Cisco Systems Craft Works Interface quick start Understanding the Admin Planes and Device Planes

Understanding the Admin Planes and Device Planes

For Cisco IOS XR devices, CWI can manage both the admin planes and device planes on a single desktop. A node is available for each plane in the Inventory Tree of the CWI desktop. Each plane provides you with different domains (see Table 8).

Table 8	Supported Domains
Node		Application	Inventory
Device		All 1	Nonshared. For example, line cards, PLIMs2, SPAs3, and so forth.
Admin		Inventory Viewer	Nonshared and shared. For example, power supplies, fans, fabric,
			and so forth.
		Rack Environment Monitor
		Card Environment Monitor
		Sensor Environment Monitor
		Telnet
		SSHv1
		SSHv2
		Configuration Editor

1.You cannot access the Rack Environment Monitor application from the device node.

2.PLIM = physical layer interface module

3.SPA = shared port adapter

Configuring a Router with CWI

Table 9 lists the applications to configure a router using CWI.

Table 9 Applications Used to Configure a Router with CWI

Application	Function
Telnet/SSH/Terminal Plus	Configures and manages the router using CLI commands.
Configuration Editor	Views and edits the running configuration in CLI format. The configuration editor provides
	common text editing functionality, such as copying, pasting, redoing, and undoing, and
	provides syntax checking. In addition, you can use traditional CLI features and functions, such
	as command completion and CLI help.

Capabilities of the CWI Desktop

The following capabilities of the CWI Desktop are described:

•View, filter, sort, search, correlate, purge, and monitor real-time alarms.

•View, filter, export, and search real-time inventory and interface object attribute information.

•Monitor network elements to display various attributes of the state of one or more devices, such as environmental and performance data.

•Troubleshoot management connectivity problems.

•View and modify a configuration through the Configuration Editor.

•Use Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) for command-line interaction with the router.

•Display a dynamic graphical representations of routers.

•Print, export, and search data.

•Sort and move columns.

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