Cisco Systems 78-17023-01 manual Other Requirements, External Software Compatibility

Chapter 2 System Requirements for Cisco Network Planning Solution

Design and Analysis: System Requirements

Other Requirements

Table 2-4	Other Requirements for Design and Analysis
Supporting Software		TCP/IP networking software
Special Requirements (UNIX)		On UNIX installations, the license file must be stored in either the /opt
		or /var/adm directory. The directory that is chosen must be located on
		a local hard drive or partition, must not be a symlink, and must not be a
		network mounted partition.
Browser		Netscape 7.0 or higher, Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or a compatible
		browser that supports style sheets.

External Software Compatibility

Import of Network Topology

Device Configuration Import is an integrated feature of Design and Analysis that enables a simple network model to be created by importing device configuration files for some vendor devices. It is generally used to support test or evaluation scenarios where the Virtual Network Data Server is not available. The requirements for external software compatibility discussed here apply to Device Configuration Import, and not necessarily the Virtual Network Data Server.

Device Configuration Import is available for the following devices: Cisco IOS versions 10.0 and above, Cisco CatOS version 4.1 and above, Cisco PIX 6.0 and above, and Juniper JunOS 4.0 and above.

Import of Network Traffic

Design and Analysis includes an integrated feature to import traffic information directly into a network model exclusive of the Virtual Network Data Server. These requirements for external software compatibility apply only to this feature.

Table 2-5	Traffic Import Formats Supported by Design and Analysis
Product		Version	Supported Data Type
HP OpenView Performance Insight		4.6	Import of link loads
InfoVista		2.2	Import of link loads
MRTG		2.9.25 or higher	Import of link loads
Network General Distributed Sniffer and Sniffer Pro		3.5 and higher	Import of traffic flows
cflowd		2.1	Import of traffic flows
Network General Sniffer Analyzer		5.50	Traffic data may be imported from Sniffer
			Analyzer in the following formats:
			• Sniffer Analyzer Packet Trace CSV
			• Sniffer Analyzer Expert Data CSV
Concord Network Health and eHealth		4.8 and 5.0.2	Import of link loads

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