure matches the device type with any of the existing type-based
Plug and Play preprovisioning definitions.

4.

If there is a match, Prime Infrastructure applies the software image and the configuration specified
in the matched Plug and Play profile on the device and adds the device to its inventory.

After the bootstrap configuration is applied to the device, the installer connects the device t1o a WAN at
the remote site. The device connects to the Plug and Play gateway using its serial number, and downloads
the full configuration and (optional) Cisco IOS image (see Figure 17-1).
Figure 17-1

Plug and Play Branch Deployment

Prerequisites for Using Plug and Play Profiles

Before you can use the Plug and Play feature, you must:
1.

Set up the Cisco Prime Plug and Play gateway.

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Note

It is not mandatory to set up Cisco Prime Plug and Play gateway. In Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Release 2.0, Plug and Play gateway is integrated with Prime Infrastructure. If
the user explicitly wants the gateway setup, then Cisco Prime Plug and Play gateway can be
set up. Do not execute the cns config retrieve or cns image retrieve command on a device
that has been added using the Plug and Play feature.

2.

Use a CLI template to create a bootstrap configuration template (see Creating a Bootstrap
Configuration Template).

3.

Download the software image (see Downloading Software Images). This step is optional.

4.

Create a configuration template (see Creating a Configuration Template).

Creating a Bootstrap Configuration Template

A bootstrap configuration template should have the minimum required CLI configurations so that the
new device can communicate with the Prime Infrastructure Plug and Play gateway server.

Note

You can also use the Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > CLI Templates >
System Templates-CLI > Plug And Play Bootstrap to create the bootstrap template.
To create a bootstrap configuration template for CNS devices:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies> CLI Templates > CLI.

Step 2

When you create the bootstrap template, enter Bootstrap in the tag field associated with the CLI
template. Then the new bootstrap template will be listed in the Bootstrap Template column when a Plug
and Play profile is being created.
The CLI template should have these configurations for the device CNS agent to connect to the Prime
Infrastructure Plug and Play gateway server:

IP reachability to the Prime Infrastructure Plug and Play gateway server (if required)

CNS configurations

For more information, see Creating CLI Configuration Templates.

The CNS configuration for Plug and Play deployment is:
ip host <PnP Gateway server fully qualified host name> <IP address>
ip host <PnP Gateway server short hostname> <PnP Gateway IP address>
cns trusted-server all-agents <PnP Gateway server fully qualified host name>
cns trusted-server all-agents <PnP Gateway server short host name>
cns trusted-server all-agents <PnP Gateway IP address>
cns id hardware-serial
cns id hardware-serial event
cns id hardware-serial image
cns event <PnP Gateway server fully qualified host name> 11011 keep alive 120 2
reconnect-time 60
cns exec 80
cns image server http://<PnP Gateway server fully qualified host
name>/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher status http://<PnP Gateway server fully qualified host
name>/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher
cns config partial <PnP Gateway server fully qualified host name> 80
cns config initial <PnP Gateway server fully qualified host name> 80

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Downloading Software Images

To download software images:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Software Images.

Step 2

Click Import, then specify the source from which the software image is to be imported.

Step 3

Specify the collection options and when to import the image file. You can run the job immediately or
schedule it to run at a later time.
The image import job will run only once.

Step 4

Click Submit.

Step 5

To view the details of image management job, choose Administration > Jobs.

Creating a Configuration Template

Use one of the following templates as the configuration template:

A CLI template (for more information, see Creating CLI Configuration Templates)

A composite template that contains multiple CLI templates

Creating Plug and Play Profiles

Before creating a Plug and Play profile, you must satisfy the prerequisites (see Prerequisites for Using
Plug and Play Profiles).
To create a Plug and Play profile:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

Provide the required information. See the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide for field
descriptions.

Step 3

Click Save as New Plug and Play Profile, then Save to confirm the new profile.

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Deploying a Plug and Play Profile Based on Device ID

To deploy a Plug and Play profile based on the device ID:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

In the Plug and Play Profiles page, select a profile and click Publish.

Step 3

In the Device Provisioning Profiles page, click Add.

One profile can have multiple provisioning settings that can be applied for different devices.

Step 4

Provide the required information. See the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide for field
descriptions.

Step 5

Click OK, then click Close.

Deployment Based on Device Type

To deploy a Plug and Play profile based on the device type, you do not have to associate the device ID
with the deployment profile. Device type-based deployment is useful primarily for switches that use the
same set of images and configurations. Matching profiles are identified by the device type (PID) of the
incoming device that is specified in the profile during the design phase.
During device type-based deployment:
1.

The device type is matched hierarchically; Prime Infrastructure searches for a profile with the same
device type as that of the incoming device. If the profile does not match the device type, Prime
Infrastructure searches for a profile that is defined for a higher level of the device type in the
hierarchy.

For example:

If the switch_profile in Prime Infrastructure is defined for Switches and Hubs and the incoming
device is of type Switches and Hubs > Catalyst 2928 Series Switches > Catalyst 2928-24TC-C
switch, and

If there is no profile defined specifically for this switch (Catalyst 2928-24TC-C or Catalyst 2928
Series Switches), then the switch_profile is considered for deployment.

2.

If Prime Infrastructure has multiple matching deployment profiles for a given device type, then
Prime Infrastructure chooses the deployment profile that is created or has been recently updated.

Delivering and Applying the Bootstrap

Prime Infrastructure lets you define a bootstrap configuration template for a device.
Alternatively, the bootstrap configuration can be defined and delivered outside of Prime Infrastructure;
for example, from the factory using Cisco Integrated Customization Services.

Exporting the Bootstrap Configuration

The operator can manually apply the bootstrap on the device. After the bootstrap configuration is
applied, the Plug and Play deployment is initiated and the administrator can view the configuration status
on Prime Infrastructure.

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To export the bootstrap configuration:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

From the Plug and Play Profiles page, select a profile from the list.

Step 3

From the Device Provisioning Profiles page, select the device profile from the list, click Bootstrap
Configuration > Export Bootstrap, then click OK.

Step 4

After the bootstrap configuration is applied, the Plug and Play deployment is initiated. To check the Plug
and Play status, do one of following:

To check information about all incoming devices, choose Configuration > Plug and Play> Status.

To check the history of deployment, point to the Quick View icon in the right corner of the Current
Status field for the device.

Delivering the Bootstrap Configuration Using TFTP

The TFTP protocol can be used to deliver the bootstrap configuration to the Prime Infrastructure TFTP
server. You can specify the file name that should be created on the TFTP server; this file is used by the
auto-install enabled devices to get the IP address and other Prime Infrastructure details through the
DHCP. In the DHCP server, the TFTP server must be configured as the Prime Infrastructure TFTP server.
To deliver the bootstrap configuration:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

From the Plug and Play Profiles page, select a profile from the list.

Step 3

In the Device Provisioning Profiles page, select the Device Profile from the list, click Bootstrap
Configuration > TFTP, then click OK.

Step 4

After the bootstrap configuration is applied, the Plug and Play deployment is initiated. To check the Plug
and Play status, choose one of these options:

To check information about all incoming devices, choose Configuration > Plug and Play> Status.

To check the history of deployment, hover your mouse cursor over the Quick View icon in the right
corner of the Current Status field for the device.

Emailing the Bootstrap Configuration

The operator can manually apply the bootstrap on the device. After the bootstrap configuration is
applied, the automated deployment is initiated. The administrator can view the configuration status on
Prime Infrastructure.

Note

Before you can email the bootstrap configuration, you must set the email settings under Administration
> System Settings > Mail Server Configuration.

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To email the bootstrap configuration to the operator:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

Select a profile from the list and click Bootstrap Configuration > Email Bootstrap.

Step 3

Enter the email address to which the bootstrap configuration is be sent, then click OK.

Step 4

After the bootstrap configuration is applied, the Plug and Play deployment is initiated. To check the Plug
and Play status, choose one of these options:

To check information about all incoming devices, choose Configuration > Plug and Play> Status.

To check the history of deployment, hover your mouse cursor over the Quick View icon in the right
corner of the Current Status field for the device.

Emailing the PIN

Prime Infrastructure generates a random Personal Identification Number (PIN) per device. This PIN can
be used to identify the device and the Plug and Play profile (bootstrap configuration) associated with it.
After the pre-provisioning tasks are complete, the administrator must use the Email PIN option
(available in the pre-provisioning task of the Prime Infrastructure) to email the unique PIN to the
deployment engineer. During installation, the deployment engineer uses this PIN to download the
bootstrap configuration from the Plug and Play gateway.
To deliver the PIN for the bootstrap configuration:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Profiles.

Step 2

Select the device profile from the list and click Email PIN.

Step 3

Enter the email address to which the PIN should be sent and click OK.

Step 4

Use one of the following methods to apply the bootstrap configuration:

If you are applying the bootstrap configuration using the deployment application, the Prime
Infrastructure Plug and Play deployment application communicates to the Prime Infrastructure and
applies the bootstrap configuration on the device.

If you are manually applying the bootstrap configuration using the PIN:
Use the PIN to download the bootstrap configuration from the Prime Infrastructure Plug and

Play gateway: https://<pnp-gateway-server>/cns/PnpBootstrap.html. You can also register the

ISRs serial number during this process.
Apply the bootstrap configuration on the device manually, using a console or USB flash.

For detailed information about Plug and Play deployment, see the Cisco Plug and Play Application
2.0 User Guide.
Step 5

After the bootstrap configuration is applied, the Plug and Play deployment is initiated. To check the Plug
and Play status, choose one of these options:

To check information about all incoming devices, choose Configuration > Plug and Play> Status.

To check the history of deployment, hover your mouse cursor over the Quick View icon in the right
corner of the Current Status field for the device.

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Configuring Controller Deployments

To view and manage the devices in your network, Prime Infrastructure must first discover the devices
and, after obtaining access, collect information about them. For details, see the Adding Devices Using
Discovery.
Prime Infrastructure simplifies WLAN deployments with support for auto-provisioning. Auto
provisioning allows Prime Infrastructure to automatically configure a new or replace a current Cisco
Wireless LAN Controller (WLC). Prime Infrastructure auto provisioning feature can simplify
deployments for customers with a large number of controllers.

Note

The controller radio and b/g networks are initially disabled by the Prime Infrastructure startup
configuration file. You can turn on those radio networks by using a template, which should be included
as one of the automated templates.

Using the Auto Provisioning Filter List

The Auto Provision Filters page allows you to create and edit auto provisioning filters that define the list
of allowable devices to be auto provisioned or auto monitored by Prime Infrastructure.
For Auto Provisioning privileges, you must have Admin, Root, or SuperUser status. To allow or disallow
a user Auto Provisioning privileges, edit the permitted tasks using Administration > Users, Roles, &
AAA > User Groups > group name > List of Tasks Permitted in Prime Infrastructure. Select or
unselect the check box to allow or disallow these privileges.
Filter parameters include:
Parameter

Description

Filter Name

Identifies the name of the filter.

Filter Enable

Indicates whether or not the filter is enabled.

Only enabled filters can participate in the Auto Provisioning process.

Monitor Only

If selected, the Cisco WLC defined in this filter is managed by Prime Infrastructure but not
configured by Prime Infrastructure if the Cisco WLC contacts Prime Infrastructure during the
auto provisioning process.

Filter Mode

Indicates the search mode for this filter (Host Name, MAC Address, or Serial Number).

Config Group Name

Indicates the Configuration Group name.

All Config-Groups used by auto provision filters should not have any controller defined in
them.

Adding an Auto Provisioning Filter

To specify the Auto Provision filter contents, you can directly enter the details in the application or
import the details from a CSV file. The auto provisioning feature supports the 5500 and non-5500 series
controllers. The non-5500 series controllers have AP manager interface configuration information
defined, whereas 5500 series controllers do not have this information.
To add an Auto Provisioning Filter:

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Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Controller Auto Provisioning.

Step 2

Choose Add Filter from the Select a command drop-down list, then click Go.

Step 3

Enter the required parameters.

You can specify the Dynamic Interface configuration and Device Specific configuration details only
when you input a CSV file. These two configurations cannot be performed using the graphical user
interface.

Step 4

Click Save.

Auto Provisioning Primary Search Key Settings

Use the Primary Search Key Setting to set the matching criteria search order.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Controller Auto Provisioning, then from the left sidebar
menu, choose Setting.

Step 2

Click to highlight the applicable search key, then use the Move Up or Move Down buttons to move the
search key to a higher or lower priority.

Step 3

Click Save to confirm the changes.

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Managing AP Template Tasks

Viewing WLAN Configuration Scheduled Task Results

Managing Software Downloads

Managing Scheduled Configuration Tasks

The Scheduled Configuration Tasks page allows you to navigate to any templates, configuration tasks,
or software download tasks that have been scheduled earlier and provides a filtered view of these tasks.
This page displays the summary information about a task. The information includes the template name,
last time the task was run, next time the task is scheduled to run, and a link to view the results of previous
runs. You can also edit the template, modify the schedule, enable, disable, or delete a scheduled task.
After you create and schedule a configuration template, configuration group, or a software download
task, the scheduled task or template is listed in the Scheduled Configuration Tasks page.
You cannot create any new scheduled task or template in this page. You can only edit the scheduled task
or template that is already created.
You can modify, enable, disable, or delete the following scheduled configuration tasks:

AP Template

Config Group

WLAN Configuration

Download Software

Managing AP Template Tasks

The AP Template Tasks page allows you to manage current access point template tasks.
Before You Begin

At least one lightweight access point task must exist (see Creating Lightweight AP Configuration
Templates).
To modify a current access point template task:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task.

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Step 2

Select the template name of the applicable task.

Step 3

In the AP Radio/Template page, click the Apply/Schedule tab.

Step 4

Make any necessary changes to the current schedule or access point template, and click Schedule.

To enable a current access point template task:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task.

Step 2

Select the check box of the scheduled task to be enabled.

Step 3

Choose Enable Schedule from the Select a command drop-down list, then click Go.

Related Topics

Managing Scheduled Configuration Tasks

Managing AP Template Tasks

Viewing WLAN Configuration Scheduled Task Results

Viewing WLAN Configuration Scheduled Task Results

Note

There is no drop-down command list for WLAN Configuration.

To view and manage all scheduled WLAN tasks in Cisco Prime Infrastructure:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, choose WLAN Configuration to open the WLAN Configuration Task List
page.

Step 3

Select the Task Name link to open the WLAN Schedule Detail page. In this page, you can modify the
date and time of the scheduled task.

Step 4

Select the check box of the scheduled task and use the Select a command drop-down list to enable,
disable, or delete selected tasks.

Related Topics

Managing Scheduled Configuration Tasks

Managing AP Template Tasks

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Managing Software Downloads

Use this feature to manage the software download tasks.

Adding a Download Software Task

To add a download software task:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task, then from the left sidebar menu, choose
Download Software.

Step 2

Choose Add Download Software Task from the Select a command drop-down list, then click Go.

Step 3

Configure the following information:

General
Task NameEnter a Scheduled Task Name to identify this scheduled software download task.

Schedule Details
Download TypeSelect the download type. Select the Download software to controller check

box to schedule download software to controller or select the Pre-download software APs
check box to schedule the pre-download software APs. If you select Download software to
controller, specify the image details.

Note

The pre-download option is displayed only when all selected controllers are using the
Release 7.0.x.x or later.
To see Image Predownload status per AP, enable the task in the Administration > Background
Task > AP Image Predownload Task page, and run an AP Image Predownload report from the
Report Launch Pad.

Reboot TypeIndicates whether the reboot type is manual, automatic, or scheduled.

Note

Reboot Type Automatic can be set only when the Download software to controller
option is selected.

Download date/timeEnter a date in the provided text box or click the calendar icon to open a

calendar from which you can choose a date. Select the time from the hours and minutes
drop-down lists.
Reboot date/timeThis option appears only if select the reboot type Scheduled. Enter a date

in the provided text box or click the calendar icon to open a calendar from which you can choose
a date to reboot the controller. Choose the time from the hours and minutes drop-down lists.
Schedule enough time (at least 30 minutes) between Download and Reboot so that all APs can
complete the software pre-download.
If any one of the AP is in pre-download progress state at the time of scheduled reboot, the
controller does not reboot. In such a case, wait for the pre-download to finish for all of the APs
and reboot the controller manually.
Notification (Optional)Enter the email address of recipient to send notifications via email.

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To receive email notifications, configure Prime Infrastructure mail server in the

Administration > Settings > Mail Server Configuration page.

Image DetailsSpecify the TFTP or FTP Server Information:

Complete these details if you selected the Download software to controller option in Schedule
Details area.
TFTPSpecify the TFTP Server Information:
From the File is Located on drop-down list, choose Local machine or TFTP server.

If you choose TFTP server, choose Default Server or add a New server from the Server Name
drop-down list.
Specify the IP address of the TFTP server. This is automatically populated if the default server

is selected.
Specify the local filename or click Browse to navigate to the appropriate file.
If you selected TFTP server previously, specify the filename.

FTPSpecify the FTP Server Information:

FTP Credentials InformationEnter the FTP username, password, and port if you selected the

FTP radio button.

From the File is Located on drop-down list, choose Local machine or FTP server.

If you choose FTP server, choose Default Server or add a New server from the Server Name
drop-down list.
Specify the IP address of the FTP server. This is automatically populated if the default server is

selected.
Specify the local filename, or click Browse to navigate to the appropriate file.
If you selected FTP server previously, specify the filename.
Step 4

Click Save.

Modifying a Download Software Task

Before You Begin

At least one download software task must exist (see Adding a Download Software Task).
To modify a download software task:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, choose Download Software.

Step 3

Click the Task Name link to open the Download Software Task page, make any changes, then click Save.
Any changes in Download Type (Download/Pre-download) or Server Type (FTP/TFTP) for the task in
'Enabled' state sets the task to 'Disabled' state and all of the existing controllers are disassociated from
the task.

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Selecting Controllers for the Download Software Task

This page lists all the supported controllers that can be selected for the scheduled image
download/pre-download task.
To select a controller for scheduled image download:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task.

Step 2

From the left sidebar menu, choose Download Software.

Step 3

Click the Controller to open the Download Software Task details page, then click Select Controller to
view the controller list.

Note

If the pre-download option is chosen for the task, then only the controllers with software
Release 7.0.x.x or later are listed.

The Select Controllers page can also be accessed from Configuration > Scheduled Configuration Task
> Download Software, then click the hyperlink in the Select Controller column for any download task
that is in the Enabled, Disabled or Expired state.
Controllers with Reachability Status 'Unreachable' cannot be selected for Download Software Task.
Step 4

Make any necessary changes, then click Save.

Troubleshooting Template Deployment

The most common reasons that a template might not be deployed are:

One or more devices are unreachableVerify that the device credentials are correct; ping the device
to verify that it is reachable. For more information, see Getting Device Details from the Device 360
View.

A device CLI returned an error because the CLI was incorrectVerify that the CLI commands
contained in the template are correct by running the commands on a test device. There are several
reasons a device CLI returned an error:
The device configuration was modified directly via CLI (out-of-band changes) and the Prime

Infrastructure database is not synchronized with those changes. When you apply a configuration
template, it is assumed that the Prime Infrastructure database is up-to-date with the latest device
configuration. We recommend that you run an inventory collection for the failing device from
the Device Work Center and make sure all out-of-band changes are up-to-date, and then
redeploy the template.
One or more devices are not in Managed collection state. When you apply a configuration

template, it is assumed that the Prime Infrastructure database is up-to-date with the current
device configuration. If a device has a collection status other than Managed, for example
Managed with Errors or Managed With Warnings, the template deployment might fail. See
Troubleshooting Unmanaged Devices for more information about device collection status.
The device does not have the appropriate Cisco IOS software version or the appropriate license

to configure the requested feature. Log in directly to the device on which the template
deployment failed and verify that the device supports the CLI that is specified in the template.

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After you create a new template, you should apply it to one device only to verify that it works as
designed. After you test that your configuration template is working on a single device, you can apply it
to multiple devices as necessary.

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Configuring Device Features

Use configuration templates in Cisco Prime Infrastructure to design the set of device configurations that
you need to set up the devices in a branch or change the feature configuration for a device from the
Device Work Center.

Configuring the Device using WSMA

Configuring Application Visibility

Configuring Quality of Service

Creating a VPN Component Template

Configuring an Easy VPN Server

Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

Configuring Interfaces

Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces

Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Configuring DMVPN

Configuring GETVPN

Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall

Creating a Routing Protocol

Configuring the Device using WSMA

Cisco Prime Infrastructure mainly uses the CLI method (over Telnet or SSHv2) to configure the devices.
In Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2, you can use WSMA (over SSHv2) for configuring specific features on
the ASR, ISR, and CSR routers. Cisco Web Services Management Agent is a more efficient and more
robust method to configure the devices. Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 supports Zone Based Firewall,
Application Visibility configuration, and Quality Of Service configuration via WSMA on the ASR, ISR,
and CSR routers.
To configure Zone Based Firewall, Quality of Service, or Application Visibility via WSMA, follow these
steps:

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Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Add or edit the device in Cisco Prime Infrastructure to use SSHv2 (rather than Telnet) as the
management transport protocol.
a.

When you add the device with automatic discovery, enter the SSH credentials.(Adding Devices
Using Discovery.)

b.

When you add the devices manually (Adding Devices Manually), in Step 2, select SSH2 as the
protocol.

Edit the device credentials, if the device is also managed by Cisco Prime Infrastructure which is not
configured to use SSH2:
a.

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

b.

Select the device and click Edit.

c.

Change the protocol to SSH2.

d.

Click Update.

Activate WSMA profile on the device by deploying the WSMA Config Service-SSH Out Of the Box CLI
template:
a.

Choose Configuration > Template > Features and Technologies > CLI Templates >System
Templates - CLI > WSMA Config Service-SSH > Deploy.

b.

Select the devices.

For more information about WSMA, see the WSMA Configuration Guide.
Step 4

Configure a configuration archive, which will be used by WSMA for handling transactional
configurations and rollbacks by using the following CLI commands on the device:
#configure terminal
archive
log config
hidekeys
path flash:roll
maximum 5
#end

For more information about configuration archives, see the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals
Command Reference Guide.

Configuring Application Visibility

The Application Visibility feature allows you to monitor traffic on specific interfaces and generate
performance and bandwidth-statistics reports that supply information to the various dashlets and reports
in Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Devices send these reports to Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and each report
supplies information to a subset of the Cisco Prime Infrastructure dashlets and reports. Cisco Prime
Infrastructure can configure Application Visibility either through CLI (over Telnet or SSH) or through
WSMA. Application Visibility can be configured through WSMA in a more efficient and robust method
and we recommend that you use the WSMA protocols for configuring Application Visibility. For more
information on using WSMA with Cisco Prime Infrastructure, see the section Configuring the Device
using WSMA.

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Configuring Application Visibility

The Services > Application Visibility & Control menu is visible only if you have an Assurance license.
To view all features under the Application Visibility & Control menu, you must have the correct
permissions, such as device view configuration access; if you have only view permissions, some features
are not visible.
The Application Visibility feature is supported on the following platforms:

ASR1000 series platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later

ISR G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)M2 or later

ISR 4300 and 4400 series platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S or later

CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S or later

Application Visibility is configured differently on different platforms and IOS releases. Newer IOS
releases provide new mechanisms with better performance for setting up the Application Visibility and
Control (AVC). Thus, when upgrading an ASR 1000, CSR, or ISR 4400 platforms running IOS-XE
release prior to 15.4(1)S to an IOS-XE release 15.4(1)S or later, or when upgrading an ISR-G2 platform
running IOS release prior to 15.4(1)T to IOS release 15.4(1)T or later, we recommend that you
reconfigure the AVC on these devices.
To simplify configuration, the Application Visibility feature is split into four types of metric and
NetFlow reports:
Report

Description

Traffic Statistics

Sends the statistics on the bandwidth consumed by each of the

NBAR-recognized applications on a per-user and per-interface basis.
This report supplies information to the various application bandwidth
dashlets and reports in Cisco Prime Infrastructure as Top N
Applications, Application Bandwidth reports, Top N clients, and
so on.

HTTP URL Visibility

Sends performance and bandwidth reports for HTTP-based traffic, and

this report supplies information to various URL dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure as Top N URL by hits and Top N URL by
response time.
The HTTP URL Visibility tool is not supported on the ISR-G2 device.

Application Response Time

Sends performance-related information for TCP traffic, and this report

supplies information to various response time dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure as applications ART analysis, worst N
clients by transaction time, and so on.

Voice/Video Metrics

Sends various RTP key-performance indicators for RTP-based

voice/video traffic, and supplies information to dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure under the voice/video category as worst N
RTP streams by packet lost.

Activating the Application Visibility feature can impact device performance. To minimize the potential
impact, the template allows you to select the traffic interfaces to monitor and the reports to generate.
To configure application visibility in your network:
1.

(Optional) Set up WSMA on the devices to assure that the devices are configured via the WSMA
protocol, rather than CLI (for more information, see Configuring the Device using WSMA). WSMA
provides a more robust configuration mechanism.

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2.

Make sure that your devices are running up-to-date NBAR protocol packs (see Managing NBAR
Protocol Packs) and run the required IOS release with the appropriate IOS-license for Application
Visibility. (See Assessing AVC Readiness of Your Routers)

3.

(Optional. Supported only for the ASR 1000 Series) Estimate the potential resources impact on the
device (CPU and memory) before activating Application Visibility on the device (for more
information, see Estimating CPU, Memory and NetFlow Resources on ASR Devices).

4.

Activate Application Visibility on the device, either by creating a template and pushing it across the
network (for more information, see Creating an Application Visibility Template), or by enabling a
predefined AVC template on an interface or multiple interfaces, either across the network, from the
AVC-Interface-Configuration Screen (see Enabling Application Visibility on Interfaces) or on a
selected device from the Device Work Center (see Enabling Default Application Visibility on a
Selected Device).

After activating Application Visibility on an interface, if you wish to extract the highly granular netflow
reports to troubleshoot specific issues you can setup an AVC troubleshooting Session (see Application
Visibility Troubleshooting Sessions)

Assessing AVC Readiness of Your Routers

The AVC Readiness Assessment page allows you to analyze the routers in your network to provide
information about their capability to run AVC. This page also recommends the actions to be performed
on these devices prior to activating AVC or for improving the application visibility.
To launch the Readiness Assessment page, choose Services > Application Visibility & Control >
Readiness Assessment.
The Readiness Assessment page provides an overview pie chart that details the distribution of the
relevant devices in your network, along with information about the devices that are:

Already running AVC (devices that are configured to send netflow reports).

Capable of running AVC but are not running AVC.

Incapable of running AVC (for example:, missing licenses or the device is running an older version
of Cisco IOS/IOS-XE release that does not support the required features).

Unknown - these are the devices for which the system cannot deduce information. This status is due
to failure in the inventory collection or due to communication problems in the device.

Managing NBAR Protocol Packs

The ability of the device to produce application visibility reports is based on the Network-Based
Application Recognition (NBAR) technology; NBAR is a classification engine that recognizes and
classifies a wide variety of protocols and applications, including web-based and other
difficult-to-classify applications and protocols that use dynamic TCP/User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
port assignments.
NBAR is updated frequently to support new applications and protocols, the software update for an
NBAR is called a protocol pack.
Further information on NBAR protocol packs and information on how to upgrade NBAR protocol pack,
see the NBAR Protocol Packs Guide.

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When you upgrade an NBAR protocol pack on the device, a corresponding Prime Infrastructure update
should be performed to update Prime Infrastructure with the supported protocols/applications on the
devices.To achieve this a periodic Cisco Prime Infrastructure software update (UBF file) is issued when
new protocol packs are released.
Your network may contain various platforms (ISR-G2/ASR) running different Cisco IOS software
releases and different protocol pack releases. While we do not recommend that you have different
protocol pack releases installed on different devices reporting application visibility reports
simultaneously, Cisco Prime Infrastructure will be able to support this, by configuring only the
supported subset of protocols/applications, defined as filtering conditions in your template, on each of
the devices, when deploying an application visibility template across multiple devices running different
versions of NBAR protocol packs.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 allows to distribute and install NBAR protocol pack on any of the routers
supporting the AVC in your network. To install the NBAR protocol pack on the routers, you first need
to import the protocol pack to the Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and then install and activate the protocol
packs on a selected device.

Importing NBAR Protocol Packs

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 allows you to download NBAR2 protocol pack files to a group of devices,
and activate it on those devices.
To import NBAR Protocol packs into Cisco Prime Infrastructure, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > NBAR2 Protocol Pack Management.

Step 2

From the NBAR2 Protocol Pack Management page, click Import.

The Import Images page is displayed.

Step 3

Select a protocol pack from one of the following sources:

File If you select File, from the Collection Options, click Browse to select a protocol pack
from you local file system that you want to import.

URL If you select URL, specify the URL from which the protocol pack must be imported.

Step 4

Click Submit.

Step 5

From Schedule, select whether you want to schedule the import job immediately or for a later date and
time.

Step 6

Click OK to import the protocol pack image into Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

Installing and Activating NBAR Protocol Packs

To install and activate NBAR Protocol packs, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > NBAR2 Protocol Pack Management.

Step 2

Select the protocol pack that you want to install or upgrade for a particular device, and click Distribute
or Distribute for ISSU.
Distribute for ISSU is used to install a standby NBAR2 protocol pack on a device prior to IOS image
update on that device, so that the installed standby protocol pack is activated immediately after the IOS
image update.

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Step 3

From the Device Selection, select the devices on which you want to install or upgrade the protocol pack.

Note

The view will show only the devices applicable for the selected protocol pack. These are the devices that
have the required IOS image and license to support the AVC and the IOS image that supports the NBAR
engine version on which the selected protocol pack is built.

Step 4

(Optional) From the Distribute Options, do one of the following:

Uncheck Activate Protocol Packs only after a successful copying to all selected device(s) check
box from the Advanced Distribute Option, if you want to activate the protocol pack on the devices
to which the protocol pack was successfully copied, even if the protocol pack was not copied to some
of the selected devices.

(Optional) Check Remove unsupported protocols and attributes from the running config to
force immediate activation of protocol pack check box, if your device has references to NBAR
applications (or attributes) which are not supported by the distributed protocol pack. This is required
when downgrading protocol pack releases.

Note

Checking this option will change your devices running-configuration and may require revisiting
all policies which have references to NBAR applications post activation.

Step 5

From Schedule, select whether you want to schedule the import job immediately or for a later date and
time.

Step 6

(Optional) Check Copy running config to startup check box from the Job options panel, if you want
to automatically copy the running config to the startup config file after activating the protocol packs.
Check Archive Config After Deploy check box, if you want to automatically collect a configuration
archive after activating the protocol pack.

Step 7

Click Submit to install/activate the protocol pack for the selected devices.

Deleting NBAR Protocol Packs

To delete the NBAR Protocol packs that are imported into Cisco Prime Infrastructure, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > NBAR2 Protocol Pack Management.

Step 2

From the list of protocol packs that are imported, select the protocol packs that you want to delete.

Step 3

Click Delete.

Estimating CPU, Memory and NetFlow Resources on ASR Devices

The Device Resource Estimation (DRE) feature allows you to estimate CPU consumption, memory
usage, and NetFlow export traffic when you deploy application visibility features on an ASR device.
DRE helps you to analyze the demands for these resources on ASR devices based on predefined traffic
profiles and device interface speeds.

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DRE is supported on all ASRs running Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later with one or more of
these modules installed:

cevModuleASR1000ESP5

cevModuleASR1000ESP10

cevModuleASR1000ESP20

cevModuleASR1001ESP

cevModuleASR1002FESP

To estimate the resource utilization on a specific device, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Readiness Assessment.

Step 2

Click the down arrow icon in the Interface column for the device that you want estimates on.
The list shows only those interfaces supporting Application Visibility capability.

Step 3

Select Internet Profile or Enterprise Profile. The device resource estimation is based on a typical
traffic profile. Select Internet Profile for typical service-provider traffic, or Enterprise Profile for a
typical enterprise-traffic.

Step 4

Select the interfaces for which you want to estimate the resource utilization.
Speeds shown are those currently configured for each interface. If you want to base the estimate on a
different speed, click Speed (Mbps) and enter a different value. The changes will be retained as long as
you continue working.

Step 5

Click Get Estimates.

The Estimated Resource Usage graph displays the current, additional, and total usage of the CPU and
memory, along with the threshold limit for these resources. The estimated and maximum NetFlow export
traffic are also given. For devices on which AVC is already enabled, only the current and additional usage
is shown.
If resource usage is crossing threshold limits, optimize the problem device by:

Decreasing current CPU utilization

Increasing configured memory

Reduce configured interface speed

Redirecting traffic to another device

Default AVC Profiles

In the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 release, several default profiles of AVC were introduced to simplify
the provisioning of AVC. Default AVC profiles represent the typical AVC configurations that can be
configured on a single interface or multiple interfaces in a single click.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 also allows you to configure custom AVC configuration using the AVC
templates (See Creating an Application Visibility Template)
In the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 release, AVC supports the following default profiles:

Application Visibility on IPv4For generating traffic statistics and HTTP or URL visibility netflow
reports on all IPv4 traffic.

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Application Visibility on IPv4+IPv6 For generating traffic statistics and HTTP or URL visibility
netflow reports on all IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.

Application Visibility and Performance on Ipv4For generating traffic statistics and HTTP or URL
visibility netflow reports on all IPv4 traffic and generates Application Response Time reports for all
IPv4 and TCP traffic and voice and video metrics reports on all IPv4 and RTP traffic.

Application Visibility and Performance on IPv4+Ipv6For generating traffic statistics and HTTP
or URL visibility netflow reports on all IPv4+IPv6 traffic and generates Application Response Time
reports for all IPv4+IPv6 and TCP traffic and voice and video metrics reports on all IPv4+IPv6 and
RTP traffic.

The default IPv4 and IPv4+IPv6 profiles that exist in releases prior to 2.2 are replaced with the
Application Visibility and Performance on IPv4 and the Application Visibility and Performance on
IPv4+IPv6 profiles respectively.

Viewing the Configured AVC Profiles

You can use the AVC profiles pages to view the Application Visibility profiles along with a
corresponding AVC template that demonstrate the tools that are activated.
To view the configured AVC profiles, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > AVC Profiles and select the App Visibility
Profiles.

Step 2

Select an AVC profile from the list to view its details.

Enabling Application Visibility on Interfaces

The Interfaces Configuration page provides a list of the interfaces that are capable of running AVC
across the network. It also enables you to activate and deactivate predefined AVC profiles on those
interfaces with a one-click user experience. You can also view the interfaces on which AVC profiles are
running and the netflow reports that are available on these interfaces.
To enable Application Visibility on interfaces, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Interfaces Configuration to launch the
Interfaces Configuration page.

Step 2

Choose the Port Group Selector and Advanced Filtering to filter the list of interfaces.

Step 3

Select the interfaces from the list on which you want to enable Application Visibility.

Step 4

Select an Application Visibility profile from the Enable App Visibility check box drop-down list.

Step 5

Review and select the Copy Running Config to Startup and Archive Config after Deploy check boxes
as appropriate from the Job Options.

Step 6

(Optional) Click on the CLI Preview tab to preview the list of CLIs. The CLI Preview tab appears only
when all selected interfaces belong to a single device.

Step 7

Click Deploy.

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You can configure only one Application Visibility profile on each device. A warning message is
displayed if any of the unselected interfaces of the device have a different AVC profile. The AVC profile
will be disabled from all the unselected interfaces if you ignore the warning message.

Disabling Application Visibility on Interfaces

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2, you can disable AVC on an interface for any AVC policy defined on
that interface. The AVC policy can be a custom policy pushed through a CLI or via the AVC feature
template or the default policy.

Note

If the AVC policy that is defined is a custom policy that was not created from Cisco Prime Infrastructure,
it will not be removed from the device but only detached from the interface. Also, disabling AVC on an
interface will optionally allow deactivating the AVC troubleshooting session on that interface, if such a
session is activated on the interface.
To disable Application Visibility on interfaces, do the following:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Interfaces Configuration to launch the
Interfaces Configuration page.

Step 2

Select the interfaces from the list on which you want to disable Application Visibility.

Step 3

Click Disable App Visibility to disable the ongoing monitoring AVC policy on the interface.

Step 4

Select the Deactivate App Visibility Troubleshooting check box to deactivate AVC troubleshooting
session on the interface.

Step 5

Review and select the Copy Running Config to Startup and Archive Config after Deploy check boxes
as appropriate from the Job Options.

Step 6

Click Deploy.

Creating an Application Visibility Template

An application visibility monitoring policy is defined on a selected group of interfaces. When you define
the template, ensure that you have defined an interface-role object that matches the group of interfaces
on which you would like to monitor the traffic and generate NetFlow reports. See Defining Device
Override.
To create an Application Visibility template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features and Technologies > Application Visibility & Control > App
Visibility.

Step 2

Enter a unique name and a description in the appropriate fields, in the Template Basic area.The template
name should not exceed 12 characters.

Step 3

Choose a device type from the list in the Validation Criteria area, and enter the OS version.

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Step 4

Choose an Interface Role from the drop-down list, in the Template Detail area.
The interface role designates the group of interfaces on which you can monitor the traffic and produce
Application-Visibility reports. See the Defining Device Override section for information about creating
an interface role.

Step 5

Check the Enable check box in the Additional Exporter area, and specify the IP address of the additional
netflow collector that you wish to send the Application Visibility reports to.

Step 6

Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect the statistics on data packets, in the Traffic
Statistics area. This helps you to determine which traffic should be monitored to produce the traffic
statistics reports.
a.

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

Select the IP address/subnets.You can generate the report only on IPv4 traffic. We recommend to
configure the required minimal set of filter.

Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect URL statistics, in the HTTP URL Visibility area.
This helps you to determine which traffic should be monitored to produce the traffic statistics report.
a.

Select the IP address/subnets. You can select a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

b.

Select the Application from the drop-down list. You can select a specific set of applications that
should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default, all of the
enterprise related HTTP-based applications are included in the list.

Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect ART metrics, in the Application Response Time
area. This helps you to determine which traffic should be monitored to produce the application response
time reports. Also, optionally set a sampling option for the reports.
a.

Select the IP address/subnets. You can select a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

b.

Choose the Application from the drop-down list. You can select a specific set of applications that
should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default, all of TCP traffic
is monitored.

Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect the voice/video metrics, in the Voice/Video
metrics area. This helps in determining the traffic that should be monitored to produce the voice/video
reports.
a.

Choose the IP address/subnets. You can choose a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

b.

Choose the Voice/Video Application from the drop-down list. You can choose a specific set of
applications that should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default,
all RTP enterprise-related applications are monitored.

Click Save as New Template.

Enabling Default Application Visibility on a Selected Device

From the Device Work Center, you can view the reports that are generated on each of the interfaces and
enable or disable a pre-defined Application Visibility configuration on selected interfaces.
The Device Work Center allows you to view the current AVC configuration on the AVC capable
interfaces and to enable or disable one of the predefined AVC profiles supported by Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Release 2.2 on the interface.

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Note

When you deploy an application visibility template to the device, the application visibility template
configuration will overwrite the default application visibility configuration that was enabled from the
Device Work Center.
The Application Visibility feature is supported on the following platforms:

Note

ASR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later

ISR G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)M2 or later

ISR G3 platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S later

CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S later

Application Visibility is configured differently on different platforms and IOS releases. The recent IOS
releases provide new methods for configuring AVC. When you upgrade an ASR 1000, CSR or ISR 4400
platforms running IOS-XE release prior to 15.4(1)S to an IOS-XE release 15.4(1)S or later Or upgrade
an ISR-G2 platform running IOS release prior to 15.4(1)T to an IOS release 15.4(1)T or later, we
recommend you reconfigure AVC on these devices.
To change the default application visibility configuration profile configured on the device, first disable
the Application Visibility policy on all interfaces and then re-enable it on the selected interfaces with the
new profile.
To enable or disable the default application visibility configuration on the specific interface, follow these
steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select a network device from the list.

Step 3

Click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the App Visibility & control folder and choose App Visibility.

Step 5

Do one of the following:

To activate an out-of-the-box AVC profile on an interface, select one or more interfaces then click
Enable App Visibility and select the required profile. If at least one of the non selected interface is
attached to a different profile, a warning message will be displayed such that all non-selected
interfaces that are attached to a different profile will be detached from that profile.

Use the interfaces list to view the current App Visibility configuration on the device. The column
App Visibility Policy displays the current profile/policy attached to the interface.

Note

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, the application visibility feature displays the user
defined AVC policy per interface on the application visibility interfaces.

There are several options that can be displayed:

If the application visibility control is configured on the interface using the Application Visibility
Template, the Template <template-name> will be displayed.

If the application visibility control is configured on interface using the one-click option, the name
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Note

If the application visibility control is configured manually out-of-band by the user via CLI, the name
of the policy map or performance monitor context that was configured will be displayed.

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, a visual indication column (App Visibility Status)
provides indication on whether AVC is currently activated on the interface. The column also
indicates cases when the interface is incapable of running AVC and cases when AVC is
mis-configured on the interface (for example, AVC is configured to send netflows to servers
other than Cisco Prime Infrastructure).
To Disable any of the activated AVC profiles on the selected interface, click Disable App Visibility.
Check Deactivate App Visibility Troubleshooting if you wish to deactivate an AVC
troubleshooting policy that is active on the interface.

When Enabling/Disabling AVC, a pop up message appears before the actual provisioning takes
place. Select the CLI preview tab on that popup message to generate the list of CLIs to be
pushed to the device.

Application Visibility Troubleshooting Sessions

You can collect application visibility data on every flow that goes through the monitored interface.
However, because this can have a significant impact on the device performance, application visibility
data is collected in an aggregated manner. To further troubleshoot specific flows, you can activate the
Application Visibility troubleshooting sessions on the device. The sessions are activated on specific
interfaces and on specific traffic. They allow you to collect the non aggregated information on a
flow-based level that supplies a raw-NetFlow report in Cisco Prime Infrastructure. This information can
be used later to analyze specific flows.
The Application Visibility Troubleshooting feature allows you to:

Caution

Note

Create and activate a troubleshooting session on a specific interface

Deactivate and delete a troubleshooting session on a specific interface

To avoid overloading the server, we recommend that you configure no more than ten active
troubleshooting sessions. Application troubleshooting is not supported on the ISR-G2 platforms.

Troubleshooting sessions are configured differently on the ASR platform running Cisco IOS-XE Release
15.3(1)S1 in comparison to Cisco IOS-XE Release15.3(2)S or later releases. After, an ASR platform
Cisco IOS Release is upgraded from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 to Cisco IOS-XE Release
15.3(2)S or later, we recommend that you deactivate and reactivate active troubleshooting sessions on
those devices.
To troubleshoot Application Visibility, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

In the AVC Troubleshooting Session page, click Add.

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Step 3

Choose the device from the Device list. Only devices that are capable of performing AVC
troubleshooting will appear on the list.

Step 4

Choose the interface from the Interface table list.

Step 5

In the Source/Destination IPs field, click Edit, and choose the source and destination IP addresses from
the drop-down list. You can select the IP traffic and collect Application Visibility troubleshooting
information for that specific IP traffic. You can also select a list of IP constraint pairs. Each such pair
designates a bidirectional symmetric condition on the source and destination IPs of the traffic. For
example, the pair: Any IPv4 <=> IPv4 subnet 192.168.0.0/16 matches all of the flows from
192.168.0.0/16 to any other IP and vice-versa (all of the flows from any IP address to 192.168.0.0/16).
You can add multiple pair conditions.

Step 6

To add more IP constraints in the format of IP source/destination pairs, click the + icon in the Select
Source Destination dialog box
The IP addresses on both sides of the pairs should be of the same IP version.

Step 7

Click OK.

Step 8

Choose the application from the object selector dialog box. When you choose the applications, you can
have a combination of Categories, Sub-categories, Encrypted Applications, and Tunneled Applications
from the available list. A maximum of 32 applications or categories or attributes can be selected.

Step 9

(Optional) Add a description to the troubleshooting session.

Step 10

Click Save to automatically activate the session.

Step 11

After the troubleshooting session is activated, click Launch Report to generate the Raw NetFlow report.

Activating or Deactivating a Troubleshooting Session

You can activate an inactive troubleshooting session or deactivate an existing troubleshooting session.
To activate or deactivate a troubleshooting session, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

Choose a troubleshooting session from the list and click Activate or Deactivate.

Step 3

Click Save.

Editing or Deleting a Troubleshooting Session

You can edit or delete an inactive troubleshooting session. (To edit or delete an active session, you must
deactivate it first.)
To edit or delete a troubleshooting session, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

Do either of the following:

a.

Choose a session from the list and click Edit.

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Caution

To avoid overloading the server, we recommend that you configure no more than ten active
troubleshooting sessions.
b.

Edit and save the troubleshooting session, then click Activate.

c.

To delete a troubleshooting session, choose a session from the list and click Delete.

Configuring Quality of Service

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 supports application-based Quality of Service provisioning for wired
devices. The following Quality of Service (QoS) functionalities are supported:

Provision a QoS policy to process ingress and egress traffic on any applicable interface for a single
device and across the network.

View the QoS policy currently provisioned on an interface.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 supports the following QoS classes:

1.

5-class modelUsed for prioritizing voice and video traffic and business critical application over
other bandwidth consumer. The 5-class model consists of the following QoS classes:

VOICEFor prioritized voice traffic

CONTROLFor network control protocols

TRANSACTION-DATAFor business critical applications

SCAVENGERFor applications that needs to be dropped to consume minimal BW

CLASS-DEFAULTFor all the rest of the applications

2.

8-class modelThe main advantage of this model over the 5-class model (which is simpler) is that
it provides further granularity on voice and video traffic. This class is recommended for enterprises
that use significant amount of bandwidth for business related video, to assure their voice traffic is
running smoothly in parallel to business related video. The 8-classes model consists of the following
QoS classes:

VOICEFor voice traffic

MULTIMEDIA-CONFERENCINGFor video calls

BULK-DATAFor streaming applications or bulk data transfer applications

SIGNALINGFor network signaling protocols

NETWORK-CONTROLFor network management/control protocols

TRANSACTIONAL-DATA For business critical applications

SCAVENGERFor applications that needs to be dropped to consume minimal BW.

CLASS-DEFAULT (a.k.a best effort) For all the rest of the applications

3.

12-class modelThis is the most complicated model in terms of the number of QoS classes and is
aimed at customers that have different types of business related applications in terms of how these
applications are consuming bandwidth. This model also provides higher level of granularity for
multimedia applications. The 12-classes model consists of the following QoS classes:

VOICE

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BROADCAST-VIDEO

INTERACTIVE-VIDEO

NETWORK-CONTROL

SIGNALING

NETWORK-MANAGEMENT

MULTIMEDIA-STREAMING

MULTIMEDIA-CONFERENCING

TRANSACTIONAL-DATA

BULK-DATA

SCAVENGER

CLASS-DEFAULT

Defining QoS Classification Profiles

QoS Classification Profile enables you to define how traffic can be classified into a particular QoS class.
Traffic can be mapped to a QoS class, either by using NBAR2 sub-categories or by using a set of L3/L4
constraints on the source and destination IP addresses or ports, or DSCP, or a combination of these.
To define a QoS Classification profile, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > AVC Profiles to launch the AVC Profiles page.

Step 2

From the QoS Classification Profiles, select a QoS classification profile.

Step 3

Review the QoS classification rules.

Step 4

To add a classification rule, click Add.

Step 5

Choose an NBAR/L3-L4 Classification sub-category and click OK.

Step 6

Select a QoS class from the drop-down list, and click Save.

Step 7

Review the NBAR Application Mapping.

Step 8

To modify the NBAR application mapping associated with a particular application, select the application
from the list, and click Edit.

Step 9

Click Save.

Defining QoS Action Profiles

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 allows you to define the set of QoS actions you would y activate on egress
traffic. QoS actions include the classes that you want to prioritize, the bandwidth percentage for each
classes.
To define a QoS action profile, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > AVC Profiles to launch the AVC Profiles page.

Step 2

From the QoS Action Profiles, select a QoS action profile.

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Step 3

Review the QoS classification rules.

Step 4

Select the Shape check box to activate shaping prior to applying QoS queuing actions, and specify the
shaping rate.
The minimum shaping rate is 100,000 bps.

Step 5

Review the options available in the Advanced Options tab

Step 6

Limit maximum priority bandwidth (selected by default)Enables to assign priority queues with
a policer to assure that the traffic bandwidth does not exceed the selected bandwidth.

Allocate bandwidth out of the available bandwidth (selected by default)Queue bandwidth

percentage is allocated from the available bandwidth (the remainder of the total reservable
bandwidth after the other reservations are made). Otherwise, the bandwidth percentage is calculated
of the total reservable interface bandwidth.

Click Save.

Enabling QoS on Interfaces

To enable QoS on interfaces, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Interfaces Configuration to launch the
Interfaces Configuration page.

