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This webcast provides an overview of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (Prime) with Cisco expert Tejas Shah. He explains common concepts and terminology, how to use configuration templates, and how to use the Cisco Prime Infrastructure in order to troubleshoot and manage your converged wireless and wired network. He also performs a live demo.
Tejas Shah is a senior technical marketing engineer for Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Collaboration products. He has deployed Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager at various customer sites to help customers monitor and troubleshoot their video infrastructure. In addition, he has been part of the Network Operations Center (NOC) team at Cisco Live events for six years. Shah joined Cisco in 1995 and has been in the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) team supporting various network management system products for more than six years.
Webcast related links:
• Video Recording
• Presentation Slides
• Ask the Expert event
A. Absolutely. Prime Infrastructure supports both Cisco and non-Cisco devices. Non-Cisco devices are managed through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (Read Only). Discovery, inventory, and fault management are supported for third-party devices.
A. Prime Infrastructure Release 1.3 is already available; Prime Infrastructure is planned to be released this summer.
A. It depends on the type of data. If you are monitoring data, then that can be controlled through the template, and then you can define as low as one (1) minute for how often you want to poll the devices. You can control how often you want to achieve all the configurations.
A. Yes, there is integration with ACS. Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) and Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) are supported. These are planned to be enhanced in Release 2.0 as well.
A. Prime can be configure as syslog server. It can also be configured as trap receiver. All the events can go through the Prime, and the log shows you in real-time, troubleshooting that are shifted or grip with client MAC addresses that are obtained from various controllers.
A. The question is whether or not you can download the packet capture (PCAP). Yes; when you perform the packet capture with Network Access Protection (NAP), you take the output of the PCAP that can be leveraged with Wireshark. The Wireshark feature on Nexus has not yet been integrated, but it is on the roadmap.
A. Cisco has an entire range of products with Prime collaboration that can be used to manage video endpoints. As a video proceeds, you can run a media trace example between the two devices where the video endpoints are connected and give a media trace, and so on. However, Prime does not directly manage video endpoints.
A. First, you must check whether the new devices are supported in the Prime Infrastructure as far as configuration goal. If it is, then yes, it should be possible to migrate the configuration. There is no any wizard to do this; therefore, it must be done manually. Configuration support must be present in both devices.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. ASA's are supported in Prime Infrastructure Release 2.0, which is scheduled for a June release.
A. Today, Prime does not currently support compliance for industry standards. However, this is a supported feature in Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS), which is bundled with Prime Infrastructure. Compliance is planned for Prime Infrastructure, but it is not yet confirmed which release this will be available.
A. Third-party devices are currently supported within Prime Infrastructure. This is done through SNMP. You can also report against Management Information Base (MIB/MIB2).
A. L3/L2 topology is not currently available in Prime. However, this is a high priority, and this feature is currently in progress with a target availability by the second half of 2013.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. Yes, Prime Release 2.0 greatly expands on the best practices and templates that are currently available with Release 1.2 and Release 1.3.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A.Prime LMS is a separate application that is focused on wired devices (Cisco and non-Cisco). Prime Infrastructure is the next generation management solution that provides single system management for wired and wireless devices.Prime LMS is currently bundled with Prime Infrastructure. However, the goal is to move toward Prime Infrastructure when full feature parity is achieved with LMS.
A. Yes, Prime has role-based access control (RBAC) security that allows you to control access. Full RBAC support will be available in Release 2.0 that allows this level of control to individual users.
A. OOTB stands for "Out of the Box". I'm sure we will be changing this to something more intuitive ;-).
A. Prime Release 2.0 will not have full feature parity with Prime LMS, but it will have more feature overlap than Prime Release 1.2 and Release 1.3. Refer to the documentation for Cisco Prime Infrastructure for more details.
A. Yes, MSE required.
A. Nothing. When Prime Infrastructure is installed, syslogd is running by default. Same thing would apply to traps as well.
A. This question is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. Yes, Prime Infrastructure talks to ISE by making an API call in the backend.
A. There is a Compliance license option available with Prime Infrastructure; however that feature is only available within Prime LMS, which is bundled with Prime.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. For a High Availability (HA) type of deployment, this is available. If the setup is Active/Passive (only one instance actively that collects data), then you do not need additional licenses.
A. SAU provides access to all releases for the duration of the contract. This includes Prime Infrastructure Release 2.0 that is scheduled for June 2013.
A. Topology module is still in works, and will be in Beta to gather more feedback. I'm not sure what aspects of NetBrain were you comparing, but it will have a basic topology view with drill-down capabilities.
A. It will be a direct upgrade.
A. If you upgrade to Prime Release 1.3, the licenses are identical to Release 1.2.x. You do not need to re-license, unless you move the system to a new host.
A. Prime Infrastructure is licensed per managed Cisco device. If you are an existing WCS, Network Control System (NCS), or LMS customer and upgrade to Prime, then your licenses are converted to lifecycle licenses.
A. Yes, Prime Infrastructure moves with the LAN controller itself. It does not mean that you must upgrade, but it really is meant for people who moved to WLC Release 7.2 or 7.3. If you want to leverage more features, then you should use Prime Infrastructure Release 1.3. It is not about moving from Release 1.2 to Release 1.3; it is really about moving your controller from Release 7.2 to something else. If so, then you need Prime Infrastructure Release 1.3.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. If you have an active support contract on your Prime LMS system, then you can use the Product Upgrade Tool to upgrade to the latest version of Prime LMS Release 4.2.x or to Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2. There are feature differences between Prime and LMS. These are documented in these Papers.
A. Yes, you can upgrade to Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2 or 1.3. If you have an active support contract, then you can upgrade through PUT (Product Upgrade Tool at http://www.cisco.com/upgrade. )
A. This feature was broken in Prime Release 1.2. This issue is addressed in Prime Release 2.0.
A. This question is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This question is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This question is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. This question is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
A. These are the logs that are obtained from the controller. All the logs have been consolidated from the controller into one place. For example if AP is flapping between the two controllers and has not been able to join for some reason, troubleshooting is simplified in order to identify to which controller the AP talks. This is why all the controllers can vary, and all of the logs are consolidated.
A. Go to Operate > Operational Pool > then go to the Wireless section. You will find all the troubleshooting tools for wireless.
A. There is a PCI report available with Prime Infrastructure Release 1.2 and Release 1.3. However, this is not a full compliance level of support. Currently, only Prime LMS has compliance capability, but this is a purchasable license under Prime.
A. Refer to Migrating WCS to NCS document on the Support Forum and Cisco Prime NCS 1.1 Deployment Guide.
A. This is answered in the Ask the Expert Event.
Presentation Slides from the Live Webcast
Cisco Support Community – Network Management
Transitioning from Cisco Prime LMS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Evaluation
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Papers
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Videos on Demand
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