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Chapter 2 Getting Started With IPM

Starting IPM Client

The default directory for installing IPM is /opt. If you installed IPM in a different directory, you must specify that directory instead of /opt.

If you installed the IPM client and IPM server on different Solaris systems, you must enter the ipm start command from the /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin directory:

#cd /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin

#./ipm start client

To start the IPM client and connect to an IPM server other than the default server, enter:

#cd /opt/CSCOipmClient/bin

#./ipm start client server_name

where server_name is the Solaris or Windows system on which the IPM server is running.

To protect the device credentials, IPM does not allow you to disable the administrative password. IPM will prompt you to enter the password at the time of launching the standalone client.

When the IPM client starts, it displays the IPM Main Window (Figure 2-2). The name of the system on which the IPM server is running, appears in the title bar of the IPM Main Window.

Figure 2-2 IPM Main Window

You can also access the IPM Main Window from the CiscoWorks homepage. For more details, see Starting IPM Client From the CiscoWorks Homepage, page 2-2. Alternatively, you can click View > CiscoWorks Home Page to access the CiscoWorks homepage.

When you start IPM for the first time, the IPM Main Window contains no collectors. As you configure collectors, they appear in this window. Each collector is a combination of a configured source, a target, and an operation. For each collector, you can specify parameters for gathering statistics and scheduling.

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