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ZyXEL Communications VANTAGE CNM Quick Start Manual

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Vantage CNM
Centralized Network Management
Quick Start Guide
Version 2.2
5/2005
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  • Page 1 Vantage CNM Centralized Network Management Quick Start Guide Version 2.2 5/2005...
  • Page 2 This Quick Start Guide shows you to install Vantage CNM. See the User’s Guide for more information. The following figure displays a Vantage CNM application: 1 This is the Vantage CNM “client” that manages ZyXEL devices via the Vantage CNM “server”. 2 The Vantage CNM “server” is the computer with Vantage CNM software installed.

  • Page 3: Zyxel Device Requirements

    Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 1 Requirements 1.1 Vantage CNM Server Requirements Hardware CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 mouse Monitor HP ProLiant DL380 Hard Disk 2 x 73 GB SCSI-3 Software Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3. Vantage CNM Pentium IV Dual 2.8 GHz Xeon...
  • Page 4 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide • Use the Terminal screen to run Linux commands. To open the Terminal screen, select the main menu Red Hat icon (usually located on the bottom left of the screen), System Tools and then Terminal.
  • Page 5 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide (You may need to make the file executable first using chmod +x Vantage_CNM.bin) [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chmod +x Vantage_CNM.bin [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ls -1 Vantage_CNM.bin Vantage_CNM.bin [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ./Vantage_CNM.bin Preparing to install... Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
  • Page 6 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 4 The Vantage CNM logo appears briefly when extraction begins.

  • Page 7: Installation Wizard

    Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2.2 Installation Wizard 1 The first wizard screen appears after successful extraction. You should prepare all FTP, SMTP and syslog server IP addresses and login names/passwords. For syslog, you need an SSH login name and password.
  • Page 8 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2 Select a folder where you would like to install Vantage CNM. Spaces in the folder name or path are not allowed. You will see an error screen as shown next if your installation folder or path has a space.
  • Page 9 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 3 The next screen asks you where you want to create a Vantage CNM link or shortcut. After you install Vantage CNM you will see a Launch Vantage icon in this folder.
  • Page 10 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 4 You next configure a syslog server. syslog is a logging system that is used by most versions of UNIX. If Vantage CNM finds an existing syslog server on your computer, you see the next screen asking you if this...
  • Page 11 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 5 If you choose Yes in the Auto Configure the Computer as Syslog Server screen, you will then see the next screen. You must create a Telnet account on the syslog server. Vantage CNM uses SSH to communicate with the syslog server to instruct it to send files to an FTP server for retrieval.
  • Page 12 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide local2.* /var/log/vantage.log In /etc/syslog.conf find the following row: *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages Modify the row to (or if the above row does not exist, type the following): *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;local2.none /var/log/messages Open the file path /etc/sysconfig/syslog Syslogd must support the "-r" option. Find the row, SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="…"...
  • Page 13 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 7 The next screen asks you configure an FTP server. The FTP server is used for syslog log file downloads to Vantage CNM and firmware uploads from Vantage CNM to ZyXEL device(s). Follow the instructions in the screen.
  • Page 14 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide The next line requests a password for this user. Type a password of not less than six characters. [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# passwd followed by a password; for example “123456” Note: You can also add users in Linux by doing the following: Select the main menu Red Hat icon, System Settings and then Users and Groups.
  • Page 15 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 9 The next screen asks you to configure a mail server. The mail server is used to send notifications. Follow the instructions in the screen.
  • Page 16 10The next screen asks you to configure the Vantage CNM server public address. This is the IP address that the ZyXEL devices use to communicate with Vantage CNM. Follow the instructions in the screen. If Vantage CNM is behind a NAT router, then you need to enter the public IP address (WAN) of the NAT...
  • Page 17 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 11The next screen is a summary of the servers you configured in this wizard. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 18 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 12 The next screen asks you to review everything you configured in this wizard before continuing. Click Install if everything is as intended.
  • Page 19 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 13 Wait while Vantage CNM installs.
  • Page 20 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 14 Vantage CNM has installed successfully when you see the next screen. It is recommended you restart your computer. 15 Restart LInux by running the command [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# reboot in the Terminal screen. 16 After Linux restarts and you have logged in as the root user, in the Terminal screen change the directory...
  • Page 21 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide [root@localhost bin]# ./start-graphic.sh • Navigate to the folder you saved Vantage CNM in (for example, /root/Vantage-CNM), in the Choose Link Folder screen. Double-click ZYCNM_DEPLOY_BED and then the /bin icon. Double-click the start.sh icon to launch Vantage CNM (or the stop.sh icon to quit Vantage CNM).
  • Page 22 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide Note: If the login screen does not display, check if the Linux firewall is active. Select the main menu Red Hat icon, System Settings and then Security Level. Select Medium from the Security level drop-down list box and select the WWW(HTTP), FTP and SSH check boxes in the Allow incoming section of the screen.