Step 2

Select the interfaces from the list on which you want to enable QoS, and click Enable QoS.

Step 3

Check the Enable QoS on Ingress check box if you want to enable ingress on the interface.

Step 4

From Classification and Marking, use the toggle panel to select the QoS classification class you want to
apply for the profile, and click OK.

Step 5

Check the Enable QoS on Egress check box if you want to enable egress on the interface.

Step 6

Choose whether you want to classify QoS on Egress based on DSCP or Profile.

Step 7

If you choose Classify Based on Profile in Step 6, use the toggle panel to select the QoS classification
class you want to apply for the profile, and click OK.

Step 8

Use the toggle panel to specify the QoS action based on the profile, and click OK.

Step 9

From the Job Options, review and select the Copy Running Config to Startup and Archive Config
after Deploy check boxes as appropriate.

Step 10

Click Deploy.

Disabling QoS on Interfaces

To disable QoS on interfaces, do the following:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Interfaces Configuration to launch the
Interfaces Configuration page.

Step 2

Select the interfaces from the list on which you want to disable QoS, and click Disable QoS.

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Step 3

Check the Disable QoS on Ingress check box if you want to disable ingress on the interface.

Step 4

Check the Disable QoS on Egress check box if you want to disable egress on the interface.

Step 5

From the Job Options, review and select the Copy Running Config to Startup and Archive Config
after Deploy check boxes as appropriate.

Step 6

Click Deploy.

Creating a VPN Component Template

This section describes how to create various VPN component template.

Creating an IKE Policies Template

To create an IKE policies template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > IKE Policies.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.
For more information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2
Reference Guide.

Step 4

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, to your devices using the procedures in
Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an IKE Settings Template

To create an IKE settings template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > IKE Settings.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.
For more information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2
Reference Guide.

Step 4

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

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Creating an IPsec Profile Template

To create an IPsec profile template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > IPSec Profile.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information. A transform set
represents a certain combination of security protocols and algorithms. During the IPsec negotiation, the
peers agree to use a particular transform set for protecting a particular data flow. A transform set
describes a particular security protocol with its corresponding algorithms. For more information about
the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a Preshared Keys Template

To create a preshared keys template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > Preshared Keys.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the drop-down list and enter the OS Version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating RSA Keys Template

To create RSA keys template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > RSA Keys.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add and enter the required information.

Step 5

Select the Exportable box to generate RSA as an exportable key, then click OK.

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Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a Transform Sets Template

To create a transform sets template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components > Transform Sets.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information.
The ESP encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the payload, and the integrity algorithm is used to check
the integrity of the payload.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Configuring an Easy VPN Server

Cable modems, xDSL routers, and other forms of broadband access provide high-performance
connections to the Internet, but many applications also require the security of VPN connections that
perform a high level of authentication and that encrypt the data between two particular endpoints.
However, establishing a VPN connection between two routers can be complicated and typically requires
tedious coordination between network administrators to configure the VPN parameters of the two
routers.
The Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature eliminates much of this tedious work by implementing Cisco Unity
Client Protocol, which allows most VPN parameters to be defined at a Cisco IOS Easy VPN server. This
server can be a dedicated VPN device; for example, any of the following:

Cisco VPN 3000 concentrator

Cisco PIX Firewall

Cisco IOS router that supports the Cisco Unity Client Protocol

After the Cisco Easy VPN server is configured, a VPN connection is created with minimal configuration
on an Easy VPN remote, such as a Cisco 800 series or 2800 series router. When the Easy VPN remote
initiates the VPN tunnel connection, the Cisco Easy VPN server pushes the IPsec policies to the Easy
VPN remote and creates the corresponding VPN tunnel connection.

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Creating an Easy VPN Server Proxy Setting Template

The Easy VPN Server Proxy feature allows you to specify the settings for Easy VPN clients. Using this
feature, you do not have to manually modify the proxy settings of the web browser when you connect to
the corporate network using the Cisco IOS VPN client or manually revert the proxy settings when you
disconnect from the network.
To create an Easy VPN Server Proxy template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Server Proxy Setting.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Template detail area enter a name, and choose the settings that you want to associate with the
group.

Step 5

Choose the No Proxy Server option or Automatically Detect Proxy Settings option if you want the clients
in this group to automatically detect a proxy server when they use the VPN tunnel.

Step 6

Choose the Manual Configuration option to manually configure a proxy server for clients in this group.
If you choose this option, you should manually configure a proxy server.

Step 7

Select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box to prevent the clients from using the
proxy server for local (LAN) addresses.

Step 8

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an Easy VPN Remote Template

The Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature eliminates much of this tedious work by implementing Cisco Unity
Client Protocol, which allows most VPN parameters to be defined at a Cisco IOS Easy VPN server.
Before You Begin

Create an ACL template and publish the ACL template.

To create a Easy VPN Remote template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Remote.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Easy VPN Remote Interface Configuration area, enter the required information.For more
information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

In the Easy VPN Remote connection characteristics area, enter the required information.For more
information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.
If you enable identical addressing, you must first configure Easy VPN Remote in network extension
mode.

Step 6

In the Remote Authentication Mechanisms area, choose the authentication method.

Step 7

In the Remote Firewall Settings area, set the firewall settings for the Easy VPN Remote connection.

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Step 8

Click Save As New Template.

Step 9

Navigate to the My Templates folder and choose the template that you just saved.

Step 10

Click the Publish icon in the top-right corner, then click OK.

Step 11

Create a composite template (Creating Composite Templates), and add the ACL and Easy VPN Remote
templates to the composite template.

Step 12

Use the arrows buttons to arrange the templates in the order in which they should be deployed to the
devices. For example, to create an ACL and associate it with an interface, put the ACL template first,
followed by the EasyVPN Remote template.

Step 13

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an Easy VPN Server Template

The Easy VPN Server feature introduces server support for the Cisco VPN software client Release 3.x
and later and Cisco VPN hardware clients (such as the Cisco 800, Cisco 900, Cisco 1700, VPN 3002,
and PIX 501 devices). Using IP Security (IPsec), Easy VPN Server allows a remote end user to
communicate with any Cisco IOS Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway. Also, centrally managed
IPsec policies are pushed to the client device by the server and helps the end user to minimize the
configuration.
Before You Begin

Do the following:

Create AAA method list for the group and the user by using the CLI template

Create an IPsec Profile template

If you will use Crypto Map, create a Transform Set template

(Optional) Create a CLI template for RADIUS server group creation or configure the RADIUS
server while creating the AAA method list

(Optional) Create an ACL template for the split tunnel ACL in the ISAKMP Group configuration

Create a Browser Proxy template for ISAKMP group configuration

To create an Easy VPN Remote template, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Server.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Interface Configuration area, choose the configuration methods and complete the fields of the
interface that is configured on the device.

Step 5

In VPN Components Assembly area, enter the Transform Set profile name that you created in the
Transform Set template (Configuring Transform Sets) and complete the fields in this area.

Step 6

In the Group Authorization area, enter the Method List profile name that you created in the CLI template
and complete the fields in this area.

Step 7

In the User Authorization area, enter the same Method List profile name that you created in the CLI
template, and complete the fields in this area.

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Step 8

In the ISAKMP Group configuration area, click Add Row to add the ISAKMP Group configuration.

Step 9

In the ISAKMP Group configuration dialog box, enter the ACL profile name that you created in the ACL
template and the Browser Proxy profile name that you created in the Browser Proxy template, and
complete the fields in this area.

Step 10

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 11

Create a composite template (Creating Composite Templates) and add the AAA Method List and Radius
server, IPsec Profile (Creating an IPsec Profile Template), ACL Browser Proxy (Creating an Easy VPN
Server Proxy Setting Template), and Easy VPN_ Remote templates in the composite template.

Step 12

Using the arrow icons to arrange the templates in a order in which they should be deployed to the devices.
For example, to create an ACL and associate it with an interface, arrange the ACL template first,
followed by the EasyVPN_Remote template.

Step 13

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a GSM Profile Template

To create a GSM Profile template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Click Configuration > Features & Technologies Interfaces > Cellular > GSM Profile.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, enter an Access Point Name and choose a profile number from the
drop-down list.

Step 5

Choose the type of authentication that your service provider uses. (CHAP authentication is more secure
than PAP authentication.)

Step 6

Enter the username given to you by your ISP or your network administrator, and enter a password.

Step 7

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 8

Click OK.

Creating a Cellular Profile Template

To create a Cellular Profile template, follow these steps:
To the Cellular Profile template on any GSM HSPA, HSPA+R7, and LTE-Verizon modem, you should
have the GSM profile (Creating a GSM Profile Template) created on the router.
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features & Technologies > Interfaces > Cellular > Cellular Profile.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

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Step 4

In the Template Detail area, define the interface as Primary WAN Interface or Backup WAN Interface
and complete the fields.

Step 5

In the Dialer Configuration area, choose Yes to enable the persistent data connection and complete the
fields.

Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 7

Click OK.

Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

ScanSafe Software as a Service (SaaS) Web Security allows you to scan the content of HTTP and HTTPS
traffic. When ScanSafe Web Security is integrated with a router, selected HTTP and HTTPS traffic is
redirected to the ScanSafe cloud for content scanning and malware detection.
When Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe is enabled and the ISR
is configured to redirect web traffic to ScanSafe, the Integrated Services Router (ISR) transparently
redirects HTTP and HTTPS traffic to the ScanSafe proxy servers based on the IP address and port. You
can configure the ISR to relay web traffic directly to the originally requested web server without being
scanned by ScanSafe.
Whitelisting Traffic

You can configure the ISR so that some approved web traffic is not redirected to ScanSafe for scanning.
When you bypass ScanSafe scanning, the ISR retrieves the content directly from the originally requested
web server without contacting ScanSafe. When ISR receives the response from the web server, it sends
the data to the client. This is called whitelisting traffic.
See the Cisco ISR Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe Solution Guide for more information about
ScanSafe.
Creating a ScanSafe Template

To create a ScanSafe template, you must specify:

The ScanSafe server and interface information

Whitelist information

To create a ScanSafe template, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > ScanSafe.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name and a description in the appropriate fields.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, enter the required information. For more information about the required
field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

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Configuring Interfaces
The Interfaces feature helps in setting up physical and logical interfaces. Physical interfaces on a device
depend on the device type and its interface processors or port adapters. IPv4 addressing is supported for
all interfaces including service modules such as WAN, LAN, and logical interfaces. The following
interfaces are supported in this release:
WAN Interfaces

Configuring a Serial Interface

Configuring POS Interface

Configuring a Service Module

Configuring Controllers

LAN Interfaces

Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface

Logical Interfaces

Creating a Loopback Interface

Creating a VLAN Interface

Creating a Tunnel Interface

Creating a Virtual Template Interface

Configuring a Serial Interface

To edit or delete the Serial interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from list, click Configuration.

The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the serial interface in the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Serial Interface page, enter the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Select the encapsulation type as High Level Data Link Control (HDLC) or Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) or Frame Relay. Use the Advance Configuration area to configure the encapsulations.
For controller-based serial interfaces, only interface configurations are supported.

Step 7

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 8

For Frame Relay encapsulation, use the IETF option to connect to non-Cisco routers. (The Autosense
feature is supported only on Frame Relay.)
The Autosense feature allows the router to detect the LMI type that is being used, by communicating
with the switch and then uses the same type of LMI.

Step 9

For PPP encapsulation, specify the CHAP and PAP configurations with directions.

Step 10

Click Save. The Interface Summary page displays the modified interfaces.

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Step 11

Click Save to save the changes in the device.

Configuring POS Interface

To edit and delete the POS interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the POS interface from the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit POS Interface page, enter the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Select the Enable SPE Scrambling check box to enable the SPE scrambling.

Step 7

Select the Send LAIS when Shutdown check box to send the Line Alarm Indication Signal (LAIS)
when the POS interface is in administrative shut down state.

Step 8

Select the encapsulation type as HDLC or PPP or Frame Relay and use the Advance Configuration area
to configure the encapsulations.

Step 9

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 10

In the Advanced Configuration area, select the alarm reporting and alarm reporting threshold options to
receive alarms when there is any event.

Step 11

Repeat Step 9 through Step 11 in the Configuring a Serial Interface area.

Configuring a Service Module

To edit or delete the Service Module interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the service module interface from the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Fast Ethernet interface pane, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Configuring Controllers
To create or edit the DSL, SHDSL, and VDSL controllers interface, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the DSL, SHDSL or VDSL controller from the interface summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Edit Controller page, enter the required information.

Step 6

Click OK. After you configure the controller, you must configure the DSL, SHDSL or VDSL
subinterface.

Step 7

To configure the DSL subinterface, select an ATM interface in the Interface Summary page, and click
Add Subinterface.

Step 8

Step 9

a.

In the Create ATM Sub Interface page, choose the encapsulation from the drop-down list.

b.

Configure the Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) settings.

c.

Select a dialer to be associated to the ATM subinterface by using the Create or Associate dialer
options.

d.

Click OK.

To configure the SHDL subinterface, select a SHDSL interface in the Interface Summary page, and click
Add Subinterface.
a.

In the Create SHDSL subinterface page, add the DSL Group and select the DSL pair.

b.

Choose the Group Type from the drop-down list.

c.

Click OK.

To configure the VDSL subinterface, select a VDSL interface in the Interface Summary area, and click
Add Subinterface.
a.

In the Create VDSL subinterface page, choose the Operating Mode from the drop-down list.

b.

Select the Annex A mode check box.

c.

Click OK.

Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface

To create a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interfaces folder, then click Ethernet.

Step 4

To add a subinterface,
a.

Select the Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet in the Interfaces Summary area, click Add
Subinterface.

b.

Provide the required information for the subinterface that you want to create.

c.

Click Save.

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Step 5

To edit an Ethernet interface or subinterface:

a.

Select the Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet in the Interfaces Summary area, and click Edit.

b.

In the Edit Ethernet Interface, complete the basic configuration information.

c.

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

d.

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

e.

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Loopback Interface

To create a Loopback interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

On the Interface page, choose Add Logical Interface > Loopback.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Loopback Interface area, enter the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 7

Click OK.

Step 8

Click Save to save the changes in the device.

Creating a VLAN Interface

To create a VLAN interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, click Add Logical Interface > VLAN.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit VLAN Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

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Editing a VLAN Interface

To edit the VLAN interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the VLAN interface from the Interface Summary area, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit VLAN Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Tunnel Interface

To create a Tunnel interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, choose Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Interface folder, then choose the Interfaces.

Step 5

In the Interface page, choose Add Logical Interface > Tunnel.

Step 6

In the Create or Edit Tunnel Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 7

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 8

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 9

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Editing an Existing Tunnel Interface

To edit a Tunnel interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the Tunnel interface in the Interface Summary page, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Tunnel Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

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Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Virtual Template Interface

To create a Virtual Template interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, click Add Logical Interface Virtual Template.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Virtual Template Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Editing an Existing Virtual Template Interface

To edit a Virtual Template interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the Virtual Template interface in the Interface Summary page, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Virtual Template Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces

The Cisco ISRs provide a third-generation (3G) wireless interface that can be used over GSM and Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks. Its primary application is WAN connectivity as a backup
data link for critical data applications. However, the 3G wireless interface can also function as the
primary WAN connection for the router. The 4G wireless interface is supported only on the 4G-LTE-V
modem.

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Configuring a CDMA Interfaces

To configure a CDMA interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Cellular WAN Interfaces.

Step 4

For a CDMA Sprint modem:

Step 5

Step 6

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Sprint modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, select the OMA-DM or Manual radio button. If you choose the
Manual option, complete the fields to manually configure the CDMA Sprint modem, then click OK.

For a CDMA Verizon modem:

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Verizon modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, enter the Account Activation Information, then click OK.

For a CDMA Generic modem:

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Generic modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, complete the fields to configure the CDMA Generic Modem, then
click OK.

Configuring a GSM Interfaces

To configure a GSM interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to add a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Interface folder, then choose Cellular WAN Interfaces.

Step 5

Select the GSM interface and click Manage Modem.

Step 6

In the Manage Modem dialog box, click Add Row.

Step 7

Choose the Profile Number from the drop-down list, and enter the Access Point Name, then click OK.

Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Network Address Translation (NAT) is a process where a network device, usually a firewall, assigns a
public address to a computer (or group of computers) inside a private network. NAT helps to limit the
number of public IP addresses used by an organization or company, for both economy and security
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The NAT feature allows organizations to resolve the problem of IP address depletion when they have
existing networks and need to access the Internet. NAT allows the IP network of an organization to use
different IP address space for the outside network. Thus, NAT allows an organization that does not have
globally routable addresses to connect to the Internet by translating those addresses into globally
routable address space. NAT also allows a more graceful renumbering strategy for organizations that are
changing service providers or voluntarily renumbering into Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR)
blocks. NAT is described in RFC 1631.
A router configured with NAT will have at least one interface to the inside network and one to the outside
network. In a typical environment, NAT is configured at the exit router between a subdomain and a
backbone. When a packet leaves the domain, the NAT translates the locally significant source address
into a globally unique address. When a packet enters the domain, NAT translates the globally unique
destination address into a local address. If more than one exit point exists, each NAT must have the same
translation table. If NAT cannot allocate an address because it has run out of addresses, it drops the
packet and sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) host unreachable packet.
For more information on NAT, see IP Addressing: NAT Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S.

NAT Types
NAT operates on a routergenerally connecting only two networks togetherand translates your
private (inside local) addresses within the internal network, into public (inside global) addresses before
any packets are forwarded to another network. This functionality gives you the option to configure the
NAT so that it will advertise only a single address for your entire network to the outside world. Doing
this effectively hides the internal network from the world, giving you additional security.
NAT types include:

Static Address Translation (SAT) Allows one-to-one mapping between local and global
addresses.

Dynamic Address Translation (DAT)Maps unregistered IP addresses to registered IP addresses

from a pool of registered IP addresses.

OverloadingA form of dynamic NAT that maps multiple unregistered IP addresses to a single
registered IP address (many to one) using different ports. This method is also known as Port Address
Translation (PAT). With PAT, thousands of users can be connected to the Internet using only one real
global IP address.

Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation

To configure NAT, perform the following steps:
1.

Creating NAT IP Pools (required for Dynamic NAT)

2.

Create an ACL template and configure the ACL

3.

Creating NAT44 Rules

4.

Configuring Interfaces and assign rules on them

5.

Setting Up NAT MAX Translation (Optional)

The NAT feature is supported on the following: ASR platform from Cisco IOS Release 3.5 or later and
ISR platform from Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)T or later.

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Caution

CLI changes that begin with EMS_ are not supported and might cause unexpected behavior.

Creating NAT IP Pools

The IP Pool is a device object that represents IP ranges to be used with Dynamic NAT. The NAT IP Pools
feature allows you to create a new pool that can be used with Dynamic NAT, change the existing pool,
and delete the pool from the device.
To create an IP pool, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click IP
Pools. The NAT Pools page appears.

Step 4

Click Add IP Pool > IP+Prefix or IP Range + Prefix, and enter the Name, IP Address/Range, Prefix
Length, and Description. You cannot change the name of the pool after creating the pool.

Note

A valid IPv4 address consists of 4 octets separated by a period (.).

Step 5

Click SAVE to the IP pool to the device, or CANCEL to cancel your editing.

Step 6

To edit the existing IP Pool, in the NAT IP Pools page do the following:

Step 7

a.

Click in the selected IP Pools parameters row, and edit the parameters. or

b.

Select the IP Pools, and click Edit. The selected IP Pools opens for editing. You can edit all of the
parameters except the pool name.

Click SAVE to the changes to the device.

Creating NAT44 Rules

The NAT44 feature allows you to create, delete, and change NAT44 rules.
There are three types of NAT rules:

Static

Dynamic

Dynamic PAT

To create the NAT44 rule, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click
NAT44 Rules.

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Step 4

In the NAT 44 page, click the down arrow icon next to the Add NAT Rule button.

Click Static to create Static Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Click Dynamic to create Dynamic NAT Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Click Dynamic PAT to create Dynamic PAT Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco
Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save to save and the changes to the device.

Step 6

To edit the existing NAT44 rule in the NAT44 page, do one of the following:

Click the selected NAT44 rules parameters row, and edit the parameters.

Select the NAT44 rule, and click Edit. The selected NAT44 rule opens for editing. You can edit all
of the parameters.

Step 7

You can change the Source and Destination according to the creation rules. You can also change the
Options selection according to the creation rules.

Step 8

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

Configuring Interfaces
A virtual interface is a logical interface configured with generic information for a specific purpose or for
specific users, plus router-dependent information.
To configure a virtual interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click
Interfaces.
In the Interface page, select the interface that you want to change and choose the association from the
drop-down list. The options are: Inside, Outside, and None.

Step 4

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

Setting Up NAT MAX Translation

The NAT MAX Translation feature provides the ability to limit the maximum number of concurrent NAT
operations on a router. In addition, the NAT MAX feature gives users additional control to use the NAT
addresses. The Rate Limiting NAT Translation feature can be used to limit the effects of viruses, worms,
and denial-of-service attacks. For more information on Configuring the Rate Limiting NAT Translation
Feature, see Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation in IP Addressing: NAT Configuration Guide,
Cisco IOS XE Release 3S.
The NAT MAX Translation feature allows you to reset the global translation attribute values.
To set up the MAX Translation, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click Advanced Settings > Max.
Translation.

Step 5

Reset the parameter values. Configure the maximum number of NAT entries that are allowed for all of
the parameters. A typical range for a NAT rate limit is from 100 to 300 entries.

Step 6

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

Configuring DMVPN
The DMVPN feature allows you to scale large and small IP Security (IPsec) VPNs by combining generic
routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels, IPsec encryption, and Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP).
A typical VPN connection is a point-to-point IPsec tunnel connecting two routers. DMVPN enables you
to create a network with a central hub that connects other remote routers, referred to as spokes, using a
GRE over an IPsec tunnel. IPsec traffic is routed through the hub to the spokes in the network.
See Dynamic Multipoint IPsec VPNs (Using Multipoint GRE/NHRP to Scale IPsec VPNs) for more
information about DMVPN (requires a Cisco.com login ID).
Cisco Network Control System allows you to configure your router as a DMVPN hub, DMVPN spoke
or cluster. You can configure the router in the following ways:

Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology

Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology

Configuring a Cluster Topology

Creating a DMVPN Tunnel

To create a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click Add to
create the DMVPN.

Step 4

In the Device Role and Topology Type area, select the topology and the device role. The options are:
Spoke, Hub, and Dynamic Connection between Spokes.

Step 5

In the Multipoint GRE Interface Information area, choose the WAN interface that connects to the
Internet from the drop-down list.

Step 6

Enter the IP address of the Tunnel Interface, and Subnet Mask.

Step 7

Complete the fields in the NHRP and Tunnel Parameters area.

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Note

The Network ID is a unique 32-bit network identifier from a Non Broadcast Multiaccess (NBMA)
network. The tunnel key is used to enable a key ID for a particular tunnel interface. The MTU size of IP
packets that are sent on a particular interface.

Note

The default MTU value for Ethernet and the serial interface is 1500. The default value varies depending
upon the media type. The Tunnel throughput delay is used to set the delay value for a particular interface.

Step 8

In the Encryption policy field, click the anchored plus button (+) to add the Transform Set Profile (see
Security > VPN Components > Transform Sets in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide).

Step 9

In the Transform Set Profile dialog box, enter the Name and choose the acceptable combination of
security protocols and algorithm from the drop-down list to configure the transform set.

Step 10

Select the IP Compression check box to enable the IP compression for the transform set.

Step 11

Choose the mode for the transform set. The options are: Tunnel mode or Transport mode.

Step 12

In the NHS Server Information area, enter the IP address for the physical interface of the hub and tunnel
and the Fallback Time. If the device supports the cluster then add the next hop server information, such
as Cluster ID, Max Connection, Hub IP address, and Priority.
The NHS server information is required only for spoke configuration. If you select the Use Cluster for
NHS check box, add the information, such as Cluster ID, Max Connection, and Next Hub Server. The
template with the NHS cluster configuration will be applied only to the device running Cisco IOS
Software Release 15.1(2)T or later.

Step 13

In the Routing Information area, choose the routing information. The options are: EIGR, RIPV2, and
Other.
The routing information is required only for hub configuration.

Step 14

Choose the existing EIGRP number from the drop-down list or enter an EIGRP number. Use the Other
option to configure the other protocols.

Step 15

Click Save to save the single NHS server entry details and the priority of the server, save the entire group
of server, and save the NHS cluster information. when you save the NHS cluster information, the NHS
server will be populated in the non-editable field.

Step 16

Click OK to save the configuration to the device.

Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology

To configure the hub and spoke topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click the Add
button to create the DMVPN tunnel.

Step 4

In the Device Type and Topology area, choose Hub and Spoke as the topology, and select either Hub or
Spoke as a device role.

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Step 5

Choose the WAN interface from the drop-down list, and then configure the Multipoint GRE IP Address
and the subnet mask for the tunnel interface.

Step 6

Configure the NHRP and the Tunnel Interface parameters, such as the IP address, NHRP parameters and
map, MTU value, Source of the Tunnel, Tunnel Mode, and Tunnel Key.

Step 7

Create the transform-set for protecting the data flow between the devices. You can specify up to four
transforms: One Authentication Header (AH), one Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) encryption,
one ESP authentication, and one compression. These transforms define the IPsec protocols and the
algorithms.

Step 8

Configure the routing protocol to be used.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration to the device.

Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology

The dynamic spoke-to-spoke option allows you to configure a DMVPN fully meshed topology. In this
topology, you can configure the router as a spoke, capable of establishing a directIPsec tunnel to other
spokes in the network.
To configure a DMVPN Fully Meshed topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click the Add to create the DMVPN tunnel with
fully meshed topology.

Step 5

In the Create DMVPN Tunnel configuration page, select the Full Mesh radio button to configure the
network type as full mesh topology.

Step 6

Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 in the Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology section.

Step 7

For Fully Mesh spoke topology, in the NHS Server Information area, add the next hub server
information, such as the IP Address of Hub's physical interface and the IP address of Hub's tunnel
interface.

Step 8

Click Save to save the configuration to the device.

Configuring a Cluster Topology

To configure a cluster topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click Add to create
the DMVPN tunnel.

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Step 4

From the Create DMVPN Tunnel configuration page, select Spoke radio button to configure the device
role as a spoke.

Step 5

Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 from in the Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology section.
The device must be running IOS version of 15.1(2)T or later.

Step 6

Click Add Row to configure the cluster related information, and add the Cluster-ID and Maximum
Connection values.

Step 7

Click Expand Row (next to the radio button) and click Add Row to add the NHS server information.

Step 8

Enter the NHS server, the GRE Tunnel IP addresses, and the Priority of this NHS server. Click Save to
save the NHS server entry configuration.

Step 9

Click Save to save the NHS server group information.

Step 10

Click Save again to save the NHS group information with the cluster configuration. This will
automatically populate the NHS server IP address in the table.

Editing a DMVPN
To edit a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. The available tunnel is displayed.

Step 5

Select the tunnel, and click Edit. The Edit DMVPN Tunnel page opens.

Step 6

In the Edit DMVPN Tunnel page, you can edit the DMVPN parameters.

Step 7

Click OK to send the edited DMVPN tunnel configuration to the device.

Step 8

Click Cancel to close the Edit DMVPN Tunnel page without applying the configuration to the device.

Deleting a DMVPN
To delete a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list to delete the DMVPN tunnel. If the device is not added, click Add to add
the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. The available tunnel is displayed.

Step 5

Select the tunnel, and click Delete.

Step 6

Click Yes on the warning message to delete the selected tunnel.

Step 7

Click No on the warning message if you do not want to delete the selected tunnel.

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Step 8

Click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made without sending them to the router.

Configuring GETVPN
A Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GETVPN) deployment has three primary components: Group
Member, Key Server, and Group Domain of Interpretation protocol. Group Members encrypt and decrypt
the traffic, and Key Server distributes the encryption key to all group members. The Key Server decides
on a single data encryption key for a given lifetime. Because all Group Members use the same key, any
Group Member can decrypt the traffic encrypted by any other Group Member. GDOI protocol is used
between the Group Member and Key Server for group key and group Security Association (SA)
management. A minimum one Key Server is required for a GETVPN deployment.
Unlike traditional IPsec encryption solutions, GETVPN uses the concept of group SA. All members in
the GETVPN group can communicate with each other using a common encryption policy and a shared
SA. Therefore, there is no need to negotiateIPsec between Group Members on a peer-to-peer basis,
thereby reducing the resource load on the Group Member routers.
Group Member

The Group Member registers with the Key Server to get the IPsec SA that is necessary to encrypt data
traffic within the group. The Group Member provides the group identification number to the Key Server
to get the respective policy and keys for this group. These keys are refreshed periodically by the Key
Server, before the current IPsec SAs expire, so that there is no traffic loss.
Key Server

The Key Server is responsible for maintaining security policies, authenticating Group Members and
providing a session key for encrypting traffic. Key Server authenticates the individual Group Members
at the time of registration. Only after successful registration can the Group Members participate in a
group SA.
A Group Member can register at any time and receive the most current policy and keys. When a Group
Member registers with the Key Server, the Key Server verifies the group identification number of the
Group Member. If this identification number is valid, and the Group Member has provided valid Internet
Key Exchange (IKE) credentials, the Key Server sends the SA policy and the keys to the group member.
The keys sends two types to Group Member: the Key Encryption Key (KEK) and the Traffic Encryption
Key (TEK). The TEK becomes part of the IPsec SA with which the group members within the same
group encrypt the data. The KEK is used to secure rekey messages between the Key Server and the Group
Members.
The Key Server sends out rekey messages either because of an impending IPsec SA expiration or because
the security policy has changed on the Key Server. Keys can be distributed during rekey using either
multicast or unicast transport. the multicast method is more scalable because keys need not be
transmitted to each group member individually. Unlike in unicast, The Key Server will not receive
acknowledgment from the Group Member about the success of the rekey reception using the multicast
rekey method. Usign the unicast rekey method, the Key Server will delete a Group Member from its
database if the Group Member does not acknowledge three consecutive rekeys.

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Group Domain of Interpretation

Group Domain of Interpretation protocol is used for Group key and group SA management. Group
Domain of Interpretation uses Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) for
authenticating the Group Members and Key Servers. All of the standard ISAKMP authentication
schemes like RSA Signature (certificates) and preshared key can be used for GETVPN.
For more information on GETVPN, See
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6586/ps6635/ps7180/deployment_guid
e_c07_554713.html.

Creating a GETVPN Group Member

Use the Add GroupMember configuration page to configure a GETVPN group member.
To create a GETVPN group member, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click
GETVPN-GroupMember. Click Add to create the GET VPN group member.

Step 4

In the Add GroupMember dialog box, choose the General tab, and enter the Group Name and Group
Identity. Choose the Registration Interface from the drop-down list.

Step 5

Enter the Primary Key Server and Secondary Key Server IP addresses. Click Add Row or Delete to add
or delete the secondary key server IP addresses.

Note

The primary key server is responsible for creating and distributing group policies to all group
members and periodically synchronizes with the secondary key servers. The server with the
highest priority is elected as a primary key server.

Step 6

Click the row or field to edit the secondary key server IP address.

Step 7

Click Save to save the configuration.

Step 8

In the Add Group Member dialog box, choose the Advanced tab, and choose the Local Exception ACL
and Fail Close ACL from the drop-down list.
If the Fail Close feature is configured, all of the traffic passing through the group member will be
dropped until the group member is registered successfully. Once the group member registers
successfully and SAs are downloaded, this feature turns off by itself.

Step 9

Choose the Migration tab, and select the Enable Passive SA check box to enable passive SA. Use this
option to turn on the Passive SA mode for this group member.

Step 10

Click OK to add the Group member in the table. To display the commands, click CLI preview. After the
scheduled is completed, the configuration is applied on the device.

Creating a GETVPN Key Server

Use the Add KeyServer configuration page to configure the GETVPN key server.

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To create a GETVPN key server, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-KeyServer.
Click Add to create the GETVPN key server.

Step 4

In the Add Key Server dialog box, choose the General tab, and enter the Group Name, Group Identity,
WAN IP address, and Priority of this key server.

Step 5

Enter the Co-operative Key Servers IP address. Click Add Row or Delete to add or delete the
Co-operative key server IP address. Click the row or field, and edit the IP address.

Step 6

In the Add KeyServer dialog box, choose the Rekey tab, and choose the Distribution method from the
drop-down list.
The distribution method is used to send the rekey information from key server to group members. When
you choose the distribution method as multicast, specify the multicast address to which the rekey needs
to be transmitted.

Step 7

In the Add KeyServer dialog box, choose the GETVPN Traffic tab, and enter the Traffic to be encrypted,
Encryption Policy, and Anti Replay.
The access list defines the traffic to be encrypted. Only the traffic which matches the permit lines will
be encrypted. Be sure not to encrypt certain traffic that should always be permitted even if the crypto
sessions are not active.

Step 8

Click OK to add the Group member in the table. To display the commands, click CLI preview. After the
scheduled deployment is completed, the configuration is applied on the device.

Editing a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server

To edit a GETVPN group member or a GETVPN key server, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-Group Member
or GETVPN-KeyServer. The GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer summary page opens.

Step 4

In the GETVPN summary page, select the group name and click Edit. The Edit GETVPN-GroupMember
or GETVPN-Keyserver page appears.

Step 5

In the Edit GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer page, you can edit the GETVPN
parameters.

Step 6

Click OK to save the configurations.

Deleting a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server

To delete a GETVPN group member or GETVPN key server, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to add a new device, then configure the device. The device
details appear on the lower part of the page.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-Group
Member or GETVPN-KeyServer. The GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer summary
page opens.

Step 5

In the GETVPN summary page, select the group name and click Delete.

Step 6

Click OK to save the configurations.

Configuring VPN Components

The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is a standard method for arranging secure and authenticated
communications. The IKE establishes session keys (and associated cryptographic and networking
configuration) between two hosts across network. IKE policies protect the identities of peers during
authentication.
IKE negotiations must be protected; therefore, each IKE negotiation begins by each peer agreeing on a
common (shared) IKE policy. This policy states the security parameters that will be used to protect
subsequent IKE negotiations. After the peers agree on a policy, the security parameters of the policy are
identified by a security association established at each peer. These security associations are applied to
all subsequent IKE traffic during the negotiation.
When negotiation begins, IKE looks for an IKE policy that is the same on both peers. The peer that
initiates negotiation sends all of its policies to the remote peer. The remote peer looks for a match by
comparing its own highest priority policy against the other peers received policies. A match is found
when policies from both peers contain the same encryption, hash, authentication, and Diffie-Hellman
(D-H) parameter values, and when the remote peers policy specifies a lifetime that is less than or equal
to the lifetime of the policy it is being compared to. If the lifetimes are not identical, the shorter lifetime
from the remote peers policy is used.
The VPN components primarily include the following:

Configuring IKE Policies

Configuring IKE Settings

Configuring IPsec Profiles

Creating Preshared Keys

Creating RSA Keys

Configuring Transform Sets

Configuring IKE Policies

To configure IKE policies, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

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Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, Expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IKE Policies.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the IKE policies.

Step 5

In the IKE Policies page, enter the Priority, Authentication, D-H Group, Encryption, Hash, and Lifetime.
For a description of the elements on the IKE Policies page, see Security > VPN Components > IKE
Policies in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 6

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Configuring IKE Settings

The IKE Settings feature allows you to globally enable IKE for your peer router.
To configure IKE settings, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IKE Settings.

Step 4

Select the Enable IKE and Enable Aggressive Mode check box to enable the IKE policies and the
aggressive mode.

Step 5

Choose the IKE Identity from the drop-down list.

Step 6

Enter the Dead Peer Detection Keepalive and Dead Peer Detection Retry time in seconds.
For a description of the elements on the IKE Settings page, see Security > VPN Components > IKE
Settings in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 7

Click Save to save the configuration.

Configuring IPsec Profiles

The IPsec profiles, also called ISAKMP profiles, enable you to define a set of IKE parameters that you
can associate with one or more IPsec tunnels. An IPsec profile applies parameters to an incoming IPsec
connection identified uniquely through its concept of matching identity criteria. These criteria are based
on the IKE identity that is presented by incoming IKE connections and includes IP address, Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), and group the VPN remote client grouping.
The IKE Profile feature allows you to create an IPsec profile.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IPsec Profile.

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Step 4

Click Add Row to create the IPsec profile.

Step 5

In the IPsec Profile page, enter the information such as Name, Description, and Transform Set, and the
IPsec SA Lifetime.

Note

When you edit a profile, you cannot edit the name of the IPsec profile. A transform set represents
a certain combination of security protocols and algorithms. During the IPsec security association
negotiation, the peers agree to use a particular transform set for protecting a particular data flow.
A transform describes a particular security protocol with its corresponding algorithms

Step 6

Enter the IPsec SA Lifetime in seconds to establish a new SA after the set period of time elapses.

Step 7

To edit the IPsec profile parameters, click Field and edit the parameter of that IPsec profile.

Step 8

To delete the IPsec profile, select the IPsec Profile from the list, and click Delete.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Creating Preshared Keys

The preshared Keys feature allows you to share a secret key between two peers. This key is used by the
IKE during the authentication phase.
To create a preshared key, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select a device or click Add to add a new device, and then configure the device. The device details
appear in the lower part of the page.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components > Preshared Keys.

Step 5

Click Add Row to create the preshared key.

Step 6

In the Preshared Keys page, enter the IP Address, Host Name, Subnet Mask, and Preshared Keys.

Step 7

To edit the preshared key parameters, click the Field and edit the parameter of that preshared key.

Step 8

To delete the preshared key, choose the preshared key from the list, and click Delete.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Creating RSA Keys

An RSA key pair consists of a public key and a private key. When setting up your Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI), you must include the public key in the certificate enrollment request. After the
certificate is granted, the public key is included in the certificate so that peers can use it to encrypt the
data that is sent to the router. The private key is kept on the router and used both to decrypt the data sent
by the peers and to digitally sign transactions when negotiating with the peers.

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RSA key pairs contain a key modulus value. The modulus determines the size of the RSA key. The larger
the modulus, the more secure the RSA key. However, it takes longer to generate, encrypt, and decrypt
keys with large modulus values.
To create an RSA keys, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
RSAKeys.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the RSA keys.

Step 5

The Add RSA Keys dialog box appears.

Step 6

In the Add RSA Keys dialog box, enter the Label, Modulus, and Type.

Note

For a modulus value between 512 and 1024, enter an integer value that is a multiple of 64. If you
want a value higher than 1024, you can enter 1536 or 2048. If you enter a value greater than 512,
key generation may take a minute or longer. The modulus determines the size of the key. The
larger the modulus, the more secure the key, but keys with a large modulus take longer to
generate, and encryption/decryption operations take longer with larger keys.

Step 7

Select the Make the Key exportable check box to generate the RSA as a exportable key.

Step 8

Click OK to save the configuration.

Step 9

To import the RSA key, click Import. The Import RSA Key dialog box appears.

Step 10

In the Import RSA Key dialog box, enter the label of the RSA key, Key type, and password to decrypt
the key. If the key type is general-keys, signature or encryption, copy and paste the public and private
key data that was saved.

Step 11

To import usage-key, enter the public and private key data of both the signature and encryption keys.

Step 12

Click Import to import the RSA key.

Step 13

To export the RSA key, choose the RSA key from the list and click Export. The Export RSA Key Pair
dialog box appears.

Step 14

In the Export RSA Key Pair dialog box, enter the password to encrypt the RSA key and choose the
encryption algorithm from the drop-down list.

Step 15

Click OK to display the exported keys.

Step 16

To delete the RSA key, choose the RSA key from the list, and click Delete.

Configuring Transform Sets

To define a transform set, specify one to three transforms. Each transform represents an IPsec security
protocol (AH or ESP) plus the algorithm that you want to use. When the particular transform set is used
during negotiations for IPsec security associations, the entire transform set (the combination of
protocols, algorithms, and other settings) must match a transform set at the remote peer.
To configure a transform sets, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
Transform Sets.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the transform sets.

Step 5

In the Transform Sets page, enter the Name and select the acceptable combination of security protocols
and algorithm to configure the transform set.

Note

Step 6

Step 7

The ESP encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the payload and the integrity algorithm is used
to check the integrity of the payload.

Specify the mode for a transform set:

TransportEncrypt data only. Transport mode is used when both endpoints support IPsec.
Transport mode places the authentication header or encapsulated security payload after the original
IP header; thus, only the IP payload is encrypted. This method allows users to apply network
services such as quality-of-service (QoS) controls to encrypted packets.

TunnelEncrypt data and IP header. Tunnel mode provides stronger protection than transport
mode. Because the entire IP packet is encapsulated within AH or ESP, a new IP header is attached,
and the entire datagram can be encrypted. Tunnel mode allows network devices such as a router to
act as an IPsec proxy for multiple VPN users; tunnel mode should be used in those configurations.

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to save the configuration changes.

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall

The Zone-Based Firewall feature allows you to easily manage Cisco IOS unidirectional firewall policy
between groups of interfaces known as zones.
A zone is a group of interfaces that have similar functions or features. For example, on a router, Gigabit
Ethernet interface 0/0/0 and Gigabit Ethernet interface 0/0/1 may be connected to the LAN. These two
interfaces are similar because they represent the internal network, so they can be grouped into a zone for
firewall configurations.
By default, the traffic between interfaces in the same zone is not subjected to any policy. The traffic
passes freely.
When an interface is a member of a security zone, all traffic to and from that interface (except traffic
going to the router or traffic going to another interface on the same zone) is dropped.
To permit traffic between interfaces that belong to different zones, a firewall policy with concrete rules
must be pushed to the device. If the policy permits the traffic between these two zones (through inspect
or pass actions) traffic can flow through the zones. Figure 19-1 describes the security zone.

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Figure 19-1

Security Zone Diagram

E0

Router
Zone Z1

Zone Z2

E2

E1

146616

E3

The following describe the relationships between the interfaces and security zones shown in Figure 19-1.

Interfaces E0 and E1 are members of the security zone Z1.

Interface E2 is a member of the security zone Z2.

Interface E3 is not a member of any of the security zone.

In this scenario, the following situations exist:

Traffic flows freely between interfaces E0 and E1 because they are members of the same security
zone (Z1).

If no policies are configured, traffic will not flow between zones (for example, E0 and E2, E1 and
E2, E3 and E1, and E3 and E2).

Traffic can flow between interface E0 or E1 and E2 only when an explicit policy is configured to
permit the traffic between zone Z1 and zone Z2.

Traffic can never flow between E3 and interface E0, E1or E2 because E3 is not a part of any security
zone.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure supports the zone-based firewall feature on Cisco ASR 1000 Series, ISR,
CSR, and CGR routers. Using Cisco Prime Infrastructure, you can configure a zone-based firewall policy
template and deploy it to multiple devices. After you deploy the zone-based configuration, you can
navigate to the Device Work Center to view the deployed firewall configuration on a specific device.
To monitor the zone-based firewall, check the Zone-Based Firewall Monitor Hits capability on the
Device Work Center or the Cisco Prime Infrastructure syslog feature, which supports zone-based
firewall syslog messages.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure can configure Zone-Based Firewall either through CLI (over Telnet or SSH)
or through WSMA. Zone-Based Firewall can be configured through WSMA in a more efficient and
robust method and we recommend that you use the WSMA protocols for configuring Zone-Based
Firewall. For more information on using WSMA with Cisco Prime Infrastructure, see Configuring the
Device using WSMA.

Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall Template

To configure a zone-based firewall on more than one device, use a zone-based template to make the
changes. For zone-based firewall templates, you must first design the zone-based firewall in the network
by defining the zones in the network. In Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2, zones are represented by the
Security Zone Objects, which dynamically select the list of interfaces that belong to the zone.

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Note

The Zone-Based Firewall feature is supported on the ASR 1000 Series platform from Cisco IOS-XE
Release 15.2(2)S or later, ISR-G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.0(1)M or later, ISR G3 platform
from Cisco IOS-XE 15.3(2)S Release or later, CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE 15.3(1)S Release or
later, and CGR platform from Cisco IOS 15.0(1)M or later.
To configure a zone-based firewall template:
1.

Define the zones (see Creating a Security Zone).

2.

Define the IPv4 network objects (see Defining Device Override).

3.

Define a security service (see Creating a Security Service Group).

4.

Define security rule parameter maps (see Creating a Security Rule Parameter Map).

5.

Design a firewall policy and apply it to multiple devices (for more information, see Creating a
Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules Template).

6.

Validate the configuration for a specific device (see Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall on a Single
Device).

7.

Modify the global objects and template configuration (see Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy
Rules Template).

8.

Monitor the policy rules (see Monitoring Policy Rules).

9.

Monitor the syslog messages (for more information, see Where to Find Syslogs).

When you modify security-zones, IPv4 network objects, security services, or a security rule parameters
map, you need to redeploy the Zone Based Firewall template to the relevant devices for the changes to
take place.

Defining Device Override

Use the device override feature when a specific device is differed from the general network design.
To define the device override, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects > Shared > Interface Role or IPv4
Network Object.

Step 2

In the Create/Edit Network Object or Interface Role page, select the Allow Value Override Per Device
check box and define the values per specific device. The defined values will override the regular values
defined for the Interface Role \ Network Object.

Step 3

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules Template

After you create a shared policy objects, create a zone-based firewall policy rules template.
To create a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules template, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > Zone Based Firewall >
Policy Rules.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name and a description in the appropriate fields.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the list and enter the OS Version.

Step 4

Enter the required fields. For descriptions of the template parameters, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure
2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating and Deploying Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall on a Single Device

To configure a zone-based firewall on a single device, use Device Work Center zone-based configuration
to make the changes.

Creating a Security Zone

To create a security zone, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Zones.

Step 4

Click Add Zone to create the security zone.

Step 5

Select a Zone Name.

Step 6

Select the VRF of the zone.

Step 7

a.

Select a VRF before assigning interfaces to the security zone. Only the interfaces that are assigned
to the selected VRF can be assigned to the zone.

b.

If the user selects the global VRF, only interfaces which are not assigned to any VRF can be
assigned to the zone.

To assign the interfaces to the security zone, click the down arrow icon. The Interface Object Selector
dialog box appears.
a.

In the Interface selector dialog box, select the Interface check box to select the interface from the
list (can be multiple selection).

b.

Click OK to save the configuration or click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made
without sending them to the router.

Step 8

In the Advanced options column, click Configure. The Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box
appears.

Step 9

Define a set of advanced parameters which would be applicable for the inspected traffic that goes
through the interfaces that belongs to the zone. For each parameter, select the check box to the left of
the parameter name to override the default value for the parameter and then select the new value for the
parameter. (Optional) In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, do the following:

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Advanced Parameters option is supported only on ASR1K series devices.

Note

Step 10

a.

Select the Alert check box and select the On radio button to set the alert.

b.

Select the Maximum Destination check box to set the maximum destination.

c.

Select the TCP SYN-Flood Rate per Destination check box to set the TCP flood rate.

d.

Select the Basic Threat Detection Parameters check box and select the On radio button to
configure the FW drop threat detection rate, FW inspect threat detection rate, and FW SYN attack
threat detection rate.

Click:

OK to save the configuration.

Cancel to exit without saving.

Step 11

To edit the existing security zone parameters, select the zone, and click Edit in the Advance options
column. The Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box appears.

Step 12

In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, edit the values and click Save to save the changes.
When you hover your mouse over the Advanced Options icon, the configured parameters will be
displayed in the quick view window.

Step 13

Enter the description for the zone, then click Save.

Editing a Security Zone

To edit a security zone, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Zones.

Step 4

In the Zones page, choose one of the following options:

a.

Click the Zone parameters row, and edit the parameters. or

b.

Select the zone, and click Edit. The selected Zone entity opens for editing.

Step 5

Click the add icon to assign the interface to the zone or to un-assign the existing interfaces from the zone
You can also change the Description of the zone and edit the advanced parameters of the zone.

Step 6

Click Save to save the configuration.

Configuring a Default-Zone
A default zone is a zone that is automatically assigned to all interfaces that are not assigned to any other
zone on device.
To configure a default zone, follow these steps:

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Note

The Default-Zone feature is supported only on the ASR platform.

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

From the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

From the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then
click Zones.

Step 4

In the Zones page, click Enable Default to enable or disable the default security zone in the device. The
default zone will host all of the interfaces that are not related to any zone.

Step 5

Click OK to save the configuration.

Creating a Policy Rule

To create a policy rule, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Policy Rules
page appears.

Step 4

From the Policy Rules page, click Add Rule and complete the fields. When you add a rule, you can place
a rule at the top or bottom of the policy or after/before an existing rule. Firewall Rules are processed
according to their order. To control the order of the rules, select the location of the rule in the table and
use Add Top or Add Bottom option to add the rule to the top or the bottom of the table. Select a rule and
use Add After or Add Before option to add the rule before or after an existing rule.You can place a rule
at any given location and later use drag and drop to change its location.

