Before You Start

Installing and Uninstalling CWM 15.3.00 P1

This section provides important background information that is provided to help you install the patch successfully.

•Naming Managed Nodes

The name of each node that the CWM manages must be unique. Duplicate node names are detected if both node names are found in the PNNI networks. Duplicate node names are not detected if one node is in the AutoRoute network and the other node is in the PNNI network.

•Core File Management

In the past, core files were created without unique names and then overwritten. Now, for each core dump, a unique directory is created under ~svplus/corefilesdir/. Each directory is named as follows: <Core.<processName>.<pid>.mmddHrMinSec. These directories have these contents:

–Core file named <processName>.<pid>.mmddHrMinSec.core

–Information file with dmesg, onstat -d, pstack, and other details named “<processName>.<pid>.mmddHrMinSec.info”

–Corresponding log file(s) named “<processName>.<pid>.log”

•Cisco Info Center Version

The CWM integrates with the Cisco Info Center (CIC) by including a tar file that can be installed using the CIC update utility (nco_update):

CIC36xPatch004CWM151.tar

The format of this tar file enables the update utility on the CWMAgent CD-ROM to process the file.

The CWM 15.3.00-P1_SNMPAgent.tar.gz file that contains the CIC36xPatch004CWM151.tar file includes rule files that are compatible only with CIC 3.6.1 so you must install CIC 3.6 or 3.6.1 to use this file.

For more information on CIC, refer to this URL: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/info_ctr/3_6/index.htm

•C-Note/CWM Configuration

The CWM supports C-Note version 3. Before the Orbix cmldomain services for C-Note are started, the CWM core must be started and core processes should be running. Enter this command to add the IP address of the C-Note workstation to the /opt/ssng/config/CMLLogin/SnmpPublisher.xml file:

vi/opt/ssng/config/CMLLogin/SnmpPublisher.xml

The line you add should look like this, substituting your C-Note workstation IP address:

•Numbering for Release 9.4 IGX Feeder Nodes

When an IGX is added as a feeder to a SES-BPX or MGX node, it has a default node number that may not be unique within the network. If it is not unique, it needs to be modified to a unique node number by issuing the rnmnd <x> command, where x is unique with regard to all other auto-route nodes.

To find the other node numbers, use the dspnds +n command. If you fail to do this, the

CWM Databroker may have an incorrectly formed hybrid connection database, and the CWM GUI may show the connection as incomplete.

	Release Notes for the Cisco WAN Manager, Release 15.3.00 P1
34	OL-11190-01, Rev. C0

15.3.00P1 specifications

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