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ZyXEL Communications VANTAGE CNM QUICK START GUIDE - 1 Quick Start Manual

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Vantage CNM
Centralized Network Management
Quick Start Guide
Version 2.2
9/2005
Linux Quick Start Guide
Windows Quick Start Guide
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  • Page 1 Vantage CNM Centralized Network Management Quick Start Guide Version 2.2 9/2005 Linux Quick Start Guide Windows Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 2: Vantage Cnm

    Vantage CNM Centralized Network Management Quick Start Guide Version 2.2 (Linux) 9/2005...
  • Page 3 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 4: Zyxel Device Requirements

    Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 or SP2 (Service Pack 1 or 2) Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 1024*768 screen resolution 1.3 ZyXEL Device Requirements Firmware For details, see the Vantage CNM software release notes. Please read the device release note carefully if you have to upload new device firmware.
  • Page 5 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide Note: In each wizard screen, click Next to proceed to the next screen in the wizard, click Back to return to the previous screen or click Cancel to abort the installation and exit the wizard. •...
  • Page 6 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2 Navigate to this folder using the “cd” command and type the following to extract the Vantage CNM files. ./Vantage_CNM.bin (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...
  • Page 7 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 4 The Vantage CNM logo appears briefly when extraction begins.

  • Page 8: Installation Wizard

    Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2.3 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. You can configure these servers during the wizard installation or after you install Vantage CNM in the System >...
  • Page 9 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 10 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 11 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 is the syslog server you wish to use.
  • Page 12 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 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 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 17 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 router.
  • Page 18 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 11The next screen is a summary of the servers you configured in this wizard. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 19 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 20 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 13 Wait while Vantage CNM installs.
  • Page 21 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 to the folder you saved Vantage CNM and run the command [root@localhost root]# cd Vantage-CNM [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ./LaunchVantageCNM...
  • Page 22 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). 3.1 Vantage CNM Status Screen You see the following Vantage CNM screen indicating the status (started or stopped) of Vantage CNM.
  • Page 23 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 24: 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. 2 Select the I accept the terms in the license agreement radio button and click the Next.
  • Page 25 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 26: 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 27 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 28 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 the New User section displayed in the following screen.

  • Page 29: 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 30 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 31 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 32 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 33 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 34 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 35: 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 36 • 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 37 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.
  • Page 38 Vantage CNM Centralized Network Management Quick Start Guide Version 2.2 (Windows) 9/2005...
  • Page 39 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 40 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 or SP2 (Service Pack 1 or 2) Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 1024*768 screen resolution 1.3 ZyXEL Device Requirements Firmware For details, see the Vantage CNM software release notes. Please read the device release note carefully if you have to upload new device firmware.
  • Page 41 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2 Double-click the Vantage executable file to begin the file extraction process. 3 The Vantage CNM logo appears briefly during extraction. 4 Click Next in the Vantage Welcome screen to begin the installation wizard.
  • Page 42 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 5 Read the license agreement and then click Yes to proceed to the next screen. 6 Enter your name and your company name in the next screen. Click Next to proceed.
  • Page 43 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 7 Decide where Vantage should be installed in the next screen. To install to the default folder, click Next. To install to a different folder, click Browse, navigate to the new folder and then click Next. 8 Review your settings in this screen and then click Next to begin copying files or click Back to return to a previous screen to change the settings.
  • Page 44 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 9 Wait while Vantage installs or click Cancel to abort the installation. 10 The next screen asks you if you want to configure FTP, SMTP (mail) and syslog servers now or after you activate Vantage. •...
  • Page 45 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide If you select No, configure it later, you must set up each server in the System > Preferences > Server screen in Vantage CNM. Alternatively, if you select Yes, configure it now and click Next, you go to the following screen. Note: See the User’s Guide Appendices for examples of setting up syslog and FTP servers.
  • Page 46 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 12 Enter your mail server IP address or URL, user name and associated password in the next screen. 13 Enter the syslog server IP address, user name and associated password in the next screen. 14 The syslog server must be a syslog server running on a Kiwi syslog server for Windows (see the Kiwi website for details).
  • Page 47 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide Vantage communicates with a Windows (Kiwi) syslog server using Telnet, so you must enable Telnet on the Windows (Kiwi) syslog server. See the User’s Guide Appendices for information on setting up a Kiwi server on Windows.
  • Page 48 16 The 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 router.
  • Page 49 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 17 Click Finish to close the Wizard. 18 The next screen reminds you to disable any web servers you may already have running on the Vantage server computer before restarting. Click OK to go to the restart screen...

