Cisco Cluster Management Suite
Network Management Software for
Cisco Catalyst Desktop Switches
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Cluster Management Suite (CMS)
• Product overview
– Positioning and products supported
• Network intelligence made easy
• Features and benefits
• Easy setup
• Competitive positioning and advantages
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Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 3550 Series
Switches
Wiring Closet Aggregation
Small Network Backbone
Wiring Closet
Catalyst 3550 Series
Catalyst 3550-12T
Catalyst 3550-12G
Catalyst 3550 Stackables
Price/Performance
Stackable 10/100 and GE configurations
High-performance switching and routing
Enterprise-class intelligent services
Clustering capable
Catalyst 2950 Stackables / Enhanced Software Image
Standalone and stackable 10/100 switching
GBIC-based Gigabit connectivity
Intelligent services (Enhanced Software Image)
Clustering capable
Catalyst 2950T-24/2950C-24 / Enhanced Software Image
Wire-speed standalone 10/100 switching
10/100/1000BaseT and 100BaseFX uplinks
Intelligent services (Enhanced Software Image)
Clustering capable
Catalyst 2950SX-24/2950-12/24 / Standard Software Image
Wire-speed standalone 10/100 switching
Basic Cisco IOS functionality (Standard Software Image)
2 fixed 1000BaseSX uplinks (2950SX-24)
Clustering capable
Scalability
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Cisco Provides the Broadest Range of
Network Management Products
Price/Performance
WAN Manager
CiscoWorks 2000
•LAN Management Solution (LMS)
•Routed WAN Management (RWAN)
CiscoWorks SNMS
CiscoWorks for Windows
Free
CMS
Small/Med
•10s of 1000s of devices
•service provisioning
•global WANs
•IGX/BPX and MGX
switches only
•1000s of devices
•service management
•WANs and LANs
•20 devices
•network resource mgt.
•small LANs, workgroups
•16 switches
•LAN only
Enterprise
Business
Service
Provider
Function/Flexibility
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Cisco Cluster Management Suite Software
• Manage up to 16
geographically dispersed
switches simultaneously
with one IP address
• Accessed through any
standard Web browser
• Provides Web-based
interface for configuring
and managing Cisco IOS® functions
• Use as an alternative to command line interface (CLI)
• Enables configuration of Layer 3/4 intelligent services
• Full backward compatibility provides support for Catalyst
1900/2820, 2900 XL, 3500 XL, 2950, and 3550
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Typical CMS Environments
Medium Business/Branch Office
Wiring Closet
Catalyst 3550
Floor 12
Catalyst 2950
Floor 4
152.67.124.4
Catalyst 3550-12G
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Cluster Management Suite
• Product overview
• Network intelligence made easy
• Features and benefits
• Easy setup
• Competitive positioning and advantages
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Today’s Economic Environment Exacerbates the
Demands on Network Administrators
• Headcount flat to decreasing
• Training budgets remain flat
or continue to shrink
• Technology investments
must contribute to bottom
line
– Reduce operational costs
– Improve productivity
• More devices to manage with
fewer people
• Yet management’s
expectations of IT are higher
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Today’s Network Puts Increased Demands on
Network Administrators
• New Technologies to Support
– Increased mix of data traffic – web, file server,
email, CRM, ERP, etc.
– IP Telephony
– Videoconferencing
– E-learning
– Wireless connectivity
• Less Predictable Traffic Patterns
– Mix of light, two-way communications and oneway bulk transfers
– Delay-sensitive traffic mixed with delay-tolerant
traffic
• Stronger Network Security
– Increased flow of confidential info on the network
– More sophisticated internal and external hackers
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Value-Added Resellers Are Faced with the
Same Challenges
• Reduce operational costs by:
– Deploying networks faster
– Supporting more customers with less staff
• Improve revenues by developing expertise
and entering new technology areas beyond
data networking:
– Voice
– Videoconferencing
– E-learning
– Ongoing Support/Monitoring Contracts
• Deals are more competitive, driving the need
to differentiate skills, capabilities
• Customers looking for one-stop shop for
technology solutions
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Introducing the Catalyst 3550 and 2950
Series of Switches
Catalyst 3550:
Catalyst 2950:
• Enterprise-class, stackable,
multilayer switch family with
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit
Ethernet configurations
• Enables the deployment of
network-wide intelligent services
• Fixed configuration, stackable
and standalone switch family
with basic and intelligent
services tailored for small and
mid-sized networks
• Advanced Cisco intelligent
services to the edge of a
network (2950 EI)
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Advanced Quality of Service
Granular rate limiting
Security Access Control Lists
Sophisticated multicast
management
– High Performance IP routing
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– Quality of Service
– Rate limiting
– Security Access Control
Parameters
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CMS Makes It Easy to Take Advantage of
Network Intelligent Services
Time-Saving
Features
• Multi-device and
multi-port
configuration
• One-click software
upgrades
• Manage from
anywhere, to
anywhere
• Configuration
Reports
• Inventory Report
• Configuration
Cloning
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Ease of Use
• Wizards
• Guide Mode
• Easy Setup
• Auto Link
Configuration
• Userpersonalized
Interface
• Sophisticated
Help System
Monitoring,
Troubleshooting,
and Reporting
• Topology View
• Front Panel View
• Alarm Notification
• Fault, Event, and
Performance
Monitoring
• Read-only Mode
• Printing
• Cluster Redundancy
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Intelligent
Network
Solutions
• AVVID Wizards
for VoIP, video,
and mission
critical apps
• Security Wizard
• Multicast Wizard
• Wireless mgmt
• Advanced IOS
feature support
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Cluster Management Suite
• Product overview
• Network intelligence made easy
• Features and benefits
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Wizards
Guide mode
Multi-device, multi-port management
Configuration cloning
Software upgrades
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Advanced IOS feature support
Sophisticated embedded help system
Topology view
Event notification & monitoring
• Easy setup
• Competitive positioning and advantages
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AVVID Wizards for Simple Configuration of
Technology Solutions
• AVVID = Architecture for Video, Voice, and Integrated Data
• In just a few steps, these wizards configure the switch for voice, video,
and/or high-priority data applications.
