Chapter 4 Summary of System Software Features
Cisco ICS System Manager
Key Features
ICS System Manager has the following key features:
•Configuration—A single web interface allows network administrators to configure many system components, such as the SSP. (To configure IP phones and voice gateways, use Cisco CallManager.).
•Monitoring—Administrators can remotely monitor systems through ICS System Manager and can view data in real time.
•Event management—ICS System Manager includes advanced event management features and provides a single view into system-wide syslog messages and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. Administrators can create customized reports on historical events, and they can create site-specific event-notification rules.
•Software upgrade—Administrators can use ICS System Manager for remotely managing Cisco IOS images on the Cisco ICS 7750 and remotely upgrading specific system cards in a chassis. A library of Cisco IOS images can be maintained on the Cisco ICS 7750 for archiving or for later use.
•Security—ICS System Manager provides seven access profiles for the Cisco ICS 7750; these profiles allow multiple remote administrators with different security or expertise levels to work on a system simultaneously.
•Advanced configuration—Cisco IOS experts can use the command-line interface (CLI) to configure any of the Cisco ICS 7750 IOS-based cards.
•Centralized management—ICS System Manager supports SNMP, so that administrators can use existing network management applications such as CiscoWorks2000.
•Remote access—ICS System Manager supports Integrated Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Firewall features for highly secure remote access.
•Logs and records—ICS System Manager stores the following system information in a Microsoft SQL database:
–Syslogs
–Information about inventory and user accounts
–Image information for cards
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