  • Page 23: Install Java Plug-In

    Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 4.3 Install Java Plug-in 1 You may be asked to install a Java plug-in on the Vantage CNM computer. Install it. The Vantage CNM server must be connected to the Internet to download the plug-in.
  • Page 24 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 4 Wait for the Java plug-in to finish installing. 4.4 HTTPS Certificates HTTPS is used to access the Vantage CNM server. A series of warning screens related to HTTPS certificate information appears. Click Yes (or Always) in each to continue.

  • Page 25: Activate Vantage

    2 The next screen asks you to configure the Vantage server public address. This is the IP address that the ZyXEL devices use to communicate with Vantage. Follow the instructions in the screen. If Vantage is behind a NAT router, then you need to enter the public IP address (WAN) of the NAT router. Click Next to...
  • Page 26 3 See the User’s Guide for details on the Vantage main screen. 5 MyZyXEL.com http://www.myZyXEL.com/ is ZyXEL’s online services center where you must register Vantage and generate an Activation Key and Services Set Key that you enter in step of section 4.5.
  • Page 27 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide Service Set Key The Service Set Key is generated online at the myZyXEL.com (after you register Vantage) and is needed to activate Vantage. 5.2 Login 1 Go to http://www.myZyXEL.com using your web browser. 2 Log into your account if you already have one; otherwise create a new account by clicking the hyperlink in...

  • Page 28: Register Vantage

    5.3 Register Vantage 1 After you have created a myZyXEL.com account, log in and click the hyperlink in the Registered ZyXEL Products section as displayed in the following screen.
  • Page 29 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2 Click Add in the next screen. 3 Enter the following information in the next screen and then click Register. • Serial number: This is a 10-digit number found on the Vantage CNM product label. It identifies the model type within myZyXEL.com.
  • Page 30 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide • Friendly Name: This is an alias you give the product to identify it. After you have registered Vantage, a registration successful screen displays.

  • Page 31: Generate Keys To Activate Vantage

    1 The product is now registered but not activated. You need to activate Vantage before you can use it to manage ZyXEL devices. Click the name hyperlink to display its details. 2 Click Activate to display the next screen. You use this screen to generate an Activation Key and Service Set Key.
  • Page 32 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 6 Uninstalling Vantage CNM You must uninstall any previous versions of Vantage CNM before you install a new version of Vantage CNM. Follow this procedure to uninstall Vantage CNM. 1 You should first stop Vantage CNM by clicking Stop in the Vantage Status screen;...
  • Page 33 Click Done to finish. 7 Activating Vantage CNM on a ZyXEL Device 7.1 How to activate Vantage CNM on a ZyXEL device using commands Go to command mode (SMT menu 24.8 of most ZyXEL devices) and issue the following command:...

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    ZyXEL device must use the same encryption method as Vantage. 3 To set the encryption key (if X = 1 or 2) on the ZyXEL device, type 'cnm encrykey xxxxxxxxx' where ‘xxxxxxxxx’ is the alphanumeric encryption key (“0” to “9”, “a” to “z” or “A” to “Z”) in the Vantage server. Type an eight- character alphanumeric (“0”...
  • Page 35 • If the Vantage CNM server is behind a firewall, you may have to create a rule on the firewall to allow UDP port 1864 traffic through to the Vantage CNM server (most (new) ZyXEL firewalls automatically allow this). Make sure you have entered the Vantage CNM username and password correctly (the fields are case sensitive).
  • Page 36 The device may not have Vantage CNM enabled. The device model type may not be supported by Vantage CNM. Go to CI (Command Interface) mode (SMT menu 24.8 of the ZyXEL device) Enter the command cnm active 1 to enable Vantage CNM on the ZyXEL device.

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