Step 5

(Optional) Enter the firewall rule name. If you do not provide the name for the firewall rule, the system
generates a name for the firewall rule. You cannot use these formats rule_<number> or
EMS_rule_<number> to create the firewall rule name (For example, rule_1). These are system reserved
formats.

Step 6

Select the source and destination zones for the rule, the rule is applicable only for traffic that flows from
the source zone to the destination zone. Note that the source and destination zones must be different.

Step 7

To add the source and the destination IP address, click the Add icon. The Source/Destination IP address
dialog box appears.
a.

In the Source/Destination IP address dialog box, select the Any check box to set the value to any.

b.

Enter the Source/ Destination IP addresses.

c.

Click the + button to add the new IP address and the subnet.

d.

Click the - button to remove an IP/subnet.

e.

Click OK to save the configurations or click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made
without sending them to the router.

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Step 8

(Optional) Set the Service values. To add or remove the service, click the down arrow icon. The Firewall
Service dialog box appears. You can also select a predefined Service. For creating services, see Creating
a Service Group.
a.

In the Firewall Service dialog box, select the service or port-based application check box to select
the application or the service for the rule.

b.

Select specific TCP / UDP ports by selecting TCP or UDP, close the window and enter the list of
ports to be used in the text box that appears next to the TCP or UDP icon. For viewing port-based
applications, see Assigning TCP/UDP Ports on an Application.

c.

Use the navigation arrow buttons to navigate backward.

d.

Click OK to save the configurations.

Step 9

Select the appropriate action. The options are: Drop, Drop and Log, Inspect, Pass, and Pass and Log.

Step 10

If you select the action to inspect, click Configure in the Advance options column. The Advanced
Parameters Configuration dialog box appears.

Step 11

In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, do the following:

a.

To customize the device default value, select the Parameter check box and set the new value.

b.

To apply the device default value, unselect the Parameter check box.

c.

To view the firewall rule default parameters, see Configuring a Default Parameters Map.

d.

When you hover your mouse cursor over the Advanced Options icon, the configured parameters are
displayed in the quick view window.

Table 19-1 lists the elements on the policy rule page.

Step 12

Click Save to apply the rule to the device. For description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.7

Monitoring Policy Rules

The monitoring feature allows you to monitor policy rules. You can identify the most-used rules, and
you can troubleshoot a specific rule and verify hits for the selected rule.
To monitor policy rules, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Firewall
Rules page appears.

Step 4

In the Firewall Rules page, click Hit Counters and use one of the following options to analyze the
sessions and packets hit counters for the firewall rules.

Step 5

Click the Show all option to view the packets and sessions counters for all firewall rules. The packets
and sessions counters are displayed in two separate columns.

Note

When you select the Show all option, the system will display a warning message stating that it
may take more time to complete this operation. Sessions hit counters are not applicable for
Drop/Pass rules. Similarly, packet hit counters are not applicable for Inspection rules.

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Step 6

To know the time of the last update for the rules, hover the mouse cursor over the column names or click
the Last Update Time option in the Hit Counters.

Step 7

Click the Show for selected rules option to show the hit counters for a specific rule or a couple of
selected rules. The hit counters would be displayed in a popup dialog box with a refresh button that
allows quick refresh of the data.

Step 8

Use the predefined filters options available in the top-right corner of the table to display the rules at the
top or bottom based on the packets/sessions counts.

Step 9

Click Reset All Counters to discard all of the rules counters on the device. The application will display
a warning message before resetting the rules counters.

Editing a Policy Rule

To edit a policy rule, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Firewall
Rules page appears.

Step 4

In the Firewall Rules page, choose one of the following options:

Click the Rules parameters row and edit the parameters.

Select the check box to select the rule, and then click Edit. The selected Rule opens for edit. You
cannot edit the name of the policy rule.

Note

Step 5

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, you can specify the Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) / User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port range in the firewall rule service. When you add a
new rule or edit an existing rule under the Service column, click object selector to assign the
TCP / UDP, and click OK. You can define the port numbers in the text box that appears near the
protocol icon. Also, you can define the port range in the format of
<start-port-number>-<end-port-number>, and this range can be configured for that specific
protocol (TCP or UDP).
You can re-order firewall rules by dragging a rule and dropping it in a different location.

Click Save to apply the changes in the device.

Creating a Service Group

You can create, update or delete a service groups. Service group provides an option to group together a
combination of several port-based applications, TCP ports, UDP ports and or ICMP messages into
logical groups which could be used in firewall policies.
For example, you can define a browsing service-group object and assign both HTTP and HTTPS
applications to it. Then you can use this browsing service-group in firewall rules to permit or deny
Sbrowsing traffic, rather than selecting both HTTP and HTTPS in those rules.

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To create a service group, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Service Groups. The Service Groups page appears.

Step 4

To create the Service Group:

Step 5

Step 6

a.

In the Service Group page, click Add Service Group and enter the Service Group Name. You cannot
change the name after creating the Service Group or create a service group without an application.

b.

To assign a combination of ICMP messages, TCP/UDP ports or port-based-applications to the

service group click Down arrow icon. A pop-up opens. Check the relevant options in the dialog box
to select TCP or UDP ports, or port ranges, or port-based applications and /or ICMP messages to be
included in the service group.

c.

In the Applications dialog box, select the Applications check box to select one or more applications
from the list, then click OK.

To edit an existing Service Group, do one of the following:

In the Service Groups page, click the Service Group parameters row and edit the parameters.

Select the service group and click Edit. You can add or remove port-based applications/ TCP or
UDP ports and assign or unassign ICMP messages to the service group.

To remove an application from the selected list, hover your mouse cursor over the application name
and click X.

Click Save to apply your changes to the device.

Assigning TCP/UDP Ports on an Application

You can assign or unassign the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
ports to an application.

Note

When you click Save in the following procedure, your changes are deployed on the device. You cannot
review the requested operation or remove the request from the pending changes queue.
To assign or unassign TCP/UDP ports for an application, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Port Mappings. The Port Application Mapping page appears.

Note

Displays the application name that is driven from the device.

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Step 4

Step 5

To assign or unassign the TCP/UDP ports to an application, click the application and update its
TCP/UDP ports value. The TCP/UDP Port values are assigned to the specific application.
a.

Assign port(s) by defining one or more ports separated by comma (For example: 1234, 2222 and so
on).

b.

Assign port(s) by defining the port range (For example: 1111-1118). You can also assign a
combination of ports and port ranges.

c.

Unassign port(s) by deleting the existing port values.

Click Save to save the configurations.

Configuring a Default Parameters Map

To configure a default parameters, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Default Parameters. The
Default Parameters page appears.

Step 4

In the Default Parameters page, change the parameters value.

Note
Step 5

You can change the default parameters only on ISR devices.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Assigning an Interface for a Zone

The interfaces view gives an overview of the interfaces on the device which are applicable for firewall
inspection. The view allows viewing and modifying the assignment of those interfaces to security zones.
To assign or unassign an interface for a zone, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the interface that you want to change and click the down arrow icon. The
Zone dialog box appears.

Step 5

In the Zone dialog box, select the new security zone for the interface. If the selected interface is already
assigned to a zone, you will get a warning message.

Step 6

Click Yes on the warning message if you want to change the assignment of that interface.

Step 7

To un-assign the interface from the specific zone, select the interface and delete the zone information.

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Step 8

Click Save to save and apply your changes.

Creating a Routing Protocol

A routing protocol specifies how routers:

Communicate with other routers in a network

Select routing paths to transmit data between nodes in a computer network

Share network information with other routers

The following sections describe the routing protocols supported by Prime Infrastructure.

Creating a Static Route

Static routing is the simplest form of routing, where the network administrator manually enters routes
into a routing table. The route does not change until the network administrator changes it. Static routing
is normally used when there are very few devices to be configured and the administrator is very sure that
the routes do not change. The main drawback of static routing is that a change in the network topology
or a failure in the external network cannot be handled, because routes that are configured manually must
be updated to fix any lost connectivity.
To create a static route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click Static. The Static Routing page appears with options to
configure IPv4 static routes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 static route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 Static Routes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.
For Permanent Route, choose either of the following:
True to specify that the route will not be removed from the routing table, even if the next-hop

interface shuts down or the next-hop IP address is not reachable.

False to specify that the route will be removed from the routing table, even if the next-hop

interface shuts down or the next-hop IP address is not reachable.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Save to save the configuration.

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Creating a RIP Route

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol that uses hop count as a routing
metric. RIP implements a limit of 15 hops in a path from source to a destination, to prevent routing loops.
The hop-count limit also limits the size of the networks that RIP supports. RIP sends its routing table
every 30 seconds.
The variants of RIP are RIP version 1 (described in RFC1058) and RIP version 2 (described in
RFC2453). RIP uses the split horizon, route poisoning, and holddown mechanisms to prevent incorrect
routing information from being propagated.
To create a RIP route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click RIP. The RIP Routing page appears with options to configure
IPv4 RIP routes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 RIP route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 RIP Routes page, select the RIP version.

b.

Click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

c.

Click Save.

d.

Click Passive Interface to select the passive interface that you want to add.

e.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Creating an EIGRP Route

In EIGRP (an enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) when an entry in the routing table changes
in any of the routers, it notifies its neighbors of the change only, rather than sending the entire routing
table. Every router in the network sends a hello packet periodically so that all routers on the network
understand the states of their neighbors. If a hello packet is not received from a router during a certain
period of time, it is assumed that the router is inoperative.
EIGRP uses the Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL) to determine the most efficient route to a
destination and provides a mechanism for fast convergence. Routers using EIGRP and IGRP can
interoperate because the routing metric used with one protocol can be easily translated into the routing
metric of the other protocol.
To create an EIGRP route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click EIGRP. The EIGRP Routing page appears with options to
configure IPv4 EIGRP routes.

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Step 5

To configure an IPv4 EIGRP route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 EIGRP Routes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Add Interface to select the passive interface that you want to associate to the Autonomous
System (AS) number created.

d.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Creating an OSPF Route

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a standards-based routing protocol that uses the Shortest Path First
(SPF) algorithm to determine the best route to its destination. OSPF sends Link State Advertisements
(LSAs) to all other routers within the same area. OSPF only sends routing updates for the changes only;
it does not send the entire routing table.
To create an OSPF route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click OSPF. The OSPF Processes page appears with options to
configure IPv4 OSPF processes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 OSPF process, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 OSPF Processes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Passive Interfaces to select the passive interface that you want to associate to the process
created.

d.

Click Advanced. The Advanced OSPF IPv4 Configuration dialog box appears.

e.

Click Networks > Add Row, and then complete the fields.

f.

Click Route Summarization > Add Row, and then complete the fields.

g.

Click OK.

h.

Click Save to save the configuration.

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Getting Help Setting Up and Configuring Devices

This chapter provides information on setting up and configuring the devices for using Cisco Prime
Infrastructure. This chapter contains the following sections:

Preconfiguring Devices to be Added Later

Verifying Plug and Play Provisioning Status

Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches

Configuring Wired Features Using Guided Mode

Configuring Wired Features Using Advanced Mode

Configuring Wireless Features

Configuring Wireless Features

Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides step-by-step guidance for the following tasks:

Preconfiguring devices that will be added to your network in the futureSee Preconfiguring
Devices to be Added Later.

Setting up access switches after they have been added to Prime InfrastructureSee Getting Help
Setting Up Access Switches.

Preconfiguring Devices to be Added Later

You can preconfigure devices that will be added to your network in the future. For example, if you are
going to be adding a new branch office, you can use the Plug and Play Setup workflow to create an initial
configuration for the branch router and switches. When the new device is added to your network, Prime
Infrastructure can quickly discover, inventory, and configure the new device based on settings that you
specify in a Plug and Play profile.

Note

The Bootstrap and Initial Device Setup menus appear for users with the following privileges only: root,
super users, and Config Managers.
When you choose Configuration > Plug and Play > Bootstrap, Prime Infrastructure guides you
through creating a Plug and Play profile that creates a bootstrap configuration file, which creates a
bootstrap configuration file and another config file that includes Telnet and SSH credentials, to allow
new Cisco IOS devices to call home to Prime Infrastructure to get further configurations. Using the
Plug and Play Setup Workflow eliminates the need to console into each device to set it up before it can
be managed by Prime Infrastructure.

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The Plug and Play Setup workflow is similar in functionality to Configuration > Templates > Features
& Technologies > Plug and Play Profiles; however, the workflow, designed more for access switches
than routers, provides more guidance to set up new devices.

Note

The Plug and Play Setup workflow is most helpful in setting up and configuring Cisco IOS switches and
access devices. Cisco IOS devices that support auto DHCP install options can be booted up using the
Plug and Play Setup workflow. All other devices (for example, routers that do not have direct network
connectivity in the branch, legacy controllers, and APs) must use the Plug and Play feature explained in
Automating Device Deployment.
You need to complete the Plug and Play Setup only once. After you complete the steps, when a new
switch or access device is connected to the network, the device automatically uses the Plug and Play
profile, boots up, and then Prime Infrastructure begins managing the device.
Related Topic

Prerequisites

Supported Devices and Software Images for Plug and Play Setup Workflow
Table 20-1 lists the devices and corresponding software images supported for Configuration> Plug and
Play > Initial Device Setup. Also See List of Devices supported by Prime Infrastructure 2.2 for all the
Supported Devices and the corresponding sysObjectIDs
Table 20-1

Supported Devices and Image Versions for Configuration > Plug and Play > Initial Device Setup

Minimum Software Image Version

Supported

Verified Image Version

Catalyst 2960, 2960S

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE and

later

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE5 and

later

Catalyst 2960C

Cisco IOS Release 12.2.55(EX) and

later

Cisco IOS Release 12.2.55(EX3) and

later

Catalyst 2960-SF

Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE and later Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE and
later

Catalyst 3560V2, 3750v2, 3560-X, 3750-X

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE and

later

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE and

later

Catalyst 3560C

Cisco IOS Release 12.2.55(EX) and

later

Cisco IOS Release 12.2.55(EX) and

later

Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507, and 4510

switches and 4000 Series supervisor cards
supported: Sup 6E, Sup 6LE

Cisco IOS Release 151-2.SG and later Cisco IOS Release 151-2.SG and
later

Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507, and 4510

switches and 4000 Series supervisor cards
supported: Sup 7E, Sup 7LE (IOS XE)

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.04.00.SG

and later

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.04.00.SG

and later

Catalyst 3650, 3850 switches (IOS XE)

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.02.02.SE

and later

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.02.02.SE

and later

Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controllers (IOS

XE)

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.02.02.SE

and later

Cisco IOS XE Release 03.02.02.SE

and later

Supported Devices for Plug and Play

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Prerequisites
Based on the method that you select to deliver the Plug and Play profile to new devices, you must make
sure that you have completed the necessary prerequisites.

Configure DHCP with the appropriate settings in the network as described in Sample DHCP Server
Settings for Auto Install. If DHCP is not available in the network, you can use a different method to
apply the bootstrap configuration to your new devices as explained in Sample DHCP Server Settings
for Auto Install.

You must have an existing network connection (distribution/core) available in the branch or campus
to where the new device is connecting.

The branch must have direct connectivity to the Prime Infrastructure server, or you must use the Plug
and Play external server to connect to Prime Infrastructure.

Ensure TFTP is enabled on the PI server by choosing Administration > System Settings > Server
Settings, then clicking Enable under TFTP. TFTP is enabled by default. By default, this setting is
enabled in a non FIPS-certified version of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

If you are running a non FIPS-certified version of Cisco Prime Infrastructure, ensure that you
enabled the following:
Ensure TFTP is enabled on the Prime Infrastructure server by choosing Administration >

System Settings > Server Settings, then clicking Enable under TFTP.
Ensure that HTTP or HTTPS is properly enabled for deploying bootstrap configuration into a

device. See Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a non
FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server for more information.

If you are running a FIPS-certified version of Cisco Prime Infrastructure, ensure that you enabled
the following:
Enable PnP Gateway so that the bootstrap configuration works properly.
Ensure TFTP is enabled on the Prime Infrastructure server by choosing Administration >

System Settings > Server Settings, then clicking Enable under TFTP.
Ensure that HTTP or HTTPS is properly enabled for deploying bootstrap configuration into a

device. See Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a

FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server for more information.

Sample DHCP Server Settings for Auto Install

If you select the DHCP-based auto install method to deliver the Plug and Play Profile, you must
configure the DHCP server to redirect the switch to the TFTP server by entering the commands described
in Table 20-2.
The auto install method is not supported for HTTPS with the Encrypt CNS commands. It is supported
with the HTTP CNS commands.
The DHCP-based auto install method follows these steps:
1.

The new switch contacts the DHCP server. You must configure the DHCP server to redirect the
switch to the TFTP server. See Table 20-2 for more information.

2.

The DCHP server points the switch to the new TFTP server where the Plug and Play bootstrap
profile resides.

3.

The switch loads the bootstrap configuration file, boots up, and then contacts the Plug and Play
Gateway.

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DHCP Server Settings for Auto Install

Command to Enter

Description

ip dhcp pool PNP

Creates a DHCP pool named PNP.

network 10.106.190.0
255.255.255.224

Defines the network 10.106.190.0 and subnet mask 255.255.255.224. DHCP uses
this pool of IP addresses to assign an IP address to the new device.

default-router 10.106.190.17

Configures the default route 10.106.190.17 on the new device.

option 150 ip 10.77.240.224

Specifies that the TFTP server IP address 10.77.240.224 is the Prime Infrastructure
server IP address.

Getting the Configuration to New Devices

You can choose how to get the bootstrap configuration that is created during the Plug and Play Setup
workflow to your new devices:

DHCP Auto InstallIf you select the DHCP-based auto install method to deliver the Plug and Play
Profile, you must have a distribution network or a network that already has an existing connection
to your corporate network. See Sample DHCP Server Settings for Auto Install.

Prime UtilitiesIf you select the Prime Utilities method to deliver the Plug and Play Profile, after
connecting the new devices to the distribution layer, you must use the laptop utility to download the
configuration from Prime Infrastructure and apply the configuration to the devices. You must have
internet connectivity to the Prime Infrastructure server.

File TransferIf you select the File Transfer method to deliver the Plug and Play Profile, you can
download the TXT file and manually apply the configuration to the devices.

Specifying Device Credentials

The Configuration > Plug and Play > Bootstrap > Create Profile window is where you provide
SNMP, Telnet, and SSH credentials that will be configured on the devices. Prime Infrastructure uses
these credentials to contact the devices. By default, Telnet is enabled, but you can enable SSH if
applicable.
The following configurations are set by the Plug and Play profile, but you can modify them using the
Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches workflow:

SNMPv2 and SSH CredentialsThe SNMP, Telnet, and SSH credentials you specify will be
configured on all devices that use the Plug and Play profile. You can consider these temporary
credentials necessary to allow Prime Infrastructure to contact the devices. You can use the Getting
Help Setting Up Access Switches workflow later to modify the device credentials. You can enable
Telnet, SSH, or both. If you specify SSH, ensure the device has the K9 image.
For security purposes, we recommend that do not use public or private for your community
strings.

Plug and Play Gateway LocationBy default, the Prime Infrastructure server acts as the Plug and
Play gateway server. You can modify the server by providing the external Plug and Play gateway IP
address.

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Saving the Plug and Play Profile

As explained in Sample DHCP Server Settings for Auto Install, make sure that you have satisfied the
necessary requirements before you specify how you want to apply or export the Plug and Play profile.

via TFTPThe profile remains active on the TFTP server and whenever a new switch or access
device is connected to the network, the device will automatically use the Plug and Play profile, boot
up, and then call home to Prime Infrastructure for additional configuration.

Email to other operatorsYou can email the bootstrap configuration file to an appropriate
network engineer who can provision the bootstrap configuration manually to the device, or email
the PIN to an appropriate network operator who can use the Prime Infrastructure iPad or laptop
utility to provision the configurations on the devices.

Note

If you are going to use email to deliver either the bootstrap configuration or the PIN, you must
have previously configured the mail server settings under Administration > System Settings >
Mail Server Configuration.
Export the bootstrap configuration file (in TXT format) that was created and then manually apply
the bootstrap configuration to the devices.

After you save the Plug and Play Profile, the Workflow Status menu at the bottom of the Prime
Infrastructure interface refreshes to reflect newly registered devices and any devices on which the
workflow failed.
Now that your devices will be able to contact the Prime Infrastructure server, you can specify further
configurations that can be applied to the devices. See Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches.

Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a

FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server
To deploy bootstrap configuration into a device in a FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server:

Enable PnP Gateway in admin mode by entering the following command:

ncs pnp-gateway enable

Click Enable in the HTTP Forward section of the Administration > System Settings > Server
Settings page.

Restart the Prime Infrastructure Server

Note

Note

For HTTP, unselect the Create Profile for https check box in the Configuration > Plug and Play
> Bootstrap page.

The Plug and Play features will not work if the Prime Infrastructure server is installed in FIPS mode.

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Sample Output from Plug and Play Setup (HTTP)

When you complete the steps in Configuration > Plug and Play > Bootstrap, Prime Infrastructure
creates a bootstrap configuration file, which includes the following commands to allow new Cisco IOS
devices to call home to Prime Infrastructure.
In the following example, pi2-pod1-171 is the Prime Infrastructure server hostname.
ip host pi2-pod1-171 192.168.138.171
cns trusted-server all-agents pi2-pod1-171
cns id hardware-serial
cns id hardware-serial event
cns id hardware-serial image
cns even pi2-pod1-171 11013 keepalive 120 2 reconnect0time 60
cns exec 80
cns image server http://pi2-pod1-171/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher status
http://pi2-pod1-171/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher
cns config partial pi2-pod1-171 80
cns config initial pi2-pod1-171 80

In addition to the bootstrap configuration file, another config file is created in the TFTP location which
provisions the credentials you provided on the Create Profile page.

Prerequisites for Deploying Bootstrap Configuration into a Device in a non

FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server
To deploy bootstrap configuration into a device in a non FIPS-certified Prime Infrastructure Server:

Enable Cipher in Admin mode of the server by entering the following command.
ncs run pnp-ciphers enable

Click Enable in the HTTP Forward section of the Administration > System Settings > Server
Settings page.

Restart the Prime Infrastructure Server

Note

For HTTPS, select the Create Profile for https check box in the Configuration > Plug and Play
> Bootstrap page.

Sample Output from Plug and Play Setup (HTTPS)

When you complete the steps in Configuration > Plug and Play > Bootstrap, Prime Infrastructure
creates a bootstrap configuration file, which includes the following commands to allow new Cisco IOS
devices to call home to Prime Infrastructure.
In the following example, pi-hateast-151 is the Prime Infrastructure server hostname.
crypto pki trustpoint pi-hateast-151
enrollment mode ra
enrollment terminal
usage ssl-client
revocation-check crl

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exit
crypto pki certificate chain pi-hateast-151
certificate ca 4CAAA6BE
30820399 30820281 A0030201 0202044C AAA6BE30 0D06092A 864886F7 0D010105
0500307D 310B3009 06035504 06130255 53310B30 09060355 04081302 43413111
300F0603 55040713 0853616E 204A6F73 65311630 14060355 040A130D 43697363
6F205379 7374656D 73311D30 1B060355 040B1314 574E4255 20286175 746F6765
6E657261 74656429 31173015 06035504 03130E70 692D6861 74656173 742D3135
31301E17 0D313430 38303530 36313432 355A170D 31363038 30343036 31343235
5A307D31 0B300906 03550406 13025553 310B3009 06035504 08130243 41311130
0F060355 04071308 53616E20 4A6F7365 31163014 06035504 0A130D43 6973636F
20537973 74656D73 311D301B 06035504 0B131457 4E425520 28617574 6F67656E
65726174 65642931 17301506 03550403 130E7069 2D686174 65617374 2D313531
30820122 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 01050003 82010F00 3082010A 02820101
00877EEC 985CFD97 92BAE4C4 E611B089 E4453714 844F2DEC C944F907 D53BB92A
016CA25C 007F2EF5 51CAA930 8EADF3BA 165D3A25 004FCFE3 2D0A9A92 B8165508
C4642DFA F1A0DFEE F8F1C958 7CBE7ED7 6D74195A F1E7133A 5A7EFF36 0AF8ADC1
8A829515 D91EF557 CE9F4915 B4C04FD0 F461C211 FB70A375 AA7204DC 4C025FED
72896754 53FB1F7A 9F30CC0D A0443D50 9DDB7A90 3544F345 0CAB8FDB A8009718
F8D49347 741493AD 746B3DC3 0E41D2FF 72B51816 7968D924 1F42536A 1C7B29F2
C569E111 3D126FBF 4B23F2A5 96AA446E BA9F5A94 68F1F7A3 E8C4994F BCF4B2FB
ED5589BF D222DD29 2EACFE48 DDA45116 EA2C42BA 9E37B6DA 05E7582E 1521512A
B1020301 0001A321 301F301D 0603551D 0E041604 14C05AA1 1AF06B2A D5AA67BD
226B487B 0518343B 5B300D06 092A8648 86F70D01 01050500 03820101 00741493
7B6360D5 34F7ED04 2078A847 788ACDFF A143162B 1736AB2C A8E3EA2B 1CE54E9E
AEFBE562 21D8F70E 3AD9EF0E ED782A7D 362D4D1A 9275C791 96F19584 C873DAF1
16108A59 186FD2E1 BD00F61C 2C57D6A0 0DE5E42B B76210BE EAB8C9F2 2C476091
B5F0B661 E8C8277F 5F673547 0404C863 0BE127B2 9E3FDE18 139F9BAD F5EC945A
30715BDF B72565F0 D25DBA40 216091F0 98BDB241 993662F9 248C1423 8F5417B2
69672F32 6212D37F 008A4B86 CDF280E9 2C89F1CF 9E63311D 2B349C07 43D8D02D
F9770607 9F14DF51 896BF1EF 8B2A3EC5 3B1E564E 4E079B4A CC684745 11372D92
377407E8 194EF897 5B62B38B 16B6F1EF F080A3E4 512508B8 4322C2DD 86
quit
exit
ip host pi-hateast-151 10.104.119.151
cns trusted-server all-agents pi-hateast-151
cns trusted-server all-agents 10.104.119.151
cns id hardware-serial
cns id hardware-serial event
cns id hardware-serial image
cns event pi-hateast-151 encrypt keepalive 120 2 reconnect-time 60
cns exec encrypt 443
cns image server https://pi-hateast-151/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher status
https://pi-hateast-151/cns/HttpMsgDispatcher
cns config partial pi-hateast-151 encrypt 443
cns config initial pi-hateast-151 encrypt 443

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The bootstrap configuration file is delivered based on the method you specified:

via TFTPPrime Infrastructure copies the bootstrap configuration file, cisconet.cfg, and the
config credentials file to the Prime Infrastructure TFTP server.

Email to other operatorsPrime Infrastructure emails the bootstrap configuration file to the
specified email address and copies the config credentials file to the Prime Infrastructure TFTP
server.

Note

If you are going to use email to deliver either the bootstrap configuration or the PIN, you must
have previously configured the mail server settings under Administration > System Settings >
Mail Server Configuration.
Export the bootstrap configuration filePrime Infrastructure exports the bootstrap configuration
file to the client and saves it as Day-0 Bootstrap Configuration_NEW.txt and copies the config
credentials file to the Prime Infrastructure TFTP server.

Verifying Plug and Play Provisioning Status

When a supported device uses the Plug and Play profile to connect to Prime Infrastructure, the device is
listed in the Workflow Status window (in the Newly Registered Device column) at the bottom of the
Prime Infrastructure interface. You can click a number displayed in the Workflow Status window to go
directly to the Assign to Location step in the Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches workflow, which
allows you to create more robust configurations for the devices.
If a device takes longer than 10 minutes to synchronize, it is not listed under the Newly Registered
Device column in the Workflow Status window. However, the device is listed in the Initial Device Setup
workflow with a status of N/A.

Getting Help Setting Up Access Switches

After your devices are added to Prime Infrastructure, you can use the Initial Device Setup workflow to
help you configure wired and wireless features on the following devices:

Supported devices for wired features: See Table 20-1.

Supported devices for wireless features:

Catalyst 3650 switches
Catalyst 3850 switches
Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controllers

Related Topics

Before You Begin

Assign Devices to Location

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Before You Begin

You must create a location before you use the Initial Device Setup by choosing Inventory > Grouping
> Location & Device. See Using Location Groups for more information.
Related Topic

Assign Devices to Location

Assign Devices to Location

The Configuration > Plug and Play > Initial Device Setup > Assign to Location window allows you
to specify a location to which the devices you want to configure belong. Unassigned devices discovered
using the Plug and Play Setup workflow (see Preconfiguring Devices to be Added Later) and any
discovered devices that were not previously assigned are listed on this window. You must assign each
device to a location.
The Initial Device Setup workflow is location-specific. To configure devices in a different location, you
repeat the Initial Device Setup workflow and select that appropriate location.
To get details about any device, hover your mouse cursor over a device IP address, then click the icon
that appears. See Getting Device Details from the Device 360 View for more information.
If the Status column for any device is N/A, either the device was manually added to Prime Infrastructure
(without using the Plug and Play Setup workflow), or the Plug and Play Setup workflow completed, but
the synchronization took longer than 10 minutes after the device was added to Prime Infrastructure.

Choose Devices
The Configuration > Plug and Play > Initial Device Setup > Choose Other Devices window displays
all new devices you assigned to the specified location, any devices previously assigned to the same
location, and any devices that were added to Prime Infrastructure using discovery. This allows you to
configure wired and wireless features on new and existing devices at the same time.
Choose whether you want to configure wired or wireless features. The devices displayed correspond to
the option that you select.
If you select Add wired features to my device(s), only applicable devices in the selected location on
which you can configure wired features are displayed. After you select the devices, check the Device
Readiness column and see Device Readiness Explanation for more information.
Choose a configuration mode:

Guided modeGives you step-by-step guidance in creating Cisco-recommended device

configurations. See Configuring Wired Features Using Guided Mode.

Advanced modeUses templates in which you can modify and customize the device
configurations. You should be comfortable with CLI templates. See Configuring Wired Features
Using Advanced Mode.

If you select Add wireless features to my device(s), applicable devices in the selected location on which
you can configure wireless features are displayed. After you select the devices, you can choose to
configure guest access as part of the wireless device configuration. Enter the number of access points
and select a mobility domain.

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Device Readiness Explanation

The Readiness column indicates whether the devices that you selected are ready to be configured. A
device can be not ready for the following reasons:

Table 20-3

The device is not running the required Cisco IOS version. Table 20-3 lists the required versions.

Prime Infrastructure was unable to collect inventory details. Choose Inventory > Device
Management > Network Devices and make sure the Admin Status for the device is Managed and
the Inventory Collection Status is Completed.

Required Cisco IOS/IOS XE Releases for Switches to Be in Ready State

Switch Series

Required Cisco IOS/IOS XE Releases

Catalyst 2960, 2960s

12.2(55) and later, or 15.0.1.SE and later

Catalyst 2960-SF

15.0(2)SE and later

Catalyst 3560v2, 3560X, 3750v2, 3750X

12.2(55) and later, or 15.0.1.SE and later

Catalyst 3560c, 2960c

12.2(55)-EX4 and later

Catalyst 3650, 3850

IOS XE 03.02.02 SE and later

Catalyst 4500

When running Sup7E and Sup7LE: IOS XE 03.03.02.SG and later

When running Sup6E or Sup6LE: 12.2(54)SG and later

5760 Wireless LAN Controller

IOS XE 03.02.02 SE and later

Related Topics

Configuring Wired Features Using Guided Mode

Configuring Wired Features Using Advanced Mode

Configuring Wireless Features

Configuring Wired Features Using Guided Mode

When you choose to configure wired features using the Guided Mode, you are guided step-by-step
through configuring the following settings:
1.

IP Address Options

2.

Device Credentials

3.

VLAN and Switching Parameters

4.

Auto Smartports and Uplinks

5.

Confirmation

IP Address Options
During the Configuration > Plug and Play > Initial Device Setup workflow (see Preconfiguring
Devices to be Added Later), the DHCP server assigned IP addresses to the devices. The IP Management
Options page is where you can modify the IP addresses. Select Change Device(s) IP Management
Address, enter the necessary values for the device(s) in the Device Management Option table, then click
Save.

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You can edit IP address, hostname, subnet, and gateway values only; you cannot modify the device type
and serial number.
If you have a large number of devices, you can simplify this task by exporting a CSV file of all devices,
editing the file, then importing the CSV file to overwrite the Device Management Option table.

Device Credentials
During the Configuration > Plug and Play > Initial Device Setup workflow (see Preconfiguring
Devices to be Added Later), the same SNMP, Telnet and SSH credentials you specified were be
configured on all devices. The Credentials page is where you can modify the credentials and specify
different credentials for various devices. Select Specify new credentials and enter the necessary values.
Click Save Credentials to save the credentials you entered. When you have new devices that you want
to set up and you use the Initial Device Setup workflow again, you can select the credentials that you
saved from the Use Credentials list. The fields are populated with the values that you previously saved.
When you complete the Initial Device Setup workflow, the device credentials are updated on the devices
and in Prime Infrastructure.

VLAN and Switching Parameters

The VLAN and Switching page allows you to configure VLANs and switching parameters. Default
VLAN values are provided. Default switching features are selected. The following options are enabled
by default and you cannot modify them because they are required by Prime Infrastructure:

Enable CDP

Rapid PVST

By default, Spanning Tree is also enabled.

Auto Smartports and Uplinks

By default, the Initial Device Setup workflow enables Cisco Auto Smartports and quality of service
(QoS) on switch downlink ports. Auto Smartport macros dynamically configure ports based on the
device type detected on the port. You cannot disable Auto Smartports.
The Before You Begin page includes a link to download the supported devices for uplink configuration.
We recommend that you enable uplink-specific features such as EtherChannel and Trunking by selecting
one of the options from the pulldown menu:

Enable Layer 2 Trunking

Enable Layer 2 Trunking with Etherchannel (PagP)

Enable Layer 2 Trunking with Etherchannel (LACP)

Enable Layer 2 Trunking with Etherchannel (Static)

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Confirmation
The Confirmation screen is the last step in the Initial Device Setup workflow in which you can view the
settings you specified. Click Deploy to deploy the configuration. A job is created and the job status
information is displayed.
To view the deployed jobs, choose Administration > Jobs to view the status and details about the job.
If the deployment fails, the number of devices on which the deployment failed appears in the Failed
column of the Workflow Status menu at the bottom of the Prime Infrastructure interface. Click the
number displayed to go directly to the Choose Other Devices screen to view the device(s) that failed.
You can modify necessary settings and repeat the workflow for that device.

Configuring Wired Features Using Advanced Mode

If you want to customize the configuration settings applied to your devices, select Advanced mode in
The Choose Other Devices page. The Advanced mode uses templates in which you can modify and
customize the device configurations. You should be comfortable with CLI templates.
You use the following templates to specify configuration settings:

SystemAllows you to specify new IP addresses to replace the IP addresses that were previously
assigned by the DHCP server. You can edit IP address, hostname, subnet, and gateway values only;
you cannot modify the device type and serial number.
If you have many devices, it might be easier to edit these values in a spreadsheet. You can export the
list of devices as a CSV file, edit the file, and then import the file to overwrite the table.

SecurityAllows you to specify authentication credentials. Whatever you select as the

authentication type, your primary authentication server must match. For example, if you select
RADIUS as the authentication method, the primary authentication method must be RADIUS. If you
select None as the authentication type, your primary authentication method must be LOCAL. The
secondary and other methods can be any authentication type.

Layer 2Allows you to configure Spanning Tree, VTP, LLDP, and CDP. By default, Rapid PVST
and CDP are enabled because they are required by Prime Infrastructure.

High AvailabilityAllows you to configure power and system redundancy. If the High Availability
check box is unchecked, redundancy is disabled on the device.

InterfacesAllows you to configure VLANs. You can check how many ports your devices have and
based on that information, you can split the interfaces into interface patterns.

OtherAllows you to configure any other commands in the terminal configuration mode.

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Configuring Wireless Features

Configuring Wireless Features

When you choose to configure wireless features, you are guided step-by-step through configuring the
following settings:
1.

Create Groups

2.

Wireless Parameters

3.

Wireless LAN Security

4.

Guest Access

5.

Confirmation

Create Groups
The Create Groups page is where the Mobility Architecture group is automatically defined for the
wireless devices that you selected in the Choose Other Devices page. The Mobility Group consists of
Mobility Controller, Switch Peer Group, and Mobility Agents. You cannot modify the Mobility
Controller and the Mobility Agent that were previously configured. Whereas, you can add Switch Peer
Groups.

Wireless Parameters
The Wireless Parameters page allows you to assign Wireless Management IP, Mask, and Wireless
VLAN ID for the selected wireless devices. You can also choose to export the list of devices as a CSV
file, edit the values, and import the file to overwrite the values for the devices. Then, click Save.

Wireless LAN Security

The Wireless LAN Security page allows you to add secure wireless for LAN connectivity. Default values
are displayed for the Secure wireless LAN Properties. Based on the security profile and the
authentication method that you choose, you must enter the primary and secondary Radius server details.

Guest Access
The Guest Access page is displayed only if you have chosen to configure guest access as part of the
wireless device configuration in the Choose Other Devices page. Default values are displayed for the
guest WLAN and VLAN fields. Based on the security profile and the authentication method that you
select for your guest, you must enter the primary and secondary Radius server details.

Confirmation
The Confirmation page is the last step in the Guided workflow for wireless features in which you can
view the settings you specified. Click Deploy to deploy the configuration. For more information about
the confirmation job status and the workflow status, see the Confirmation.

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This part contains the following sections:

Viewing Devices

Updating Device Inventory

Maintaining Software Images

Working with Device Configurations

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Viewing Devices
Viewing Network Devices
From the Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices page, you can view device inventory
and device configuration information. The Network Devices page contains general administrative
functions and configuration functions as described in Table 21-1.
Table 21-1

Network Devices Tasks

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Network Devices

Task

Description

Manage devices

You can add, edit, delete, sync, and export

devices, add and delete devices from groups
and sites, and perform a bulk import.

Buttons are located at the top of the Device

Work Center. See Adding Devices Manually,
Exporting Devices, and Importing Devices
from Another Source for more details.

View basic device

information and collection
status

View basic device information such as

reachability status, IP address, device type,
and collection status.

Hover your mouse cursor over the IP

Address/DNS cell and click the icon to access
the 360 view for that device (see Getting
Device Details from the Device 360 View).
Hover your mouse cursor over the Collection
Status cell and click the icon to view errors
related to the inventory collection.

Manage device groups

By default, Cisco Prime Infrastructure

creates dynamic device groups and assigns
devices to the appropriate Device Type
folder. You can create new device groups that
appear under the User Defined folder.

Displayed in the left pane of the Network

Devices Page.
See for more information about creating and
using device groups.

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Table 21-1

Network Devices Tasks (continued)

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Network Devices

Task

Description

Add devices to site groups

After you set up a site group profile, you can Add to Group button located at the top of the
Network Devices page under Groups & Sites.
add devices to it.
To add devices to site groups in Network
Devices page, add them to Group and then
select site group.
To add devices to site maps, go to the Maps >
Site Map.

View device details

Note

A device can belong to one site group

hierarchy only.

Note

The devices added to a site group in

the Network Devices page do not add
devices in the Maps > Site Map page.
Similarly, the devices added in the
Site Map Design page are not added
to site groups in the Network Devices
page.

View device details such as memory, port,

environment, and interface information.

Click on a device to view the Device Details

page for that device.

View device information and status, and

associated modules, alarms, neighbors, and
interfaces. See Getting Device Details from
the Device 360 View for more information.

Hover your mouse cursor over a device IP

address and click the icon that appears.

Create and deploy

configuration templates

You can configure device features on the

Click the Configuration tab at the bottom of
selected device. You can also view the list of the Network Devices Page.
applied and scheduled feature templates that
See Configuring Device Features for more
were deployed to the device.
information about configuring features on a
device.
Note
From the Network Devices page, it
may not be possible to add
configuration for a few controller
features. In this case, use the Design
page and create a new Template and
deploy to the device.

View device configurations

View archived configurations, schedule

Click Configuration Archives at the top of the
configuration rollbacks, and schedule archive Device Work Center.
collections.

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Viewing Compute Devices

Table 21-1

Network Devices Tasks (continued)

Task

Description

View software images

You can view the recommended software

image for a single device, and then import or
distribute that image. If you want to distribute
a software image to multiple devices, see
Deploying Software Images to Devices.

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Network Devices
Click Software Image Management at the top
of the Device Work Center. Select a device for
which you want to view the recommended
software image. Click the Image tab.
Scroll down to Recommended Images to view
the recommended image for the device that
you selected. Prime Infrastructure gathers the
recommended images from both Cisco.com
and the local repository.
You can import the recommended image (see
Importing Software Images) or distribute (see
Deploying Software Images to Devices) the
recommended image.

View interface details

You can view the description, admin status,

and operational status of the interface.

Choose a device in the Device Work Center,

then click the Configuration tab at the bottom
of the screen. Click Interfaces to view the
interface details.

View and modify TrustSec

configuration

You can view and modify the TrustSec

configuration of a TrustSec-based device.

Choose a device in the Device Work Center,

then click the Configuration tab at the bottom
of the screen. Click Security >TrustSec >
Wired 802_1x.

Viewing Compute Devices

Compute Devices provide a consolidated view of all the devices that provide compute capability within
a Data Center. You can manage Cisco UCS devices in the same way other network devices are managed,
see Table 21-1 for more details. From the Inventory > Device Management > Compute Devices page,
you can view device inventory information for the physical devices such as UCS B-series and C-series
devices that support data center virtualization. The Compute Devices page contains the functions
described in Table 21-2.

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Table 21-2

Compute Devices Tasks

Task

Description

View Physical Servers

This view shows UCS blade server

information such as server ID, device name,
device IP address, operational status, cores,
and memory.

Location in Inventory > Device Management >

Compute Devices
Click the arrow near the server ID to view the
blade server details.

The OS/Host field is blank unless you apply

the Data Center Technology Pack 1.0.0. See,
Readme for Data Center Technology Package
1.0.0 for Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2.1.
View Cisco UCS Servers

View basic device information such as device Click the arrow near the UCS device name to
name, device type, IP address, reachability
open the schematic that shows the
status, and alarm count.
inter-connections of the UCS chassis and
blades and the up/down status of chassis and
blade servers.

Creating User Defined UCS

Groups

You can create user defined UCS sub-groups Hover your mouse over the expand icon next to
similar to device groups.
User Defined UCS and click Add SubGroup.
See Creating Device Groups.

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Updating Device Inventory

Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides two ways to discover the devices in your network:

QuickAllows you to quickly discover the devices in your network based on the SNMP community
string, seed IP address, and subnet mask you specify. Choose Inventory > Device Management >
Discovery, then click Quick Discovery. See Running Quick Discovery.

RegularAllows you to specify protocol, credential, and filter settings, and schedule the discovery
job. You can also apply to the added devices any credential profiles you have created. See Changing
Discovery Settings and Using Credential Profiles.

Changing Discovery Settings

To change the discovery settings, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management, then click Discovery Settings.

Step 2

Click New. Enter the settings as described in Table 3-1.

Step 3

Click one of the following:

Save to save the settings.

Run Now to save the settings and immediately start the discovery job.

Related Topics

Running Quick Discovery

Running Discovery

Scheduling Discovery Jobs

Monitoring the Discovery Process

Updating Device Inventory Manually

Using Credential Profiles

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Scheduling Discovery Jobs

Scheduling Discovery Jobs

To create a discovery job and then schedule it to run at a future time, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management, click Discovery Settings, then click New.

Step 2

Enter the required settings, then click Save. For descriptions of the template parameters, see the Cisco
Prime Infrastructure Reference Guide.

Step 3

In the Discovery Settings, select the discovery job that you just created, then click Schedule.

Step 4

Enter the schedule information, then click Save.

Related Topics

Running Quick Discovery

Running Discovery

Monitoring the Discovery Process

Updating Device Inventory Manually

Using Credential Profiles

Monitoring the Discovery Process

To monitor the discovery process, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Discovery.

Step 2

Select the running discovery job for which you want to see details.

Discovery Protocols and CSV File Formats

Prime Infrastructure uses the following protocols to discover devices:

Ping Sweep

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Routing Table

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

You can import a CSV file to add data for the protocols. Table 22-1 describes the CSV file format for
each of the protocols.

Note

You can import a CSV file if you are using a supported version of Mozilla Firefox only.

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Table 22-1

Discovery Protocols and CSV File Formats

Protocol

CSV File Format

Ping sweep

Any valid IP address and subnet mask, separated by a comma. You can specify
multiple networks in a single discovery by adding additional rows.

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Any valid IP address and the hop count, separated by a comma.

Routing table

Any valid IP address and the hop count, separated by a comma.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Any valid IP address and the hop count, separated by a comma.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Seed device IP address for any device that is BGP enabled.

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Seed device IP address for any device that is OSPF enabled.

Updating Device Inventory Manually

We recommend that you run discovery to update your device inventory. However, you can also add
devices manually, if needed.
To update the device inventory manually, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then click Add.

Step 2

Enter the required parameters.

Step 3

Click Add to add the device with the settings that you specified.

Note

As part of the SNMP read-write credential verification on the device, a log message appears in the
managed device indicating there was a configuration change from the IP address of the Prime
Infrastructure server during the inventory task.

Related Topics

Running Quick Discovery

Running Discovery

Scheduling Discovery Jobs

Importing Device Inventory

If you have another management system to which your devices are to be imported or if you want to
import a spreadsheet that contains all your devices and their attributes, you can import device
information in bulk into Prime Infrastructure.
To import device inventory, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then click Bulk.

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Using Credential Profiles

Step 2

Click the link to download a sample file that contains all of the fields and descriptions for the information
that must be contained in your imported file.

Step 3

Click Browse to navigate to your file, then click Import and wait for the import to complete. (To check
the status of the import, choose Administration > Jobs).

Using Credential Profiles

Credential profiles are collections of device credentials. The credentials stored in a credential profile can
include SNMP, Telnet, SSH and HTTP credentials. Credential profiles allow you to apply a set of
credentials to a device or a group of devices, instead of entering them manually for each device.
Choose Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles to add, edit, delete or copy credential
profiles. You can apply a credential profile during device discovery, when manually adding a device, or
during bulk import of devices.
Related Topics

Changing Discovery Settings

Updating Device Inventory Manually

Importing Device Inventory

Adding Credential Profiles

Editing Credential Profiles

Deleting Credential Profiles

Copying Credential Profiles.

Adding Credential Profiles

To add a credential profile, follow these steps:
Step 1

Go to Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles.

Step 2

Click Add.

Step 3

Enter the Profile Name and Description under the General Parameters.

Step 4

Enter valid credentials and other values in the SNMP, Telnet/SSH and HTTP fields.
You cannot apply a credential profile to a device unless the profile has at least an SNMP read credential.

Step 5

Click Save Changes.

Related Topics

Using Credential Profiles

Editing Credential Profiles

Deleting Credential Profiles

Copying Credential Profiles

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Editing Credential Profiles

To edit a credential profile:
Step 1

Go to Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles.

Step 2

Choose the profile and Click Edit.

Step 3

Click Profile Details and enter valid credentials and other values in the SNMP, Telnet/SSH and HTTP
fields.

Step 4

(Optional) Click Device List to view the devices associated with the selected profile.

Step 5

Click Save to update the profile of all associated devices or Click Save and Sync to update and
synchronize the devices with the updated profile.

Note

During bulk edit of devices:

The credential profile associated with the devices with different credential profile will get lost.

The manually updated parameters like Telnet parameter, Http parameters will be applied to all of
the selected devices.

Related Topics

Using Credential Profiles

Adding Credential Profiles

Deleting Credential Profiles

Copying Credential Profiles

Viewing Devices Associated with a Credential Profile

Deleting Credential Profiles

To delete a credential profile:
Step 1

Go to Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles.

Step 2

Select the credential profile to be deleted.

Step 3

Click Delete.
You cannot delete a credential profile until you have removed all device-to-profile associations. You can
remove these associations using the device edit page under Inventory > Device Management >
Network Devices.

Related Topics

Using Credential Profiles

Adding Credential Profiles

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Troubleshooting Unmanaged Devices

Editing Credential Profiles

Copying Credential Profiles

Viewing Devices Associated with a Credential Profile

Copying Credential Profiles

To copy a credential profile:
Step 1

Go to Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles.

Step 2

Click Copy.

Step 3

Enter the Profile Name and Description under the General Parameters.

Step 4

Enter valid values in SNMP, Telnet/SSH and Http fields.

Step 5

Click Save Changes.

Related Topics

Using Credential Profiles

Adding Credential Profiles

Editing Credential Profiles

Deleting Credential Profiles

Viewing Devices Associated with a Credential Profile

Viewing Devices Associated with a Credential Profile

To view the credential profile associated with a device:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles.