  • Page 50: Windows Services

    Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 19 You must restart the computer for Vantage to completely install. You must disable web servers before you restart Vantage. After you have disabled web server(s), click Finish and wait while Vantage installs and your computer restarts. 2.2 Windows Services Vantage is a Windows service, so you may start, stop or resume Vantage in the Services window.
  • Page 51 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Services.
  • Page 52 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2 The Services screen opens. 3 Right-click the (running) service you want to disable and click Stop. (You may also choose to start, stop or resume Vantage in this way.)
  • Page 53 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2.3 Vantage Dependencies If you have problems accessing Vantage, make sure MySQL is up and running. Right-click Vantage from the Services screen as shown above, select Properties (as shown in the previous screen) and then click the Dependencies tab to see that Vantage requires MySQL.
  • Page 54 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 2.4 Vantage Recovery Options You can also choose Vantage recovery options by doing the following. Right-click Vantage from the Services screen, select Properties and click the Recovery tab. 2.5 Vantage CNM Icons After your computer restarts, you will see the following Vantage icons in the system tray (bottom right of your computer screen) indicating the status of Vantage.
  • Page 55 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide If you have exited Vantage and wish to restart, click Start, All Programs, ZyXEL, Vantage CNM, Vantage Status Monitor to bring back the Vantage icon to the system tray. 3 Accessing Vantage CNM 3.1 IP Address 1 From the Vantage CNM client computer, open your web browser and type https://{Vantage CNM server IP address}/vantage or simply https://{Vantage CNM server IP address}.
  • Page 56 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 3.2 Login 1 Enter root for both Username and Password and then click OK. You should change your password after first login; see the User’s Guide for more information. 3.3 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 57 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 3 Click Typical and then click Next to begin the Java plug-in installation. 4 Wait for the Java plug-in to finish installing.
  • Page 58 Next to continue. 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...
  • Page 59 3 See the User’s Guide for details on the Vantage main screen. 4 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 3.5.
  • Page 60 Vantage CNM Appliance at myZyXEL.com. License Key You need a license key to manage up to a specified number (see the license key envelope) of ZyXEL devices. Activation Key The Activation Key is generated online at the myZyXEL.com (after you register Vantage) and is needed to activate Vantage.
  • Page 61 4.3 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 62 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 63 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 64 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 65 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 5 Uninstalling Vantage CNM Follow this procedure to uninstall Vantage CNM. 1 You should first stop Vantage CNM by right-clicking the Vantage icon and clicking STOP; 2 Click Start, Control Panel. Double- click Add or Remove Programs. Highlight Vantage CNM and click Change/Remove.
  • Page 66 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 3 Select Remove and then click Next. 4 Click OK to continue removing Vantage. 5 Wait while Vantage uninstalls. If you see a Locked File Detected screen, select Don’t display this message again and then click Reboot (to delete the file when the computer restarts) to continue.
  • Page 67 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 68 Vantage CNM Quick Start Guide 6.3 Activate Vantage CNM on a ZyXEL device and encrypt traffic using the web configurator Log into the device web configurator, click Remote Management from the navigation panel and then click the CNM tab. Select Enable, enter the Vantage CNM Server (IP) Address and select an Encryption Algorithm and Encryption Key if desired.
  • Page 69 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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