• Wizards are compatible to each other
• Final summary page shows the configuration that will be implemented
before you apply it
• Roll-back option to restore the old configuration if dissatisfied with the
wizard
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Example: Video Wizard – Optimally
configures entire cluster for video traffic
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Done!
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Guide Mode to Simplify Complex
Configurations
Expert Mode
Guide Mode
• Compact windows
that provide
configuration options
without prompts
• Provides step-by-step prompts
with instructions
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• Used for many of the complex
configuration options
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Multi-Device, Multi-Port Management
• Save time by selecting
multiple ports across
devices for simultaneous
configuration
Front Panel View
• Dynamic, detailed
representation of up to
16 switches in cluster
• Simplifies
troubleshooting and
debugging
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Configuration Cloning
• Using the Configuration
Save and Restore feature,
a customer or VAR can
apply a configuration file
to multiple switches
• Enables very fast
deployment of networks
• Provides the ability to
backup config files
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One-Click Software Upgrade
WS-3550-12T
• Use inventory report
to quickly see
software versions
running on the
switches
WS-2950
WS-3550-12T
• Simultaneously
update software of
up to 16 devices
• Simply click on the
desired switches and
update
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Advanced Quality of Service
• Use QoS feature to
give preferential
treatment to certain
types of traffic
• CMS supports
Layer 3 QoS and both
Strict Priority and
Weighted RoundRobin scheduling
algorithms
• Use Guide Mode or
one of the AVVID
Wizards if not familiar
with QoS
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Access Control Lists
• CMS allows users to
differentiate traffic
into various
categories and permit
or deny certain
categories of traffic
• Allows re-ordering of
Access Control
Entries (ACEs)
• Guide Mode or
Security Wizard can
be used if unfamiliar
with ACLs
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IP Unicast & Multicast Routing*
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Configure IGMP
Snooping options
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Allows easy
configuration of Layer
3 IP routing protocols
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IP Multicast Wizard
guides users through
steps for setting
multicast routing
features
*Only supported on Catalyst 3550
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Sophisticated Embedded Help System
• Context-sensitive
help button on
every window!
• Help is embedded
in the switch
• Easy navigation
using:
– Table of Contents
– Index
– Glossary
– Search function
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Topology View
• Provides comprehensive layout of
all clustered devices:
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Switches
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IP phones
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Wireless access points
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Long-Reach Ethernet CPE
Topology View
• Launch the Cisco Aironet
Wireless Access Point
management interface
• Quickly check status of
all clustered switches at once
from one location
• Automatically discovers the
network
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CMS can see any Cisco
Discovery Protocol
(CDP)-enabled device
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Event Notification
• Enables an email to be
automatically sent to a
network administrator
or VAR when a
network problem
occurs
• Can choose what
severity level triggers
an email notification
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Fault and Event Monitoring & Reporting
• Systems Messages
Monitor provides a
filterable list of alarms
and events
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Performance Monitoring & Reporting
• Link Graphs and Link
Reports provide network
traffic updates in real-time
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• All graphs can be printed for
management reports
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Cluster Management Suite
• Product Overview
• Network Intelligence Made Easy
• Features and Benefits
• Easy Setup
• Competitive Positioning and Advantages
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Easy Setup – 1, 2, 3 …
1.
Designate a Command Switch
2.
Load CMS from any PC in your
network – or from a remote PC
dialed in to the network
3.
Cluster “Candidate” switches
are automatically discovered.
Simply choose those to include
in the Cluster
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Manage Catalyst 3550, 2950,
3500 XL, 2900 XL, and
1900/2820 simultaneously in a
single interface
DONE!!
Optional: Set up Administrator
accounts
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Administrator Accounts
• Set up network
administrator
accounts for the
entire cluster in one
step
• Assign different
privilege levels
• Privilege level 0
allows CMS read-only
mode only
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Cluster Management Suite
• Product overview
• Network intelligence made easy
• Features and benefits
• Easy setup
• Competitive positioning and advantages
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Key Competitive Advantages
CMS vs. Competitor Embedded Management
• CMS provides a topology map that
automatically discovers Cisco
switches, routers, IP Phones,
wireless access points, and CPEs
• CMS Wizards provide fast, easy
configuration of sophisticated
technologies to support for voice,
video, priority data, and enhanced
security
• Guide Mode provides step by step
guidance for complex
configurations
• Simultaneous configuration of
multiple ports and devices,
resulting in dramatic productivity
improvements for IT staff and
resellers
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• Wireless management
integration
• Configure nearly all IOS
features, including Layer 3 IP
services
• Sophisticated monitoring,
graphing, and reporting
• Manages the 16 switches
regardless of physical proximity
or stacking
• Full backward compatibility to
support legacy Catalyst fixed
configuration switches.
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Cisco CMS Advantages
• No installation required – embedded in switch
• Manage cluster remotely from anywhere on your
network
• Intuitive, easy to use
• Fast, easy tool to take advantage of Cisco Catalyst
Intelligent Network Services
• It’s FREE!
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