Step 2

Choose a credential profile, then click Edit.

Step 3

Click the Device List to view the devices associated with the selected profile.

Troubleshooting Unmanaged Devices

A device can be unmanaged by Prime Infrastructure, as indicated in the Admin Status column in the
Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, if any of the following are true:

You have exceeded the maximum number of managed devices allowed for your license. If you need
additional information about licensing, see the following:
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Quick Start Guidecontains descriptions of the different licenses,

how to order licenses, and license entitlement.

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Cisco Prime Infrastructure Administrator Guidecontains information about managing

licenses, troubleshooting licensing issues, and verifying license details.

The device is enabled for switch path tracing only.

The wrong device credentials were entered into Prime Infrastructure so that Prime Infrastructure
was unable to contact the device. In this case, the Reachability column in Inventory > Device
Management > Network Devices is red and indicates the device is unreachable.

If the Device Type column in the Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, displays
Unknown for a device, Prime Infrastructure does not support the device. You can check if support for
that device type has been added to Prime Infrastructure by choosing Administration > Software
Update, then clicking Check for Updates.

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Maintaining Software Images

Setting Image Management and Distribution Preferences

Managing Software Images

Importing Software Images

Changing Software Image Requirements

Deploying Software Images to Devices

Viewing Recommended Software Images from Cisco.com

Analyzing Software Image Upgrades

Manually upgrading your devices to the latest software version can be error prone and time consuming.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure simplifies the version management and routine deployment of software
updates to your devices by helping you plan, schedule, download, and monitor software image updates.
You can also view software image details, view recommended software images, and delete software
images.
Prime Infrastructure stores all of the software images for the devices in your network. The images are
stored according to the image type and version.
Before you can upgrade software images, you must configure your devices with SNMP read-write
community strings that match the community strings entered when the device was added to Prime
Infrastructure.
Table 23-1 describes the different processes involved in managing software images and whether the
processes are supported in the Unified Wireless LAN Controllers and devices.
Table 23-1

Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices

Software Image
Management
Processes
Image import from
device

3850 Cisco IOS

XE 3.2.2

Description

Unified WLCs

Ability to import software image from devices that

are already managed by Prime Infrastructure. The
software image can then be distributed to other
devices.

Not supported Supported

because the
software image
cannot be
reassembled
into a package.

5760 Cisco IOS

XE 3.2.2
Supported

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Table 23-1

Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices (continued)

Software Image
Management
Processes

Description

Unified WLCs

3850 Cisco IOS

XE 3.2.2

5760 Cisco IOS

XE 3.2.2

Image import from

file

Ability to import software image from known

location on a file server to Prime Infrastructure.
The software image can then be distributed to
other devices.

Supported

Supported

Supported

Image import from

URL

Ability to import software image from network

accessible locations (URI/URL) to Prime
Infrastructure. The software image can then be
distributed to other devices.

Supported

Supported

Supported

Image import from

Protocol

Ability to import software image from an FTP

location to Prime Infrastructure. The software
image can then be distributed to other devices.

Supported

Supported

Supported

Image
Ability to upgrade software image on the managed Supported
upgrade/distribution devices from Prime Infrastructure. This allows
you to upgrade the software image for multiple
devices based on demand or at a later point in time
as scheduled. The feedback and status are
displayed during the upgrade and devices can be
restarted, if required. In large deployments, you
can stagger reboots so that the service at a site is
not completely down during the upgrade window.

Supported

Supported

Image
recommendation

Ability to recommend a compatible image for the Not supported

because the
devices that are managed from Prime
Infrastructure and downloaded from Cisco.com.
flash
requirement is
not available.

Supported

Supported

Image upgrade
analysis

Ability to analyze the software images to

determine the hardware upgrades required before
you can perform the software upgrade.

Not supported Supported

because there
is no minimum
requirement for
RAM or ROM.
The newly
upgraded
image replaces
the existing
image after an
upgrade.

Supported

Setting Image Management and Distribution Preferences

You can specify image management preferences such as whether to reboot devices after successfully
upgrading a software image, and whether device software images on Cisco.com should be included
during inventory collection of the devices. Specifying image management preferences changes the
default behavior of Prime Infrastructure.

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Managing Software Images

Because collecting software images can slow the data collection process, by default, Prime Infrastructure
does not collect and store device software images when it gathers inventory data from devices.
To set image management and distribution preferences:
Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings > Image Management.

Step 2

To have Prime Infrastructure automatically retrieve and store device images when it collects device
inventory data, check Collect images along with inventory collection.

Step 3

Select other options as necessary. Hover your mouse cursor over on the information icon to view details
about the options.

Note

The Config Protocol Order field specifies the order in which the protocol is used. For example,
if SSH is listed before Telnet, SSH is used first, and Telnet is used next.

Note

If you enabled FIPS mode when you installed Prime Infrastructure, TFTP and FTP are disabled
by default. You must manually enable TFTP and FTP, if required, by choosing Administration
> System Settings > Server Settings, and then restarting Prime Infrastructure.

Step 4

Click Save.

Step 5

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images and click the Image Dashboard icon in
the top-right corner of Software Image page to view all of the software images retrieved by Prime
Infrastructure. The images are organized by image type and stored in the corresponding software image
group folder.

Managing Software Images

The software image dashboard displays the top software images used in your network and allows you to
change image requirements, see the devices on which an image is running, and distribute images.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images and click the Image Dashboard icon in
the top-right corner of Software Image page.

Step 2

Click a software image name to display details about the image.

Step 3

Do any of the following:

Change image requirements. See Changing Software Image Requirements.

View the devices on which the software image is running.

Distribute the image. See Deploying Software Images to Devices.

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Importing Software Images

It can be helpful to have a baseline of your network images by importing images from the devices in your
network. You can also view recommended software images from Cisco.com.
By default, Prime Infrastructure does not automatically retrieve and store device images when it collects
device inventory data. (You can change this preference as described in Setting Image Management and
Distribution Preferences.)
To import a software image:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images.

Step 2

Click Import.

Step 3

Specify the source from which the software image is imported. You can specify any one of the following
sources:

DeviceAn existing device.

Cisco.comPrime Infrastructure displays the recommended software images for the device type
you specify, but it does not allow you to download software images directly from cisco.com. You
must manually download the software image from cisco.com and then import the downloaded image
file. Prime Infrastructure does not display deferred software images.

URLSpecify the FTP URL from where you can import the software image. You can use an HTTP
URL where user credentials are not required.

ProtocolSpecify the FTP location from where you want to import a software image. User
credentials are required. The FTP protocol only is supported.

FileA local file on the client machine.

Note

Step 4

For wireless LAN controllers, you can import software images from a file or a URL only. For
more information about Software Image Management Processes and Supported Devices, see
Table 23-1.

Specify Collection Options and when to import the image file. You can run the job immediately or
schedule it to run at a later time.

Note

The image import job is non-repetitive.

Step 5

Click Submit.

Step 6

Choose Administration > Jobs to view the status about the image collection job. The Duration field is
updated after the job completes.

Related Topics

Deploying Software Images to Devices

Viewing Recommended Software Images from Cisco.com

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Changing Software Image Requirements

To change the RAM, flash, and boot ROM requirements that a device must meet for a software image to
be distributed to the device:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images.

Step 2

Navigate to and select the software image for which you want to change requirements, then click Image
Details.

Step 3

Modify the necessary fields, then click Save. Your changes are saved in the software version in which
you made the change.

Deploying Software Images to Devices

You can distribute a software image to a device or set of similar devices in a single deployment. Prime
Infrastructure verifies that the device and software image are compatible.

Note

Software image distribution for Cisco WiSM2 controllers is not supported.

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images.

Step 2

Select the software images that you want to distribute, then click Distribute.
By default, the devices for which the selected image is applicable are shown.

Step 3

Choose the image name in the Distribute Image Name field to change your selection and pick a new
image, then click Save.

Step 4

To change the location on the device in which to store the software image, choose the value displayed in
the Distribute Location field, select a new location, then click Save.
The Status and Status Message fields display the validity of the selections you made. For example, if the
status is green, there is adequate space available to store the image on the specified location on the
device.

Step 5

Choose Administration > System Settings > Image Management to change the default distribution
options.

Step 6

Specify schedule options, then click Submit.

Note
Step 7

The distribute image job is non-repetitive.

Choose Administration > Jobs to view details about the image distribution job. The Duration field is
updated after the job completes.

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Viewing Recommended Software Images from Cisco.com

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images.

Step 2

Navigate to and select the software image for which you want to change requirements, then click Image
Details.

Step 3

Choose one of the following image sources:

Recommend Image from Cisco.com to select an image available on Cisco.com. Specify options,
click Start Recommendation, then skip ahead to Step 5.
Prime Infrastructure displays recommended software images for your specific device types, but it
does not allow you to download software images directly from cisco.com. You must manually
download software images from cisco.com and then import the downloaded image file. Prime
Infrastructure does not display deferred software images.

Select Image from Local Repository to select an image stored locally. Then, under Local
Repository:
Select the Show All Images check box to display all images available in the Prime

Infrastructure repository.
Unselect the Show All Images check box to display the software images applicable to the

selected device.
Step 4

Select the image to distribute, then click Apply.

Step 5

Choose the image name in the Distribute Image Name field to change your selection and pick a new
image, then click Save.

Step 6

Specify Distribution Options. You can change the default options in Administration > System Settings
> Image Management.

Step 7

Specify schedule options, then click Submit.

Analyzing Software Image Upgrades

Prime Infrastructure can generate an Upgrade Analysis report to help you determine prerequisites for a
new software image deployment. These reports analyze the software images to determine the hardware
upgrades (boot ROM, flash memory, RAM, and boot flash, if applicable) required before you can
perform the software upgrade.
The Upgrade Analysis report answers the following questions:

Does the device have sufficient RAM to hold the new software?

Is the devices flash memory large enough to hold the new software?

To analyze software image upgrades:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Software Images.

Step 2

Click Upgrade Analysis.

Step 3

Choose the source of the software image that you want to analyze.

Step 4

Select the devices on which to analyze the software image.

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Step 5

Select the images to analyze for the selected devices.

Step 6

Click Run Report.

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Working with Device Configurations

Cisco Prime Infrastructure archives device configurations and provides information such as the date of
last configuration change, status of the configuration jobs, and allows you to compare current and
previous configurations. Prime Infrastructure also allows you to roll back to a previously saved
configuration in the archive if a configuration deployment fails.

Configuration Archives

Changing Prime Infrastructure Device Configuration Settings

Comparing Current and Previous Device Configurations

Scheduling Configuration Archive Tasks

Overview of Device Configurations

Configuration Rollbacks

Rolling Back Device Configuration Versions

Deleting Device Configurations

Configuring Redundancy on Controllers

Configuration Archives
Prime Infrastructure attempts to collect and archive the following device configuration files:

Startup configuration

Running configuration

VLAN configuration, if configured

A configuration archive is created if there is a change between the last archived configuration and the
current running configuration only. You can specify how Prime Infrastructure archives the
configurations:

On demandYou can have Prime Infrastructure collect the configurations of selected devices by
choosing Inventory > Configuration Archive and selecting the option to schedule the archive
immediately.

ScheduledYou can schedule when Prime Infrastructure collects the configurations of selected
devices and specify recurring collections by choosing Inventory > Device Configuration Archive,
then clicking Schedule Archive.

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Changing Prime Infrastructure Device Configuration Settings

You can schedule to have Prime Infrastructure copy the running configuration to the startup
configuration by choosing Inventory > Device Configuration Archive, then clicking Schedule
Overwrite.

During inventoryYou can have Prime Infrastructure collect device configurations during the
inventory collection process. See Changing Prime Infrastructure Device Configuration Settings for
more information.

Based on Syslogs If device is configured to send syslogs, when there is any device configuration
change, Prime Infrastructure collects and stores the configuration.

Changing Prime Infrastructure Device Configuration Settings

By default, Prime Infrastructure has the following configuration settings:

Does not back up the running configuration before pushing configuration changes to a device.

Does not attempt to roll back to the previously saved configuration in the archive if the configuration
deployment fails

When pushing CLI to a device, uses 5 thread pools.

To change the default configuration settings:

Step 1

Step 2

Choose Administration > System Settings, then click Configuration.

Click Backup Running Configuration to have Prime Infrastructure back up the running
configuration before pushing configuration changes to a device.

Click Rollback Configuration to have Prime Infrastructure attempt to roll back to the previously
saved configuration in the archive if the configuration deployment fails.

Click Save.

Changing Prime Infrastructure Configuration Archive Collection

Settings
By default, Prime Infrastructure has the following Configuration Archive collection settings:

Collects device configuration after Inventory Sync.

Does not collect device configuration based on syslog events.

To change the default configuration settings:

Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings, then click Configuration Archive.

Step 2

Select the Archive Configuration on receiving configuration change events check box so that Prime
Infrastructure can collect and store the configuration based on syslog configuration change events. For
more information about the supported Syslog formats, see Supported Syslog Formats for Configuration
Archive Collection Settings.

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Step 3

Click Save.

Supported Syslog Formats for Configuration Archive Collection Settings

The following are the supported Syslog formats. Prime Infrastructure collects the configuration details
if the device syslog matches any one of the following conditions:

Message Type is any one of the following:

OIR-6-INSCARD, SNMP-5-COLDSTART, SYS-5-RELOAD,
CPU_REDUN-6-BOOTED_AS_ACTIVE, CPU_REDUN-5-SWITCHOVER, SYS-5-ONLINE,
OIR-6-INSCARD, CPU_REDUN-6-RUNNING_CONFIG_CHG,
CPU_REDUN-5-RCSF_SYNCED, CPU_REDUN-6-STARTUP_CONFIG_CHG,
CPU_REDUN-5-STARTUP_CONFIG_SYNCED, PIX-5-111005, SYS-5-CONFIG_L,
SYS-5-CONFIG_M, SYS-5-CONFIG_NV, SYS-5-CONFIG_NV_M, SYS-6-CFG_CH,
SYS-3-CPUHOG, IP-4-DUPADDR, FW-3-FTP_SESSION_NOT_AUTHENTICATED,
FW-3-FTP_PRIV_PORT, FW-3-SMTP_INVALID_COMMAND, FW-3-HTTP_JAVA_BLOCK,
FW-4-ALERT_ON, FW-4-ALERT_OFF, FW-4-HOST_TCP_ALERT_ONLOG_WARNING,
FW-4-UNBLOCK_HOST, FW-2-BLOCK_HOST,SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL, LINK-3-UPDOWN,
FW-6-SESS_AUDIT_TRAIL, PIX-6-302001, PIX-6-302002, PIX-6-304001,
LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN, LINK-5-CHANGED, LINK-5-UPDOWN, CHAS-0-FATAL,
CHAS-3-ERROR, CHAS-4-WARN, SNMP-5-CONF, PORT-5-CONF, CHAS-5-CONF,
DIAG-5-CONF, RTT-6-SAATHRESHOLD, ILPOWER-3-SHUT_OVERDRAWN,
ILPOWER-4-LOG_OVERDRAWN

FACILITY is any one of the following:

RESTART, CONFIG,ENV, ENVM, FLASH, HA_EM, AUTOSMARTPORT,SMI

MNEMONIC is any one of the following:

RESTART, CONFIG_I, CONFIG, OIR, PSECURE_VIOLATION,
PSECURE_VIOLATION_VLAN, VLAN_REMOVED, ADDRESSES_REMOVED,
VLAN_FULL, DHCP_SNOOPING_ERRDISABLE_WARNING,
DHCP_SNOOPING_RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED, DHCP_SNOOPING_UNTRUSTED_PORT,
DHCP_SNOOPING_MATCH_MAC_FAIL, INVALID_ARP, ACL_DENY,
DHCP_SNOOPING_DENY, ACL_PERMIT,DHCP_SNOOPING_PERMIT,
PACKET_RATE_EXCEEDED, PACKET_BURST_RATE_EXCEEDED,
IP_SOURCE_GUARD_DENY_PACKET

Message Type is Nodemgr-5-CE and message text contains 'REBOOT'.

Message Type is SYS-6-CFG_CHG and message text contains 'telnet', 'Console', 'SNMP', or 'ssh'.

FACILITY is ACE and MNEMONIC is 111008.

FACILITY is FWSM and MNEMONIC is 111008 and Message text contains 'configure terminal'.

FACILITY is ASA and MNEMONIC is 111010.

FACILITY is PIX and MNEMONIC is either one of the following:

106010, 307001, 106001, 106006, 106002, 106003, 106004, 106005, 106008, 106009, 106011,
106012.

FACILITY ends with DIAG.

FACILITY is VSHD and MNEMONIC is VSHD_SYSLOG_CONFIG_I.

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Comparing Current and Previous Device Configurations

To compare a current device configuration with a previous version:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Configuration Archive.

Step 2

Click the expand icon for the device whose configuration you want to view. Then click the expand icon
again to view the specific configuration version that you want to compare.

Step 3

In the Compare With column, choose the configuration for which you want to compare the configuration
that you selected in the previous step.
The color key at the bottom of the report shows the differences between the configurations you selected.

Scheduling Configuration Archive Tasks

When you choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, click on a device name, then
click the Configuration Archive tab, Prime Infrastructure allows you to schedule the following
configuration archive tasks:

Schedule RollbackSpecify when to roll back the running configuration, startup configuration, or
both configurations.

Schedule OverwriteSpecify when to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Schedule ArchiveSpecify when to archive the configuration.

Schedule DeployYou can schedule when to deploy the configuration and also specify to:
Overwrite the startup configuration. This option is applicable for devices that have a startup

configuration only.
Merge the configuration with the running configuration

Overview of Device Configurations

You can change a devices configuration in two ways:

Inventory > Device Management > Network DevicesTo change the configuration of a single
device. See Changing a Single Device Configuration.

Configuration > TemplatesTo change the configuration of more than one device and apply a
common set of changes, use a configuration template to make the changes.
Prime Infrastructure provides the following default configuration templates:
CLI templatesCLI templates are user-defined and created based on your own parameters. CLI

templates allow you to select the elements in the configurations. Prime Infrastructure provides
variables which you replace with actual values and logic statements. You can also import
templates from Cisco Prime LAN Management System. See Creating CLI Configuration
Templates.
Feature and technology templatesFeature templates are configurations that are specific to a

feature or technology in a devices configuration. See Creating Features and Technologies

Templates.

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Composite templatesComposite templates are two or more feature or CLI templates grouped

together into one template. You specify the order in which the templates contained in the
composite template are deployed to devices. See Creating Composite Templates.

Changing a Single Device Configuration

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then click a device name.
The device details appear in the lower part of the page.

Step 2

Click the Configuration tab.

The Feature Selector displays the values, organized into features, for the device that you selected.

Step 3

Select the feature that you want to change, then make the necessary changes.

Step 4

Click Save to save your configuration changes in the Prime Infrastructure database. (To view the status
of the configuration change, choose Administration > Jobs.)

Adding a Wireless LAN Controller

The Cisco Unified Wireless Network (CUWN) solution is based on Wireless LAN Controllers running
Airespace Operating System. The wireless LAN controller models include 2100, 2500, 4400,
WiSM/WiSM2 (6500 service module), 5500, 7500, 8500. In this solution, access points tunnel the
wireless traffic to the controllers through CAPWAP.
The Cisco Unified Access (UA) Wireless Solution is new architecture that provides a converged model
where you can manage your wired and wireless network configurations in the same place. This solution
includes the 3850 series switch with integrated wireless support. The solution also includes the 5760
series wireless controller, which can act as an aggregation point for many 3850 switches. This platform
is based on IOS-XE, so the command structure is similar to other IOS products. In this solution, the
wireless traffic can terminate directly on the 3850 switch, so that it can be treated in a similar mode to a
wired connection on the switch.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Click Add Device. The Add Device page appears.

Step 3

In the Add Device page, enter the necessary parameters.

Step 4

Click Add.

Changing Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Settings

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Expand Device Type, and then click Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the controller that you want to change. The Device Work Center contains configuration functions
at the bottom of the page. For details, see the Device Work Center.

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Step 4

Click the Configure tab, then make the necessary changes.

Step 5

Click Save.

Rebooting Controllers
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Expand Device Type, and then click Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the check box(es) of the applicable controller(s).

Step 4

From the Reboot drop-down list, choose Reboot Controllers.

Note
Step 5

Save the current controller configuration prior to rebooting.

Select the Reboot Controller options that must be applied.

Save Config to FlashData is saved to the controller in non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) and is
preserved in the event of a power cycle. If the controller is rebooted, all applied changes are lost
unless the configuration has been saved.

Reboot APsSelect the check box to enable a reboot of the access point after making any other
updates.

Swap AP ImageIndicates whether or not to reboot controllers and APs by swapping AP images.
This could be either Yes or No.

Note
Step 6

Options are disabled unless the Reboot APs check box is selected.

Click OK to reboot the controller with the optional configuration selected.

Configuration Rollbacks
You can change the configuration on a device with a configuration stored in Prime Infrastructure. You
can select a single archived version to which you want to rollback.
During the configuration rollback process, the configuration is converted into a set of commands which
are them executed sequentially on the device.
When rolling back a configuration file you can specify the following options:

The type of configuration file to which to rollback, for example running or startup configuration

Whether to sync the running and startup configurations after rolling back the running configuration

If rolling back a startup configuration only, specify to reboot the device so that startup configuration
becomes the running configuration

Before rolling back the configuration, specify whether to create new archived versions. You can also
specify whether to continue the rollback if the archived configuration fails.

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Rolling Back Device Configuration Versions

You can use Prime Infrastructure to rollback a devices configuration to a previous version of the
configuration.
To roll back a configuration change.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Configuration Archive.

Step 2

Click the expand icon for the device whose configuration you want to roll back.

Step 3

Click the specific configuration version that you want to roll back, then click Schedule Rollback.

Step 4

Specify the rollback and scheduling options.

Step 5

Click Submit.

Deleting Device Configurations

By default, Prime Infrastructure archives up to five device configuration versions for each device for
seven days after:

Every inventory collection

Prime Infrastructure receives a configuration change event

You cannot delete configuration versions, but older configuration versions are replaced by newer
configuration versions.
To change the number of configurations that Prime Infrastructure retains:
Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings, then click Configuration Archive.

Step 2

Enter a new value in the Number of Versions field. To archive an unlimited number of configuration
versions, unselect the Number of version to retain and Number of days to retain check boxes.

Step 3

Click Save.

Configuring Redundancy on Controllers

The term Redundancy in the Prime Infrastructure refers to the high availability (HA) framework in Cisco
WLC. Redundancy in wireless networks allows you to reduce the downtime of the networks. In a
redundancy architecture, one controller is in the Active state and a second controller is in the Standby
state, which continuously monitors the health of the controller in the Active state through a redundant
port. Both controllers share the same configurations including the IP address of the management
interface.
The Standby or Active state of a controller is based on the redundancy stock keeping unit (SKU), which
is a manufacturing ordered unique device identifier (UDI). A controller with redundancy SKU UDI is in
the Standby state for the first time when it boots and pairs with a controller that runs a permanent count
license. For controllers that have permanent count licenses, you can manually configure whether the
controller is in the Active state or the Standby state.

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In this release, a stateful switchover of access points (AP SSO) is supported. An AP SSO ensures that
the AP sessions are intact even after a switchover.

Note

The stateful switchover of clients is not supported, which means that all clients, with the exception of
clients on locally switched WLANs on access points in FlexConnect mode, are deauthenticated and
forced to reassociate with the new controller in the Active state.

Prerequisites and Limitations for Redundancy

Before configuring Redundancy, you must consider the following prerequisites and limitations:

The Redundancy is supported only on the 5500, 7500, 8500, and WiSM2 controllers.

The primary and secondary controllers must be of the same hardware model.

The primary and secondary controllers must be running the same Controller software release.

The IP addresses of the Management, Redundancy Management, and Peer Redundancy

Management interfaces must be in the same subnet.

The service port IP address and route information is maintained for each device.

If the Redundancy is enabled on a controller, the Prime Infrastructure or any other device cannot
manage the standby controller.

You cannot enable the Redundancy on a controller, if the controller is added to the Prime
Infrastructure through the service port. You must delete the controller and add it through the
management interface to enable the Redundancy on that controller.

When there is an audit mismatch between a controller and the Prime Infrastructure, you must not
restore the Redundancy parameters from the Prime Infrastructure on to the controller. However, you
can refresh the Redundancy Parameters in the Prime Infrastructure.

Before you enable the Redundancy, you must download the certificates for each device.

Configuration is downloaded from the network to the active controller, and then the details are
transferred to the standby controller through the Redundancy interface.

When an old active controller pairs up with the new active controller, the control is not transferred
back to the old active controller and it becomes the standby controller for the new active controller.

Configuring Redundancy Interfaces

There are two Redundancy interfacesredundancy-management interface and redundancy-port
interface. The redundancy-management interface is a local physical management interface that shares
the subnet mask, gateway, and VLAN ID from the management interface. You must configure only the
IP address for the redundancy management interface to enable Redundancy on the primary and
secondary controllers. The IP address for the redundancy-port interface is auto-generated and it is used
internally.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the controller that you have chosen as the primary controller. The details of the device appear on
the lower part of the page.

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Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose System > Interfaces. The Interfaces list page appears.

Step 6

Click the redundancy-management interface. The redundancy-management interface details page

appears.

Step 7

In the IP Address field, enter an IP address that belongs to the management interface subnet.

Step 8

Click Save.

Note

You can also configure the IP address of the Redundancy Management in the Global Configuration
details page. Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices > Device Type > Wireless
Controller > Controller > Configuration > Redundancy > Global Configuration to access the Global
Configuration details page.

Configuring Redundancy on a Primary Controller

To configure redundancy on a primary or active controller:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the primary controller for which you have configured the redundancy-management interface IP
address. The details of the controller appear on the lower part of the page.

Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose Redundancy > Global Configuration. The Global Configuration
details page appears.

Step 6

You must configure the following parameters before you enable the Redundancy Mode for the primary
controller:

Redundancy-Management IPThe IP address of the local physical management interface, which

you had configured in the redundancy-management interface details page is displayed. You can also
modify the IP address.

Peer Redundancy-Management IPEnter the IP address of the peer redundancy management

interface.

Redundant UnitChoose Primary.

Mobility MAC AddressEnter the virtual MAC address for the Redundancy pair. Ensure that the
mobility MAC address that you enter is the same for both primary and secondary controllers.

Step 7

Click Save. The Enabled check box for the Redundancy Mode becomes available for editing.

Step 8

Select the Enabled check box for the Redundancy Mode to enable the Redundancy on the primary
controller.

Note

After you enable the Redundancy, you cannot modify the Redundancy-Management IP, Peer
Redundancy-Management IP, Redundant Unit, and Mobility MAC Address.

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Note
Step 9

You cannot configure this controller during the Redundancy pair-up process.

Click Save. The configuration is saved and the system reboots.

Configuring Redundancy on a Secondary Controller

To configure Redundancy on a secondary or standby controller:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the controller that you have chosen as a secondary controller. The details of the controller appear
on the lower part of the page.

Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose Redundancy > Global Configuration. The Global Configuration
Details page appears.

Step 6

You must configure the following parameters before you enable the Redundancy Mode for the secondary
controller:

Redundancy-Management IPEnter the IP address of the local physical management interface.

This IP address must be the same as the IP address of the peer redundancy management interface of
the primary controller.

Peer Redundancy-Management IPEnter the IP address of the peer physical management interface.
This IP address must be the same as the IP address of the local physical management interface of
the primary controller.

Redundant UnitChoose Secondary.

Mobility MAC AddressEnter the virtual MAC address of the Redundancy pair. Ensure that the
mobility MAC address that you enter is the same for both primary and secondary controllers.

Step 7

Click Save. The Enabled check box for the Redundancy Mode becomes available for editing.

Step 8

Select the Enabled check box for the Redundancy Mode to enable the Redundancy on the secondary
controller.

Step 9

Note

After you enable the Redundancy, you cannot modify the Redundancy-Management IP, Peer
Redundancy-Management IP, Redundant Unit, and Mobility MAC Address.

Note

You cannot configure the primary controller during the Redundancy pair-up process.

Click Save. The configuration is saved and the system reboots.

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Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Redundancy States

After the Redundancy mode is enabled on the primary and secondary controllers, the system reboots.
The Redundancy state for both the controllers becomes Enabled in the Wireless Controller Members list
page. The following traps are triggered:

RF_SWITCHOVER_ACTIVITYThis trap is triggered when the standby controller becomes the

new active controller. For more information about this trap, see the
RF_SWITCHOVER_ACTIVITY section on page 24-11.

RF_PROGRESSION_NOTIFYThis trap is triggered by the primary or active controller when the

peer state changes from 'Disabled' to 'StandbyCold', and then to 'StandbyHot'. For more information
about this trap, see the RF_PROGRESSION_NOTIFY section on page 24-11.

RF_HA_SUP_FAILURE_EVENTThis trap is triggered when the redundancy fails because of a

discrepancy between the active and the standby controllers. For more information about this trap,
see the RF_HA_SUP_FAILURE_EVENT section on page 24-12.

You can view the Redundancy state details such as the local and peer state, unit, IP addresses of the
redundancy management, peer redundancy management, redundancy port, peer redundancy port, and
peer service port of the paired controller. Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices
> Device Type > Wireless Controller > Controller > Device Details > Redundancy > Redundancy
States to view these details.

RF_SWITCHOVER_ACTIVITY
MIB Name

ciscoRFSwactNoti

Alarm Condition

Switch over activity triggered

Prime Infrastructure
Message

Switch Over Activity triggered. Controller IP addr

Symptoms

This notification is sent by the active controller when the switch over activity is triggered

Severity

Critical

Category

Controller

Probable Causes

When the primary controller crashes or reboots, the switch over occurs and the secondary
controller becomes active

Recommended Actions

None

RF_PROGRESSION_NOTIFY
MIB Name

ciscoRFProgressionNotif

Alarm Condition

Peer state of the active controller change

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Prime Infrastructure
Message

1.

Redundancy notification trap triggered by controller IP addr having Redundancy-Management

IP IP addr, Local state is Active and Peer Redundancy-Management IP IP addr and peer state
Disabled

2.

Redundancy notification trap triggered by controller IP addr having Redundancy-Management

IP IP addr, Local state is Active and Peer Redundancy-Management IP IP addr and peer state
StandbyCold

3.

Redundancy notification trap triggered by controller IP addr having Redundancy-Management

IP IP addr, Local state is Active and Peer Redundancy-Management IP IP addr and peer state
StandbyHot

Symptoms

This notification is sent by the active controller when the peer state changes from Disabled to
StandbyCold, and then to StandbyHot

Severity

Critical

Category

Controller

Probable Causes

1.

DisabledThe Redundancy is enabled on the primary controller and it is disabled in the

secondary controller

2.

StandbyColdThe Redundancy is enabled on the secondary controller and the configuration

synchronization is in progress between the primary and the secondary controllers

3.

StandbyHotThe Redundancy pair up process is completed

Recommended Actions None.

RF_HA_SUP_FAILURE_EVENT
MIB Name

ciscoRFSupHAFailureEvent

Alarm Condition

Triggered when the Redundancy fails

Prime Infrastructure
Message

Redundancy Failure Event trap triggered by controller IP addr for the reason {1}

Symptoms

This notification is sent when the Redundancy fails due to the discrepancy between the active and
the standby controllers

Severity

Major

Category

Controller

Probable Causes

None

Recommended Actions

None

Running Redundancy Status Background Tasks

Sometimes, when the peer state changes from StandbyCold to StandbyHot, the Redundancy traps are
missed by the Prime Infrastructure. As a result, the Redundancy pair-up process cannot be completed.
To fix this issue, you must run the Redundancy Status background task manually.
To run the Redundancy Status background task:
Step 1

Choose Administration > Background Tasks.

Step 2

In the Other Background Tasks area, select the Redundancy Status background task.

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Step 3

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Execute Now.

Step 4

Click Go.

When traps are missed by the Prime Infrastructure, you must run this background task to complete the
following:

Remove the standby controller from the Prime Infrastructure.

Swap the network route table entries with the peer network route table entries.

Update the Redundancy state information and system inventory information.

Once the Redundancy pair-up process is completed, the Redundancy state for the active controller
becomes Paired and the standby controller is removed from the Prime Infrastructure.

Configuring Peer Service Port IP and Subnet Mask

You can configure a peer service port IP address and a subnet mask only when the state of the peer
controller is in StandbyHot. Ensure that DHCP is disabled on local service port before you configure
the peer service port IP address.
To configure the peer service port IP and subnet mask:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the primary or active controller. The details of the controller appear in the lower part of the page.

Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose Redundancy > Global Configuration. The Global Configuration
details page appears.

Step 6

In the Peer Service Port IP field, enter the IP address of the peer service port.

Step 7

In the Peer Service Netmask IP field, enter the IP address of the peer service subnet mask.

Step 8

Click Save.

Adding a Peer Network Route

You can add a peer network route on an active controller only when the state of the peer controller is in
StandbyHot. A new network route table is maintained. When the standby controller becomes active,
the entries of the network route table swaps with the entries of the peer network route table.
To add a peer network route:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the primary controller for which you have configured the redundancy-management interface IP
address. The details of the controller appear on the lower part of the page.

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Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose Redundancy > Peer Network Route.

Step 6

From the Select a command drop down list, choose Add Peer Network Route.

Step 7

Click Go. The Peer Network Route Details page appears.

Step 8

Configure the required fields.

Step 9

Click Save. The peer network route is added.

Administration Commands for Redundancy

When the standby controller is in the StandbyHot state and the Redundancy pair-up process is
completed, you can reset the standby controller using the Reset Standby command. Also, you can
upload files from the standby controller to the active controller using the Upload File from Standby
Controller command. Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices > Device Type >
Wireless Controller > Controller > Device Details > Redundancy > Redundancy Commands to
access these commands.

Disabling Redundancy on Controllers

To disable redundancy on a controller:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the controller for which you want to disable the redundancy. The details of the controller appear
in the lower part of the page.

Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose Redundancy > Global Configuration. The Global Configuration
details page appears.

Step 6

Unselect the Enabled check box for the Redundancy Mode to disable the Redundancy on the selected
controller.

Step 7

Click Save. The configuration is saved and the system reboots.

When you disable redundancy on the controller, both active and standby controllers reboot. You must
refresh the configuration from the device to remove any audit mismatches in the Redundancy
parameters. The active controller becomes a standalone controller and the standby controller reboots
with all of the ports disabled.

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Grouping Devices and Ports

You create your own logical grouping of devices and ports to help you more efficiently update and
manage your devices. For example, you can create a device group that includes devices that have a
particular module. If you later want to configure a feature related specifically to that module, you use
the device group that you created to push the configuration change to all of the devices contained in the
group.

Types of Groups
You can use groups to filter views of devices and their associated alarms, control which network
topology to view, and perform bulk operations (such as configuration changes and software updates) on
sets of devices. Grouping not only saves you time when configuring multiple devices, but it also ensures
that configuration settings are applied consistently across your network.
Prime Infrastructure provides the following types of grouping:

Device type groupsBy default, Prime Infrastructure creates rule-based device groups and assigns
devices to the appropriate Device Type folder. You cannot edit these device groups. You can view
the rules for a device group by hovering your mouse cursor over the device group folder. The device
type groups are not used for network topology maps.

User defined groupsCreate your own device groups based. These groups can be static or dynamic.
See Creating Device Groups.

Location groupsCreate location-based groups. For example, if you have devices that reside in
different time zones, you can create location groups based on geographic regions so that the devices
in one group can have a different time zone setting from the devices in another group. See Using
Location Groups.

Port groupsCreate port groups to simplify monitoring and configuring ports. See Creating Groups
of Ports.

In smaller deployments where all devices can be configured with the same settings, you may only need
to create one general device group. This setup allows you to configure settings for the group, and then
apply those settings consistently across all of your devices.

Note

You cannot control which users have access to which device groups. All users can see all device groups.
For role-based access control (RBAC), you need to create sites and virtual domains.

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Creating Device Groups

You can create the following device groups:

StaticCreate and name a new device group to which you can add devices using the Add to Group
button from Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices > Groups & Sites.

DynamicCreate and name a new device group and specify the rules to which devices must comply
before they are added to this device group. You do not add devices to dynamic groups. Prime
Infrastructure adds devices that match the specified rules to the dynamic group from Inventory >
Grouping > Location & Device.

MixedCreate and name a new device group to which you can add devices manually and specify
the rules to which devices must comply before they are added to this device group from Inventory
> Grouping > Location & Device.

Before you create a device group, make sure that you understand the unique properties that you want the
group to contain. For example, you may want to set up two device groups that have different
authentication settings or different time zone settings.

Note

While there is no limit to the number of rules that you can specify for a dynamic group, as the number
of rules increases, the group update performance could become slower.
To create a device group, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices or Inventory > Grouping > Location
& Device.

Step 2

In the Device Groups pane on the left, click the Create User Defined Group icon.

Step 3

Enter the group name and group description, and select a parent group, if applicable.

Step 4

Specify whether you want to create a dynamic or static group:

Step 5

To create a dynamic group, in the Add Devices Dynamically group box, specify the rules that you want
to apply to the devices in the group. Click Preview to view the devices that are automatically added to
the group based on the specified rule and the manually added devices.

Note

Step 6

You can create a rule using the UDF labels defined in Administration > System Settings > User
Defined Field.
To create a static group, in the Add Devices Manually group box, click Add, then choose the
devices that you want to assign to the group.

Click Save to add the device group with the settings that you specified.
The device group that you created appears under the user-defined groups.

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Using Location Groups

Using Location Groups

Location groups allow you to group devices by location. You can create a hierarchy of location groups
(such as theater, country, region, campus, building, and floor) by adding devices manually or by adding
devices dynamically.
A device should appear in one location group only, though a higher level parent group will also contain
that device. For example, a device that belongs to a building location group might also indirectly belong
to the parent campus group.
By default, the top location of the hierarchy is the All Locations group. All devices that have not be
assigned to a location appear under the Unassigned group under All Locations.

Creating Location Groups

To create a location groups, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Location & Device or Inventory > Device Management > Network
Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Groups pane on the left, click the Create Location Group icon.

Step 3

Enter the group name and group description, and select a parent group, if applicable.

Step 4

In the Add Devices Dynamically group box, specify the rules that you want to apply to the devices in
the group.

Step 5

In the Add Devices Manually group box, choose the devices that you want to assign to the group.

Step 6

Click Preview to view the devices that are automatically added to the group based on the specified rule
and the manually added devices.

Step 7

Click Save to add the device group with the settings that you specified.

Location Groups and Wireless Maps

The location groups you create are separate and independent from wireless maps (Maps > Wireless
Maps > Site Maps), though youll want to make sure they are similar in structure. Therefore, if you add
a new site under Maps > Wireless Maps > Site Maps, you should create a new location group
(Inventory > Grouping > Location & Device) with the same name and devices.

Editing User Defined and Location Groups

You can change the parent group, add devices, and modify device rules using the edit option.
To edit a group follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose the group from the Device Groups pane on the left.

Step 2

Click Edit and modify the device details.

Step 3

Click Preview to view the updated device details.

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Duplicating User Defined and Location Groups

Step 4

Click Save to save the updated device details.

Duplicating User Defined and Location Groups

You can duplicate a group using the Duplicate Group option in quick view. The duplicated group
contains all of the values entered by the user in the UI for a group. The populated group name will have
a prefix of CopyOf by default. You can change the name, if required.
To duplicate a group follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose the group from the Device Groups pane on the left.

Step 2

Choose the Duplicate Group option in the quick view and update the device details.

Step 3

Click Preview to view the updated device details.

Step 4

Click Save to save the updated device details.

Note

If you duplicate a child group, a copy of child group is created under the same parent group.

Deleting User Defined and Location Groups

You can delete a group using Delete Group option in quick view. You can delete a group only if the
group does not have any immediate child group.
To delete a location group follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose the group from the Device Group pane on the left.

Step 2

Choose the Delete Group option in the quick view.

Step 3

Click OK in the popup window to delete the selected group.

Device Accessibility in Parent-Child Device and Location

Groups
The device inheritance in parent-child user defined and location groups are as follows:

User Defined GroupWhen you create a child group under a parent device group, the devices
accessible to the child group depend on the device group that you create:
If the parent and child group are both dynamic device groups, the child group can access the

devices available in the parent group only.

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Hiding Empty Groups

If the parent group is a static device group and the child group is a dynamic group, the child

group is not limited to the devices available in the parent group.

In dynamic and mixed device groups the child group inherits its devices from the parent

device group.

Location GroupThe parent group is a superset of all the child groups and inherits the child group
devices.

Hiding Empty Groups

A device or port group might be empty if:

You created a group in which no devices are added manually or dynamically.

You created a static group and have not added devices to the group.

You created a dynamic group in which no devices matched the rules that you specified for the
dynamic group.

By default, Prime Infrastructure displays empty groups. If you do not want to display empty groups,
choose Administration > System Settings > Grouping, then unselect Display groups with no
members check box.

Creating Groups of Ports

Creating a port group helps you simplify monitoring and configuration tasks. For example, you might
want to create a port group that contains all WAN ports so that you can more easily monitor these key
ports. By default, port groups are based on interface type.
A port group that you create can be one of two types:

StaticCreate and name a new port group to which you can add interfaces using the Add to Group
button from Inventory > Grouping > Port.

DynamicCreate and name a new port group and specify the rules to which ports or interfaces must
comply before they can be added to this port group.

Note

While there is no limit on the number of rules that you can specify for a dynamic group, as the
number of rules increases, the group update performance could become slower.

To create a port group follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Port.

Step 2

In the Port Groups pane on the left, click the Create Group icon.

Step 3

Enter the name, description, and parent group if applicable.

Step 4

Select whether the group is static or dynamic:

StaticYou add ports to the group based on your needs.

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Step 5

DynamicYou specify the rules to which ports must comply before they are added to this port
group. You do not add ports to dynamic groups. Prime Infrastructure adds ports that match the
specified rules to the dynamic group.

Click the ports that you want to add to the port group, click Add to Group, then choose the port group
from the Select Group list and click Save.

Creating Customized Port Groups

You can create a customized, user-defined port group that contains devices or interfaces on which you
want to apply configuration changes in one operation.
To create a customized port group follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Port.

Step 2

In the Port Groups pane on the left, click the Create Group icon.
Leave the default Parent Group text box entry as User Defined.

Step 3

Enter a group name and description, then select whether the group is static or dynamic:

StaticYou add ports to the group based on your needs.

DynamicYou specify the rules to which ports must comply before they are added to this port
group. You do not add ports to dynamic groups. Prime Infrastructure adds ports that match the
specified rules to the dynamic group.

The port group that you created appears under the User Defined folder.
Step 4

If you created a static port group, add the ports to the group by clicking Add to Group, choosing the
port group from the Select Group list and clicking Save.

Deleting a Port Group

Caution

If you are deleting a static port group, make sure that it does not contain any subgroups or members. If
you are deleting a dynamic port group, make sure that it does not contain any subgroups; however, the
dynamic group can be associated with members.
To delete a port group follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Grouping > Port.

Step 2

Hover your mouse cursor over the name of the name of the port group that you want to delete, then click
Delete Group.

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This part contains the following sections:

Using Network Topology Maps

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Using Network Topology Maps

Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides a visual map that allows you to view the physical network topology,
including the network devices and the links that connect them. The topology maps have indicators that
show the current alarm status of network devices and links. By using the network topology maps, you
can easily monitor your network by viewing alarms and viewing the interconnection between the
devices.

Information Displayed in Topology Maps

Before Using Topology Maps

Understanding Topology Map Functions and Icons

Adding Unmanaged Devices and Links to Topology Maps

Viewing Fault Information for Devices and Links

Using Device 360 to View a Devices Network Topology

Creating a Topology Dashlet

Information Displayed in Topology Maps

Prime Infrastructure topology maps are based on Location and User Defined groups. (See Types of
Groups for more information.) Topology maps show the devices in the group as well as any links
between the devices.
The links between devices are discovered using the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP). If Prime
Infrastructure is unable to discover some links, for example, if CDP is disabled on an interface, you can
manually add the link to the topology map, and the associate the link with a specific interface on the
appropriate managed device.
You can also add unmanaged devices or unmanaged network icons to a topology map and add links
between these unmanaged objects and managed devices in the topology map. See Adding Unmanaged
Devices and Links to Topology Maps.
You can add autonomous APs to Prime Infrastructure topology maps, but you cannot add not add Unified
APs.

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Before Using Topology Maps

Before Using Topology Maps

Before you create or view topology maps:

Note

1.

Make sure your devices were successfully added to Prime Infrastructure as explained in Validating
That Devices Were Added Successfully.

2.

Create device groups. See Types of Groups. Any devices that you do not assign to a group will
appear under the Unassigned device group.

If you attempt to view a map with more than 500 devices, a warning appears asking if you want to
continue and that it might take longer to display the map.

Understanding Topology Map Functions and Icons

From the Device Group selector on the left, expand the Location or User Defined group and click on a
group. By default, the Location > All Locations > Unassigned group contains all network devices that
you have not assigned to any other location group.
When you select a network device group, the topology map for the devices contained in that group is
displayed, including any discovered links connecting the devices. Links to devices outside the map are
not displayed. See Navigating in Topology Maps for more information.
The following options at the of the topology pane provide additional features:

OverviewDisplays an overview window in lower right corner of the topology window, which
shows the full map and, if you have zoomed in on the map, the currently viewable portion of the map.

SearchTo find a specific device in your network topology, enter a device hostname or IP address,
or substring, for the device in the topology Search field. If a device was moved from its initial
deployed location but is still on the network, you can use the network topology search to locate the
device.

LayoutChoose a layout option or specify one of these options:

Incremental LayoutChoose this option when creating a manual or custom layout to

re-render links and clean up overlaps before saving it as a Manual Layout.

Save Manual LayoutChoose this option to save the selected layout for the map.
Load Manual LayoutChoose this option to load a previously saved layout for this map

Tip

Create ElementYou can create an unmanaged device (represented by a generic icon) or an

unmanaged network (represented by a cloud icon). You can also create links between objects.

To show the interface and link status for a created link, click on the created link that connects one more
managed devices, then click Edit Interface Assignment to assign the link to the appropriate interface
on the managed device.

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Adding Unmanaged Devices and Links to Topology Maps

Navigating in Topology Maps

In a topology map, icons represent network devices or groups of devices. You can click on the icon for
a group to bring up the information summary, which shows the group name and alarm summary. You can
view the contents of a group in two ways:

Click on a device group icon, then in the summary panel that appears, click Drill Down Group.

From the Device Group navigation pane, find the group in the hierarchy and click on the group
name.

In addition to the summary information, you can also click on a device or group icon, or a link to get
additional tools, such as the device 360 view.

Topology Map Icons

In topology maps, device icons reflect the device alarm state and correspond to the most severe alarm
currently active for the device, which can be minor, major, or critical. Similarly, group icons indicate
whether any devices within the group have active alarms.
Click on a device or group icon, or a link to display summary information and additional tools, such as
the Device 360 View.
Icons on the topology maps display network fault information:

If a device is currently down or unreachable, the device icon is gray.

If a device has an alarm associated with it, an alarm badge is displayed on the device icon on the
topology map. The color of the alarm badge corresponds with the alarm severityminor (yellow),
major (orange), or critical (red)and matches the alarms displayed in the Alarm Browser.

A link down alarm generates an alarm badge on a connector or associated link in the topology map.
After the link up alarm is received, the connector and link alarms and corresponding badges are
cleared.

The alarm badges on group icons represent the most severe alarm currently active for any object in
the group.

Adding Unmanaged Devices and Links to Topology Maps

You can add unmanaged devices and links to your topology maps in order to get a complete view of the
network. For example, you can add an unmanaged device icon to your topology map to represent a
network device that is not managed by Prime Infrastructure but is connected to a managed device, and
then manually draw the link in your network topology. You can then assign the manually created link to
a specific interface on the managed device so you can see the interface alarm status in the topology map.

Viewing Fault Information for Devices and Links

You can use the network topology maps to see the device and link faults in your network. Viewing the
physical topology helps you understand the potential impact of the fault on the rest of the network and
helps you troubleshoot and fix the issues. Network topology maps also help you see the interconnection
between network devices and view details about the interconnections, such as link speed and link types.
See Topology Map Icons for more information about the alarm information that is provided by the icons.

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Using Device 360 to View a Devices Network Topology

Step 1

Choose Maps > Network Topology.

Step 2

Select the device group, in either the All Locations folder or the User Defined folder, which you want to
view the network topology. If you did not previously create device groups, all devices will appear in the
Location > Unassigned folder.
Icons appear on the devices and links indicating critical, major, minor alarms associated with that device
or link. See Topology Map Icons for more information.

Step 3

Click on a device to view the device summary information (such as host name, IP address, and alarm
summary). You can also launch the Device 360 view for additional device information.

