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Cisco 12000/10700 v3.1.1 Router Manager User Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview Key Features of the Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager Software
•Cisco 12000/10720 Router Manager deployment—Eases deployment of large networks by enabling
templa te-base d element configurat ion, ope rations, adminis tration , and main tenance
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Pre-dep loyment of chassi s, GRP and line car ds
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AutoDiscovery—Autom atical ly discovers exi stin g C isco 12000 /1072 0 r outers
•Comprehensive fault man agem ent system—For chassis, line cards and interfaces
•Configuration Backup/Restore using RME—Uses Resource Manager Essentials to back up and save
the runnin g configura tion of a device and its module s so that if a hard ware failure o ccurs, you can
restore co nfiguration
•Configuration Editor—Upload s and saves the ru nning configura tion on a device afte r editin g
•Configuration ope rations —Perform s in bulk to n umero us Cisco 12000 /1072 0 routers
•Cisco 12000/ 10720 Rou ter Manager Manageme nt—Fault, Con figurati on, A cco unt ing and
Performa nce (F CAP) E lem e nt M anag eme nt of C isco 12000 Se ries Ro uter s u sing Ci sco EMF
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•Interfa ce p rofiles —Enables you to apply the same parameters to a large number of objects at one
time
•Layer 3 QoS support—Inclu des Committed A ccess Rate (CAR), Weighted Random Earl y Detectio n
(WRED ), WRED ToF ab and Modified De ficit Round Robin (MDRR)
•Line cards and interfaces—Supports various line cards and interfaces, such as packet-over -SONET
(POS), A sy nch ro nous Transfer M ode ( ATM), D igi tal Signa l 3 (D S3) , Dy nami c Packet Transpor t
(DPT), Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP) and Gigabit and Fast Ethernet
•Cisco IOS rele ases—Ea sily downloads new software releases from Cisco 12000/ 10720 Rout er
Manager on to d evices usin g R ME
•ATM Connectio ns Ma nage ment —Uploads existing PVCs and associated QoS profiles from any
device into the Cisco 1200 0/107 20 Ro uter Ma nage r and a lso ma nu al de ployme nt an d mana ge ment
of PVCs and SV Cs
•Subchassis discovery—Determines the physical chassis contents, such as line cards and interfaces
•Rediscover Line Cards after online insertion o r removal (OIR)
•BGP and OSPF Protocols Management—Configuration and Fault Management for BGP and OSPF
routing pro toco ls a nd upl o ading B GP Addr es s Family c on figurations
•Route Proce ssor Redunda ncy (GRP and PRP) support fo r chassis mana gement
•Complete supp ort for IP Rout ing, TCP a nd UD P Sta tus M ana geme nt
•MPLS Ma nageme nt—Fault Manage ment an d Performa nce Man agemen t for MPLS Interfaces and
Sub-Interfaces, Fault Manageme nt for LDP Entities and MPLS Tunnels, Configuring MPLS and
VRF Traps
•VRF Ma na geme nt —Configuration of VRFs in the EM. Creation of VRFs in the device through EM
and Association of VRFs to Interfaces. Fault Management for VRFs
•VLAN M ana geme nt—Configuration and performance monitoring of the VLAN sub-interfaces
•VLAN Synchronization—Uploads the existing VLAN information from the netwo rk into Cisco
12000/10 720 Rout er M ana ger