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Cisco Active Network Abstraction
Administrator’s Guide, 3.5
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THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND
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Important Notice Important Notice Cisco ANA 3.5 is a carrier-class, multi-vendor network and service management platform which builds a real-time virtual model of the network, serving as a live information base for value-added tools and applications for integration into an existing OSS environment. Cisco ANA 3.5 is a limited release by Cisco Systems of the existing features and functions of the Sheer DNA 4.0.1 software. As this is a limited release, the naming of the product in the
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 The Product Documentation DVD is a comprehensive library of technical product documentation on portable media. The DVD enables you to access multiple versions of hardware and software installation, configuration, and command guides for Cisco products and to view technical documentation in HTML. With the DVD, you have access to the same documentation that is found on the Cisco website without being connected to the Internet. Cert
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Important Notice Cisco Product Security Overview Cisco provides a free online Security Vulnerability Policy portal at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.h tml From this site, you can perform these tasks: • Report security vulnerabilities in Cisco products. • Obtain assistance with security incidents that involve Cisco products. • Register to receive security information from Cisco. A current list of security advisories and notices for
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 Never use a revoked or an expired encryption key. The correct public key to use in your correspondence with PSIRT is the one linked in the Contact Summary section of the Security Vulnerability Policy page at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.h tml The link on this page has the current PGP key ID in use. Obtaining Technical Assistance Cisco Technical Support provides 24-hour-a-d
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Important Notice Submitting a Service Request Using the online TAC Service Request Tool is the fastest way to open S3 and S4 service requests. (S3 and S4 service requests are those in which your network is minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you describe your situation, the TAC Service Request Tool provides recommended solutions. If your issue is not resolved using the recommended resources, your service request is assigned to a Cisco engineer. The
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 Obtaining Additional Publications and Information Information about Cisco products, technologies, and network solutions is available from various online and printed sources. Cisco Marketplace provides a variety of Cisco books, reference guides, documentation, and logo merchandise. Visit Cisco Marketplace, the company store, at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/marketplace/ Cisco Press publishes a wide range of general network
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Important Notice Internet Protocol Journal is a quarterly journal published by Cisco Systems for engineering professionals involved in designing, developing, and operating public and private internets and intranets. You can access the Internet Protocol Journal at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj Networking products offered by Cisco Systems, as well as customer support services, can be obtained at this URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/index.html Networking Professionals Con
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About This Guide About This Guide This Administrator’s Guide describes the structure and features of the Sheer™ Dynamic Network Abstraction (DNA) system. Sheer DNA Manage is the GUI client application designed to simplify and facilitate Sheer DNA administration. Sheer DNA Manage enables the System Administrator to configure and control the DNA system. Sheer DNA Manage interacts with the Sheer DNA Registry (“Golden Source”) to query and modify configuration information. This guide is
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 Chapter 10, Managing Sheer DNA Security, page 135, describes how Sheer DNA implements a three-dimensional security engine combining a role-based security mechanism with scopes that are granted to users. In addition, it describes managing users in the Sheer DNA platform, including, defining users and passwords. Appendix A, Utility Scripts, page 155, describes the Sheer DNA utility scripts including how to restart the Sheer DNA P
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Introducing Sheer DNA Table of Contents 1 Introducing Sheer DNA .................................................................. 1 1.1 The Sheer Solution...................................................................................................1 1.2 Sheer DNA Components..........................................................................................4 1.2.1 Autonomous VNE ................................................................................................4
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 4 General DNA Manage Tables ....................................................... 61 4.1 Working with DNA Manage Tables .......................................................................61 4.2 Finding Text in a Table ..........................................................................................63 4.3 Filtering Information ...........................................................................................
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Introducing Sheer DNA 7 Managing Global Settings.......................................................... 107 7.1 Managing Client Licenses ...................................................................................107 7.1.1 Viewing Client License Properties...................................................................109 7.2 Viewing DB Segments .........................................................................................112 7.3 Customizing a Message of the Day.
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 10.5 Granting or Editing a User’s Rights ...................................................................146 10.5.1 General User’s Rights......................................................................................146 10.5.2 User’s Security Rights .....................................................................................148 10.5.3 Map User Permissions .........................................................
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Introducing Sheer DNA 1 Introducing Sheer DNA About this chapter: This chapter describes the Sheer™ Dynamic Network Abstraction (DNA) platform and architecture. In addition, it provides a brief explanation of the terms used throughout this guide. The Sheer DNA Manage maintenance application is part of an overall Sheer solution; therefore, in order to better understand the Sheer DNA Manage environment, a brief overview of Sheer DNA is required. The Sheer Solution, page 1, provides an
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 Sheer DNA provides solutions for diverse network environments and applications. It offers an integrated network and service auto-discovery for network modeling, intelligent fault analysis and a highly flexible network configuration and activation engine. This enables fully correlated management of global scale networks supporting millions of subscribers and customers. Sheer DNA is a network management solution that provides a
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Introducing Sheer DNA • OSS/BSS (Vertical) Integration: open, flexible northbound adaptation framework to OSS/BSS applications, in a wide variety of APIs, protocols and information models • Scalability: a fully distributed solution implementing parallel processing that inherits the scaling properties of the network by creating a virtual model of it. Adding more Autonomous VNEs and/or more DNA Units easily supports network growth. The Sheer™ DNA platform architectural diagram and fun
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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5 1.2 Sheer DNA Components The Sheer DNA system is comprised of several key components, as described in the sections that follow. 1.2.1 Autonomous VNE The Autonomous VNEs (Virtual Network Elements) are software entities that run as a completely autonomous process within the Sheer DNA Units. Each VNE is assigned to manage a single Network Element (NE) instance using whatever southbound management interfaces the NE implements (e.g