Step 4

Click on a link to view the summary information about the link, showing the devices and ports or
interface to which the link is connected.

Step 5

Click on the link connect icon (a green ball at the end of any link) to view the name and status of the
interface to which the link is connected.

Using Device 360 to View a Devices Network Topology

The Device 360 view allows you to view the local, or N-hop, topology for a device in order to picture
where in the network the device is located and to view its context within the overall network. This can
be helpful if you are viewing the Alarm Browser and want to see more information about a specific
device associated with an alarm. By launching the Device 360 view, you can see the local topology for
that selected device.
Step 1

From the Device 360 view, click the Topology icon.

By default, Prime Infrastructure displays all devices within two hops of the device and the alarm status
of all displayed devices and links.

Step 2

To modify the hop count, click the Edit icon and select a new value from the Hops pulldown menu.

Creating a Topology Dashlet

You can add a topology dashlet to the Overview dashboard to make it easier to view your physical
network.
Step 1

Choose Dashboards, then select the dashboard to which you want to add the topology dashlet.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon (see Figure 7-3), then choose Add Dashlet(s).

Step 3

Click Add next to the Network Topology dashlet. You can drag and drop the topology dashlet to the
desired location in the dashboard.

Step 4

Edit the dashlet to enter a title and select the device group for which you want to display its topology.

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Using Wireless Maps

Cisco Prime Infrastructure enables you to use wireless maps to group devices, monitor maps and create
new automatic maps. This chapter contains the following section:

Grouping Devices by Site

Monitoring Google Earth Maps

Using the Automatic Hierarchy to Create Maps

Grouping Devices by Site

You can group devices by site, or location, to help you manage your network by associating network
elements with your organizations physical locations or physical segmentation. They allow you to
segment the physical structure of your network, and to monitor and troubleshoot your network based on
site information.
Sites have a hierarchy. At the top are campuses, which can contain buildings and outdoor areas. You may
create as many campuses as your organization needs. Buildings within a campus can contain floors. You
can specify the number of floors in a building and the size and height of any floor, and you can associate
images (including photographs and drawings) of these areas with your specifications. For information
about the format, version, size, and resolution of the images that you import into Prime Infrastructure,
see the Recommended Parameters for Images. You can make the site structure as simple or as complex
as you need.
As your organization grows and changes, you need to change your site structure. The areas where you
set up and change sites include:

Maps > Site MapsCreate a new site or update an existing site.

Inventory > Device Management > Network DevicesIf a site has been previously created, you
can add devices to the site by clicking Groups & Sites > Add to Site.

Creating Sites
You can create sites by:

Automatically creating a site tree map based on the hostnameSee Using the Automatic Hierarchy
to Create Maps.

Importing existing map dataSee Importing Site Map Data.

Using a site map.

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Grouping Devices by Site

Step 1

Choose Maps > Wireless Maps > Site Maps.

Step 2

Choose Select a command > New Campus/Site or New Building, then click Go.

Step 3

Complete the required fields, then click OK. See Importing Site Map Data for information about
importing site map information.

Importing Site Map Data

You can import site map information into Cisco Prime Infrastructure.Table 27-1 lists the supported
format types.

Table 27-1

Step 1

Choose Maps > Wireless Maps > Site Maps.

Step 2

From the Go menu, choose Import Maps, then click Go.

Step 3

Select the import file format and click Next.

Step 4

Click Browse to browse for the file, then click Import.

Import Site Map Formats

Format

Description

XML

A TAR GZIP or ZIP file containing definitions of all Prime Infrastructure map data,
including images and calibration data.

AP/Wifi TDOA Received/Chokepoint A CSV file exportable from Cisco WCS 7.0.
Placement files
WLSE Map and AP Location Data

An encrypted XML file exportable by Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE).

Related Topic

Recommended Parameters for Images

Recommended Parameters for Images

Images can be in a variety of formats and there are many parameters embedded as metadata in an image.
These parameters impact the appearance of the image. The following recommended parameters ensure
that images appear clearly:

Image resolutionFor higher zoom, use an image that has at least one dimension (X or Y)
exceeding 4096. For example, (4096 x 2160), (3072 x 8192), or (15360 x 25600). Higher the image
resolution, more will be the zoom levels. Lower image resolution can provide only 3 zoom levels.
There are no restrictions on the supported image resolution. For example, 100 Mega Pixel and 1
Giga Pixel. Image resolutions that are higher than 1 Giga Pixel are also accepted depending on the
memory availability.

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Files with lower resolution that are used by existing maps can provide 3 or 4 zoom levels
depending on the dimensions.

Note

File formatsThe supported file formats are PNG, GIF or JPG.

RGB settingsImages must have the color space set to RGB. These images must be in eight bit
depth or higher. Otherwise, they will appear black on the floor.

Gamma settingsThe black and white images with gamma settings set to maximum and after tile
cutting, will appear black on the floor. Such issues cannot be auto-corrected because the images will
loose resolution and boundaries. These images must be opened in an image editor and the RGB color
space must be added. You may also need to adjust the white balance depending on the image
histogram and convert the image to eight bit or higher.

CAD file format must be AutoCAD version 2010 or earlier. Before you save a CAD file, ensure the
following:
Zoom images to maximum.
Remove unwanted layers from the CAD files, that is, layers that add unnecessary artifacts to

CAD files and layers that do not provide significant information about the image on the CAD
files.

If the GPS marker is greater than 20m/65ft, a warning message appears when you save a map. To
address this issue, use the AutoCAD image with correct drawing scale and import into Prime
Infrastructure, and then apply the GPS markers.

Associating Endpoints with a Site

Endpoint-Site association rules allow you to associate all of the devices on particular subnet to a site, or
location, and (optionally) to specify the VLAN location and monitoring data source for the devices on
that subnet. This allows you to associate the logical structure of your network with your organizational
sites, enabling troubleshooting using Prime Infrastructures multi-segment analysis features.

Note

You can specify multiple rules for the same subnet, allowing you to (for example) specify multiple
monitoring data sources or VLANs.
To associate endpoints with a site:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Endpoint Association.

Step 2

Click Add Row to add an Endpoint-Site association rule.

Step 3

Complete the fields as required. See Table 27-2 for field descriptions.

Step 4

Click Save.

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Endpoint-Site Association Fields

Field

Description

Site

Select an existing campus to associate with this subnet.

Subnet

Enter the routing prefix (and optional Data Source and VLAN) of the subnetwork to be associated with
this site. The entry must be in Classless Inter-Domain Routing notation.

Data Source

Select the edge router or NAM monitoring traffic to and from the devices in the specified subnetwork.

VLAN

Enter the VLAN ID of the subnetwork.

Monitoring Google Earth Maps

Creating an Outdoor Location Using Google Earth, page 27-4

Importing a File into Prime Infrastructure, page 27-8

Viewing Google Earth Maps, page 27-9

Adding Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Pages, page 27-10

Google Earth Settings, page 27-10

Creating an Outdoor Location Using Google Earth

To group the access points together into outdoor locations, use the Latitude/Longitude geographical
coordinates for each access point. These coordinates are provided in two ways:

Importing a KML (Google Keyhole Markup Language) File

Importing a CSV File (Spreadsheet format with comma-separated values)

Understanding Geographical Coordinates for Google Earth, page 27-4

Creating and Importing Coordinates in Google Earth (KML File), page 27-5

Creating and Importing Coordinates as a CSV File, page 27-7

Understanding Geographical Coordinates for Google Earth

The following geographical information is required for each access point:

Note

Adding an AP to Google Earth map without having the AP associated on a standard map, you do not see
any heatmap when you view the AP in Google Earth.

Longitude (East or West)Angular distance in degrees relative to Prime Meridian. Values west of
Meridian range from 180 to 0 degrees. Values east of Meridian range from 0 to 180 degrees. The
default is 0.
Coordinates in degrees, minutes, seconds, direction:

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Degrees (180 to 180)

Minutes (0 to 59)
Seconds (00.00 to 59.99)
DirectionEast or West (E, W)

Decimal format (converted from degrees, minutes, and seconds):

Longitude can range from 179.59.59.99 W to 179.59.59.99 E

Latitude (North or South)Angular distance in degrees relative to the Equator. Values south of the
Equator range from 90 to 0 degrees. Values north of the Equator range from 0 to 90 degrees. The
default is 0.
Coordinates in degrees, minutes, seconds, direction:
Degrees (90 to 90)
Minutes (0 to 59)
Seconds (00.00 to 59.99)
DirectionNorth or South (N, S)

Decimal format (converted from degrees, minutes, and seconds):

Latitude can range from 89.59.59.99 S to 89.59.59.99 N

AltitudeHeight or distance of the access point from the surface of the earth in meters. If not
provided, value defaults to 0. Values range from 0 to 99999.

TiltValues range from 0 to 90 degrees (cannot be negative). A tilt value of 0 degrees indicates
viewing from directly above the access point. A tilt value of 90 degrees indicates viewing along the
horizon. Values range from 0 to 90. The default azimuth angle is 0.

RangeDistance in meters from the point specified by longitude and latitude to the point where the
access point is being viewed (the Look At position) (camera range above sea level). Values range
from 0 to 999999.

HeadingCompass direction in degrees. The default is 0 (North). Values range from 0 to 180
degrees.

Altitude ModeIndicates how the <altitude> specified for the Look At point is interpreted.
Clamped to groundIgnores the <altitude> specification and places the Look At position on

the ground. This is the default.

Relative to groundInterprets the <altitude> as a value in meters above the ground.
AbsoluteInterprets the <altitude> as a value in meters above sea level.

Extend to groundIndicates whether or not the access point is attached to a mast.

Creating and Importing Coordinates in Google Earth (KML File)

The geographical coordinates can be created in Google Earth and imported. Either a folder or individual
placemarks can be created. Creating a folder helps group all the Placemarks into a single folder and
allows you to save the folder as a single KML (a.k.a. XML) file. If individual Placemarks are created,
each Placemark must be individually saved.
Follow these steps to create a folder in Google Earth:
Step 1

Launch Google Earth.

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Step 2

In the Places page on the left sidebar menu, choose My Places or Temporary Places.

Step 3

Right-click Temporary Places and select Add > Folder from the drop-down lists.

Note

Step 4

By using a KML file, folders can be created hierarchically to any depth. For example, you can
create folders and placemarks organized by country, city, state, zip.
This is not applicable for CSV. In CSV there can be only one level of hierarchy.

Enter the following information (optional):

NameFolder name

DescriptionFolder description

ViewIncludes latitude, longitude, range, heading, and tilt

Note

Step 5

If the View coordinates (latitude, longitude, range, heading, and tilt) are specified, this
information is used to fly or advance to the correct location when Google Earth is first
loaded.
If no coordinates are specified, the latitude and longitude information is derived using the
minimum and maximum latitude and longitude of all access points within this group or
folder.

Click OK to save the folder. After the folder is created, it can be selected from the Places page to create
Placemarks.

To create Placemarks, follow these steps:

Step 1

Launch Google Earth.

Step 2

In the Places page on the left sidebar, select My Places or Temporary Places.

Step 3

Select the folder that you previously created.

Step 4

Right-click your created folder and select Add > Placemark from the drop-down lists.

Step 5

Configure the following parameters, if applicable:

NameThe Placemark name must contain the name, MAC address, or IP address of the appropriate
access point.

Note

The MAC address refers to base radio MAC not Ethernet MAC.

LatitudeProvides the current coordinate for the folder if the placemark is created inside the folder
or the coordinate for the placemark (if not created inside a folder). This field is automatically filled
depending on where the yellow Placemark icon is located on the map. Use your mouse to move the
Placemark to the correct location or enter the correct coordinate in the Latitude text box.

LongitudeProvides the current coordinate for the folder if the placemark is created inside the
folder or the coordinate for the placemark (if not created inside a folder). This field is automatically
filled depending on where the yellow Placemark icon is located on the map. Use your mouse to move
the Placemark to the correct location or enter the correct coordinate in the Longitude text box.

Description (optional)Field is ignored by the Prime Infrastructure.

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Style, Color (optional)Field is ignored by the Prime Infrastructure.

ViewAllows you to configure the Latitude, Longitude, Range, Heading and Tilt coordinates. See
the Understanding Geographical Coordinates for Google Earth section on page 27-4 for more
information on these geographical coordinates.
Longitude and latitude are automatically filled depending on where the yellow Placemark icon

is located on the map. Use your mouse to click and move the Placemark to the correct location.
All of the coordinates can be entered manually.

AltitudeEnter the altitude in meters in the text box or use the Ground to Space slide bar to indicate
the altitude.
Clamped to groundIndicates that the Look At position is on the ground. This is the default.
Relative to groundInterprets the <altitude> as a value in meters above the ground.
AbsoluteInterprets the <altitude> as a value in meters above sea level.
Extend to groundFor Relative to ground or Absolute settings, indicates whether or not the

access point is attached to a mast.

Step 6

When all coordinates are entered, click Snapshot current view or click Reset to return the coordinates
to the original settings.

Note

For more information regarding Google Earth, see to the Google Earth online help.

Step 7

Click OK.

Step 8

Repeat these steps for all placemarks you want to add.

Step 9

When all placemarks are created, save the folder as a .kmz file (KML Zip file) or as a .kml file.

Note

A .kmz file should contain only one .kml file.

Note

To save the folder, right-click the folder, select Save as from the drop-down list, navigate to the
correct location on your computer, and click Save. Both .kmz and .kml files can be imported into
the Prime Infrastructure.

Creating and Importing Coordinates as a CSV File

To create a CSV file to import into the Prime Infrastructure, follow these steps:
Step 1

Open a flat file and provide the necessary information as a comma-separated list. The Table 27-3 lists
the potential data, whether the data is optional or required, and the parameters of the data.

Note

For more information regarding the geographical coordinates listed in Table 27-3, see the
Understanding Geographical Coordinates for Google Earth section on page 27-4.

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Table 27-3

Step 2

Potential Fields for the CSV File

Folder Name

Value Optional

Max Length: 32

FolderState

Value Optional

Permitted Values: true/false

FolderLongitude

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 180

"FolderLatitude"

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 90

FolderAltitude

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 99999

FolderRange

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 99999

FolderTilt

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 90

FolderHeading

Value Optional

Range: 0 to 180

FolderGeoAddress

Value Optional

Max Length: 128

FolderGeoCity

Value Optional

Max Length: 64

FolderGeoState

Value Optional

Max Length: 40

FolderGeoZip

Value Optional

Max Length: 12

FolderGeoCountry

Value Optional

Max Length: 64

AP_Name

Value Required

Max Length: 32

AP_Longitude

Value Required

Range: 0 to 180

AP_Latitude

Value Required

Range: 0 to 90

Save the .csv file. The file is now ready to import into the Prime Infrastructure.

Importing a File into Prime Infrastructure

To import a Google KML or a CSV into the Google Earth Maps feature of the Prime Infrastructure,
follow these steps:
Step 1

Log in to the Prime Infrastructure.

Step 2

Choose Monitor > Google Earth Maps.

Step 3

From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Import Google KML or Import CSV.

Step 4

Click Go.

Step 5

Use the Browse button to navigate to the .kml, .kmz, or .csv file on your computer.

Step 6

When the file name path is displayed in the text box, click Next.
The input file is parsed and validated for the following:

Access points specified in the uploaded file are validated (the specified access points must be
available within the Prime Infrastructure).

Range validations are performed for tilt, heading, range, and other geographical coordinates fields.If
longitude and latitude are provided, range validations are performed; if not, the value is defaulted to
0.

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Step 7

Note

In KML, the longitude and latitude ranges can only be entered in decimal format. In CSV,
different formats are supported (see the CSV sample under Google Maps > Import CSV).

Note

If the input file does not validate for completeness, an error page appears. The uploaded
information cannot be saved until all errors are corrected.

After the files pass all validation checks, review the file details and click Save.
If the uploaded information was saved previously, the information is overwritten accordingly:

If the folder was uploaded previously, the coordinates are updated for the folder.

If access points were uploaded previously, the coordinates are updated for the access points.

Existing access points in the folder are not removed.

New folders, as needed, are created and access points are placed accordingly.

Viewing Google Earth Maps

To view Google Earth maps, follow these steps:
Step 1

Log in to the Prime Infrastructure.

Step 2

Choose Monitor > Google Earth Maps. The Google Earth Maps page displays all folders and the
number of access points included within each folder.

Step 3

Click Launch for the map you want to view. Google Earth opens in a separate page and displays the
location and its access points.

Note

To use this feature, you must have Google Earth installed on your computer and configured to
auto-launch when data is sent from the server. You can download Google Earth from the Google
website: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html.

Viewing Google Earth Map Details

To view details for a Google Earth Map folder, follow these steps:
Step 1

In the Google Earth Map page, click the folder name to open the details page for this folder. The Google
Earth Details provide the access point names and MAC or IP addresses.

Note

To delete an access point, select the applicable check box and click Delete.
To delete the entire folder, select the check box next to Folder Name and click Delete. Deleting
a folder also deletes all subfolders and access points inside the folder.

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Step 2

Click Cancel to close the details page.

Adding Google Earth Location Launch Points to Access Point Pages

You can expand the number of Google Earth Location launch points within the Prime Infrastructure by
adding it to the Access Point summary and detail pages.
To add a Google Earth Location launch point to the Access Point summary and details page, follow these
steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Access Points.

Step 2

In the Access Point summary page, click the Edit View link next to page heading.

Step 3

In the Edit View page, highlight Google Earth Location in the left-hand column. Click Show.
The Google Earth Location column heading moves into the View Information column.

Note

Step 4

The View Information listings, top-to-bottom, reflect the left-to-right order of the columns as they
appear on the Access Point summary page.
To change the display order of the columns, highlight the Google Earth Location entry and click the Up
and Down buttons as needed. Click Submit.
You are returned to the Access Points summary page, and a Google Earth launch link is in the display.

Note

The launch link also appears in the general summary page of the Access Points details page
(Monitor > Access Points > AP Name).

Google Earth Settings

Access point related settings can be defined from the Google Earth Settings page. To configure access
point settings for the Google Earth Maps feature, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Monitor > Google Earth Maps.

Step 2

Configure the following parameters:

Caution

Refresh SettingsSelect the Refresh from Network check box to enable this on-demand refresh.
This option is applied only once and then disabled.

Because this refresh occurs directly from the network, it could take a long period of time to collect data
according to the number of access points.

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LayersLayer filters for access points, access point heat maps, and access point mesh information
can be selected and saved. Select the check box to activate the applicable layer and click > to open
the filter page.

Note

These settings apply when Google Earth sends the request for the next refresh.

Access PointsFrom the AP Filter drop-down list, choose to display channels, Tx power level,

coverage holes, MAC addresses, names, controller IP, utilization, profiles, or clients.

Note

If the access point layer is not checked, no data is returned, and an error message is
returned to Google Earth as a Placemark without an icon.

AP HeatmapFrom the Protocol drop-down list, choose 802.11a/n, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11a/n &

802.11b/g/n, or None. Select the cutoff from the RSSI Cutoff drop-down list (- 60 to - 90 dBm).

Note

If the protocol chosen is both 802.11a/n and 802.11b/g/n, the heat maps are generated
for both and overlaid on top of each other. The order cannot be defined. To prevent this
overlay, you must turn off individual overlay in Google Earth or change it in the Google
Earth Settings on the Prime Infrastructure.

AP Mesh InfoChoose Link SNR, Packet Error Rate, or none from the Link Label drop-down

list. Choose Link SNR or Packet Error Rate from the Link Color drop-down list.

Note
Step 3

When the AP Mesh Info check box is chosen, Mesh Links are also automatically shown.

Click Save Settings to confirm these changes or Cancel to close the page without saving the changes.

Using the Automatic Hierarchy to Create Maps

Automatic Hierarchy Creation is a way for you to quickly create maps and assign access points to maps
in Prime Infrastructure. You can use Automatic Hierarchy Creation to create maps, once you have added
wireless LAN controllers to Prime Infrastructure and named your access points. Also, you can use it after
adding access points to your network to assign access points to maps in Prime Infrastructure.

Note

To use the Automatic Hierarchy Creation feature, you must have an established naming pattern for your
wireless access points that provides the campus, building, floor, or outdoor area names for the maps.
For example, San Jose-01-GroundFloor-AP3500i1.

Step 1

Choose Maps > Wireless Maps > Automatic Hierarchy Creation to display the Automatic Hierarchy
Creation page.

Step 2

In the text box, enter the name of an access point on your system. Or, you can choose one from the list.

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This name is used to create a regular expression to create your maps.

To update a previously created regular expression, click Load and Continue next to the
expression and update the expression accordingly. To delete a regular expression, click Delete
next to the expression.

Note

Step 3

Click Next.

Step 4

If your access points name has a delimiter, enter it in the text box and click Generate basic regex based
on delimiter. The system generates a regular expression that matches your access points name based
on the delimiter.
For example, using the dash (-) delimiter in the access point name San Jose-01-GroundFloor-AP3500i1,
produces the regular expression /(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)/.
If you have a more complicated access point name, you can manually enter the regular expression.

Note

You are not required to enter the leading and trailing slashes.

Note

As a convention, the Prime Infrastructure displays regular expressions in slashes.

Step 5

Click Test. The system displays the maps that will be created for the access point name and the regular
expression entered.

Step 6

Using the Group fields, assign matching groups to hierarchy types.

For example, if your access point is named: SJC14-4-AP-BREAK-ROOM
In this example, the campus name is SJC, the building name is 14, the floor name is 4, and the AP name
is AP-BREAK-ROOM.
Use the regular expression: /([A-Z]+)(\d+)-(\d+)-(.*)/
From the AP name, the following groups are extracted:
1.

SJC

2.

14

3.

4.

AP-BREAK-ROOM

The matching groups are assigned from left to right, starting at 1.

To make the matching groups match the hierarchy elements, use the drop-down list for each group
number to select the appropriate hierarchy element.
This enables you to have almost any ordering of locations in your access point names.
For example, if your access point is named: EastLab-Atrium2-3-SanFrancisco
If you use the regular expression: /(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)/
with the following group mapping:
1.

Building

2.

Device Name

3.

Floor

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4.

Campus

Automatic Hierarchy Creation produces a campus named SanFrancisco, a building under that campus
named EastLab, and a floor in EastLab named 3.

Note

The two hierarchy types, Not in device name and Device have no effect, but enable you to skip groups
in case you need to use a matching group for some other purpose.
Automatic Hierarchy Creation requires the following groups to be mapped in order to compute a map on
which to place the access point:
Campus group present Building group
in match?
present in match?

Floor group present in

match?
Resulting location

Yes

Yes

Yes

Campus > Building > Floor

Yes

Yes

No

Failed match

Yes

No

Yes

Campus > Floor (where Floor

is an outdoor area)

Yes

No

No

Failed match

No

Yes

Yes

System Campus > Building >

Floor

No

Yes

No

Failed match

No

No

Yes

Failed match

No

No

No

Failed match

Automatic Hierarchy Creation attempts to guess the floor index from the floor name. If the floor name
is a number, AHC will assign the floor a positive floor index. If the floor name is a negative number or
starts with the letter B (for example, b1, -4, or B2), AHC assigns the floor a negative floor index. This
indicates that the floor is a basement.
When searching for an existing map on which to place the access point, AHC considers floors in the
access points building with the same floor index as the access points name.
For example, if the map SF > MarketStreet > Sublevel1 exists and has a floor index of -1, then the access
point SF-MarketStreet-b1-MON1 will be assigned to that floor.
Step 7

Click Next. You can test against more access points. You may test your regular expression and matching
group mapping against more access points by entering the access point names in the Add more device
names to test against field, and clicking Add.
You then click Test to test each of the access points names in the table. The result of each test is displayed
in the table.
If required, return to the previous step to edit the regular expression or group mapping for the current
regular expression.

Step 8

Note

Click Next, then click Save and Apply. This applies the regular expression to the system. The system
processes all the access points that are not assigned to a map.

You can edit the maps to include floor images, correct dimensions, and so on. When Automatic
Hierarchy Creation creates a map, it uses the default dimensions of 20 feet by 20 feet. You will need to
edit the created maps to specify the correct dimensions and other attributes.

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Maps created using Automatic Hierarchy Creation appear in the maps list with an incomplete icon. Once
you have edited a map, the incomplete icon disappears. You may hide the column for incomplete maps
by clicking the Edit View link.

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This part contains the following sections:

Configuring Application Visibility and Control

Ensuring Consistent Application Experiences

Troubleshooting Applications

Using Mediatrace

Cisco Mobility Services Engine and Services

Configuring the Cisco AppNav Solution

Configuring the Cisco WAAS Container

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Configuring Application Visibility and Control

Use configuration templates in Cisco Prime Infrastructure to design the set of device configurations that
you need to set up the devices in a branch or change the feature configuration for a device from the
Device Work Center.

Configuring the Device using WSMA

Configuring Application Visibility

Creating a VPN Component Template

Configuring an Easy VPN Server

Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

Configuring Interfaces

Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces

Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Configuring DMVPN

Configuring GETVPN

Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall

Creating a Routing Protocol

Configuring the Device using WSMA

Prime Infrastructure mainly uses the CLI method (over Telnet or SSHv2) to configure the devices. In
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2, you can use WSMA (over SSHv2) for configuring specific features on
the ASR and ISR devices. Cisco Web Services Management Agent is a more efficient and more robust
method to configure the devices. Prime Infrastructure supports Zone Based Firewall and Application
Visibility configuration via WSMA on the ASR and ISR devices.
To configure Zone Based Firewall or Application Visibility via WSMA, follow these steps:
Step 1

Add or edit the device in Prime Infrastructure to use SSHv2 (rather than Telnet) as the management
transport protocol.
a.

When you add the device with automatic discovery, enter the SSH credentials.(Adding Devices
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b.
Step 2

Step 3

When you add the devices manually (Adding Devices Manually), in Step 2, select SSH2 as the
protocol.

If the device is also managed by Prime Infrastructure which is not configured to use SSH2, edit the
device credentials:
a.

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

b.

Select the device and click Edit.

c.

Change the protocol to SSH2.

d.

Click Update.

Activate a WSMA profile on the device by configuring a WSMA configuration profile as follows:
#configure terminal
wsma agent config profile PIwsmaConfigServiceSSH
#exit
#wsma profile listener PIwsmaConfigServiceSSH
no wsse authorization level 15
transport ssh subsys wsma-config
#exit

For more information about WSMA, see the WSMA Configuration Guide.
Step 4

Configure a configuration archive, which will be used by WSMA for handling transactional
configurations and rollbacks by using the following CLI commands on the device:
#configure terminal
archive
log config
hidekeys
path flash:roll
maximum 5
#end

For more information about configuration archives, see the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals
Command Reference Guide.

Configuring Application Visibility

The Application Visibility feature allows you to monitor traffic on specific interfaces and generate
performance and bandwidth-statistics reports that supply information to the various dashlets and reports
in Prime Infrastructure. Devices send these reports to Prime Infrastructure, and each report supplies
information to a subset of the Prime Infrastructure dashlets and reports. Prime Infrastructure can
configure Application Visibility either through CLI (over Telnet or SSH) or through WSMA.
Application Visibility can be configured through WSMA in a more efficient and robust method and we
recommend that you use the WSMA protocols for configuring Application Visibility. For more
information on using WSMA with Prime Infrastructure, see the section Configuring the Device using
WSMA.
The Application Visibility feature is supported on the following platforms:

ASR 1000 series platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later

ISR G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)M2 or later

ISR 4300 and 4400 series platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S or later

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CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S or later

Application Visibility is configured differently on different platforms and IOS releases. Newer IOS
releases provide new mechanisms with better performance for setting up the Application Visibility and
Control (AVC). Thus when upgrading an ASR 1000, CSR or ISR 4400 platforms running IOS-XE
release prior to 15.4(1)S to an IOS-XE release 15.4(1)S or later, or when upgrading an ISR-G2 platform
running IOS release prior to 15.4(1)T to IOS release 15.4(1)T or later, we recommend that you
re-configure the AVC on these devices.
To simplify configuration, the Application Visibility feature is split into four types of metric and
NetFlow reports:
Report

Description

Traffic Statistics

Sends the statistics on the bandwidth consumed by each of the

NBAR-recognized applications on a per-user and per-interface basis.
This report supplies information to the various application bandwidth
dashlets and reports in Cisco Prime Infrastructure as Top N
Applications, Application Bandwidth reports, Top N clients, and
so on.

HTTP URL Visibility

Sends performance and bandwidth reports for HTTP-based traffic, and

this report supplies information to various URL dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure as Top N URL by hits and Top N URL by
response time.
Note

The HTTP URL Visibility tool is not supported on the ISR-G2

device.

Application Response Time

Sends performance-related information for TCP traffic, and this report

supplies information to various response time dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure as applications ART analysis, worst N
clients by transaction time, and so on.

Voice/Video Metrics

Sends various RTP key-performance indicators for RTP-based

voice/video traffic, and supplies information to dashlets and reports in
Cisco Prime Infrastructure under the voice/video category as worst N
RTP streams by packet lost.

Activating the Application Visibility feature can impact device performance. To minimize the potential
impact, the template allows you to select the traffic interfaces to monitor and the reports to generate.
To configure application visibility in your network:
1.

(Optional) Set up WSMA on the devices to assure that the devices is configured via the WSMA
protocol, rather than CLI (for more information, see Configuring the Device using WSMA). WSMA
provides a more robust configuration mechanism.

2.

Make sure that your devices are running an up-to-date NBAR protocol packs (see NBAR Protocol
Packs).

3.

Estimate the potential resources impact on the device (CPU and memory) before activating
application visibility on the device (for more information, see Activating or Deactivating a
Troubleshooting Session).

Activate application visibility on the device, either by creating a template and pushing it across the
network (for more information, see Creating an Application Visibility Template), or by enabling AVC
on an interface from the Device Work Center (see Enabling Default Application Visibility on an
Interface).

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Estimating CPU, Memory and NetFlow Resources on ASR Devices

The Readiness Assessment feature allows you to estimate CPU consumption, memory usage, and
NetFlow export traffic when you deploy application visibility features on an ASR device. DRE helps you
analyze the demands for these resources on ASR devices based on typical predefined traffic profiles and
device interface speeds.
DRE is supported on all ASRs running Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later with one or more of
these modules installed:

cevModuleASR1000ESP5

cevModuleASR1000ESP10

cevModuleASR1000ESP20

cevModuleASR1001ESP

cevModuleASR1002FESP

To estimate the resource utilization on a specific device, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Readiness Assessment.

Step 2

In the Interface column for the device that you want estimates on, click the down arrow icon.
The list shows only those interfaces supporting Application Visibility capability.

Step 3

Select Internet Profile or Enterprise Profile. The device resource estimation is based on a typical
traffic profile. Select Internet Profile for typical service-provider traffic, or Enterprise Profile for a
typical enterprise-traffic.

Step 4

Select the interfaces for which you want to estimate the resource utilization.
Speeds shown are those currently configured for each interface. If you want to base the estimate on a
different speed, click Speed (Mbps) and enter a different value.

Step 5

Click Get Estimates.

The Estimated Resource Usage graph displays the current, additional, and total usage of the CPU and
memory, along with the threshold limit for these resources. The estimated and maximum NetFlow export
traffic are also given. For devices on which AVC is already enabled, only the current and additional usage
is shown.
If resource usage is crossing threshold limits, optimize the problem device by:

Decreasing current CPU utilization

Increasing configured memory

Reduce configured interface speed

Redirecting traffic to another device

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NBAR Protocol Packs

The ability of the device to produce application visibility reports is based on the NBAR technology;
NBAR, or Network-Based Application Recognition, is a classification engine that recognizes and
classifies a wide variety of protocols and applications, including web-based and other
difficult-to-classify applications and protocols that use dynamic TCP/User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
port assignments.
NBAR is updated frequently to support new applications and protocols, the software update for an
NBAR is called a Protocol Pack.
Further information on NBAR protocol packs and information on how to upgrade NBAR protocol pack,
see the NBAR Protocol Packs Guide.
When you upgrade an NBAR protocol pack on the device, a corresponding Prime Infrastructure update
should be performed to update Prime Infrastructure with the supported protocols/applications on the
devices.
To achieve that there is a periodic Prime Infrastructure software update (UBF file) issues when new
protocol packs are released. Once you upgrade the NBAR protocol pack on the device, you should use
Prime Infrastructure software upgrade to make sure Prime is also updated with the latest protocols.
At every point of time the network may contain various platforms (ISR-G2/ASR) running different Cisco
IOS software releases and different protocol pack releases. While we do not recommend that you have
different protocol pack releases installed on different devices reporting application visibility reports
simultaneously, Prime Infrastructure will be able to support this, by configuring only the supported
subset of protocols/applications, defined as filtering conditions in your template, on each of the devices,
when deploying an application visibility template across multiple devices running different versions of
NBAR protocol packs.

Creating an Application Visibility Template

An application visibility monitoring policy is defined on a selected group of interfaces. When you define
the template, ensure that you have defined an interface-role object which matches the group of interfaces
on which you would like to monitor the traffic and generate NetFlow reports. See Creating an Interface
Role.
To create an Application Visibility template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Application Visibility > AVC
Configuration.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a unique name and a description in the appropriate fields.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, choose an Interface Role from the drop-down list. The interface role
designates the group of interfaces on which you can monitor the traffic and produce
Application-Visibility reports. See the Creating an Interface Role section for information about creating
an interface role.

Step 5

In the Traffic Statistics area, you can determine which traffic should be monitored to produce the traffic
statistics reports, select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect the statistics on data packets.
a.

Select the IP address/subnets.You can generate the report only on IPv4 traffic. We recommend to
configure the required minimal set of filter.

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Step 6

Step 7

In the HTTP URL Visibility area, you can select the traffic that should be monitored to produce the
report. Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect URL statistics.
a.

Select the IP address/subnets. You can select a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

b.

Select the application from the drop-down list. You can select a specific set of applications that
should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default, all of the
enterprise related http-based applications are include in the list.

In the Application Response Time area, you can determine the traffic that should be monitored to
produce the application response time reports. Also, optionally set a sampling option for the reports.
Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect ART metrics.
a.

Select the IP address/subnets. You can select a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

b.

Choose the Application from the drop-down list. You can select a specific set of applications that
should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default, all of TCP traffic
is monitored.

c.

In the Advanced Options, choose the Sampling Rate from the drop-down list. In High scale
environments, collecting performance indicators for every TCP conversation can lead to high
resources consumption on the device. The sampling option provides the ability to further optimize
the resource consumption by collecting the performance indicators for 1 out of every n TCP
conversation. This advanced option can be used to activate sampling and select the sampling rate for
the tool. It is not recommended to activate sampling as activating sampling leads to less accurate
results. Sampling should be used when it is necessary to limit the resource consumption on the
devices.

Note

Step 8

In the Voice/Video metrics area, you can determine the traffic that should be monitored to produce the
voice/video reports. Select the Off radio button if you do not want to collect the voice/video metrics.
a.

Note
b.

Step 9

Sampling option is not applicable for ISR-G2 routers. This option will be ignored for the n
ISR-G2.

Choose the IP address/subnets. You can choose a specific set of IPv4 addresses or subnets to be
monitored.

IP filtering is not supported on the ISR-G2 routers until all UDP traffic is monitored.
Choose the Voice/Video Application from the drop-down list. You can choose a specific set of
applications that should be monitored (there could be up to 32 monitored applications). By default,
all RTP enterprise-related applications are monitored.

Click Save as New Template.

Enabling Default Application Visibility on an Interface

From the Device Work Center, you can view the reports that are generated on each of the interfaces and
enable or disable a default Application Visibility configuration on selected interfaces.

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When a device does not have an application visibility configuration deployed on it, or it has a default
application visibility configuration deployed on it (if all metrics are collected with a set of default
parameters), the Device Work Center allows you to enable or disable a default application visibility
configuration on the device by selecting interfaces on the device and enabling or disabling the default
configuration on the interfaces.

Note

When you deploy an application visibility template to the device, the application visibility template
configuration will overwrite the default application visibility configuration that was enabled from the
Device Work Center.
The default configuration collects all the possible visibility metrics on all applicable IPv4 traffic.

Note

Note

The Application Visibility feature is supported on the following platforms:

ASR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 or later

ISR G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)M2 or later

ISR G3 platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S later

CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(2)S later

Application Visibility is configured differently on the ASR platform running Cisco IOS-XE15.3(1)S1 in
comparison to Cisco IOS-XE15.3(2)S or later releases. After an ASR platform Cisco IOS release is
upgraded from Cisco IOS-XE15.3(1)S1 to Cisco IOS-XE Releases 15.3(2)S and later, we recommend
that you reconfigure Application Visibility on those devices.
To change the default application visibility configuration profile configured on the device, first disable
the Application Visibility policy on all interfaces and then re-enable it on the selected interfaces with the
new profile.
To enable or disable the default application visibility configuration on the specific interface, follow these
steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

Expand the App Visibility & control folder and choose App Visibility.

Step 4

Do one of the following:

To activate an out-of-the-box AVC profile on an interface, select one or more interfaces then click
Enable App Visibility and select the required profile. If at least one of the non-selected interface is
attached to a different profile, a warning message will be displayed such that all non-selected
interfaces that are attached to a different profile will be detached from that profile.

Use the interfaces list to view the current App Visibility configuration on the device. The column
App Visibility Policy displays the current profile/policy attached to the interface.

Note

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, the application visibility feature displays the user
defined AVC policy per interface on the application visibility interfaces.

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There are several options that can be displayed:

If the application visibility control is configured on the interface using the Application Visibility
Template, the template-name will be displayed.

If the application visibility control is configured on interface using the one-click option, the name
of the AVC Profile that was configured will be displayed.

If the application visibility control is configured manually out-of-band by the user via CLI, the name
of the policy-map or performance monitor context that was configured will be displayed.

Note

Note

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, a visual indication column (App Visibility Status)
provides indication on whether AVC is currently activated on the interface. The column will also
indicate cases when the interface is INCAPABLE of running AVC and cases when AVC is
mis-configured on the interface (e.g. AVC configured to send netflows to servers other than
prime infrastructure).
To Disable any of the Activated AVC profiles on an selected interface, click Disable App Visibility,
check Deactivate App Visibility Troubleshooting if you also wish to deactivate an AVC
troubleshooting policy if such is active on the interface.

When Enabling/Disabling AVC a pop up message will appear before the actual provisioning
takes place. Selecting the CLI preview tab on that popup message will generate the list of CLIs
to be pushed to the device.

Application Visibility Troubleshooting Sessions

You can collect application visibility data on every flow that goes through the monitored interface.
However, because this can have a significant impact on the device performance, application visibility
data is collected in an aggregated manner. To further troubleshoot specific flows, you can activate the
Application Visibility troubleshooting sessions on the device. The sessions are activated on specific
interfaces and on specific traffic. They allow you to collect the non aggregated information on a
flow-based level that supplies a raw-NetFlow report in Prime Infrastructure. This information can be
used later to analyze specific flows.
The Application Visibility Troubleshooting feature allows you to:

Caution

Note

Create and activate a troubleshooting session on a specific interface

Deactivate and delete a troubleshooting session on a specific interface

To avoid overloading the server, we recommend that you configure no more than ten active
troubleshooting sessions. Application troubleshooting is not supported on the ISR-G2 platforms.

Troubleshooting sessions are configured differently on the ASR platform running Cisco IOS-XE Release
15.3(1)S1 in comparison to Cisco IOS-XE Release15.3(2)S or later releases. After, an ASR platform
Cisco IOS Release is upgraded from Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S1 to Cisco IOS-XE Release
15.3(2)S or later, we recommend that you deactivate and reactivate active troubleshooting sessions on
those devices.

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To troubleshoot Application Visibility, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

In the AVC Troubleshooting Session page, click Add and enter a session name.

Step 3

In the Source/Destination IPs field, click Edit, and choose the source and destination IP addresses from
the drop-down list. You can select the IP traffic and collect Application Visibility troubleshooting
information for that specific IP traffic. The options are: on all IPv6 traffic or on all IPv4 traffic or on
specific IPv4 addresses/subnets. Also, you can select a list of IP constraint pairs. Each such pair
designates a bi-directional symmetric condition on the source and destination IPs of the traffic. For
example, the pair: Any IPv4 <=> IPv4 subnet 192.168.0.0/16 matches all of the flows from
192.168.0.0/16 to any other IP and vice-versa (all of the flows from any IP address to 192.168.0.0/16).
You can add multiple pair conditions.

Step 4

To add more IP constraints in the format of IP source/destination pairs, click the + icon in the Select
Source Destination dialog box.

Note

The IP addresses on both sides of the pairs should be of the same IP version.

Step 5

Click OK.

Step 6

Choose the device from the Device Table list.

Step 7

Choose the interface from the Interface Table list.

Step 8

Choose the application from the object selector dialog box. When you choose the applications, you can
have a combination of Categories, Sub-categories, Encrypted Applications, and Tunneled Applications
from the available list. A maximum of 32 applications or categories or attributes can be selected

Step 9

Click Save to automatically activate the session.

Step 10

After the troubleshooting session is activated, click Launch Report to generate the Raw NetFlow report.

Activating or Deactivating a Troubleshooting Session

You can activate an inactive troubleshooting session or deactivate an existing troubleshooting session.
To activate or deactivate a troubleshooting session, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

Choose a troubleshooting session from the list and click Activate or Deactivate.

Step 3

Click Save.

Editing or Deleting a Troubleshooting Session

You can edit or delete an inactive troubleshooting session. (To edit or delete an active session, you must
deactivate it first.)
To edit or delete a troubleshooting session, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility & Control > Application Troubleshooting.

Step 2

Do either of the following:

a.

Caution

Choose a session from the list and click Edit.

To avoid overloading the server, we recommend that you configure no more than ten active
troubleshooting sessions.
b.

Edit and save the troubleshooting session, then click Activate.

c.

To delete a troubleshooting session, choose a session from the list and click Delete.

Creating a VPN Component Template

This section describes how to create various VPN component template.

Creating an IKE Policies Template

To create an IKE policies template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
IKE Policies.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.
For more information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2
Reference Guide.

Step 4

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an IKE Settings Template

To create an IKE settings template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
IKE Settings.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.
For more information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2
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Step 4

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an IPsec Profile Template

To create an IPsec profile template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
IPSec Profile.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information. A transform set
represents a certain combination of security protocols and algorithms. During the IPsec negotiation, the
peers agree to use a particular transform set for protecting a particular data flow. A transform set
describes a particular security protocol with its corresponding algorithms. For more information about
the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a Preshared Keys Template

To create a preshared keys template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
Preshared Keys.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the drop-down list and enter the OS Version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating RSA Keys Template

To create RSA keys template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
RSA Keys.

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Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add and enter the required information.

Step 5

Select the Exportable box to generate RSA as an exportable key, then click OK.

Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a Transform Sets Template

To create a transform sets template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > VPN Components >
Transform Sets.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name, description, and tag for your template in the appropriate text
boxes.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the drop-down list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, click Add Row and enter the required information.

Note

Step 5

The ESP encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the payload, and the integrity algorithm is used
to check the integrity of the payload.

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Configuring an Easy VPN Server

Cable modems, xDSL routers, and other forms of broadband access provide high-performance
connections to the Internet, but many applications also require the security of VPN connections that
perform a high level of authentication and that encrypt the data between two particular endpoints.
However, establishing a VPN connection between two routers can be complicated and typically requires
tedious coordination between network administrators to configure the VPN parameters of the two
routers.
The Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature eliminates much of this tedious work by implementing Cisco Unity
Client Protocol, which allows most VPN parameters to be defined at a Cisco IOS Easy VPN server. This
server can be a dedicated VPN device; for example, any of the following:

Cisco VPN 3000 concentrator

Cisco PIX Firewall

Cisco IOS router that supports the Cisco Unity Client Protocol

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After the Cisco Easy VPN server is configured, a VPN connection is created with minimal configuration
on an Easy VPN remote, such as a Cisco 800 series or 2800 series router. When the Easy VPN remote
initiates the VPN tunnel connection, the Cisco Easy VPN server pushes the IPsec policies to the Easy
VPN remote and creates the corresponding VPN tunnel connection.

Creating an Easy VPN Server Proxy Setting Template

The Easy VPN Server Proxy feature allows you to specify the settings for Easy VPN clients. Using this
feature, you do not have to manually modify the proxy settings of the web browser when you connect to
the corporate network using the Cisco IOS VPN client or manually revert the proxy settings when you
disconnect from the network.
To create an Easy VPN Server Proxy template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Server Proxy
Setting.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Template detail area enter a name, and choose the settings that you want to associate with the
group.

Step 5

Choose the No Proxy Server option or Automatically Detect Proxy Settings option if you want the clients
in this group to automatically detect a proxy server when they use the VPN tunnel.

Step 6

Choose the Manual Configuration option to manually configure a proxy server for clients in this group.
If you choose this option, you should manually configure a proxy server.

Step 7

Select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box to prevent the clients from using the
proxy server for local (LAN) addresses.

Step 8

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an Easy VPN Remote Template

The Cisco Easy VPN Remote feature eliminates much of this tedious work by implementing Cisco Unity
Client Protocol, which allows most VPN parameters to be defined at a Cisco IOS Easy VPN server.
Before You Begin

Create an ACL template and publish the ACL template.

To create a Easy VPN Remote template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Remote.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Easy VPN Remote Interface Configuration area, enter the required information.For more
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Step 5

In the Easy VPN Remote connection characteristics area, enter the required information.For more
information about the required field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Note

If you enable identical addressing, you must first configure Easy VPN Remote in network
extension mode.

Step 6

In the Remote Authentication Mechanisms area, choose the authentication method.

Step 7

In the Remote Firewall Settings area, set the firewall settings for the Easy VPN Remote connection.

Step 8

Click Save As New Template.

Step 9

Navigate to the My Templates folder and choose the template that you just saved.

Step 10

Click the Publish icon in the top-right corner, then click OK.

Step 11

Create a composite template (Creating Composite Templates), and add the ACL and Easy VPN Remote
templates to the composite template.

Step 12

Use the arrows buttons to arrange the templates in the order in which they should be deployed to the
devices. For example, to create an ACL and associate it with an interface, put the ACL template first,
followed by the EasyVPN Remote template.

Step 13

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating an Easy VPN Server Template

The Easy VPN Server feature introduces server support for the Cisco VPN software client Release 3.x
and later and Cisco VPN hardware clients (such as the Cisco 800, Cisco 900, Cisco 1700, VPN 3002,
and PIX 501 devices). Using IP Security (IPsec), Easy VPN Server allows a remote end user to
communicate with any Cisco IOS Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway. Also, centrally managed
IPsec policies are pushed to the client device by the server and helps the end user to minimize the
configuration.
Before You Begin

Do the following:

Create AAA method list for the group and the user by using the CLI template

Create an IPsec Profile template

If you will use Crypto Map, create a Transform Set template

(Optional) Create a CLI template for RADIUS server group creation or configure the RADIUS
server while creating the AAA method list

(Optional) Create an ACL template for the split tunnel ACL in the ISAKMP Group configuration

Create a Browser Proxy template for ISAKMP group configuration

To create an Easy VPN Remote template, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > Easy VPN Server.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

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Step 4

In the Interface Configuration area, choose the configuration methods and complete the fields of the
interface that is configured on the device.

Step 5

In VPN Components Assembly area, enter the Transform Set profile name that you created in the
Transform Set template (Configuring Transform Sets) and complete the fields in this area.

Step 6

In the Group Authorization area, enter the Method List profile name that you created in the CLI template
and complete the fields in this area.

Step 7

In the User Authorization area, enter the same Method List profile name that you created in the CLI
template, and complete the fields in this area.

Step 8

In the ISAKMP Group configuration area, click Add Row to add the ISAKMP Group configuration.

Step 9

In the ISAKMP Group configuration dialog box, enter the ACL profile name that you created in the ACL
template and the Browser Proxy profile name that you created in the Browser Proxy template, and
complete the fields in this area.

Step 10

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 11

Create a composite template (Creating Composite Templates) and add the AAA Method List and Radius
server, IPsec Profile (Creating an IPsec Profile Template), ACL Browser Proxy (Creating an Easy VPN
Server Proxy Setting Template), and Easy VPN_ Remote templates in the composite template.

Step 12

Using the arrow icons to arrange the templates in a order in which they should be deployed to the devices.
For example, to create an ACL and associate it with an interface, arrange the ACL template first,
followed by the EasyVPN_Remote template.

Step 13

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Creating a GSM Profile Template

To create a GSM Profile template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Click Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Interfaces > Cellular > GSM Profile.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, enter an Access Point Name and choose a profile number from the
drop-down list.

Step 5

Choose the type of authentication that your service provider uses. (CHAP authentication is more secure
than PAP authentication.)

Step 6

Enter the username given to you by your ISP or your network administrator, and enter a password.

Step 7

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 8

Click OK.

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Creating a Cellular Profile Template

To create a Cellular Profile template, follow these steps:

Note

To deploy the Cellular Profile template on any GSM HSPA, HSPA+R7, and LTE-Verizon modem, you
should have the GSM profile (Creating a GSM Profile Template) created on the router.

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Interfaces > Cellular > Cellular
Profile.

Step 2

Enter the basic template information.

Step 3

From the Device Type drop-down list, choose Routers.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, define the interface as Primary WAN Interface or Backup WAN Interface
and complete the fields.

Step 5

In the Dialer Configuration area, choose Yes to enable the persistent data connection and complete the
fields.

Step 6

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Step 7

Click OK.

Redirecting HTTP and HTTPS Traffic

ScanSafe Software as a Service (SaaS) Web Security allows you to scan the content of HTTP and HTTPS
traffic. When ScanSafe Web Security is integrated with a router, selected HTTP and HTTPS traffic is
redirected to the ScanSafe cloud for content scanning and malware detection.
When Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe is enabled and the ISR
is configured to redirect web traffic to ScanSafe, the Integrated Services Router (ISR) transparently
redirects HTTP and HTTPS traffic to the ScanSafe proxy servers based on the IP address and port. You
can configure the ISR to relay web traffic directly to the originally requested web server without being
scanned by ScanSafe.
Whitelisting Traffic

You can configure the ISR so that some approved web traffic is not redirected to ScanSafe for scanning.
When you bypass ScanSafe scanning, the ISR retrieves the content directly from the originally requested
web server without contacting ScanSafe. When ISR receives the response from the web server, it sends
the data to the client. This is called whitelisting traffic.
See the Cisco ISR Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe Solution Guide for more information about
ScanSafe.
Creating a ScanSafe Template

To create a ScanSafe template, you must specify:

The ScanSafe server and interface information

Whitelist information

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To create a ScanSafe template, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > ScanSafe.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name and a description in the appropriate fields.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a device type from the list and enter the OS version.

Step 4

In the Template Detail area, enter the required information. For more information about the required
field descriptions, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, apply it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Configuring Interfaces
The Interfaces feature helps in setting up physical and logical interfaces. Physical interfaces on a device
depend on the device type and its interface processors or port adapters. IPv4 addressing is supported for
all interfaces including service modules such as WAN, LAN, and logical interfaces. The following
interfaces are supported in this release:
WAN Interfaces

Configuring a Serial Interface

Configuring POS Interface

Configuring a Service Module

Configuring Controllers

LAN Interfaces

Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface

Logical Interfaces

Creating a Loopback Interface

Creating a VLAN Interface

Creating a Tunnel Interface

Creating a Virtual Template Interface

Configuring a Serial Interface

To edit or delete the Serial interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the serial interface in the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Serial Interface page, enter the basic configuration information.

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Step 6

Note

Select the encapsulation type as High Level Data Link Control (HDLC) or Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) or Frame Relay. Use the Advance Configuration area to configure the encapsulations.

For controller-based serial interfaces, only interface configurations are supported.

Step 7

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 8

For Frame Relay encapsulation, use the IETF option to connect to non-Cisco routers. (The Autosense
feature is supported only on Frame Relay.)

Note

The Autosense feature allows the router to detect the LMI type that is being used, by communicating
with the switch and then uses the same type of LMI.

Step 9

For PPP encapsulation, specify the CHAP and PAP configurations with directions.

Step 10

Click Save. The Interface Summary page displays the modified interfaces.

Step 11

Click Save to save the changes in the device.

Configuring POS Interface

To edit and delete the POS interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the POS interface from the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit POS Interface page, enter the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Select the Enable SPE Scrambling check box to enable the SPE scrambling.

Step 7

Select the Send LAIS when Shutdown check box to send the Line Alarm Indication Signal (LAIS)
when the POS interface is in administrative shut down state.

Step 8

Select the encapsulation type as HDLC or PPP or Frame Relay and use the Advance Configuration area
to configure the encapsulations.

Step 9

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 10

In the Advanced Configuration area, select the alarm reporting and alarm reporting threshold options to
receive alarms when there is any event.

Step 11

Repeat Step 9 through Step 11 in the Configuring a Serial Interface area.

Configuring a Service Module

To edit or delete the Service Module interface, follow these steps:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the service module interface from the Interface Summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Fast Ethernet interface pane, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Configuring Controllers
To create or edit the DSL, SHDSL, and VDSL controllers interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the DSL, SHDSL or VDSL controller from the interface summary area and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Edit Controller page, enter the required information.

Step 6

Click OK. After you configure the controller, you must configure the DSL, SHDSL or VDSL
subinterface.

Step 7

To configure the DSL subinterface, select an ATM interface in the Interface Summary page, and click
Add Subinterface.

Step 8

Step 9

a.

In the Create ATM Sub Interface page, choose the encapsulation from the drop-down list.

b.

Configure the Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) settings.

c.

Select a dialer to be associated to the ATM subinterface by using the Create or Associate dialer
options.

d.

Click OK.

To configure the SHDL subinterface, select a SHDSL interface in the Interface Summary page, and click
Add Subinterface.
a.

In the Create SHDSL subinterface page, add the DSL Group and select the DSL pair.

b.

Choose the Group Type from the drop-down list.

c.

Click OK.

To configure the VDSL subinterface, select a VDSL interface in the Interface Summary area, and click
Add Subinterface.
a.

In the Create VDSL subinterface page, choose the Operating Mode from the drop-down list.

b.

Select the Annex A mode check box.

c.

Click OK.

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Creating a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet Interface

To create a Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet in the Interface Summary area, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Edit Ethernet Interface, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Loopback Interface

To create a Loopback interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

On the Interface page, choose Add Logical Interface > Loopback.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Loopback Interface area, enter the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Enter an IPv4 address.

Step 7

Click OK.

Step 8

Click Save to save the changes in the device.

Creating a VLAN Interface

To create a VLAN interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, click Add Logical Interface > VLAN.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit VLAN Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

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Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Editing a VLAN Interface

To edit the VLAN interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the VLAN interface from the Interface Summary area, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit VLAN Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Tunnel Interface

To create a Tunnel interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, choose Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Interface folder, then choose the Interfaces.

Step 5

In the Interface page, choose Add Logical Interface > Tunnel.

Step 6

In the Create or Edit Tunnel Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 7

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 8

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 9

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Editing an Existing Tunnel Interface

To edit a Tunnel interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

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Step 4

Select the Tunnel interface in the Interface Summary page, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Tunnel Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Creating a Virtual Template Interface

To create a Virtual Template interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, click Add Logical Interface Virtual Template.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Virtual Template Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

Editing an Existing Virtual Template Interface

To edit a Virtual Template interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Interfaces.

Step 4

Select the Virtual Template interface in the Interface Summary page, and click Edit.

Step 5

In the Create or Edit Virtual Template Interface page, complete the basic configuration information.

Step 6

Choose the Primary IP address from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Click Add Row and add the Secondary IP address.

Step 8

Click OK to save the changes in the device.

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Configuring Cellular WAN Interfaces

The Cisco ISRs provide a third-generation (3G) wireless interface that can be used over GSM and Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks. Its primary application is WAN connectivity as a backup
data link for critical data applications. However, the 3G wireless interface can also function as the
primary WAN connection for the router. The 4G wireless interface is supported only on the 4G-LTE-V
modem.

Configuring a CDMA Interfaces

To configure a CDMA interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Interface folder, then click Cellular WAN Interfaces.

Step 4

For a CDMA Sprint modem:

Step 5

Step 6

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Sprint modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, select the OMA-DM or Manual radio button. If you choose the
Manual option, complete the fields to manually configure the CDMA Sprint modem, then click OK.

For a CDMA Verizon modem:

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Verizon modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, enter the Account Activation Information, then click OK.

For a CDMA Generic modem:

a.

Select a cellular interface with CDMA Generic modem, and click Manage Modem.

b.

In the Manage Modem dialog box, complete the fields to configure the CDMA Generic Modem, then
click OK.

Configuring a GSM Interfaces

To configure a GSM interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to add a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Interface folder, then choose Cellular WAN Interfaces.

Step 5

Select the GSM interface and click Manage Modem.

Step 6

In the Manage Modem dialog box, click Add Row.

Step 7

Choose the Profile Number from the drop-down list, and enter the Access Point Name, then click OK.

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Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

Network Address Translation (NAT) is a process where a network device, usually a firewall, assigns a
public address to a computer (or group of computers) inside a private network. NAT helps to limit the
number of public IP addresses used by an organization or company, for both economy and security
purposes.
The NAT feature allows organizations to resolve the problem of IP address depletion when they have
existing networks and need to access the Internet. NAT allows the IP network of an organization to use
different IP address space for the outside network. Thus, NAT allows an organization that does not have
globally routable addresses to connect to the Internet by translating those addresses into globally
routable address space. NAT also allows a more graceful renumbering strategy for organizations that are
changing service providers or voluntarily renumbering into Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR)
blocks. NAT is described in RFC 1631.
A router configured with NAT will have at least one interface to the inside network and one to the outside
network. In a typical environment, NAT is configured at the exit router between a subdomain and a
backbone. When a packet leaves the domain, the NAT translates the locally significant source address
into a globally unique address. When a packet enters the domain, NAT translates the globally unique
destination address into a local address. If more than one exit point exists, each NAT must have the same
translation table. If NAT cannot allocate an address because it has run out of addresses, it drops the
packet and sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) host unreachable packet.
For more information on NAT, see IP Addressing: NAT Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S.

NAT Types
NAT operates on a routergenerally connecting only two networks togetherand translates your
private (inside local) addresses within the internal network, into public (inside global) addresses before
any packets are forwarded to another network. This functionality gives you the option to configure the
NAT so that it will advertise only a single address for your entire network to the outside world. Doing
this effectively hides the internal network from the world, giving you additional security.
NAT types include:

Static Address Translation (SAT) Allows one-to-one mapping between local and global
addresses.

Dynamic Address Translation (DAT)Maps unregistered IP addresses to registered IP addresses

from a pool of registered IP addresses.

OverloadingA form of dynamic NAT that maps multiple unregistered IP addresses to a single
registered IP address (many to one) using different ports. This method is also known as Port Address
Translation (PAT). With PAT, thousands of users can be connected to the Internet using only one real
global IP address.

Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation

To configure NAT, perform the following steps:
1.

Creating NAT IP Pools (required for Dynamic NAT)

2.

Create an ACL template and configure the ACL

3.

Creating NAT44 Rules

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Note

Caution

4.

Configuring Interfaces and assign rules on them

5.

Setting Up NAT MAX Translation (Optional)

The NAT feature is supported on the following: ASR platform from Cisco IOS Release 3.5 or later and
ISR platform from Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)T or later.

CLI changes that begin with EMS_ are not supported and might cause unexpected behavior.

Creating NAT IP Pools

The IP Pool is a device object that represents IP ranges to be used with Dynamic NAT. The NAT IP Pools
feature allows you to create a new pool that can be used with Dynamic NAT, change the existing pool,
and delete the pool from the device.
To create an IP pool, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click IP
Pools. The NAT Pools page appears.

Step 4

Click Add IP Pool > IP+Prefix or IP Range + Prefix, and enter the Name, IP Address/Range, Prefix
Length, and Description. You cannot change the name of the pool after creating the pool.

Note

A valid IPv4 address consists of 4 octets separated by a period (.).

Step 5

Click Save to deploy the IP pool to the device, or Cancel to cancel your editing.

Step 6

To edit the existing IP Pool, in the NAT IP Pools page do the following:

Step 7

a.

Click in the selected IP Pools parameters row, and edit the parameters. or

b.

Select the IP Pools, and click Edit. The selected IP Pools opens for editing. You can edit all of the
parameters except the pool name.

Click Save to deploy the changes to the device.

Creating NAT44 Rules

The NAT44 feature allows you to create, delete, and change NAT44 rules.
There are three types of NAT rules:

Static

Dynamic

Dynamic PAT

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To create the NAT44 rule, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click
NAT44 Rules.

Step 4

In the NAT 44 page, click the down arrow icon next to the Add NAT Rule button.

Click Static to create Static Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Click Dynamic to create Dynamic NAT Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Click Dynamic PAT to create Dynamic PAT Rule. For a description of the elements, see the Cisco
Prime Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save to save and deploy the changes to the device.

Step 6

To edit the existing NAT44 rule in the NAT44 page, do one of the following:

Click the selected NAT44 rules parameters row, and edit the parameters.

Select the NAT44 rule, and click Edit. The selected NAT44 rule opens for editing. You can edit all
of the parameters.

Step 7

You can change the Source and Destination according to the creation rules. You can also change the
Options selection according to the creation rules.

Step 8

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

Configuring Interfaces
A virtual interface is a logical interface configured with generic information for a specific purpose or for
specific users, plus router-dependent information.
To configure a virtual interface, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click
Interfaces.
In the Interface page, select the interface that you want to change and choose the association from the
drop-down list. The options are: Inside, Outside, and None.

Step 4

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

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Configuring DMVPN

Setting Up NAT MAX Translation

The NAT MAX Translation feature provides the ability to limit the maximum number of concurrent NAT
operations on a router. In addition, the NAT MAX feature gives users additional control to use the NAT
addresses. The Rate Limiting NAT Translation feature can be used to limit the effects of viruses, worms,
and denial-of-service attacks. For more information on Configuring the Rate Limiting NAT Translation
Feature, see Configuring NAT for IP Address Conservation in IP Addressing: NAT Configuration Guide,
Cisco IOS XE Release 3S.
The NAT MAX Translation feature allows you to reset the global translation attribute values.
To set up the MAX Translation, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security, expand the NAT subfolder, and then click Advanced Settings > Max.
Translation.

Step 5

Reset the parameter values. Configure the maximum number of NAT entries that are allowed for all of
the parameters. A typical range for a NAT rate limit is from 100 to 300 entries.

Step 6

Click Save to save the changes in the server.

Configuring DMVPN
The DMVPN feature allows you to scale large and small IP Security (IPsec) VPNs by combining generic
routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels, IPsec encryption, and Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP).
A typical VPN connection is a point-to-point IPsec tunnel connecting two routers. DMVPN enables you
to create a network with a central hub that connects other remote routers, referred to as spokes, using a
GRE over an IPsec tunnel. IPsec traffic is routed through the hub to the spokes in the network.
See Dynamic Multipoint IPsec VPNs (Using Multipoint GRE/NHRP to Scale IPsec VPNs) for more
information about DMVPN (requires a Cisco.com login ID).
Cisco Network Control System allows you to configure your router as a DMVPN hub, DMVPN spoke
or cluster. You can configure the router in the following ways:

Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology

Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology

Configuring a Cluster Topology

Creating a DMVPN Tunnel

To create a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

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Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click Add to
create the DMVPN.

Step 4

In the Device Role and Topology Type area, select the topology and the device role. The options are:
Spoke, Hub, and Dynamic Connection between Spokes.

Step 5

In the Multipoint GRE Interface Information area, choose the WAN interface that connects to the
Internet from the drop-down list.

Step 6

Enter the IP address of the Tunnel Interface, and Subnet Mask.

Step 7

Complete the fields in the NHRP and Tunnel Parameters area.

Note

The Network ID is a unique 32-bit network identifier from a Non Broadcast Multiaccess (NBMA)
network. The tunnel key is used to enable a key ID for a particular tunnel interface. The MTU size of IP
packets that are sent on a particular interface.

Note

The default MTU value for Ethernet and the serial interface is 1500. The default value varies depending
upon the media type. The Tunnel throughput delay is used to set the delay value for a particular interface.

Step 8

In the Encryption policy field, click the anchored plus button (+) to add the Transform Set Profile (see
Security > VPN Components > Transform Sets in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide).

Step 9

In the Transform Set Profile dialog box, enter the Name and choose the acceptable combination of
security protocols and algorithm from the drop-down list to configure the transform set.

Step 10

Select the IP Compression check box to enable the IP compression for the transform set.

Step 11

Choose the mode for the transform set. The options are: Tunnel mode or Transport mode.

Step 12

In the NHS Server Information area, enter the IP address for the physical interface of the hub and tunnel
and the Fallback Time. If the device supports the cluster then add the next hop server information, such
as Cluster ID, Max Connection, Hub IP address, and Priority.

Note

Step 13

Note

The NHS server information is required only for spoke configuration. If you select the Use
Cluster for NHS check box, add the information, such as Cluster ID, Max Connection, and Next
Hub Server. The template with the NHS cluster configuration will be applied only to the device
running Cisco IOS Software Release 15.1(2)T or later.

In the Routing Information area, choose the routing information. The options are: EIGR, RIPV2, and
Other.

The routing information is required only for hub configuration.

Step 14

Choose the existing EIGRP number from the drop-down list or enter an EIGRP number. Use the Other
option to configure the other protocols.

Step 15

Click Save to save the single NHS server entry details and the priority of the server, save the entire group
of server, and save the NHS cluster information. when you save the NHS cluster information, the NHS
server will be populated in the non-editable field.

Step 16

Click OK to save the configuration to the device.

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Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology

To configure the hub and spoke topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click the Add
button to create the DMVPN tunnel.

Step 4

In the Device Type and Topology area, choose Hub and Spoke as the topology, and select either Hub or
Spoke as a device role.

Step 5

Choose the WAN interface from the drop-down list, and then configure the Multipoint GRE IP Address
and the subnet mask for the tunnel interface.

Step 6

Configure the NHRP and the Tunnel Interface parameters, such as the IP address, NHRP parameters and
map, MTU value, Source of the Tunnel, Tunnel Mode, and Tunnel Key.

Step 7

Create the transform-set for protecting the data flow between the devices. You can specify up to four
transforms: One Authentication Header (AH), one Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) encryption,
one ESP authentication, and one compression. These transforms define the IPsec protocols and the
algorithms.

Step 8

Configure the routing protocol to be used.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration to the device.

Configuring a DMVPN Fully Meshed Topology

The dynamic spoke-to-spoke option allows you to configure a DMVPN fully meshed topology. In this
topology, you can configure the router as a spoke, capable of establishing a directIPsec tunnel to other
spokes in the network.
To configure a DMVPN Fully Meshed topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click the Add to create the DMVPN tunnel with
fully meshed topology.

Step 5

In the Create DMVPN Tunnel configuration page, select the Full Mesh radio button to configure the
network type as full mesh topology.

Step 6

Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 in the Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology section.

Step 7

For Fully Mesh spoke topology, in the NHS Server Information area, add the next hub server
information, such as the IP Address of Hub's physical interface and the IP address of Hub's tunnel
interface.

Step 8

Click Save to save the configuration to the device.

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Configuring a Cluster Topology

To configure a cluster topology, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. Click Add to create
the DMVPN tunnel.

Step 4

From the Create DMVPN Tunnel configuration page, select Spoke radio button to configure the device
role as a spoke.

Step 5

Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 from in the Configuring Hub and Spoke Topology section.

Note

The device must be running IOS version of 15.1(2)T or later.

Step 6

Click Add Row to configure the cluster related information, and add the Cluster-ID and Maximum
Connection values.

Step 7

Click Expand Row (next to the radio button) and click Add Row to add the NHS server information.

Step 8

Enter the NHS server, the GRE Tunnel IP addresses, and the Priority of this NHS server. Click Save to
save the NHS server entry configuration.

Step 9

Click Save to save the NHS server group information.

Step 10

Click Save again to save the NHS group information with the cluster configuration. This will
automatically populate the NHS server IP address in the table.

Editing a DMVPN
To edit a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. The available tunnel is displayed.

Step 5

Select the tunnel, and click Edit. The Edit DMVPN Tunnel page opens.

Step 6

In the Edit DMVPN Tunnel page, you can edit the DMVPN parameters.

Step 7

Click OK to send the edited DMVPN tunnel configuration to the device.

Step 8

Click Cancel to close the Edit DMVPN Tunnel page without applying the configuration to the device.

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Deleting a DMVPN
To delete a DMVPN tunnel, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list to delete the DMVPN tunnel. If the device is not added, click Add to add
the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then click DMVPN. The available tunnel is displayed.

Step 5

Select the tunnel, and click Delete.

Step 6

Click Yes on the warning message to delete the selected tunnel.

Step 7

Click No on the warning message if you do not want to delete the selected tunnel.

Step 8

Click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made without sending them to the router.

Configuring GETVPN
A Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GETVPN) deployment has three primary components: Group
Member, Key Server, and Group Domain of Interpretation protocol. Group Members encrypt and decrypt
the traffic, and Key Server distributes the encryption key to all group members. The Key Server decides
on a single data encryption key for a given lifetime. Because all Group Members use the same key, any
Group Member can decrypt the traffic encrypted by any other Group Member. GDOI protocol is used
between the Group Member and Key Server for group key and group Security Association (SA)
management. A minimum one Key Server is required for a GETVPN deployment.
Unlike traditional IPsec encryption solutions, GETVPN uses the concept of group SA. All members in
the GETVPN group can communicate with each other using a common encryption policy and a shared
SA. Therefore, there is no need to negotiateIPsec between Group Members on a peer-to-peer basis,
thereby reducing the resource load on the Group Member routers.
Group Member

The Group Member registers with the Key Server to get the IPsec SA that is necessary to encrypt data
traffic within the group. The Group Member provides the group identification number to the Key Server
to get the respective policy and keys for this group. These keys are refreshed periodically by the Key
Server, before the current IPsec SAs expire, so that there is no traffic loss.
Key Server

The Key Server is responsible for maintaining security policies, authenticating Group Members and
providing a session key for encrypting traffic. Key Server authenticates the individual Group Members
at the time of registration. Only after successful registration can the Group Members participate in a
group SA.
A Group Member can register at any time and receive the most current policy and keys. When a Group
Member registers with the Key Server, the Key Server verifies the group identification number of the
Group Member. If this identification number is valid, and the Group Member has provided valid Internet
Key Exchange (IKE) credentials, the Key Server sends the SA policy and the keys to the group member.

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The keys sends two types to Group Member: the Key Encryption Key (KEK) and the Traffic Encryption
Key (TEK). The TEK becomes part of the IPsec SA with which the group members within the same
group encrypt the data. The KEK is used to secure rekey messages between the Key Server and the Group
Members.
The Key Server sends out rekey messages either because of an impending IPsec SA expiration or because
the security policy has changed on the Key Server. Keys can be distributed during rekey using either
multicast or unicast transport. the multicast method is more scalable because keys need not be
transmitted to each group member individually. Unlike in unicast, The Key Server will not receive
acknowledgment from the Group Member about the success of the rekey reception using the multicast
rekey method. Usign the unicast rekey method, the Key Server will delete a Group Member from its
database if the Group Member does not acknowledge three consecutive rekeys.
Group Domain of Interpretation

Group Domain of Interpretation protocol is used for Group key and group SA management. Group
Domain of Interpretation uses Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) for
authenticating the Group Members and Key Servers. All of the standard ISAKMP authentication
schemes like RSA Signature (certificates) and preshared key can be used for GETVPN.
For more information on GETVPN, See
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6586/ps6635/ps7180/deployment_guid
e_c07_554713.html.

Creating a GETVPN Group Member

Use the Add GroupMember configuration page to configure a GETVPN group member.
To create a GETVPN group member, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click
GETVPN-GroupMember. Click Add to create the GET VPN group member.

Step 4

In the Add GroupMember dialog box, choose the General tab, and enter the Group Name and Group
Identity. Choose the Registration Interface from the drop-down list.

Step 5

Enter the Primary Key Server and Secondary Key Server IP addresses. Click Add Row or Delete to add
or delete the secondary key server IP addresses.

Note

The primary key server is responsible for creating and distributing group policies to all group
members and periodically synchronizes with the secondary key servers. The server with the
highest priority is elected as a primary key server.

Step 6

Click the row or field to edit the secondary key server IP address.

Step 7

Click Save to save the configuration.

Step 8

In the Add Group Member dialog box, choose the Advanced tab, and choose the Local Exception ACL
and Fail Close ACL from the drop-down list.
If the Fail Close feature is configured, all of the traffic passing through the group member will be
dropped until the group member is registered successfully. Once the group member registers
successfully and SAs are downloaded, this feature turns off by itself.

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Step 9

Choose the Migration tab, and select the Enable Passive SA check box to enable passive SA. Use this
option to turn on the Passive SA mode for this group member.

Step 10

Click OK to add the Group member in the table. To display the commands, click CLI preview. After the
scheduled deploy is completed, the configuration is applied on the device.

Creating a GETVPN Key Server

Use the Add KeyServer configuration page to configure the GETVPN key server.
To create a GETVPN key server, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-KeyServer.
Click Add to create the GETVPN key server.

Step 4

In the Add Key Server dialog box, choose the General tab, and enter the Group Name, Group Identity,
WAN IP address, and Priority of this key server.

Step 5

Enter the Co-operative Key Servers IP address. Click Add Row or Delete to add or delete the
Co-operative key server IP address. Click the row or field, and edit the IP address.

Step 6

In the Add KeyServer dialog box, choose the Rekey tab, and choose the Distribution method from the
drop-down list.
The distribution method is used to send the rekey information from key server to group members. When
you choose the distribution method as multicast, specify the multicast address to which the rekey needs
to be transmitted.

Step 7

In the Add KeyServer dialog box, choose the GETVPN Traffic tab, and enter the Traffic to be encrypted,
Encryption Policy, and Anti Replay.
The access list defines the traffic to be encrypted. Only the traffic which matches the permit lines will
be encrypted. Be sure not to encrypt certain traffic that should always be permitted even if the crypto
sessions are not active.

Step 8

Click OK to add the Group member in the table. To display the commands, click CLI preview. After the
scheduled deployment is completed, the configuration is applied on the device.

Editing a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server

To edit a GETVPN group member or a GETVPN key server, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-Group Member
or GETVPN-KeyServer. The GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer summary page opens.

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Step 4

In the GETVPN summary page, select the group name and click Edit. The Edit GETVPN-GroupMember
or GETVPN-Keyserver page appears.

Step 5

In the Edit GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer page, you can edit the GETVPN
parameters.

Step 6

Click OK to save the configurations.

Deleting a GETVPN Group Member or Key Server

To delete a GETVPN group member or GETVPN key server, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add to add a new device, then configure the device. The device
details appear on the lower part of the page.

Step 3

After choosing the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then click GETVPN-Group
Member or GETVPN-KeyServer. The GETVPN-GroupMember or GETVPN-KeyServer summary
page opens.

Step 5

In the GETVPN summary page, select the group name and click Delete.

Step 6

Click OK to save the configurations.

Configuring VPN Components

The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is a standard method for arranging secure and authenticated
communications. The IKE establishes session keys (and associated cryptographic and networking
configuration) between two hosts across network. IKE policies protect the identities of peers during
authentication.
IKE negotiations must be protected; therefore, each IKE negotiation begins by each peer agreeing on a
common (shared) IKE policy. This policy states the security parameters that will be used to protect
subsequent IKE negotiations. After the peers agree on a policy, the security parameters of the policy are
identified by a security association established at each peer. These security associations are applied to
all subsequent IKE traffic during the negotiation.
When negotiation begins, IKE looks for an IKE policy that is the same on both peers. The peer that
initiates negotiation sends all of its policies to the remote peer. The remote peer looks for a match by
comparing its own highest priority policy against the other peers received policies. A match is found
when policies from both peers contain the same encryption, hash, authentication, and Diffie-Hellman
(D-H) parameter values, and when the remote peers policy specifies a lifetime that is less than or equal
to the lifetime of the policy it is being compared to. If the lifetimes are not identical, the shorter lifetime
from the remote peers policy is used.
The VPN components primarily include the following:

Configuring IKE Policies

Configuring IKE Settings

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Creating RSA Keys

Configuring Transform Sets

Configuring IKE Policies

To configure IKE policies, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, Expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IKE Policies.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the IKE policies.

Step 5

In the IKE Policies page, enter the Priority, Authentication, D-H Group, Encryption, Hash, and Lifetime.
For a description of the elements on the IKE Policies page, see Security > VPN Components > IKE
Policies in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 6

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Configuring IKE Settings

The IKE Settings feature allows you to globally enable IKE for your peer router.
To configure IKE settings, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IKE Settings.

Step 4

Select the Enable IKE and Enable Aggressive Mode check box to enable the IKE policies and the
aggressive mode.

Step 5

Choose the IKE Identity from the drop-down list.

Step 6

Enter the Dead Peer Detection Keepalive and Dead Peer Detection Retry time in seconds.
For a description of the elements on the IKE Settings page, see Security > VPN Components > IKE
Settings in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 7

Click Save to save the configuration.

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Configuring IPsec Profiles

The IPsec profiles, also called ISAKMP profiles, enable you to define a set of IKE parameters that you
can associate with one or more IPsec tunnels. An IPsec profile applies parameters to an incoming IPsec
connection identified uniquely through its concept of matching identity criteria. These criteria are based
on the IKE identity that is presented by incoming IKE connections and includes IP address, Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), and group the VPN remote client grouping.
The IKE Profile feature allows you to create an IPsec profile.
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
IPsec Profile.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the IPsec profile.

Step 5

In the IPsec Profile page, enter the information such as Name, Description, and Transform Set, and the
IPsec SA Lifetime.

Note

When you edit a profile, you cannot edit the name of the IPsec profile. A transform set represents
a certain combination of security protocols and algorithms. During the IPsec security association
negotiation, the peers agree to use a particular transform set for protecting a particular data flow.
A transform describes a particular security protocol with its corresponding algorithms

Step 6

Enter the IPsec SA Lifetime in seconds to establish a new SA after the set period of time elapses.

Step 7

To edit the IPsec profile parameters, click Field and edit the parameter of that IPsec profile.

Step 8

To delete the IPsec profile, select the IPsec Profile from the list, and click Delete.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Creating Preshared Keys

The preshared Keys feature allows you to share a secret key between two peers. This key is used by the
IKE during the authentication phase.
To create a preshared key, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select a device or click Add to add a new device, and then configure the device. The device details
appear in the lower part of the page.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components > Preshared Keys.

Step 5

Click Add Row to create the preshared key.

Step 6

In the Preshared Keys page, enter the IP Address, Host Name, Subnet Mask, and Preshared Keys.

Step 7

To edit the preshared key parameters, click the Field and edit the parameter of that preshared key.

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Step 8

To delete the preshared key, choose the preshared key from the list, and click Delete.

Step 9

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to generate the CLI commands.

Creating RSA Keys

An RSA key pair consists of a public key and a private key. When setting up your Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI), you must include the public key in the certificate enrollment request. After the
certificate is granted, the public key is included in the certificate so that peers can use it to encrypt the
data that is sent to the router. The private key is kept on the router and used both to decrypt the data sent
by the peers and to digitally sign transactions when negotiating with the peers.
RSA key pairs contain a key modulus value. The modulus determines the size of the RSA key. The larger
the modulus, the more secure the RSA key. However, it takes longer to generate, encrypt, and decrypt
keys with large modulus values.
To create an RSA keys, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
RSAKeys.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the RSA keys.

Step 5

The Add RSA Keys dialog box appears.

Step 6

In the Add RSA Keys dialog box, enter the Label, Modulus, and Type.

Note

For a modulus value between 512 and 1024, enter an integer value that is a multiple of 64. If you
want a value higher than 1024, you can enter 1536 or 2048. If you enter a value greater than 512,
key generation may take a minute or longer. The modulus determines the size of the key. The
larger the modulus, the more secure the key, but keys with a large modulus take longer to
generate, and encryption/decryption operations take longer with larger keys.

Step 7

Select the Make the Key exportable check box to generate the RSA as a exportable key.

Step 8

Click OK to save the configuration.

Step 9

To import the RSA key, click Import. The Import RSA Key dialog box appears.

Step 10

In the Import RSA Key dialog box, enter the label of the RSA key, Key type, and password to decrypt
the key. If the key type is general-keys, signature or encryption, copy and paste the public and private
key data that was saved.

Step 11

To import usage-key, enter the public and private key data of both the signature and encryption keys.

Step 12

Click Import to import the RSA key.

Step 13

To export the RSA key, choose the RSA key from the list and click Export. The Export RSA Key Pair
dialog box appears.

Step 14

In the Export RSA Key Pair dialog box, enter the password to encrypt the RSA key and choose the
encryption algorithm from the drop-down list.

Step 15

Click OK to display the exported keys.

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Step 16

To delete the RSA key, choose the RSA key from the list, and click Delete.

Configuring Transform Sets

To define a transform set, specify one to three transforms. Each transform represents an IPsec security
protocol (AH or ESP) plus the algorithm that you want to use. When the particular transform set is used
during negotiations for IPsec security associations, the entire transform set (the combination of
protocols, algorithms, and other settings) must match a transform set at the remote peer.
To configure a transform sets, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

After choosing the device from the list, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 3

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security folder, and then choose VPN Components >
Transform Sets.

Step 4

Click Add Row to create the transform sets.

Step 5

In the Transform Sets page, enter the Name and select the acceptable combination of security protocols
and algorithm to configure the transform set.

Note

Step 6

Step 7

The ESP encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the payload and the integrity algorithm is used
to check the integrity of the payload.

Specify the mode for a transform set:

TransportEncrypt data only. Transport mode is used when both endpoints support IPsec.
Transport mode places the authentication header or encapsulated security payload after the original
IP header; thus, only the IP payload is encrypted. This method allows users to apply network
services such as quality-of-service (QoS) controls to encrypted packets.

TunnelEncrypt data and IP header. Tunnel mode provides stronger protection than transport
mode. Because the entire IP packet is encapsulated within AH or ESP, a new IP header is attached,
and the entire datagram can be encrypted. Tunnel mode allows network devices such as a router to
act as an IPsec proxy for multiple VPN users; tunnel mode should be used in those configurations.

Click Save to save the configuration, then click Save again to save the configuration changes.

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall

The Zone-Based Firewall feature allows you to easily manage Cisco IOS unidirectional firewall policy
between groups of interfaces known as zones.
A zone is a group of interfaces that have similar functions or features. For example, on a router, Gigabit
Ethernet interface 0/0/0 and Gigabit Ethernet interface 0/0/1 may be connected to the LAN. These two
interfaces are similar because they represent the internal network, so they can be grouped into a zone for
firewall configurations.

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By default, the traffic between interfaces in the same zone is not subjected to any policy. The traffic
passes freely.
When an interface is a member of a security zone, all traffic to and from that interface (except traffic
going to the router or traffic going to another interface on the same zone) is dropped.
To permit traffic between interfaces that belong to different zones, a firewall policy with concrete rules
must be pushed to the device. If the policy permits the traffic between these two zones (through inspect
or pass actions) traffic can flow through the zones. Figure 28-1 describes the security zone.
Figure 28-1

Security Zone Diagram

E0

Router
Zone Z1

Zone Z2

E2

E1

146616

E3

The following describe the relationships between the interfaces and security zones shown in Figure 28-1.

Interfaces E0 and E1 are members of the security zone Z1.

Interface E2 is a member of the security zone Z2.

Interface E3 is not a member of any of the security zone.

In this scenario, the following situations exist:

Traffic flows freely between interfaces E0 and E1 because they are members of the same security
zone (Z1).

If no policies are configured, traffic will not flow between zones (for example, E0 and E2, E1 and
E2, E3 and E1, and E3 and E2).

Traffic can flow between interface E0 or E1 and E2 only when an explicit policy is configured to
permit the traffic between zone Z1 and zone Z2.

Traffic can never flow between E3 and interface E0, E1or E2 because E3 is not a part of any security
zone.
Prime Infrastructure supports the zone-based firewall feature on Cisco ASR, ISR, and CSR routers.
Using Prime Infrastructure, you can configure a zone-based firewall policy template and deploy it to
multiple devices. After you deploy the zone-based configuration, you can navigate to the Device Work
Center to view the deployed firewall configuration on a specific device.
To monitor the zone-based firewall, check the Zone-Based Firewall Monitor Hits capability on the
Device Work Center or the Prime Infrastructure syslog feature, which supports zone-based firewall
syslog messages.
Prime Infrastructure can configure Zone-Based Firewall either through CLI (over Telnet or SSH) or
through WSMA. Zone-Based Firewall can be configured through WSMA in a more efficient and robust
method and we recommend that you use the WSMA protocols for configuring Zone-Based Firewall. For
more information on using WSMA with Prime Infrastructure, see Configuring the Device using WSMA.

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Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall Template

To configure a zone-based firewall on more than one device, use a zone-based template to make the
changes. For zone-based firewall templates, you must first design the zone-based firewall in the network
by defining the zones in the network. In Prime Infrastructure, zones are represented by interface role
global object, which dynamically selects the list of interfaces that belong to the zone. Next, define and
create network objects in the firewall environment. The Zone-based firewall feature supports only IPv4
network in Prime Infrastructure 2.2. (IPv6 is not supported.)

Note

The Zone-Based Firewall feature is supported on the following: ASR platform from Cisco IOS-XE
Release 15.2(2)S or later, ISR G2 platform from Cisco IOS Release 15.0(1)M or later, ISR G3 platform
from Cisco IOS-XE 15.3(2)S Release or later, and CSR platform from Cisco IOS-XE 15.3(1)S Release
or later.
To configure a zone-based firewall template:
1.

Define the zones. A security zone is defined as an interface role (see Creating an Interface Role).

2.

Define the IPv4 network objects (see Creating an IPv4 Network Object).

Note

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.0 supports only IPv4 network objects.

3.

Design a firewall policy and deploy it to multiple devices (for more information, see Creating a
Policy Rule).

4.

Validate the configuration for a specific device (see Creating a Zone-Based Firewall).

5.

Modify the global objects and template configuration (see Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy
Rules Template).

6.

Monitor the policy rules (see Monitoring Policy Rules).

7.

Monitor the syslog messages (for more information, see Where to Find Syslogs).

To modify security zones, IPv4 network objects, and firewall policies, edit the firewall policy and
redeploy it to the relevant devices.

Creating an Interface Role

An Interface role allows you to dynamically select a group of interfaces without having to manually
define explicitly interfaces on each device. For example, you can use interface roles to define the zones
in a zone-based firewall configuration template. You might define an interface role with a naming pattern
of DMZ*. When you include this interface role in a template and deploy the template, the configuration
is applied to all interfaces whose names begin with DMZ on the selected devices. As a result, you can,
for example, assign a policy that enables anti-spoof checking on all DMZ interfaces to all relevant device
interfaces with a single action.
For information to create an interface role, see Creating Interface Roles.

Creating an IPv4 Network Object

Network objects are logical collections of IP addresses or subnets that represent networks. Using
network objects simplifies policy management.

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For information to create an IPv4 network object, see Creating Network Objects.

Defining Device Override

Use the device override feature when a specific device is differed from the general network design.
To define the device override, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects > Shared > Interface Role or IPv4
Network Object.

Step 2

In the Create/Edit Network Object or Interface Role page, select the Allow Value Override Per Device
check box and define the values per specific device. The defined values will override the regular values
defined for the Interface Role \ Network Object.

Step 3

Click OK to save the configurations.

Creating a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules Template

After you create a shared policy objects, create a zone-based firewall policy rules template.
To create a Zone-Based Firewall Policy Rules template, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > Security > Zone Based Firewall >
Policy Rules.

Step 2

In the Template Basic area, enter a name and a description in the appropriate fields.

Step 3

In the Validation Criteria area, choose a Device Type from the list and enter the OS Version.

Step 4

Enter the required fields. For descriptions of the template parameters, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure
2.1 Reference Guide.

Step 5

Click Save as New Template. After you save the template, deploy it to your devices using the procedures
in Creating Feature-Level Configuration Templates.

Configuring a Zone-Based Firewall on a Single Device

To configure a zone-based firewall on a single device, use Device Work Center zone-based configuration
to make the changes.

Creating a Security Zone

To create a security zone, follow these steps:

Note

The Zone Based Firewall feature is supported on the ASR platform on Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.2 (2)S
or later, ISR G2 platform on Cisco IOS release 15.0 (1) M or later, ISR G3 platform on Cisco IOS-XE
Release 15.3(2)S or later, and CSR platform on Cisco IOS-XE Release 15.3(1)S.

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Zones.

Step 4

Click Add Zone to create the security zone.

Step 5

Select a Zone Name.

Step 6

Select the VRF of the zone.

Step 7

a.

Select a VRF before assigning interfaces to the security zone. Only the interfaces that are assigned
to the selected VRF can be assigned to the zone.

b.

If the user selects the global VRF, only interfaces which are not assigned to any VRF can be
assigned to the zone.

To assign the interfaces to the security zone, click the down arrow icon. The Interface Object Selector
dialog box appears.
a.

In the Interface selector dialog box, select the Interface check box to select the interface from the
list (can be multiple selection).

b.

Click OK to save the configuration or click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made
without sending them to the router.

Step 8

In the Advanced options column, click Configure. The Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box
appears.

Step 9

Define a set of advanced parameters which would be applicable for the inspected traffic that goes
through the interfaces that belongs to the zone. For each parameter, select the check box to the left of
the parameter name to override the default value for the parameter and then select the new value for the
parameter. (Optional) In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, do the following:

Advanced Parameters option is supported only on ASR1K series devices.

Note

Step 10

a.

Select the Alert check box and select the On radio button to set the alert.

b.

Select the Maximum Destination check box to set the maximum destination.

c.

Select the TCP SYN-Flood Rate per Destination check box to set the TCP flood rate.

d.

Select the Basic Threat Detection Parameters check box and select the On radio button to
configure the FW drop threat detection rate, FW inspect threat detection rate, and FW SYN attack
threat detection rate.

Click:

OK to save the configuration.

Cancel to exit without saving.

Step 11

To edit the existing security zone parameters, select the zone, and click Edit in the Advance options
column. The Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box appears.

Step 12

In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, edit the values and click Save to save the changes.
When you hover your mouse over the Advanced Options icon, the configured parameters will be
displayed in the quick view window.

Step 13

Enter the description for the zone, then click Save.

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Editing a Security Zone

To edit a security zone, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Zones.

Step 4

In the Zones page, choose one of the following options:

a.

Click the Zone parameters row, and edit the parameters. or

b.

Select the zone, and click Edit. The selected Zone entity opens for editing.

Step 5

Click the add icon to assign the interface to the zone or to un-assign the existing interfaces from the zone
You can also change the Description of the zone and edit the advanced parameters of the zone.

Step 6

Click Save to save the configuration.

Configuring a Default-Zone
A default zone is a zone that is automatically assigned to all interfaces that are not assigned to any other
zone on device.
To configure a default zone, follow these steps:

Note

The Default-Zone feature is supported only on the ASR platform.

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

From the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

From the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then
click Zones.

Step 4

In the Zones page, click Enable Default to enable or disable the default security zone in the device. The
default zone will host all of the interfaces that are not related to any zone.

Step 5

Click OK to save the configuration.

Creating a Policy Rule

To create a policy rule, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Policy
Rules page appears.

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Step 4

From the Policy Rules page, click Add Rule and complete the fields. When you add a rule, you can place
a rule at the top or bottom of the policy or after/before an existing rule. Firewall Rules are processed
according to their order. To control the order of the rules, select the location of the rule in the table and
use Add Top or Add Bottom option to add the rule to the top or the bottom of the table. Select a rule and
use Add After or Add Before option to add the rule before or after an existing rule.You can place a rule
at any given location and later use drag and drop to change its location.

Step 5

(Optional) Enter the firewall rule name. If you do not provide the name for the firewall rule, the system
generates a name for the firewall rule. You cannot use these formats rule_<number> or
EMS_rule_<number> to create the firewall rule name (For example, rule_1). These are system reserved
formats.

Step 6

Select the source and destination zones for the rule, the rule is applicable only for traffic that flows from
the source zone to the destination zone. Note that the source and destination zones must be different.

Step 7

To add the source and the destination IP address, click the add icon. The Source/Destination IP address
dialog box appears.

Step 8

a.

In the Source/Destination IP address dialog box, select the Any check box to set the value to any.

b.

Enter the Source/ Destination IP addresses.

c.

Click the + button to add the new IP address and the subnet.

d.

Click the - button to remove an IP/subnet.

e.

Click OK to save the configurations or click Cancel to cancel all of the changes that you have made
without sending them to the router.

(Optional) Set the Service values. To add or remove the service, click the down arrow icon. The Firewall
Service dialog box appears. You can also select a predefined Service. For creating services, see Creating
a Service Group.
a.

In the Firewall Service dialog box, select the service or port-based application check box to select
the application or the service for the rule.

b.

Select specific TCP / UDP ports by selecting TCP or UDP, close the window and enter the list of
ports to be used in the text box that appears next to the TCP or UDP icon. For viewing port-based
applications, see Assigning TCP/UDP Ports on an Application.

c.

Use the navigation arrow buttons to navigate backward.

d.

Click OK to save the configurations.

Step 9

Select the appropriate action. The options are: Drop, Drop and Log, Inspect, Pass, and Pass and Log.

Step 10

If you select the action to inspect, click Configure in the Advance options column. The Advanced
Parameters Configuration dialog box appears.

Step 11

In the Advanced Parameters Configuration dialog box, do the following:

a.

To customize the device default value, select the Parameter check box and set the new value.

b.

To apply the device default value, unselect the Parameter check box.

c.

To view the firewall rule default parameters, see Configuring a Default Parameters Map.

d.

When you hover your mouse cursor over the Advanced Options icon, the configured parameters are
displayed in the quick view window.

Table 28-1 lists the elements on the policy rule page.

Step 12

Click Save to apply the rule to the device. For description of the elements, see the Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 2.2 Reference Guide.

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Monitoring Policy Rules

The monitoring feature allows you to monitor policy rules. You can identify the most-used rules, and
you can troubleshoot a specific rule and verify hits for the selected rule.
To monitor policy rules, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Firewall
Rules page appears.

Step 4

In the Firewall Rules page, click Hit Counters and use one of the following options to analyze the
sessions and packets hit counters for the firewall rules.

Step 5

Click the Show all option to view the packets and sessions counters for all firewall rules. The packets
and sessions counters are displayed in two separate columns.

Note

When you select the Show all option, the system will display a warning message stating that it
may take more time to complete this operation. Sessions hit counters are not applicable for
Drop/Pass rules. Similarly, packet hit counters are not applicable for Inspection rules.

Step 6

To know the time of the last update for the rules, hover the mouse cursor over the column names or click
the Last Update Time option in the Hit Counters.

Step 7

Click the Show for selected rules option to show the hit counters for a specific rule or a couple of
selected rules. The hit counters would be displayed in a popup dialog box with a refresh button that
allows quick refresh of the data.

Step 8

Use the predefined filters options available in the top-right corner of the table to display the rules at the
top or bottom based on the packets/sessions counts.

Step 9

Click Reset All Counters to discard all of the rules counters on the device. The application will display
a warning message before resetting the rules counters.

Editing a Policy Rule

To edit a policy rule, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Policy Rules. The Firewall
Rules page appears.

Step 4

In the Firewall Rules page, choose one of the following options:

Click the Rules parameters row and edit the parameters.

Select the check box to select the rule, and then click Edit. The selected Rule opens for edit. You
cannot edit the name of the policy rule.

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Step 5

In Cisco Prime Infrastructure Release 2.2, you can specify the Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) / User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port range in the firewall rule service. When you add a
new rule or edit an existing rule under the Service column, click object selector to assign the
TCP / UDP, and click OK. You can define the port numbers in the text box that appears near the
protocol icon. Also, you can define the port range in the format of
<start-port-number>-<end-port-number>, and this range can be configured for that specific
protocol (TCP or UDP).
You can re-order firewall rules by dragging a rule and dropping it in a different location.

Click Save to apply the changes in the device.

Creating a Service Group

You can create, update or delete a service groups. Service group provides an option to group together
several port-based applications to logical groups which could be used in firewall policies.
For example, you can define a browsing service-group object and assign both HTTP and HTTPS
applications to it. Then you can use this browsing service-group in firewall rules to permit or deny
browsing traffic, rather than selecting both HTTP and HTTPS in those rules.
To create a service group, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Service Groups. The Service Groups page appears.

Step 4

To create the Service Group:

Step 5

Step 6

a.

In the Service Group page, click Add Service Group and enter the Service Group Name. You cannot
change the name after creating the Service Group. Also, you cannot create a service group without
an application (see Creating Custom Applications).

b.

To assign Applications, click the down arrow icon.

c.

In the Applications dialog box, select the Applications check box to select one or more applications
from the list, then click OK.

To edit an existing Service Group, do one of the following:

In the Service Groups page, click the Service Group parameters row and edit the parameters.

Select the service group and click Edit. You can add new applications or remove an already selected
application.

To remove an application from the selected list, hover your mouse cursor over the application name
and click X.

Click Save to apply your changes to the device.

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Assigning TCP/UDP Ports on an Application

You can assign or unassign the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
ports to an application.

Note

When you click Save in the following procedure, your changes are deployed on the device. You cannot
review the requested operation or remove the request from the pending changes queue.
To assign or unassign TCP/UDP ports for an application, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall > Common Building Blocks, and then click
Port Mappings. The Port Application Mapping page appears.

Note
Step 4

Step 5

Displays the application name that is driven from the device.

To assign or unassign the TCP/UDP ports to an application, click the application and update its
TCP/UDP ports value. The TCP/UDP Port values are assigned to the specific application.
a.

Assign port(s) by defining one or more ports separated by comma (For example: 1234, 2222 and so
on).

b.

Assign port(s) by defining the port range (For example: 1111-1118). You can also assign a
combination of ports and port ranges.

c.

Unassign port(s) by deleting the existing port values.

Click Save to save the configurations.

Configuring a Default Parameters Map

To configure a default parameters, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Default Parameters. The
Default Parameters page appears.

Step 4

In the Default Parameters page, change the parameters value.

Note
Step 5

You can change the default parameters only on ISR devices.

Click Save to save the configuration.

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Assigning an Interface for a Zone

The interfaces view gives an overview of the interfaces on the device which are applicable for firewall
inspection. The view allows viewing and modifying the assignment of those interfaces to security zones.
To assign or unassign an interface for a zone, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices, then select a device.

Step 2

In the Feature Configuration pane, expand the Security subfolder.

Step 3

In the Security subfolder, expand the Zone Based Firewall and then click Interfaces.

Step 4

In the Interface page, select the interface that you want to change and click the down arrow icon. The
Zone dialog box appears.

Step 5

In the Zone dialog box, select the new security zone for the interface. If the selected interface is already
assigned to a zone, you will get a warning message.

Step 6

Click Yes on the warning message if you want to change the assignment of that interface.

Step 7

To un-assign the interface from the specific zone, select the interface and delete the zone information.

Step 8

Click Save to save and apply your changes.

Creating a Routing Protocol

A routing protocol specifies how routers:

Communicate with other routers in a network

Select routing paths to transmit data between nodes in a computer network

Share network information with other routers

The following sections describe the routing protocols supported by Prime Infrastructure.

Creating a Static Route

Static routing is the simplest form of routing, where the network administrator manually enters routes
into a routing table. The route does not change until the network administrator changes it. Static routing
is normally used when there are very few devices to be configured and the administrator is very sure that
the routes do not change. The main drawback of static routing is that a change in the network topology
or a failure in the external network cannot be handled, because routes that are configured manually must
be updated to fix any lost connectivity.
To create a static route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click Static. The Static Routing page appears with options to
configure IPv4 static routes.

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Step 5

To configure an IPv4 static route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 Static Routes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.
For Permanent Route, choose either of the following:
True to specify that the route will not be removed from the routing table, even if the next-hop

interface shuts down or the next-hop IP address is not reachable.

False to specify that the route will be removed from the routing table, even if the next-hop

interface shuts down or the next-hop IP address is not reachable.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Creating a RIP Route

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol that uses hop count as a routing
metric. RIP implements a limit of 15 hops in a path from source to a destination, to prevent routing loops.
The hop-count limit also limits the size of the networks that RIP supports. RIP sends its routing table
every 30 seconds.
The variants of RIP are RIP version 1 (described in RFC1058) and RIP version 2 (described in
RFC2453). RIP uses the split horizon, route poisoning, and holddown mechanisms to prevent incorrect
routing information from being propagated.
To create a RIP route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click RIP. The RIP Routing page appears with options to configure
IPv4 RIP routes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 RIP route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 RIP Routes page, select the RIP version.

b.

Click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

c.

Click Save.

d.

Click Passive Interface to select the passive interface that you want to add.

e.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Creating an EIGRP Route

In EIGRP (an enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) when an entry in the routing table changes
in any of the routers, it notifies its neighbors of the change only, rather than sending the entire routing
table. Every router in the network sends a hello packet periodically so that all routers on the network
understand the states of their neighbors. If a hello packet is not received from a router during a certain
period of time, it is assumed that the router is inoperative.

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EIGRP uses the Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL) to determine the most efficient route to a
destination and provides a mechanism for fast convergence. Routers using EIGRP and IGRP can
interoperate because the routing metric used with one protocol can be easily translated into the routing
metric of the other protocol.
To create an EIGRP route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click EIGRP. The EIGRP Routing page appears with options to
configure IPv4 EIGRP routes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 EIGRP route, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 EIGRP Routes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Add Interface to select the passive interface that you want to associate to the Autonomous
System (AS) number created.

d.

Click Save to save the configuration.

Creating an OSPF Route

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a standards-based routing protocol that uses the Shortest Path First
(SPF) algorithm to determine the best route to its destination. OSPF sends Link State Advertisements
(LSAs) to all other routers within the same area. OSPF only sends routing updates for the changes only;
it does not send the entire routing table.
To create an OSPF route, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Choose the device from the list or click Add Device to create a new device, then configure the device.

Step 3

After selecting the device, click Configuration. The Feature Configuration pane appears.

Step 4

Expand the Routing folder, and then click OSPF. The OSPF Processes page appears with options to
configure IPv4 OSPF processes.

Step 5

To configure an IPv4 OSPF process, do the following:

a.

In the IPv4 OSPF Processes page, click Add Row, and then complete the fields.

b.

Click Save.

c.

Click Passive Interfaces to select the passive interface that you want to associate to the process
created.

d.

Click Advanced. The Advanced OSPF IPv4 Configuration dialog box appears.

e.

Click Networks > Add Row, and then complete the fields.

f.

Click Route Summarization > Add Row, and then complete the fields.

g.

Click OK.

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h.

Click Save to save the configuration.

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Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) devices and software help to ensure high-quality WAN
end-user experiences across applications at multiple sites.

Note

Evaluating Service Health

Identifying Optimization Candidates

Establishing Performance Baselines

Validating Optimization ROI

Monitoring Optimized Flows

To use this feature, your Cisco Prime Infrastructure implementation must include Assurance licenses.
For WAAS deployments to be successful, however, network operations staff must share a common data
resource that gives them complete visibility into network performance data throughout every stage of the
optimization cycle, including:

Identifying the sites and applications that are candidates for optimization, so that network designers
can plan where WAAS optimization is critical (see Identifying Optimization Candidates).

Establishing site and application performance baselines (see Establishing Performance Baselines).
Prime Infrastructure performs baselining for key performance metrics and detects abnormal
deviations of baselined values. The key performance metrics include:
Server Response Time
Client Transaction Time
Network Round-Trip Time
MOS score
Jitters
Packet loss
Bytes sent/received
Interface utilization
CPU Utilization
Memory Utilization

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Prime Infrastructure determines the baseline (mean) for each metric by taking the average values of
the metric during the last 30 days. Average values are computed separately for each hour of the day
for each monitored entity (such as interface, host, site, or application). For example, the baseline for
HTTP response time of a given server between 9AM to 10AM today will be different from the
baseline of the same server between 7PM to 8PM yesterday.
Prime Infrastructure also computes the metrics standard deviations using the last 30 days of data.
Similar to averages, standard deviations are computed separately for each hour of the day for each
monitored entity.

Post-implementation validation that WAN performance and application stability have actually
improved (see Validating Optimization ROI).
Because the mean and standard deviation of each metric vary over time, Prime Infrastructure
continuously reevaluates the thresholds used to compute the health scores (adaptive thresholds).
Prime Infrastructure computes baselines and thresholds every hour, and evaluates health scores
every five minutes. In each interval:
a. Health scores are computed for every application-site combination.
b. These health scores are aggregated to derive the overall health of each business-critical

application (across all sites) and overall health of each site (across all business-critical
applications).
When aggregating across sites/applications, the worst scores are used. For example, if any
business-critical application of a given site is rated red, that site is also rated red for that interval.
See Health Rules for more information.

Ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting of the optimized flows (see Monitoring Optimized Flows).
Using the baseline means and standard deviations, Prime Infrastructure can monitor application and
service health issues by detecting abnormal deviations of key metrics from their baselined values
and assign a health scores (red, yellow, or green) for each application and site for each monitoring
interval.
A red score indicates a highly abnormal deviation from baseline (deviations from baselines with

a probability of less than 0.1%).

A yellow score indicates a mildly abnormal deviation (deviations with a probability of less than

1%).
A green score indicates that the metric is within its normal range.
A gray score indicates there is insufficient data for a site/application.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure offers a consistent data resource for each of these stages in performance
optimization.

Evaluating Service Health

The Service Health dashboard (Home > Performance > Service Health) displays the sites and their
business critical applications. Each application for a site is given a score for each of the KPIs (Key
Performance Indicators) that are available in the system:

Traffic (megabits per second)

Client Experience (varies based on application type: average transaction time for transaction-based
applications such as HTTP, or MOS code for real-time applications such as RTP)

Network Performance (average network time for HTTP, jitter and Package Loss for RTP)

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Application Response (applicable only for transaction-based applications such as HTTP)

The KPI scores can come from multiple data sources; scores are computed across all data sources for all
of the KPIs, and the overall score in the main dashboard is an aggregate of these scores. Scores are
assigned as red, yellow, or green based on the warning and critical threshold values assigned in
Administration > Health Rules; you can use this option to modify the health rule settings as necessary
for your network.
For data to be displayed in Service Health, there must be at least one hour of data. After the first hour,
the previous hours data is overlaid on the data line as the historical data for the next hour. After the first
day, standard deviation and mean are based on the hourly data for the previous day.

Note

The Site-Application Health Summary dashlet will display data two hours after the server has
been installed; baseline dashlets will display baseline values after one hour.

These scores are stored for seven days. When you view the data for a previous day, the maximum moving
time interval is six hours (you can look at up to six hours of data at a time).

Health Rules
The data displayed in the Service Health dashboard (Home > Performance > Service Health) is
computed using health rules. You can customize the health rules by clicking the desired row and editing
the Critical and Warning values.

Criticalturns red when the data value exceeds the specified Critical value.

Warningturns yellow when the data value exceeds the Warning value.

If the health rule does not exceed the specified Critical or Warning values, it is green.
For example, for Traffic Rate, you might specify the T1 the baseline value of 100 Mbps for a given site,
application, and datasource, and the standard deviation value of 20 Mbps.
If the Traffic Rate exceeds 161.8 Mbps, which is 100+(3.09 x 20), you see a red bar indicating a critical
warning.
You can click any of the colored bars to get further details.

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Creating Custom Applications

Use the Applications and Services option to create and manage custom applications and services.
Services are groups of applications. Prime Infrastructure provides a default set of applications and
services consistent with the Cisco NBAR standard. (See
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6616/products_ios_protocol_group_home.html for more
information.)
You can create custom applications that contain the definitions you require and which are not available
(either from the device or from Prime Infrastructure). After you create an application, you can deploy
the application to the supported devices. Deploying the application definition to the device makes
Netflow exported data consistent with Prime Infrastructure and other management tools.
If you deploy a custom application to a device and later want to remove it, you must undeploy the
application using the Applications and Services option. If you delete the custom application from Prime
Infrastructure only, the custom application remains active on the device.
Applications without definitions are displayed as unknown.
Custom applications are organized under services; services are organized by category and subcategory
to align with the Cisco NBAR standard. For more information about NBAR, see
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6616/products_ios_protocol_group_home.html.
To create a custom application, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Overview > Service Health.

Step 2

On the Service Health dashboard, some applications are already set as Business Critical. To view the
currently defined business critical applications and to edit the contents of the Service Health dashboard:
a.

Click All Applications in the left column, select the check box for the application, then click Edit.

b.

In the Edit Application box, select the Business Critical check box, then click Update.

Step 3

Enter any additional required fields, then click Create.

Step 4

Push your new application to a NAM or an ASR/ISR.

a.

Choose the User Defined Applications, from the show drop-down list, and select the new
application check box, then click Deploy.

b.

In the Device Selection dialog box, select the NAM device or the ISR/ASR to which this application
is to be deployed, then click Submit.

c.

Click View Jobs to display the status of the deployment job.

Note

Custom Application support for ISR G2 is only from Cisco IOS Release 15.3 onwards.

Identifying Optimization Candidates

Follow these steps to identify your networks lowest performing applications, clients, servers, and
network links.
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > WAN Optimization.

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Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Add the following dashlets (see Adding Dashlets) to this dashboard.

Application Traffic

Server Traffic

Client Traffic

Network Links

Using these dashlets, identify the optimization candidates.

All of the dashlets show the current traffic rate (in bytes per second), average number of concurrent
connections, and average transaction time in milliseconds, for every application, client, server, or
network link.

Network Links also shows the sites for that client and server endpoints of each link, and the average
length of time that the link exists.

Server Traffic shows both the server IP address and the application that it serves.

Sort and filter the performance data as needed.

To sort on any column in any dashlet, click the column heading.

To filter the data displayed in all of the dashlets by Time Frame, Site, or Application, enter or select
the filter criteria that you want on the Filters line and click Go.

To filter within a dashlet, click its Filter icon and specify a Quick or Advanced Filter, or use a Preset
Filter.

For a quick report of the same data:

a.

Choose Report > Report Launch Pad.

b.

Specify filter and other criteria for the report, then click Run.

Establishing Performance Baselines

Follow these steps to establish the standard performance characteristics of your candidate applications
and sites before implementing WAN optimizations.
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > Application.

Step 2

Add the following dashlets (see Adding Dashlets) to this page:

Step 3

Worst N Clients by ART Metrics

Worst N Sites by ART Metrics

Application Server Performance

Application Traffic Analysis

Use these dashlets to establish the performance characteristics of your optimization candidates as
currently configured.

Worst N Clients by ART Metrics: For the worst-performing clients and applications: Maximum
and average transaction times, and 24-hour performance trend.

Worst N Sites by ART Metrics: The same information for the worst-performing sites and
applications.

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Application Server Performance: For all application servers: the maximum and average server
response time, and a 24-hour performance trend.

Application Traffic Analysis: Gives 24-hour application traffic metrics in bytes per second and
packets per second. Calculates statistical mean, minimum, maximum, median, and first and second
standard deviation for the period,

You can sort by any column in any dashlet by clicking the column heading. You can also filter the data
in the dashlets by Time Frame, Site, and Application.
Step 4

Click the Site tab and use Top N Applications, Top N Devices with Most Alarms, Top N Clients and
Worst N Clients by ART Metrics as you did in Step 3.

Enabling Baselining
Standard deviation and mean values are used to compute the scores in the Service Health dashboard.
Baselining is not enabled by default. When baselining is enabled:

The blue box indicates the standard deviation.

The blue line indicates the mean value for that hour.

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Sample Baseline Values

To enable baselining, follow these steps:

Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > Application.

Baselining is supported by these dashlets:

Application Traffic AnalysisShows the aggregate bandwidth rate/volume for a site/enterprise one
application, service, or set of applications.

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Step 2

Step 3

Application ART AnalysisShows the response times for a transaction.

To enable application traffic analysis baselining:

a.

Open the Application Traffic Analysis dashlet, hover your cursor over the dashlet icons and click
Dashlet Options.

b.

Select the Baseline check box and save your changes.

To enable application response time analysis baselining:

a.

Open the Application ART Analysis dashlet, hover your cursor over the dashlet icons and click
Dashlet Options.

b.

Choose a metric from the Metric Type drop-down list.

If you choose the Server Response Time metric, you can select an individual Application Server to
see what the response time of that server has been in the past.

c.

Select the Baseline check box and save your changes.

Validating Optimization ROI

After you have deployed your WAAS changes at candidate sites, follow these steps to validate the return
on your optimization investment.
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > WAN Optimization.

The dashlets on this page show:

Transaction Time (Client Experience)Graphs average client transaction times (in milliseconds)
for the past 24 hours, with separate lines for optimized traffic and pass-through traffic (in which
optimization is turned off). With optimization enabled, you should see a drop in the optimized traffic
time when compared to the pass-through time.

Average Concurrent Connections (Optimized vs Passthru)Graphs the average number of

concurrent client and pass through connections over a specified time period.

Traffic Volume and Compression RatioGraphs the bandwidth reduction ratio between the
number of bytes before compression and the number of bytes after compression.

Multi-Segment Network Time (Client LAN-WAN - Server LAN)Graphs the network time
between the multiple segments.

Step 2

You can filter the data in the dashlets by Time Frame, Client Site, Server Site, and Application.

Step 3

To generate a report:
a.

Choose Tools > Reports > Report Launch Pad, then choose Performance > WAN Application
Performance Analysis Summary.

b.

Specify the filter and other settings for the report, then click Run.

Monitoring Optimized Flows

Follow these steps to monitor WAAS-optimized WAN traffic.

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Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > WAN Optimization.

Step 2

In the Multi-Segment Analysis dashlet, click View Multi-Segment Analysis.

Step 3

Click the Conversations tab to see individual client/server sessions, or the Site to Site tab to see
aggregated site traffic. For each client (or client site) and server (or server site) pair and application in
use, these pages show:

Step 4

Average and Max Transaction TimeThe time between the client request and the final response
packet from the server. Transaction time will vary with client uses and application types, as well as
with network latency. Transaction Time is a key indicator in monitoring client experiences and
detecting application performance problems.

Average Client Network TimeThe network time between a client and the local switch or router.
In WAAS monitoring, Client Network Time from a WAE client data source represents the network
RTT between the client and its edge WAE, while Client Network Time from the WAE server data
source represents the WAN RTT (between the edge and core WAEs).

Average WAN Network TimeThe time across the WAN segment (between the edge routers at the
client and server locations).

Average Server Network TimeThe network time between a server and NAM probing point. In
WAAS monitoring, Server Network Time from a server data source represents the network time
between the server and its core WAE.

Average Server Response TimeThe average time it takes an application server to respond to a
request. This is the time between the client request arriving at the server and the first response packet
being returned by the server. Increases in the server response time usually indicate problems with
application server resources, such as the CPU, Memory, Disk, or I/O.

Traffic VolumeThe volume of bytes per second in each of the Client, WAN, and Server segments.

Sort and filter the performance data as needed.

To sort any column, click the column heading.

You can filter the data displayed by Time Frame, or click the Filter icon and specify a Quick or
Advanced Filter, or use a Preset Filter.

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Troubleshooting Applications
Use the following procedure to determine if there are any problem indications associated with any of the
specific applications being run across the network by the end user.
Before You Begin

This feature requires:

Integration with an ISE server (to access endpoint information).

That session information (NetFlow/NAM data, Assurance licenses) is available.

Step 1

To view the applications accessed by the end user and the response time for the applications for the users
devices, open the User 360 View for that user and click the Applications tab.

Step 2

This tab displays the following information:

Endpoint

Mac address

Application

Last one hour volume (in MB)

To get more information about an application, choose Dashboard > Performance > Application.

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Using Mediatrace
Troubleshooting RTP and TCP Flows Using Mediatrace
The Mediatrace troubleshooting tool generates a table that lists the currently active RTP streams or TCP
sessions. Using these Mediatrace tables and their associated options, you can:

Identify and select RTP or TCP flows with problems (see Using the Mediatrace Tables).

Troubleshoot problems with RTP or TCP flows (see Running Mediatrace from Selected RTP or TCP
Flows).

Troubleshoot problems with RTP or TCP flows between any two arbitrary endpoints (see Launching
an Ad Hoc Mediatrace From Endpoints).

Troubleshoot problems with RTP flows starting from the RTP Conversations dashlet (see
Troubleshooting Worst RTP Endpoints Using Dashlets).

Identify and compare flow performance indicators and data sources (see Comparing Flow Data
From Multiple Sources).

To configure data collection for Mediatrace, see Managing Metrics in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1
Administrator Guide.

Using the Mediatrace Tables

The flow information shown in the RTP Streams and TCP Sessions tables is collected and aggregated
from NAM and NetFlow data generated throughout the network.
Many rows in the RTP Streams table are arranged in a tree hierarchy. This will occur whenever an RTP
application flow involves more than one data stream. In these cases, the flows between the two
application endpoints are aggregated into a single row with a triangle icon.
By default, Prime Infrastructure automatically refreshes the RTP Streams table data every 60 seconds;
you can also use one of the preset filters.
Prime Infrastructure refreshes TCP Sessions data once every 300 seconds (5 minutes); you can use the
Filter by Application filtering option to include or exclude applications from the list.
You can also click either tables Refresh button at any time. You can turn off automatic refresh by
unselecting the Enable auto refresh check box.
To use the Mediatrace tables:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Mediatrace.

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Step 2

From the Application drop-down list, choose RTP or TCP. The page shows the corresponding table:
RTP Streams or TCP Sessions.

Step 3

Find the flow that you want to troubleshoot:

To review all flows with a particular type of issue, click the appropriate column heading to sort on
that column.
For example, if you are monitoring RTP performance across the network and want to see the streams
with the worst jitter or packet loss, click the Jitter or Packet Loss column headings to sort the streams
on these performance indicators. You can then select any of the streams for troubleshooting.

To find a particular flow with a problem, click the Quick Filter icon and enter a filter criterion under
one or more row headings.
For example, an end user having trouble accessing an application might report the IP address and
the name of that application. You can do a quick filter on the TCP table for either the Client IP
address or Application ID, then select that session for troubleshooting.

To spot issues in RTP subflows, click the triangle icon next to any aggregated RTP flow.
For example, an RTP voice/video flow between any two endpoints will appear in the RTP Streams
table as a single flow with a triangle icon. Clicking the icon will show you the four subflows: an
incoming and outgoing video subflow, and an incoming and outgoing voice subflow.

Step 4

To troubleshoot the flow, see Running Mediatrace from Selected RTP or TCP Flows.

Running Mediatrace from Selected RTP or TCP Flows

To troubleshoot RTP or TCP flows using Mediatrace:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Mediatrace. In the Application drop-down
list, choose RTP or TCP, then find the flow that you want by using the steps in Using the Mediatrace
Tables.

Step 2

Select the flow and click Trace Service Path. Prime Infrastructure displays the RTP or TCP Stream
Details page for the selected flow, with all of the routers in the flows path in the Troubleshooting Status
table, in the order of their distance from the flows source endpoint. Routers that are Medianet-capable
are indicated by a filmstrip icon.

Step 3

To run Mediatrace or Traceroute from a router in the flows path, click the Start Mediatrace or Start
Traceroute link next to that router in the table.

Note

The Start Mediatrace link is present when the device is Mediatrace-capable; the Start
Traceroute link is present when the device is not Mediatrace-capable.

Mediatrace can take a minute or more to run, depending on traffic, congestion, and the total number of
hops between the flow endpoints.
While running Mediatrace or Traceroute, click the Logs tab to see useful information, including:

The progress of the operation.

Errors encountered during the operation, including router response timeouts and other steps that did
not complete.

Where non-Medianet-capable routers where encountered and how they were processed.

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Step 4

Step 5

When the operation is complete, the Troubleshooting tab displays a topology map of all of the devices
between the flows two endpoints. Device icons in the map consist of:

Alarm SeverityThe most severe alarm currently recorded for the device.

FlagThe device on which the Mediatrace or Traceroute was initiated.

FilmstripThe device is Medianet-capable.

Minus sign on red backgroundThe device is Medianet-capable but not configured as a Medianet
responder. RTP/TCP performance statistics will not be available for the device. To remedy this
situation, you must configure the device as a Medianet responder as explained in Troubleshooting
RTP and TCP Flows Using Mediatrace.

Minus signThe device is unmanaged.

To see key performance metrics, such as CPU and memory utilization, jitter, and packet loss, for all
Medianet-capable devices in the RTP or TCP flows path, click the Medianet Path View tab. To see the
performance metrics in numerical and graphic form, click the subtabs in the Medianet Path View pane.

Note

Step 6

Medianet-capable routers on which Medianet is not configured.

The Medianet Path View tab is available only when you are able to start a Mediatrace operation
from the Troubleshooting Status table. If you can only trigger Traceroute operations, it will not
be shown.

Use the appropriate links in the Troubleshooting Status table to:

Launch a Mediatrace or Traceroute operation on a different router.

Restart a Mediatrace or Traceroute operation that is completed, or stop one in progress.

Launching an Ad Hoc Mediatrace From Endpoints

You can quickly launch a Mediatrace against all RTP or TCP flows between any two endpoints in the
network. This can include either specific flows running between any two endpoints on the same or
different sites, or between a pair of routers on two different sites.
This is handy if your network lacks NAM monitoring, or when you are in a hurry and you know at least
the IP addresses of the two endpoints of the RTP or TCP flow. You must still navigate to and start the
trace from the appropriate RTP or TCP Mediatrace table.
To launch an ad hoc Mediatrace from two endpoints:
Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Mediatrace. From the Application
drop-down list, choose RTP or TCP.

Step 2

Click Specify Session for Mediatrace.

Step 3

Enter the required information:

For an RTP flow:

Select the Source Site.
Enter the Source Endpoint IP address.
Enter the Destination EndPoint IP address.

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For a TCP flow:

Select the Client Site.
Enter the Client Endpoint IP address.
Enter Server Endpoint IP address.

Step 4

Provide any additional endpoint information that you have:

For an RTP flow, select or enter the Source Endpoint Port and Destination Endpoint Port.

For a TCP flow, select or enter the Server Endpoint Port.

Step 5

Click Trace Service Path (for an RTP flow) or OK (for a TCP flow). Prime Infrastructure displays the
RTP or TCP Stream Details page for the specified flow, with all of the routers in the flows path in the
Troubleshooting Status table, in the order of their distance from the flows source or client endpoint.
Routers with a filmstrip icon next to them are Medianet-capable.

Step 6

To run Mediatrace or Traceroute from a router in the flows path, click the Start Mediatrace or Start
Traceroute link next to that router in the table.
Mediatrace can take a minute or more to run, depending on traffic, congestion, and the total number of
hops between the flow endpoints.
While running Mediatrace or Traceroute, click the Logs tab to see useful information, including:

Step 7

Step 8

The progress of the operation.

Errors encountered during the operation, including router response timeouts and other steps that did
not complete.

Where and how non-Medianet-capable routers where encountered and processed.

Medianet-capable routers on which Medianet is not configured.

When the operation is complete, the Troubleshooting tab displays a topology map of the all the devices
between the flows two endpoints. Device icons in the map will be badged as follows:

Alarm SeverityThe most severe alarm currently recorded for the device.

FlagThe device on which the Mediatrace or Traceroute was initiated.

FilmstripThe device is Medianet-capable.

Minus sign on red backgroundThe device is Medianet-capable but not configured as a Medianet
responder. RTP/TCP performance statistics will not be available for the device. To remedy this
situation, you must configure the device as a Medianet responder.

Minus signThe device is unmanaged.

To see key performance metrics for all Medianet-capable devices in the flows path, click the Medianet
Path View tab. Click the subtabs in the Medianet Path View pane to see the performance metrics in
numerical and graphic form.

Note

Step 9

The Medianet Path View tab is available only when you are able to start a Mediatrace operation
from the Troubleshooting Status table. If you can only trigger Traceroute operations, it will not
be shown.

Use the appropriate links in the Troubleshooting Status table to launch a Mediatrace or Traceroute
operation on a different router, restart a Mediatrace or Traceroute operation that is completed, or stop
one in progress.

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Troubleshooting Worst RTP Endpoints Using Dashlets

You can quickly launch a Mediatrace against the poorest performing RTP flows in your network using
the Worst N RTP End Point Pairs. and RTP Conversation dashlets. This works only for RTP flows.
The RTP Conversations dashlet shows the complete history for a source endpoint, including flows that
are no longer active. You will want to select only the most recent flows. If you launch Mediatrace on
such an inactive flow, you will receive an error message advising you of this fact.
Step 1

Choose Dashboard > Performance > End User Experience.

Step 2

In the Worst N RTP End Point Pairs dashlet (if this dashlet is not already in the dashboard, see Adding
Dashlets), note the Source Address for your worst performing RTP flows.

Step 3

In the RTP Conversations dashlet in the same page, find the most recent conversation for the same
Source Address.

Step 4

Select that conversation in the RTP Conversations dashlet, then choose Troubleshoot > Trace Service
path. Prime Infrastructure displays the RTP Stream Details page for the selected flow, with all of the
routers in the flows path in the Troubleshooting Status table, in order of their distance from the flows
source endpoint. Routers that are Medianet-capable are indicated by a filmstrip icon.

Step 5

To run Mediatrace or Traceroute from a router in the flows path, click the Start Mediatrace or Start
Traceroute link next to that router in the table.

Note

The Start Mediatrace link is present when the device is Mediatrace-capable; the Start
Traceroute link is present when the device is not Mediatrace-capable.

Mediatrace can take a minute or more to run, depending on traffic, congestion, and the total number of
hops between the flow endpoints.
While running Mediatrace or Traceroute, click the Logs tab to see useful information, including:

Step 6

Step 7

The progress of the operation.

Errors encountered during the operation, including router response timeouts and other steps that did
not complete.

Where and how non-Medianet-capable routers where encountered and processed.

Medianet-capable routers on which Medianet is not configured.

When the operation is complete, the Troubleshooting tab displays a topology map of the all of the
devices between the flows two endpoints. Device icons in the map will be badged as follows:

FlagThe device on which the Mediatrace or Traceroute was initiated.

FilmstripThe device is Medianet-capable.

Minus signThe device is unmanaged.

To see key performance metrics for all Medianet-capable devices in the flows path, click the Medianet
Path View tab. To see the performance metrics in numerical and graphic form, click the subtabs in the
Medianet Path View pane.

Note

The Medianet Path View tab is available only when you are able to start a Mediatrace operation
from the Troubleshooting Status table. If you can only trigger Traceroute operations, it will not
be shown.

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Step 8

Use the appropriate links in the Troubleshooting Status table to:

Launch a Mediatrace or Traceroute operation on a different router.

Restart a Mediatrace or Traceroute operation that is completed, or stop one in progress.

Comparing Flow Data From Multiple Sources

When interpreting Mediatrace performance data, you might find it helpful to:

Identify the NAM, NetFlow, and other sources reporting this performance data.

If you have multiple NAM or NetFlow data sources, compare how those sources are reporting key
performance indicators for a particular flow.

To compare flow data from multiple sources:

Step 1

Choose Services > Application Visibility and Control > Mediatrace.

Step 2

From the Application drop-down list, choose RTP or TCP, then find the flow that you want using the
steps in Using the Mediatrace Tables.

Step 3

Expand a row (for an RTP or TCP flow) to view the details of the key performance indicators appropriate
for the selected flow and the data source for each such set of indicators.

Step 4

When you are finished, click OK.

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Cisco Mobility Services Engine and Services

The Cisco Mobility Services Engine supports various services within the overall Cisco Unified Wireless
Network (CUWN).
The Cisco Mobility Services Engine currently supports the following services:

Location ServiceAlso known as Context Aware Service (CAS). This is the core service of the
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) that turns on Wi-Fi client tracking and location API functionality.
Allows MSE to simultaneously track thousands of mobile assets and clients by retrieving contextual
information such as presence, location, telemetry data, and historical information.

Wireless Intrusion Protection ServiceProvides wireless-specific network threat detection and

mitigation against malicious attacks, security vulnerabilities, and sources of performance disruption
within the CUWN infrastructure. wIPS visualizes, analyzes, and identifies wireless threats, and
centrally manages mitigation and resolution of security and performance issues using Cisco monitor
mode and Enhanced Local Mode (ELM) Access Points. Proactive threat prevention is also supported
to create a hardened wireless network core that is impenetrable by most wireless attacks.

Mobile ConciergeMobile Concierge enables the Cisco Mobility Services Advertisement Protocol
(MSAP). This protocol enables direct communication between the MSE and mobile devices,
allowing content to be pushed directly to the mobile device pre-association. This functionality is
dependent on the mobile device supporting 802.11u and MSAP.

CMX Analytics ServiceThe CMX Analytics service analyzes wireless device location
information in a particular network. The CMX Analytics service uses the data provided by the Cisco
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) to calculate the location of Wi-Fi devices in the Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN). In addition, the FastLocate feature sends information about the RSSI
strength of data packets to the Cisco WLC that can be used for location calculations.
When a wireless device is enabled in a network, it transmits probe request packets to identify the
wireless network in its neighborhood. Even after connecting to the access point in the WLAN, the
client devices continue to transmit probe request packets to identify other access points for better
quality of service. The access points gather these request and the associated RSSI from the various
wireless devices and forwards them to the Wireless LAN Controller (WLC). The controller then
forwards this information to the MSE.
The basic data that is collected from various APs, when analyzed, produces information and
knowledge about the movement and behavior patterns of people who are using Wi-Fi devices in the
building. For example, the building can be an airport, shopping mall, city center, and so on. The
CMX Analytics service helps the airport authorities or the building owners to understand the
movement of passengers or customer within their building. This helps them improve the signage,
make changes to the under utilized areas, and so on.

For more information about the Cisco MSE, see the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Classic View
Configuration Guide for Wireless Devices, Release 2.2 at the following URL:

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Configuring the Cisco AppNav Solution

Cisco AppNav is a hardware and software solution that simplifies network integration of WAN
optimization. It also overcomes the challenges related to provisioning, visibility, scalability, asymmetry,
and high availability.

Overview of Cisco AppNav

Components of Cisco AppNav

Prerequisites for Configuring Cisco AppNav

Configuring Cisco AppNav

Overview of Cisco AppNav

The Cisco AppNav solution reduces the dependency on the intercepting switch or router by distributing
the traffic among Cisco WAAS devices for optimization by using a powerful class and policy
mechanism. You can use ISR-WAAS to optimize traffic based on sites or applications. This includes
device-level and template-based configurations.
An intelligent load-balancing mechanism in the Cisco IOS-XE software allows the diversion of TCP
traffic to various products, including Cisco WAAS and OneFirewall, where Cisco WAAS is the initial
target. Router management is performed through the Cisco Prime Infrastructure network management
application.

Components of Cisco AppNav

The Cisco AppNav solution, is made up of a distribution unit called the Cisco AppNav Controller (AC),
WAAS Service Nodes (SNs). The Cisco AppNav Controller distributes the flow, and the service nodes
process the flows. You can group up to four Cisco AppNav-XE (routers) together to form a Cisco
AppNav Controller Group (ACG) to support asymmetric flows and high availability. However, must
ensure that all of the routers in the ACG are on the same platform and have the same memory capacity.
The Cisco AppNav solution's components perform the following functions:

AppNav ControllerThis is component that intelligently distributes traffic from a router to service
nodes. The Cisco AppNav Controller is a part of Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.10 on the Cisco ISR-4400,
Cisco CSR, and Cisco ASR 1K platforms.

Cisco WAAS Service NodesThese optimize traffic flows and are available in different form
factors, for example, standalone appliances and virtualized ISR-WAAS running in a Cisco IOS-XE
container.

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Components of Cisco AppNav

Cisco WAAS Central ManagerThis is used to monitor and configure the ISR-WAAS.

This chapter describes the configuration of the Cisco AppNav Controller functions on routers.
Figure 33-1 describes the components of Cisco AppNav.

Figure 33-1

Components of Cisco AppNav

Cisco WAAS Cluster

Cisco AppNav
Distribution
Policy

Cisco AppNav Controller Group

ANC1

Cisco WAAS Node Group 1

WN2

Cisco WAAS Node Group 2

WN3

WN4

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WN1

ANC2

The advantages of using the Cisco AppNav components are:

They can intelligently redirect new flows based on the load on each service node. This includes loads
of individual application accelerators.

If the flows do not require any optimization, service nodes can inform the Cisco AppNav Controller
to directly pass the packets, thereby minimizing latency and resource utilization.

There is minimal impact to traffic when adding or removing service nodes.

The Cisco AppNav components support VRF. The VRF information is preserved when traffic
returns from a service node. However, Prime Infrastructure does not support VRF.

For specific applications, such as Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) and
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), the components ensure that a family of flow is redirected to
the same service node.

Asymmetric flows can be optimized in situations where traffic in one direction goes through one
Cisco AppNav Controller and the return traffic goes through a different Cisco AppNav Controller.
But both redirect the traffic to the same ISR-WAAS. This is achieved using the Cisco AppNav
Controller Group.

Inter-box high availability is also supported using the Cisco AppNav Controller Group, which
means that if one router goes down, traffic can be redirected to a different router in the Cisco
AppNav Controller Group enabling uninterrupted flow.

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Intra-box high availability of the Cisco AppNav Controller is supported on those Cisco ASR1000
Series platforms that have dual RP, or dual FP, or both. This means that if the active RP fails, the
standby RP takes over or if the active FP fails, the standby FP takes over, and the flows continue
uninterrupted.

The Cisco AppNav technology allows IP flows to be intercepted on routers and sent to a set of Cisco
WAAS Service Node for processing. The initial application of Cisco AppNav which is supported in
Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.10, is in Cisco WAAS.

Prerequisites for Configuring Cisco AppNav

The following are the prerequisites for configuring Cisco AppNav:

The platform must be Cisco 4451-X ISR, Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR) G2, Cisco ASR
1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, or Cisco Cloud Services Router.

The software version of above mentioned platforms must be Version 3.10 and later.

A valid appxk9 license must be enabled on the routers.

A Cisco WAAS Service Node must be available.

Configuring Cisco AppNav

You must configure some parameters on the router before redirecting the traffic to the Cisco WAAS
Service Node. If the Cisco AppNav configuration is generated as a part of installing the Cisco WAAS
virtual appliance, it is transparent to the corresponding user. If it is configured using a template or
through the Device Work Center, the user is more directly involved.
The Cisco AppNav can be configured in three ways:

Configuring Cisco AppNav from the Device Work Center

Configuring Cisco AppNav Using Templates

Configuring Cisco AppNav Automatically During ISR-WAAS Container Activation

The Cisco AppNav configuration involves the use of the following:

ControllersA list of routers that cooperate to redirect traffic. This is a list of IP addresses, exactly
one of which must belong to the router on which Cisco AppNav is being configured.

Cisco WAAS Service Node Groups (SNGs)There must be one or more SNGs that are the target
of redirected traffic and are defined as a set of IP addresses.

Class MapsA set of class maps that classify incoming and outgoing traffic. Class maps consist of
a set of match conditions that together specify traffic of interest. They can match traffic based on
three types of conditions:
An access control list (ACL) that selects traffic based on a source and destination IP address and

port.
A protocol that is used to select traffic that uses the Microsoft port mapper service rather than

depending on fixed port numbers. This includes MAPI and a host of other Microsoft protocols.
A remote device that matches the traffic that has traversed a particular Cisco WAAS Service

Node on the remote end. The remote device is identified by a MAC address.

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Policy mapsA Cisco AppNav policy map is an ordered list of rules, each of which specify what
is to be done with some type of traffic. A rule thus consists of a class map and an action. The action
is to either redirect to a service node group or to pass through.

ClustersA Cisco WAAS cluster is the combination of a policy map, controller group, and a set of
service node groups used by the policy map. A cluster can be enabled or disabled. Prime
Infrastructure allows several clusters to be defined but only one can be enabled at a time. An
authentication key is used to secure communication between the controllers and the nodes in a
cluster.

Cisco WAAS interfacesTraffic can be optimized only on interfaces where Cisco WAAS is
enabled.

The WAN optimization template and the Device Work Center both have a default policy. The default
policy consists of a number of class maps that match different types of traffic (HTTP, CIFS, TCP, and so
on) that is optimized by Cisco ISR-WAAS. The template also includes a policy map containing a rule
for each of those class maps. By default, all the matched traffic is redirected to a single service node
group.

Configuring Cisco AppNav from the Device Work Center

The Device Work Center allows an administrator to view and modify the configuration of individual
devices. The Device Work Center can be used to configure Cisco AppNav when a user has a single or
few devices. You can individually edit the configurations that are deployed using a template on the
devices.
To configure the Cisco AppNav from the Device Work Center:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select the device to be configured.

Step 3

On the Configuration tab in the bottom pane, and click WAN Optimization.
The Cisco AppNav configuration is divided into the following sections:

AppNav controllersThe Controllers page shows the IP addresses of routers belonging to the same
cluster as the router. You must assign one of the addresses to one of the currently selected router's
interfaces. Each router's own IP address is shown in a drop-down list. The IP addresses of other
routers in the same cluster are listed in a separate table.

Cisco WAAS clusters The Cisco WAAS Clusters page is the main Cisco AppNav page. It lists the
Cisco WAAS clusters configured on the device and allows new ones to be created. To view the
detailed configuration for a cluster, including the policy map, select the cluster, and click Edit.
In this page, cluster settings and policies can be edited. Expand individual rules by clicking the

arrow in the third column. This enables the corresponding rule to be edited as well as the class
maps and Cisco WAAS service node groups to be viewed, modified, and created. New rules can
be added by clicking Add Policy. The order of the rules within a policy map is significant and
the table allows the order to modified by dragging rows or selecting a contiguous list of rows
and using the Up or Down arrows in the menu bar.
To create a new cluster, select Add WAAS Cluster on the Cisco WAAS Cluster Overview tab.

This launches a wizard that prompts for controllers, Cisco WAAS Service Node, interception
interfaces, and some general cluster parameters. After providing the necessary information,
click Finish for the configuration to take effect.

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The wizard creates the cluster with a default policy that works for most small installations. All
the TCP flows are redirected to a single node group, with the node group being monitored for
overload conditions.

Note

Because Prime Infrastructure does not support VRFs; therefore, only one Cisco WAAS cluster can be
enabled at a time.

InterceptionThe Interception page lets the administrator select interfaces on which incoming and
outgoing traffic should be redirected (subject to policies). All the WAN interfaces on the router
should have Cisco WAAS enabled.

Advanced SettingsThe Advanced Settings folder contains pages for Cisco WAAS service node
groups, class maps, and policy maps. Most of this information is also available in the Cisco WAAS
Clusters page, but it is helpful to be able to view the definition of these objects directly.
Cisco WAAS Node GroupsThe Cisco WAAS Node Groups page allows the existing Cisco

WAAS node groups to be edited and new ones to be created.

Class maps and Policy mapsThe Class Maps and Policy Maps page does the same.

Interface Roles
The Cisco AppNav solution redirects traffic only on interfaces on which it has been explicitly enabled.
Routers differ in terms of available interfaces and how they are named. Since the templates are intended
to be applied to multiple devices, they refer to interface roles instead of actual interfaces.
Interface roles are logical objects that exist only in Prime Infrastructure. They can be used in templates
instead of actual interface names. When a template is deployed to a device, the interface role is resolved
to a set of actual interfaces.
You can override, the set of interfaces on which Cisco WAAS is enabled during template deployment on
a per-device basis. However, we recommend that you to define one or more interface roles and save them
as part of the template to simplify the template deployment process.
You can define interface roles in Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects > Interface
Role. For more information, see the Creating Interface Roles.

Configuring Cisco AppNav Using Templates

Prime Infrastructure templates contain reusable chunks of configuration that can be deployed to any
number of devices. WAN Optimization templates define a policy and other information that can be
applied across AppNav routers.
Templates are defined in design view and can later be deployed to one or more devices. As part of the
deployment process, you can fill in the device-specific parameters and preview the final CLIs before the
configuration is pushed to the device. When a template is modified, it is necessary to re- to devices for
the changes to take effect.
This method of configuring Cisco AppNav is used when a user needs similar Cisco AppNav
configurations on multiple devices. A single template, with similar configurations, and some minor
customized values can be deployed to multiple devices at the same type using the deploy option.
To configure the Cisco AppNav using templates:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Templates > Features & Technologies > WAN Optimization.

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Step 2

Select an AppNav Cluster.

Step 3

Enter the configuration details on the following tabs:

Controller IP addressesA list of controllers can be configured here or during deployment. For
example, if the template is used for multiple sites, such as branches, this field must be left empty.
However, values can be provided during deployment.

Service nodesThe Cisco WAAS service node groups are used by the policy map. By default, there
is a single service node group called WNG-Default. If the template is used for multiple sites, leave
the service node groups empty and add the actual IP addresses during deployment. Enter the
following details:
Name of the Service Node
Description
IP address of the Cisco WAAS Service Node

InterceptionInterface roles for which Cisco WAAS should be enabled. During deployment, an
actual list of interfaces is presented. You can make a selection of the actual interfaces belonging to
the device, for each device. The purpose of the interface roles is to initialize the selection with a
default. Therefore, the list of enabled interface roles can be left empty in the template design view.
Here you can do the following:
Select or unselect the Enable WAAS check box.

GeneralA valid cluster ID range is between 1 to 32. Select the check box to enable or disable a
cluster. Enter the following details:
Cluster ID
Authentication Key
After this, select or unselect or uncheck the Enable Distribution check box.

Traffic redirectionThis is a policy-related configuration, policy-map, class-maps and their

relationships with ISR-WAAS groups. A simple setting results in a default policy that redirects all
the TCP traffic to one node group. Select the expert mode to create custom policies and to redirect
different types of TCP traffic to a different ISR-WAAS.

Step 4

Click Save as Template.

Step 5

Click Finish.
You can view the configured template by choosing Configuration > Templates > Features &
Technologies > My Templates.

Deploying a Cisco AppNav Template

After a Cisco AppNav template is created, you can apply the template to begin traffic distribution.
To deploy a Cisco AppNav template:
Step 1

Choose Configuration > Features and Technologies.

Step 2

Select the My Templates folder in the left window pane.

Step 3

Select the Cisco WAAS template to be deployed and click Deploy.

You can choose a single device or multiple devices and change the required configurations.

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Step 4

In the Value Assignment panel select each target device, one at a time and complete all the fields for that
router:

Basic ParametersIncludes an indication about whether the cluster is enabled.

ControllersThe list of controller IP addresses. This must include an IP address assigned to the
device itself.

Node GroupsEnter IP addresses belonging to each of the ISR-WAAS groups used in the policy.

InterceptionA set of WAN interfaces on which Cisco WAAS interception is enabled.

Step 5

Click Apply.

Step 6

Click OK.
The Cisco AppNav is deployed on multiple devices.

Note

When a template is deployed to one or more devices, a job is created. To verify the status of the template
deployment, choose Administration > Jobs. After you create a template, it can be edited multiple times
depending on the requirements. To view detailed status information about failures, success, or warnings,
choose Job Dashboard > More Details on Dashboard > Status of the job. To view the details of the
job status, select the icon in the status field.

Configuring Cisco AppNav Automatically During ISR-WAAS Container

Activation
This method of configuring Cisco AppNav is available only on Cisco 4451-X ISR devices or platform.
Also, the software version required for ISR-WAAS activation must be Version 3.10 or later. In this
method, the configuration occurs automatically as part of the installation of the Cisco WAAS virtual
appliance node, ISR4451X-WAAS.

A single service node group contains the new ISR-WAAS is created.

Class maps are created for different types of traffic optimized by the Cisco WAAS service node.

A default policy map, that redirects all TCP traffic to the Cisco WAAS service node, is generated.

A Cisco WAAS cluster is created.

Cisco WAAS is enabled on interfaces denoted by an interface role (specified at the time of container
activation).

For more information on how to configure Cisco AppNav using this method, see the Installing an
ISR-WAAS Container.

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Configuring the Cisco WAAS Container

The Cisco Wide Area Application Services (Cisco WAAS) container is a powerful WAN optimization
acceleration solution.

Note

Prerequisites for Installing an ISR-WAAS Container

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on a Single Router

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on Multiple Routers

Uninstalling a Single Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

Deactivating a Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

In this chapter, ISR-WAAS device refers to the router and ISR-WAAS container refers to the container.

Prerequisites for Installing an ISR-WAAS Container

Before you install a Cisco WAAS container, you must configure the following in Cisco Prime
Infrastructure:

Note

Cisco WAAS Central Manager Integration

Interface Roles

Importing an OVA image

Ensure that the name of the ISR-WAAS container does not exceed 22 characters.

Cisco WAAS Central Manager Integration

To manage thee ISR-WAAS with the Cisco WAAS Central Manager, you must register with the Cisco
WAAS Central Manager. Registration of ISR-WAAS with Cisco WAAS Central Manager can be done
either from the ISR-WAAS CLI, or from the Cisco WAAS Central Manager GUI, or while activating the
ISR-WAAS through Prime Infrastructure. The WCM periodically polls the Cisco 4451-X Integrated
Services Router (ISR) to retrieve the current status information and perform configuration
synchronization.

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Cisco WAAS Central Manager Integration

A typical Cisco WAAS deployment consists of both Prime Infrastructure and Cisco WAAS Central
Manager applications. Cisco WAAS Central Manager IP is used during ISR-WAAS activation. After
ISR-WAAS is activated, it registers with Cisco WAAS Central Manager. Prime Infrastructure needs the
IP address and the server name of WCM for the following reasons:

To inform Cisco WAAS Central Manager of the new Cisco ISR-WAAS

For cross-launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager GUI for monitoring purposes

Note

Cisco WAAS Central Manager configuration is a one-time configuration. The Cisco WAAS Central
Manager IP address is required for Prime Infrastructure to authenticate itself to Cisco WAAS Central
Manager, and is configured in Prime Infrastructure using the Settings menu.

Note

If Cisco WAAS Central Manager IP is not configured in Prime Infrastructure, the newly activated
ISR-WAAS will not be registered with Cisco WAAS Central Manager.
To configure the Cisco WAAS Central Manager IP address and server name in Prime Infrastructure:

Step 1

Choose Administration > System Settings.

Step 2

Click Service Container Management.

Step 3

Enter the WCM IP address and the WCM server name.

Step 4

Click Save.
WCM can be deployed under the following condition:
Prime Infrastructure works only with the active Cisco WAAS Central Manager that is configured in
Prime Infrastructure.
After a Cisco WAAS Central Manager failover, one of the following must take place for Prime
Infrastructure-Cisco WAAS Central Manager interworking to operate properly again:

Prime Infrastructure is reconfigured with the IP address of the new Cisco WAAS Central Manager.

The failed Cisco WAAS Central Manager must become active.

Configuring Single Sign-On

Configuring the Single Sign-On (SSO) feature provides a seamless method to launch Cisco WAAS
Central Manager from Network Control System using the existing Prime Infrastructure Single Sign-On
functionality.
To configure SSO:
Step 1

Choose Administration > User, Roles & AAA > SSO Servers.

Step 2

Choose Add SSO Server from the Select a command drop-down list.

Step 3

Enter the Prime Infrastructure IP address and click GO.

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Step 4

Click Save.

Step 5

Select AAA Mode Settings.

Step 6

Select the SSO radio button.

Step 7

Select the Enable fallback to local check box.

Step 8

Click Save.

Step 9

Configure the WCM IP address. For information on how to configure the WCM IP address, see the Cisco
WAAS Central Manager Integration.

Step 10

After you configure the IP address, log out of Prime Infrastructure and log in to WCM and create a
username.

Creating a Username in Cisco WAAS Central Manager

Step 1

Log in to WCM.

Step 2

Choose Home > Admin > AAA > Users.

Step 3

Click Create.

Step 4

Enter a username that matches the Prime Infrastructure username.

Step 5

Choose Role Management and click admin to assign a RBAC role to create a user account.

Step 6

Choose Domain Management and assign a role and domain.

Step 7

Click Submit.

Step 8

Choose Devices > Configure > AAA > NCS Single Sign-On.

Step 9

Select the Enable NCS Single Sign-On check box and enter the CAS/SSO server URL.

Step 10

Click Submit to create the certificate.

Step 11

Click Submit after the certificate is created.

Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager

You can cross-launch Cisco WAAS Central Manager in the following ways:

Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager on a Single Device

Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager on Multiple Devices

Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager on a Single Device

To cross-launch the Cisco WAAS Central Manager from the Device Work Center:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select the ISR-WAAS device.

The device details are displayed in the pane below.

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Step 3

Click the Service Container tab.

Step 4

Select the corresponding ISR-WAAS container and click Launch WCM.

Cross-Launching Cisco WAAS Central Manager on Multiple Devices

To cross-launch from the Deployed Services:
Step 1

Choose Operate > Deployed Services.

Step 2

Select the corresponding ISR-WAAS container and click Launch WCM.

Note The Cisco ISR-WAAS Container Lifecycle enables a user to install, uninstall, activate, or
deactivate the service container.

Note

Defining Interface Roles

You can define interface roles in Configuration > Templates > Shared Policy Objects > Interface
Role. For more information on creating interface roles, see the Creating Interface Roles. Policy objects
enable users to define logical collections of elements. Policy Objects are reusable, named components
that can be used by other objects and policies. The Shared Policy Objects also eliminate the need to
define a component each time you define a policy. For more information on Shared Policy Objects, see
the Shared Policy Objects.

Importing an OVA image

To import an OVA image for an ISR-WAAS container:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers > WAAS-XE.

Step 2

Select an OVA image from one of the following locations:

Device

URL

Protocol

File

Step 3

Click Submit to import the image into Prime Infrastructure.

Step 4

Click Refresh to view the imported image in the Services > Router Virtual Containers > WAAS-XE
> Services Catalogue folder.

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Container Activation
A Cisco WAAS container can be configured in two different ways depending on whether you want to
configure it on a single router (Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on a Single Router) or multiple
routers (Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on Multiple Routers).
Installation of the ISR-WAAS container can be done in two ways. You can either install the container
and activate it later, or you can install and activate the container at the same instance.

Note

Ensure that the name of the ISR-WAAS container does not exceed 22 characters.

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container

To install an ISR-WAAS container:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers > Services Catalogue to import an OVA image. For
information on how to import an OVA image, see the Defining Interface Roles.

Step 2

After importing, click Refresh to view the imported image.

Step 3

Click Deploy.

Step 4

In the Network Wizard page, select the ISR-WAAS device on which you want to configure the container.

Step 5

Choose the Install option and select a Resource Profile from the drop-down list.

Step 6

Click OK to install the ISR-WAAS container.

Note

To successfully install and activate an ISR-WAAS, you need to have enough memory for each resource
profile. For ISR-WAAS-750, you need 4194304 KB memory and two CPUs, for ISR-WAAS-1300, you
need 6291456 KB memory and four CPUs, and for ISR-WAAS-2500, you need 8388608 KB memory
with six CPUs.

Installing and Activating an ISR-WAAS Container

To install and activate a ISR-WAAS container:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers > Service Catalogue to import an OVA image. For
information on how to import an OVA image, see the Defining Interface Roles.

Step 2

After importing, click Refresh to view the imported image

Step 3

Click Deploy.

Step 4

In the Network wizard screen, select the device on which you want to configure the container

Step 5

Choose the Install and Activate option.

Step 6

Choose a Resource Profile from the drop-down list.

Step 7

Select the Redirect Traffic to WAAS-XE with AppNav-XE check box.

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Step 8

Click OK to install and activate the ISR-WAAS container.

Note

Once the ISR-WAAS is installed and activated, the Cisco AppNav configuration is automatically
configured.

Note

To successfully install and activate a ISR-WAAS, you should at least have 8 GB RAM in the router for
the 750 resource profile.

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on a Single Router

To install an ISR-WAAS container on a single router:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

From the list that is displayed, choose the router on which you want to install the ISR-WAAS container.

Step 3

Click the Service Container tab.

Step 4

Click Add and enter the configuration details in each field.

Step 5

Click OK.

Installing an ISR-WAAS Container on Multiple Routers

To install an ISR-WAAS container on multiple routers:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers.

Step 2

Select the ISR-WAAS folder that contains the imported OVA image.

Step 3

Click Deploy.
From the list that is displayed, select the routers on which you want to install the ISR-WAAS container.
After you deploy, you can either click Install (Installing an ISR-WAAS Container) or Install and
Activate (Installing and Activating an ISR-WAAS Container)

Step 4

If you choose Install and Activate, enter the following details in the Value Assignment area:
Enter the ISR-WAAS IP Address/Mask
Enter the Router IP/ Mask
Enter a Service Container name
Select a Resource Profile

Step 5

Click OK.

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Uninstalling and Deactivating a Cisco WAAS Container

You can deactivate a Cisco WAAS Container either from the Device Work Center or from the Deployed
Services. From the Device Work Center, you can deactivate a single ISR-WAAS container, but from the
Deployed Services, you can deactivate multiple ISR-WAAS containers.

Uninstalling a Single Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

To uninstall a single ISR-WAAS container from the Device Work Center:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

From the list that is displayed, select the router from which you want to uninstall the Cisco WAAS
container by clicking it.

Step 3

Click the Service Container tab in the bottom pane.

Step 4

Click Uninstall.

Step 5

Click OK.

Uninstalling a Multiple Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

To uninstall multiple a Cisco ISR-WAAS containers from the Deployed Services:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers >Deployed Services.

Step 2

From the list that is displayed, select the routers from which you want to uninstall the Cisco WAAS
containers by clicking them.

Step 3

Click Uninstall.

Step 4

Click OK.

Note

When a Cisco WAAS virtual appliance is uninstalled through Prime Infrastructure, the corresponding
Cisco AppNav configuration is removed.

Deactivating a Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

You can deactivate a Cisco ISR-WAAS container in the following two ways:

Deactivating a Single Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

Deactivating Multiple Cisco ISR-WAAS Containers

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Deactivating a Single Cisco ISR-WAAS Container

To deactivate a single Cisco ISR-WAAS container from the Device Work Center:
Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

Select a Cisco ISR-WAAS device name from the device group list.

Step 3

Click the Service Container tab.

Step 4

Click Deactivate.

Deactivating Multiple Cisco ISR-WAAS Containers

To deactivate multiple Cisco WAAS containers from the Deployed Services:
Step 1

Choose Services > Router Virtual Containers > Deployed Services.

Step 2

Choose multiple ISR-WAAS device names from the list.

Step 3

Click Deactivate.

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What Is Mobility?

New Mobility

Mobility Work Center

Creating a Mobility Domain

Mobility Anchors

What Is Mobility?
Mobility, or roaming, is an ability of a wireless client to maintain its association seamlessly from one
access point to another securely and with as little latency as possible. To allow more flexible roaming
and to minimize the need for tunnel encapsulation of traffic, Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides a robust
mobility architecture that distributes mobility functionality across the network devices.
The following are the key elements of the mobility architecture:

Mobility Controller (MC)The MC (for example, Cisco 5700 Series Wireless Controller) is
responsible for one or more MAs or switch peer groups, handling roaming within its span of control,
and transiting traffic between MAs and/or MCs when co-located with MTE.

Mobility Agent (MA)The MA (for example, Catalyst 3650 or Catalyst 3850 Switch) resides in the
access switch or edge switch that the WAP is directly connected to, and terminates at the CAPWAP
tunnel for communications with the WAP.

Mobility Oracle (MO)The MO is a top-level control entity responsible for connecting multiple
MCs or mobility subdomains in deployments of the largest scale, to enable roaming across very
large physical areas.

Mobility DomainA roaming domain: a mobile user may roam across all of the devices in this
domain (the set of WAPs and all of the control entities associated with it). This typically includes
MAs and MCs, and may include a MO (to join multiple subdomains).

Mobility Sub-DomainThe set of WAPs and associated MAs and one MC, representing a portion
of a larger mobility domain (where a MO serves to coordinate roaming between multiple
sub-domains).

Switch Peer Group (SPG)A group of switches (acting as MAs). An SPG establishes a full mesh
of mobility tunnels among the group members to support efficient roaming across the WAPs
associated with the switches in the group. An SPG is also intended to limit the scope of interactions
between switches during handoffs. An SPG is configured by the Mobility Controller, and every
switch in the switch peer group has the same view of the membership. The switches in an SPG might

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be interconnected by a set of direct tunnels. When a station roams from one switch to another within
the same switch peer group, if the point of presence stays at the original or anchor switch, the traffic
can be directly tunneled back to the anchor switch without involving the MTE. This direct tunneling
mechanism is a data path optimization and is optional.

Mobility GroupA mobility group is a set of MCs (and their associated MAs / switch peer groups)

Mobility Tunnel EndpointThe Mobility Tunnel Endpoint (MTE) provides data plane services for
mobile devices through the use of tunneling. This minimizes the impact of roaming events on the
network by keeping the user's point of presence on the network a constant. If the VLAN or subnet
of the roamed client is available at the MTE, the MTE could become the point of presence; otherwise
it merely functions as a tunnel switching entity that connects the roamed client to access switch or
MTE that is the point of presence.

Related Topics

Mobility Work Center

Creating a Mobility Domain

New Mobility
Hierarchical Mobility is referred to as New Mobility in the wireless LAN controller configuration. Prime
Infrastructure 2.0 supports the new mobility functionality for Cisco 5508 and WiSM2 platforms that run
Cisco WLC 7.6.
The key features of the New Mobility functionality in Prime Infrastructure are:

Mobility Work Center discovers Cisco 5508 and WiSM 2 platforms that run Cisco WLC 7.6 and
provide necessary operations related to building hierarchical mobility architecture that involves two
device types (Cisco 5508 and WiSM2) and Cisco 3650/3850 deployed as Mobility Agent.

When deploying the hierarchical mobility architecture, the wireless features such as WLAN, VLAN,
security, guest anchor can be configured on Cisco 5508 and WiSM2 using the LifeCycle view.

Deploying the flat mobility architecture on Cisco 5508 and WiSM2 would be supported only in
classic view and entire wireless configuration would be left as it is in classic and LifeCycle view.

As in Prime Infrastructure 2.O, the IOS based devices 3850 and 5760 continue to be configured
using CLI templates for some of the wireless features such as creating VLAN interfaces.

For more information about the new mobility functionality, see the Hierarchical Mobility (New
Mobility) the Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Lightweight Access Points for Release 7.3.112.0
Release Notes at:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/release/notes/crn7_3_112_0.html#wp105455
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Mobility Work Center

The Mobility Work Center is available by choosing Services > Mobility Services > Mobility Domains.
The following information is displayed:

Device NameName of the MC.

Management IPManagement IP address of the MC.

Wireless Interface IPIP address on the MC which is used for mobility protocol.

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Mobility GroupName of the mobility group the MC belongs to.

Mobility RoleShows administrative and operational mobility mode. If Admin and Operational
values are different, the device needs reboot for the administrative mode to be effective. It shows
MO in addition to mobility mode if Mobility Oracle is enabled on it.

In this page, you can perform the following tasks:

Note

Create Mobility DomainSee Creating a Mobility Domain.

Create Switch Peer GroupTo create switch peer groups in MC.

Change Mobility RoleTo change the controllers from MA to MC.

Delete DomainDeletes only the domain; it does not delete the controllers from Prime
Infrastructure.

Delete MembersTo remove selected MCs from a selected domain.

Set as Mobility OracleTo enable MO on a selected MC, if the MC must act as the MO for the entire
domain. There can be only one MO per domain. Only Cisco 5760 series controllers support the MO
feature.

Add members to switch peer groupTo add members to switch peer group.

Delete members from switch peer groupTo delete members from switch peer group.

By default, the Mobility Work Center page displays all of the mobility domains configured in the
managed network. To see a list of mobility devices, choose All Mobility Devices from the left sidebar.
Related Topics

What Is Mobility?

Creating a Mobility Domain

Creating a Mobility Domain

A mobility domain is a collection of controllers that have all been configured with each others IP
addresses, allowing clients to roam between the controllers in the mobility domain.
The Mobility Work Center displays all mobility domains configured in the managed network using
Prime Infrastructure. The left sidebar menu shows:

Domains

MCs in each domain

SPGs on each MC

MAs in each SPG

When a node is selected from the left sidebar, the right pane shows more details. When a domain node
is selected from the left sidebar, the right pane displays the MCs in the domain.
To create a mobility domain:
Step 1

Choose Services > Mobility Services > Mobility Domains.

Step 2

Click on the left sidebar menu.

Step 3

Enter a name for the mobility domain for the set of MCs that you want to group together.

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If a selected MC exists in another domain, it is removed from that domain and added to the new domain.
Step 4

Select mobility domain member devices.

A device can belong to one domain or SPG only.

Step 5

Click Apply.

Creating a Switch Peer Group

An MC can have switch peer groups (SPGs), and a switch peer group can have MAs. The MAs in a
managed network are listed on the Switch Peer Group page. If you create a switch peer group when you
already have one, MAs are moved from the old switch peer group to the new one, and the MC wireless
interface IP address is set on all of the MAs.
To create a switch peer group, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Services > Mobility Services > Mobility Domains

Step 2

Choose an MC from the left sidebar.

Step 3

Click Create Switch Peer Group.

Step 4

Enter a name for the switch peer group that will contain the set of MAs that you want to group together
on the selected MC.
If a selected MA exists in another switch peer group, it is removed from that group and added to the new
group. You can create multiple switch peer groups on an MC.

Step 5

Select mobility agents.

A device can belong to one domain or SPG only.

Step 6

Click Apply.
The SPG that you created appears in the left sidebar. You can navigate to it to see the mobility agents on
the selected switch peer group.

Changing a Mobility Role

By default, Cisco 3850 controllers act as MAs. These controllers can be converted to MCs if MCs are
needed in the network.
To change a mobility role:
Step 1

Choose Services > Mobility Services > Mobility Domains.

Step 2

Choose All Mobility Devices.

Step 3

Select a device and the role that you want to change to:

Change Role To Mobility ControllerEnables the mobility controller feature on the selected
controller.

Change Role To Mobility AgentEnables the Mobility Agent feature on the selected controller.
When you do this, the MC feature is disabled.

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Converting MAs to MCs (and vice versa) is limited to 3850 devices. For a changed role to take
effect, you must reboot the device.

Step 4

Assign Mobility GroupAllows you to enter new mobility group name for the selected device.

Click Apply.

Mobility Anchors
Mobility anchors are a subset of a mobility group specified as the anchor controllers for a WLAN. This
feature can be used to restrict a WLAN to a single subnet, regardless of the entry point of a client into
the network. In this way, users can access a public or guest WLAN throughout an enterprise but still be
restricted to a specific subnet. Guest WLAN can also be used to provide geographic load balancing
because WLANs can represent a particular section of a building (such as a lobby, a restaurant, and so on).
When a client first associates to a controller of a mobility group that has been preconfigured as a mobility
anchor for a WLAN, the client associates to the controller locally, and a local session is created for the
client. Clients can be anchored only to preconfigured anchor controllers of the WLAN. For a given
WLAN, you should configure the same set of anchor controllers on all controllers in the mobility group.
When a client first associates to a controller of a mobility group that has not been configured as a
mobility anchor for a WLAN, the client associates to the controller locally, a local session is created for
the client, and the controller is announced to the other controllers in the same mobility group. If the
announcement is not answered, the controller contacts one of the anchor controllers configured for the
WLAN and creates a foreign session for the client on the local switch. Packets from the client are
encapsulated through a mobility tunnel using EtherIP and sent to the anchor controller, where they are
decapsulated and delivered to the wired network. Packets to the client are received by the anchor
controller and forwarded to the foreign controller through a mobility tunnel using EtherIP. The foreign
controller decapsulates the packets and forwards them to the client.

Configuring a Guest Anchor Controller for a WLAN

The guest anchor controller is a controller dedicated to guest traffic, and is located in an unsecured
network area, often called the demilitarized zone (DMZ). Other internal WLAN controllers from where
the traffic originates are located in the enterprise LAN.

Note

The Cisco 5760 controller can be a guest anchor whereas the Catalyst 3850 switch cannot be a guest
anchor but it can be a foreign controller.
You can configure a guest controller as a mobility anchor for a WLAN for load balancing.
Before You Begin

Ensure that wireless devices are set up in Prime Infrastructure. For more information about setting
up wireless devices, see Configuring Wireless Features.

Ensure that the wireless devices that you want to configure as mobility anchors for a WLAN are in
the same mobility domain.

To configure a guest anchor controller for a WLAN:

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Step 1

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Network Devices.

Step 2

In the Device Group area, expand Device Type, then expand Wireless Controller.

Step 3

Select the controller that you want to designate as a guest mobility anchor. The details of the device
appear in the lower part of the page.

Step 4

Click the Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left sidebar menu, choose WLANs > WLAN Configuration. The WLAN Configuration page
appears.

Note

If you are in the Classic view, choose Configure > Controllers > Ctrl IP addr > WLANs >
WLAN Configuration to access the WLAN Configuration page.

Step 6

Select the URL of the desired WLAN ID. A tabbed page appears.

Step 7

Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Mobility Anchors link at the bottom of the page. The
Mobility Anchors page appears.

Note

Step 8

You can also access the Mobility Anchors page from the WLAN Configuration page. Select the
check box of the desired WLAN ID. From the Select a command drop-down list, choose
Mobility Anchors, and then click Go. The Mobility Anchors page appears.

Select the IP address check box of the controller to be designated a mobility anchor, and click Save.

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Managing Reports
Cisco Prime Infrastructure reporting is necessary to monitor the system and network health as well as
troubleshoot problems. A number of reports can be generated to run on an immediate or a scheduled
basis. Each report type has a number of user-defined criteria to aid in defining the reports. The reports
can be formatted as a summary, tabular, or combined (tabular and graphical) layout. After they have been
defined, the reports can be saved for future diagnostic use or scheduled to run on a regular basis.
Reports are saved in these formats:

CSV: The standard format. Whenever any CSV report exceeds 15,000 records, Prime Infrastructure
creates a ZIP file and stores all the CSV files for that report in the ZIP file.

PDF: These reports are either saved to a file on Prime Infrastructure to be downloaded later or
emailed to a specific email address.

Reports include:

CurrentProvides a snapshot of data that is not time-dependent.

HistoricalRetrieves data from the device periodically and stores it in the Prime Infrastructure
database.

TrendGenerates a report using aggregated data. Data can be periodically collected from devices
and a schedule can be established for report generation.

With Prime Infrastructure, you also have the ability to export any report that you can view, sort reports
into logical groups, and archive for long-term storage.
The Reports menu provides access to all Prime Infrastructure reports as well as currently saved and
scheduled reports. It includes:

Report Launch PadThe hub for all Prime Infrastructure reports. From this page, you can access
specific types of reports and create new reports (see Managing Reports).

Reports Run ResultsAllows you to access and manage all currently scheduled runs in Prime
Infrastructure, and to access and manage on-demand exports as well as emailed reports (see
Managing Scheduled Reports).

Saved Report TemplatesAllows you to access and manage all currently saved report templates in
Prime Infrastructure (see Managing Saved Report Templates).

For information about the report field descriptions, see the Field Reference for Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Reports.

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Managing Reports
The Report Launch Pad provides access to all Prime Infrastructure reports from a single page. From this
page, you can create and save new reports, view current reports, open specific types of reports, schedule
a report to run later, and customize the results of a report.

Tip

To see more report details, rest your cursor over the tool tip next to the report type.

Creating, Scheduling, and Running a New Report

To create, schedule, and run a new report:
Step 1

Choose Reports > Report Launch Pad.

Step 2

Choose a category from the left sidebar menu to see the report types for each report category, select the
check box for the appropriate report in the main area of the Report Launch Pad, then click New.

Step 3

In the Report Details page, complete the fields as described in the Report Launch Pad > Report Type
> New section in the Field Reference for Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports. Parameters shown in the
Report Details will vary with the report type. With some reports, you will need to customize the report
results. See Customizing Report Results.

Step 4

If you plan to run this report later or as a recurring report, enter Schedule parameters as described in the
Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New section in the Field Reference for Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Reports.

Step 5

To run the report, choose one of the following options:

RunClick to run the report without saving the report setup.

SaveClick to save this report setup without immediately running the report. If you have entered
Schedule parameters, the report runs automatically at the scheduled date and time.

Run and SaveClick to save this report setup and run the report immediately.

Save and ExportClick to save the report, run it, and export the results to a file. You will be
prompted to:
Select the exported reports file format (CSV or PDF).
Choose whether to send an email when the report has been generated. If you choose this option,

you must enter the destination email address and the email subject line content, and choose
whether you want the exported file included as an attachment to the email.
When you are finished, click OK.

Save and EmailClick to save the report, run it, export the results as a file, and email the file. You
will be prompted to:
Select the exported report file format
Enter the destination email address and the email subject line content

When you are finished, click OK.

CancelClick to return to the previous page without running or saving this report.

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If a report has been saved for a specific report type, you can access the current reports from the Report
Launch Pad.

Note

You cannot change or update generated reports for all subdomains at the same time. You can open and
change the reports individually through their respective subdomains. To update all reports, delete the
reports created on subdomains and regenerate virtual domain reports with the changes.

Customizing Report Results

Many reports allow you to customize their results, so that you can include exclude different types of
information. If the report you are creating permits this, it will display a Customize button. You can click
this button to access the Create Custom Report page and customize the report results.
Customizing report results is sometimes required. For example, adding Flexible NetFlow (FNF)
Extension parameters to the Traffic Analysis, Application, or Voice Video Data monitoring template
makes those parameters part of your Prime Infrastructure monitoring setup. However, this does not mean
that the collected FNF extension monitoring data will automatically appear in the corresponding
Conversations reports for Core, Application Response Time (ART), and RTP performance. To ensure
that FNF data is included in Conversations reports, you must add the FNF parameters to the Data fields
to include column using the Create Custom Report page. See Customizing page in Field Reference for
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports.
To customize report results:
Step 1

Choose Reports > Report Launch Pad.

Step 2

Click the Report Title link for the appropriate report.

Step 3

In the Report Details page, click Customize.

Step 4

On the Create Custom Report page, complete the required information, then click Apply to confirm the
changes.

Note

The changes made in the Create Custom Report page are not saved until you click Save in the
Report Details page.

Managing Scheduled Reports

To view all scheduled reports in Prime Infrastructure, choose Reports > Reports Run Results.

Note

The scheduled report tasks are not visible outside the Virtual Domain they run in. The results of the
scheduled report tasks are visible in the Reports Run Results page of the respective domains.
The list of scheduled runs can be sorted by report category, report type, time frame, and report generation
method. For information about the fields on this page, see the Scheduled Run Results page in the Field
Reference for Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports.

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Managing Saved Report Templates

Saved report templates are available at Reports > Saved Report Templates. From the Saved Report
Templates page, you can create report templates and manage saved report templates. You can also
enable, disable, delete, or run saved reports, and you can filter and sort report templates by category,
type, and status. For information about the fields on the Saved Report Templates page, and about filtering
saved report templates, see the Field Reference for Cisco Prime Infrastructure Reports.
The Saved Report Templates page displays the following information:

Report TitleIdentifies the user-assigned report name.

Note

Click the report title to view the details for this report.

Report TypeIdentifies the specific report type.

ScheduledIndicates whether this report is enabled or disabled.

Virtual DomainIdentifies the name of the virtual domain under which this report is scheduled.

Run NowClick the Run icon to immediately run the current report.

Note

When you run any domain based report for a sub virtual domain, the report displays all of
the device attributes that are mapped to the virtual domain where you are currently
logged-in.

Prime Infrastructure Reports

The report shows hourly, daily or weekly data depending on a Data retention period configured by
choosing Administration > Settings > System Settings > Data Retention. The data is retrieved from
the database based on the following conditions:
If the period is:
1.

Up to last 1 day, the data is fetched from raw table.

2.

From last 2 days to 4 weeks, the data is fetched from a hourly aggregated table.

3.

From previous month calendar to last 12 week, the data is fetched from daily aggregated table.

4.

From last 6 months to last 1 year, the data is fetched from a weekly aggregated table.

For detailed information about Prime Infrastructure reports, see the Field Reference for Cisco Prime
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Cisco Prime Infrastructure is a web-based application. Tabs on the user interface are either specific to a
particular Cisco Prime product or can be shared across multiple Cisco Prime products. The options on
application tabs are displayed when you hover your mouse cursor over the tab.

Note

If any of your installed Cisco Prime products are not yet enabled through licensing, the tabs or options
for those products are not activated.

Prime Infrastructure UI Components

Common UI Tasks

Search Methods

Prime Infrastructure UI Components

The Prime Infrastructure user interface components are visible on most of the pages.

Global Toolbars
Prime Infrastructure pages contain the following static global toolbar at the top right (see Figure A-1.)
Figure A-1

Global ToolbarTop Right

Virtual Domain nameIndicates the virtual domain to which you are assigned.

Login nameIndicates your login name. Click the arrow to change your user preferences, change
your password, or log out.
Click the downward arrow next to your login name to switch to a different Prime Infrastructure view:
Lifecycle view, which is organized according to home, design, operate, report, and administer

menus.

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Classic view, which closely corresponds to the graphical user interface in Cisco Prime Network

Control System 1.1 or Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS).

SearchSee Search Methods.

WelcomeLaunches the Getting Started wizard, which provides guidance for getting started with
setting up Prime Infrastructure.

RefreshRefreshes the active page.

HelpLaunches Prime Infrastructure online help and learning modules.

Edit DashboardAllows you to add, rename, and manage dashboards.

Prime Infrastructure pages contain the following static global toolbar at the bottom right.
Figure A-2

Global ToolbarBottom Right

Workflow StatusLaunches the workflow status summary window that displays the site maps,
newly registered devices, and any failed wired and wireless workflows.

Support CasesLaunches the TAC Services Request, where you can open a support request and
gather critical information to be attached to the support case. See Opening a Support Case for more
information.

Alarm BrowserLaunches the alarm browser within the active page (bottom half of the page).

Alarm SummaryLaunches the alarm summary window, displaying all alarms and indicating the
number of critical, major, and minor alarms.

Filters
You can use the Filter feature to display specific information about the Prime Infrastructure interface.
The Filter icon is provided wherever the data is displayed in a tabular format. The following types of
filters are available:

Quick FilterSee Performing a Quick Filter

Advanced FilterSee Performing an Advanced Filter

Dashboard FilterSee Performing a Dashboard Filter

Performing a Quick Filter

This filter allows you to narrow down the data inside a table by applying a filter to a specific table column
or columns. To apply different operators, use the Advanced Filter option (see Performing an Advanced
Filter).
To launch the quick filter, choose Quick Filter from the Filter drop-down list.
To clear the Quick Filter, click Filter.

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Performing an Advanced Filter

This filter allows you to narrow down the data in a table by applying a filter using multiple operators
such as Does not contain, Does not equal, Ends with, Is empty, and so on. For example, you can choose
the filter pattern by table column names and the operator from the drop-down list. In addition, you must
enter filter criteria based on the data available in the Prime Infrastructure database.
To launch advanced filtering, choose Advanced Filter from the Filter drop-down list.
Figure A-3

Advanced Filter

To save the filter criteria used in the Advanced filter, follow these steps:
Step 1

Enter the advanced filter criteria, then click Go. The data is filtered based on the filter criteria.

Step 2

After the data is filtered, click the Save icon.

Step 3

In the Save Preset Filter dialog box, enter a name for the preset filter and click Save.

Performing a Dashboard Filter

The Filters toolbar allows you to narrow down the data that is displayed in all of the dashlets in a
dashboard. Use this toolbar to filter the dashlets data by:

Time frameSelect one of the preset options or create a custom time frame.

ApplicationsSelect a service, up to 10 individual applications, or all applications.

Network AwareSelect wired, wireless, or all networks.

SiteSelect a site, unassigned sites, or all sites.

Figure A-4

Dashboard Filters Toolbar

To filter the data for all dashlets in a dashboard, follow these steps:
Step 1

Open a dashboard (for example, choose Dashboard > General).

Step 2

Change the settings in any of the Filters toolbar options, then click Go.

Data Entry Features

In addition to the check boxes, drop-down lists and data entry fields common in most user interfaces,
Prime Infrastructure uses some specialized data-entry features. These features are designed to keep your
view of the network as uncluttered as possible, while still making it possible for you to add, update, and
save your settings when needed. These specialized data-entry features include:

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Anchored Fields

Edit Tables

Data Popups

Anchored Fields
Anchored fields are recognizable by the plus sign (+) embedded in the field at the far right.
Figure A-5

Anchored Field

To use anchored fields, follow these steps:

Step 1

Click the anchored fields plus (+) button.

Step 2

With the associated data popup displayed (see Data Popups, page A-5), review or update the data as
needed.
Figure A-6

Step 3

Anchored Field with Popup

When you are finished, click the anchored fields minus (-) button.

Edit Tables
Prime Infrastructure uses tables to display many kind of data, including lists of sites, devices, and events.
The data is arranged in rows and columns, much like a spreadsheet.
An edit table differs from other tables in that you can add, edit, or delete the data it contains. Some edit
tables also give you access to filters (see Filters). Edit tables are often displayed in data popups that are
triggered by check boxes or anchored fields.
Figure A-7

Edit Table

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To use edit tables:

To add a new row in the edit table:

Click Add Row, complete the fields in the new row, and click Save.

To delete one or more existing rows in an edit table:

Select the row header check box (at the extreme left of each row), then click Delete.

To update an entry in any field in any edit table row:

Click the row header or on the field itself, edit the contents, then click Save.

Data Popups
A data popup is a window associated with a check box, anchored field (see Anchored Fields), or other
data-entry feature. It is displayed automatically when you select a feature, so that you can view or update
the data associated with that feature. In addition to containing check boxes, drop-down lists, and
data-entry fields, data popups can also contain edit tables (see Edit Tables).
To use a data popup:
1.

Select the feature that triggers the data popup, such as an anchored field (see Figure A-5) or a check
box (see Figure A-7).

2.

With the associated popup displayed, view or update the fields as needed.

3.

When you are finished, click anywhere outside the data popup. If you entered new information or
changed existing information, your changes are saved automatically.

Common UI Tasks
You can perform the following actions from nearly any Prime Infrastructure window:

Changing Your Password

Changing Your Active Domain

Monitoring Alarms

Getting Device Details from the Device 360 View

Getting User Details from the User 360 View

Getting Help

Changing Your Password

Step 1

Click the down arrow next to your username (at the top-right of the screen, to the left of the search field)
and choose Change Password.

Step 2

Click the information icon to review the password policy.

Step 3

Enter a new password as directed and click Save.

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Changing Your Active Domain

Step 1

Hover your mouse cursor over the Virtual Domain and click the icon that appears to the right.

Step 2

Choose a domain from the list of domains of which you are a member.

Monitoring Alarms
At the bottom of the Cisco Prime Infrastructure window, hover your mouse cursor over Alarm Summary
or Alarm Browser to get information on the latest active alarms.

Getting Device Details from the Device 360 View

The Device 360 View provides detailed device information including device status, interface status, and
associated device information. You can see the device 360 view from nearly all pages in which device
IP addresses are displayed.
To launch the 360 view of any device, hover your mouse cursor over a device IP address, then click the
icon that appears.

Note

The features that appear in the Device 360 View differ depending on the device type.
Figure A-8

Sample Device 360 View

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Device 360 View Features

Device 360 View

Feature

Description

Device status

Indicates whether the device is reachable, is being managed, and is synchronized with the Prime
Infrastructure database.

Tool icons

Click one of the following icons at the top right of the device 360 view.

Alarm BrowserLaunches the Alarm Browser. See Monitoring Alarms for more information.

Device DetailsDisplays device details.

Support CommunityLaunches the Cisco Support Community. See Launching the Cisco Support
Community.

Support RequestAllows you to open a support case. See Opening a Support Case for more
information.

PingAllows you to ping the device.

TracerouteAllows you to perform a traceroute on the device.

Alarms

Lists alarms on the device, including the alarm status, time stamp, and category.

Modules

Lists the device modules and their name, type, state, and ports.

Interfaces

Lists the device interfaces and the top three applications for each interface.

Neighbors

Lists the device neighbors, including their index, port, duplex status, and sysname.

Wireless Interfaces

Lists the interface names, associated WLANs, VLAN IDs and IP addresses.

WLAN

Lists the WLAN names, SSIDs, security policies, and number of clients.

Getting User Details from the User 360 View

The User 360 View provides detailed information about an end user, including:
End user network connection and association
Authentication and authorization
Possible problems with the network devices associated with the users network attachment
Application-related issues
Other issues in the broader network

To access the 360 view for a user, follow these steps:

Step 1

Enter the user name in the Search field (see Search Methods).
Figure A-9

Sample User Search Entry

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Step 2

Multiple matches are displayed in the Search Results dialog. Click View List to display the matches.

Step 3

To launch the User 360 View, hover your mouse cursor over the name in the User Name field, then click
the icon that appears as shown in Figure A-10.
Figure A-10

Step 4

Figure A-13 shows a sample of the User 360 View.

Figure A-11

Table A-2

Launching User 360 View

Sample User 360 View

User 360 View Features

User 360 View

Feature

Description

User information

Displays key information about the end user.

Endpoint

Displays endpoint information. This feature requires integration with an ISE server.

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User 360 View Features

User 360 View

Feature

Description

Connected To

Displays network attachment information.

Location
Session

Network device (access switch or AP + Controller): Visible indication of existence and severity of
any active alarms associated with the device

Attachment port: Visible indication of existence and severity of any active alarms associated with
the port

Displays network session information.

The location is the Prime Infrastructure hierarchy location.

Access Policy (ISE Authorization Profile). Visible indication of the existence of any errors
associated with authentication. This feature requires integration with an ISE server.

Endpoint compliance status. This feature requires integration with an ISE server.

Session start time and end time.

Alarms

Click the Alarms tab to view a list of alarms and statistics associated with the network session.

Applications

Click the Applications tab to view a list of applications and statistics associated with the network
session. Session information (Netflow/NAM data, Assurance licenses) must be available.

Getting Help
You can access online help by clicking the question mark icon at the top right of any Prime Infrastructure
page.

Search Methods
Prime Infrastructure provides the following search methods:

Quick SearchSee Performing a Quick Search

Advanced SearchSee Performing an Advanced Search

Saved SearchSee Performing a Saved Search

You can access the search options from any page within Prime Infrastructure.

Performing a Quick Search

For a quick search, you can enter a partial or complete IP address or name. You can also enter a username
if you are searching for a client.
To quickly search for a device, follow these steps:
Step 1

In the Search text box, enter a search string and.

Step 2

Click Search to display all matches for the Quick Search parameter.

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Step 3

Click View List to view the matching devices from the Monitor or Configuration page.

Performing an Advanced Search

To perform a more specific search in Prime Infrastructure, follow these steps:
Step 1

Choose Advanced Search from the search menu.

Step 2

In the New Search dialog box, choose a category from the Search Category drop-down list.

Step 3

Choose all applicable filters or parameters for your search.

Note
Step 4

Note

Search parameters change depending on the category that you selected.

To save this search, select the Save Search check box, enter a unique name for the search in the text box,
and click Go.

You can decide what information appears on the search results page. See the Configuring the Search
Results Display (Edit View) for more information.
The Search categories include the following:

AlarmsSee Searching Alarms

JobsSee Searching Jobs

Access PointsSee Searching Access Points

Controller LicensesSee Searching Controller Licenses

ControllersSee Searching Controllers

SwitchesSee Searching Switches

ClientsSee Searching Clients

ChokepointsSee Searching Chokepoints

EventsSee Searching Events

InterferersSee Searching Interferers

Wi-Fi TDOA ReceiversSee Searching Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers

MapsSee Searching Maps

Rogue ClientSee Searching Rogue Clients

Shunned ClientSee Searching Shunned Clients

TagsSee Searching Tags

Device TypeSee Searching Device Type

Configuration VersionsSee Searching Configuration Versions

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Searching Alarms
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for alarms (see
Table A-3).
Table A-3

Search Alarms Fields

Field

Options

Severity

Choose All Severities, Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, or Clear.

Alarm Category

Choose All Types, System, Access Points, Controllers, Coverage Hole, Config Audit, Mobility
Service, Context Aware Notifications, SE Detected Interferers, Mesh Links, Rogue AP, Adhoc
Rogue, Security, Performance, Application Performance, Routers, Switches and Hubs, or
Cisco Interfaces and Modules.

Condition

Use the drop-down list to choose a condition. Also, you can enter a condition by typing it in this
drop-down list.
Note

If you have selected an alarm category, this drop-down list would contain the conditions
available in that category.

Time Period

Choose a time increment from Any Time to Last 7 days. The default is Any Time.

Acknowledged State

Select this check box to search for alarms with an Acknowledged or Unacknowledged state. If this
check box is not selected, the acknowledged state is not taken into search criteria consideration.

Assigned State

Select this check box to search for alarms with an Assigned or Unassigned state or by Owner Name.
If this check box is not selected, the assigned state is not part of the search criteria.
Note

If you choose Assigned State > Owner Name, type the owner name in the available text box.

Searching Jobs
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for jobs (see
Table A-4).
Table A-4

Search Jobs Fields

Field

Options

Job Name

Type the name of the job that you want to search.

Job Type

Type the job type that you want to search.

Job Status

Choose All Status, Completed, or Scheduled.

For more information, see the Monitoring Jobs.

Note

You can use wildcards such as *, ? in the Job Name and Job Type text box to narrow or broaden your
search.

Searching Access Points

You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for access points (see
Table A-5).

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Search Access Points Fields

Field

Options

Search By

Choose All APs, Base Radio MAC, Ethernet MAC, AP Name, AP Model, AP Location, IP
Address, Device Name, Controller IP, All Unassociated APs, Floor Area, Outdoor Area,
Unassigned APs, or Alarms.
Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable,
enter the additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By
category. For example, when you select Floor Area, you also must identify its campus
and building. Or, if you select Alarms, you can search for access points based on the
severity of the alarm.

AP Type

Choose All Types, LWAPP, or Autonomous.

AP Mode

Choose All Modes, Local, Monitor, FlexConnect, Rogue Detector, Sniffer, Bridge, or
SE-Connect.

Radio Type

Choose All Radios, 802.11a, or 802.11b/g.

802.11n Support

Select this check box to search for access points with 802.11n support.

OfficeExtend AP Enabled

Select this check box to search for OfficeExtend access points.

CleanAir Support

Select this check box to search for access points which support CleanAir.

CleanAir Enabled

Select this check box to search for access points which support CleanAir and which are enabled.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Controller Licenses

You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for controller licenses
(see Table A-6).
Table A-6

Search Controller Licenses Fields

Field

Options

Controller Name

Type the controller name associated with the license search.

Feature Name

Choose All, Plus, or Base depending on the license tier.

Type

Choose All, Demo, Extension, Grace Period, or Permanent.

% Used or Greater

Choose the percentage of the license use from this drop-down list. The percentages range from 0 to 100.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Controllers
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for controllers (see
Table A-7).

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Search Controllers Fields

Field

Options

Search for controller by

Choose All Controllers, IP Address, or Controller Name.

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable,
enter the additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By
category.

Note

Enter Controller IP Address

This text box appears only if you choose IP Address from the Search for controller by
drop-down list.

Enter Controller Name

This text box appears only if you choose Controller Name from the Search for controller by
drop-down list.

Audit Status

Choose one of the following from the drop-down list:

Items per page

All Status

MismatchConfig differences were found between Prime Infrastructure and controller

during the last audit.

IdenticalNo config differences were found during the last audit.

Not AvailableAudit status is unavailable.

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Switches
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for switches (see
Table A-8).
Table A-8

Search Switches Fields

Field

Options

Search for Switches by

Choose All Switches, IP Address, or Switch Name. You can use wildcards (*). For example, if
you select IP Address and enter 172*, Prime Infrastructure returns all switches that begin with IP
address 172.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Clients
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for clients (see
Table A-9).
.

Table A-9

Search Clients Fields

Field

Options

Media Type

Choose All, Wireless Clients, or Wired Clients.

Wireless Type

Choose All, Lightweight or Autonomous Clients if you chose Wireless Clients from the Media Type
list.

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Search Clients Fields (continued)

Field

Options

Search By

Choose All Clients, All Excluded Clients, All Wired Clients, All Logged in Guests, IP Address, User
Name, MAC Address, Asset Name, Asset Category, Asset Group, AP Name, Controller Name,
Controller IP, MSE IP, Floor Area, Outdoor Area, Switch Name, or Switch Type.
Note

Clients Detected
By

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable, enter the
additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category. For example,
when you select IP address, you must enter the specific IP address for this search.

Choose Prime Infrastructure or MSEs.

Clients detected by Prime InfrastructureClients stored in Prime Infrastructure databases.
Clients detected by MSEClients located by Context Aware service in the MSE directly communicating
with the controllers.

Client States

Choose All States, Idle, Authenticated, Associated, Probing, or Excluded.

Posture Status

Choose All, Unknown, Passed, Failed if you want to know if the devices are clean or not.

Restrict By Radio
Band

Select the check box to indicate a specific radio band. Choose 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz from the drop-down list.

Restrict By
Protocol

Select the check box to indicate a specific protocol. Choose 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or
Mobile from the drop-down list.

SSID

Select the check box and choose the applicable SSID from the drop-down list.

Profile

Select the check box to list all of the clients associated to the selected profile.
Note

CCX Compatible

Select the check box to search for clients that are compatible with Cisco Client Extensions.
Note

E2E Compatible

Once the check box is selected, choose the applicable version, All Versions, or Not Supported
from the drop-down list.

Select the check box to search for clients that are endtoend compatible.
Note

NAC State

Once the check box is selected, choose the applicable profile from the drop-down list.

Once the check box is selected, choose the applicable version, All Versions, or Not Supported
from the drop-down list.

Select the check box to search for clients identified by a certain Network Admission Control (NAC) state.
Note

Once the check box is selected, choose the applicable state from the drop-down list: Quarantine,
Access, Invalid, and Not Applicable.

Include
Disassociated

Select this check box to include clients that are no longer on the network but for which Prime
Infrastructure has historical records.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Chokepoints
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for chokepoints (see
Table A-9).

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Search Chokepoint Fields

Field

Options

Search By

Choose MAC Address or Chokepoint Name.

Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable, enter the
additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category. For example,
when you select MAC address, you must enter the specific MAC address for this search.

Searching Events
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for events (see
Table A-11).
Table A-11

Search Events Fields

Field

Options

Severity

Choose All Severities, Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Clear, or Info. Color coded.

Event Category

Choose All Types, Access Points, Controller, Security, Coverage Hole, Rogue AP, Adhoc Rogue,
Interference, Mesh Links, Client, Mobility Service, Location Notifications, Pre Coverage Hole, or
Prime Infrastructure.

Condition

Use the drop-down list to choose a condition. Also, you can enter a condition by typing it in this
drop-down list.
Note

Search All Events

If you selected an event category, this drop-down list contains the conditions available in that
category.

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Interferers
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for interferers detected
by access points (see Table A-12).
Table A-12

Search SE-Detected Interferers Fields

Field

Options

Search By

Choose All Interferers, Interferer ID, Interferer Category, Interferer Type, Affected
Channel, Affected AP, Severity, Power, or Duty Cycle.
Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable,
enter the additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category.

Detected By

Choose All Spectrum Experts or a specific spectrum expert from the drop-down list.

Detected within the last

Choose the time range for the interferer detections. The times range from 5 minutes to 24 hours to
All History.

Interferer Status

From this drop-down list, choose All, Active, or Inactive.

Restrict by Radio
Bands/Channels

Configure the search by radio bands or channels.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

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Searching Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers

You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for Wi-Fi TDOA
receivers (see Table A-13).
Table A-13

Search Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers Fields

Field

Options

Search By

Choose MAC Address or Wi-Fi TDOA Receivers Name.

Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable, enter the
additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category.

Searching Maps
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for maps (see
Table A-14).
Table A-14

Search Map Fields

Field

Options

Search for

Choose All Maps, Campuses, Buildings, Floor Areas, or Outdoor Areas.

Map Name

Search by Map Name. Enter the map name in the text box.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Rogue Clients

You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for rogue clients (see
Table A-15).
Table A-15

Search Rogue Client Fields

Field

Options

Search for clients by

Choose All Rogue Clients, MAC Address, Controller, MSE, Floor Area, or Outdoor Area.

Search In

Choose MSEs or Prime Infrastructure Controllers.

Status

Select the check box and choose Alert, Contained, or Threat from the drop-down list to include
status in the search criteria.

Searching Shunned Clients

Note

When a Cisco IPS sensor on the wired network detects a suspicious or threatening client, it alerts the
controller to shun this client.
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for shunned clients
(see Table A-16).

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Search Shunned Client Fields

Field

Options

Search By

Choose All Shunned Clients, Controller, or IP Address.

Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable, enter the
additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category.

Searching Tags
You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for tags (see
Table A-17).
Table A-17

Search Tags Fields

Field

Options

Search for tags by

Choose All Tags, Asset Name, Asset Category, Asset Group, MAC Address, Controller, MSE,
Floor Area, or Outdoor Area.
Note

Search parameters might change depending on the selected category. When applicable, enter
the additional parameter or filter information to help identify the Search By category.

Search In

Choose MSEs or Prime Infrastructure Controllers.

Last detected within

Choose a time increment from 5 minutes to 24 hours. The default is 15 minutes.

Tag Vendor

Select the check box and choose Aeroscout, G2, PanGo, or WhereNet.

Telemetry Tags only

Select the Telemetry Tags only check box to search tags accordingly.

Items per page

Configure the number of records to be displayed in the search results page.

Searching Device Type

You can configure the following parameters when performing an advanced search for device type (see
Table A-17).
Table A-18

Search Device Type Fields

Field

Options

Select Device Type

Choose All, Switches and Hubs, Wireless Controller, Unified AP, Autonomous AP, Unmanaged
AP, and Routers.

Enter Device IP

Enter the IP address of the device selected in the Select Device Type field.

Searching Configuration Versions

You can configure the following parameter when performing an advanced search for configuration
versions (see Table A-17).
Table A-19

Search Configuration Versions Fields

Field

Options

Enter Tag

Enter the tag name.

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Performing a Saved Search

Note

Saved searches apply only to the current partition.

To access and run a previously saved search, follow these steps:

Step 1

Click Saved Search.

Step 2

Choose a category from the Search Category drop-down list, then choose a saved search from the Saved
Search List drop-down list.

Step 3

If necessary, change the current parameters for the saved search, then click Go.

Configuring the Search Results Display (Edit View)

The Edit View page enables you to choose which columns appear in the Search Results page.

Note

The Edit View page is available only from the Classic view.
Column names appear in one of the following lists:

Hide InformationLists columns that do not appear in the table. The Hide button points to this list.

View InformationLists columns that do appear in the table. The Show button points to this list.

To display a column in a table, click it in the Hide Information list, then click Show. To remove a column
from a table, click it in the View Information list, then click Hide. You can select more than one column
by holding down the shift or control key.
To change the position of a column in the View Information list, click it, then click Up or Down. The
higher a column is in the list, the farther left it appears in the table.

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