- Cisco WAN Modeling Tools User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Cisco WAN Modeling Tools User Guide
- Contents
- Related CWM and Switch Documentation
- Obtaining Documentation
- Documentation Feedback
- Cisco Product Security Overview
- Obtaining Technical Assistance
- Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
- Cisco WAN Modeling Tools Overview
- Functionality of the NMT
- Cisco Products Supported by the NMT
- Basic Usage/Charter Functionality
- Gaps
- Data Translation Tools
- System Requirements
- Installing the NMT
- Upgrading the NMT Software
- Starting the NMT
- Removing NMT
- Installing a Cisco WAN Modeling Tools Sub-application
- Removing Sub-applications
- Troubleshooting NMT Installation
- NMT Startup
- NMT Menu Bar
- File Menu
- Display Menu
- Keyboard Commands
- Modeling Processes
- Error Checking
- Troubleshooting NMT
- General Table Information
- Sites Table
- Links Table
- Link Special Cases
- Voice Table
- Data Table
- Bursty Table
- Interface Table
- Feeder Table
- Card Table
- Groups and Network Table
- Nodes Table
- Network Settings
- Model Options
- Feeders
- Obsolete Products
- FastPAD
- Port Concentrator
- Tiered Networks
- Using the Route Command
- AutoRoute
- AutoRoute Least Cost Routing
- PNNI Routing
- Fail Analysis Command
- Build Sites Command
- Optimize Command
- NMT Command Results
- Site Report
- Link Report
- Network Summary Report
- Link Load Report
- ATM & FR Ports Report (or Bursty Data Ports Report)
- Data & Voice Ports Report (or Voice & Data Ports Report)
- Connection Routes Report
- Failed Connections Report
- Parts List Report
- Resource Report/Card Statistics Report
- PNNI Topology Report
- View Summary
- Using the Map Tool
- NMT Map Startup
- Navigating Though a Network View
- Obtaining Link Information - Physical Links
- Obtaining Link Information - Logical Links
- Zooming the Map
- Panning the Map
- Map Color Coding
- Controlling Map Displays in NMT
- NMT Map Main Menu
- Adding New Groups
- Adding Nodes to Existing Groups
- Deleting Groups
- Deleting Nodes or Groups from Existing Groups
- Saving Your Work
- Retrieving Map Data Into NMT
- Using the Map Tool with Fail Analysis
- Using the Map Tool to Analyze Traffic Levels
- Fields Addressed by CET
- Using the CET
- Other CET Commands
- Troubleshooting CET
- Remote CET Extracts
- Translating Between NMT and WANDL Formats
- NMT to Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Excel to NMT
- Usage Review
- SSI TroubleShooting
- CND PC Import Utilities
- Index
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Chapter 1 Overview of the WAN Modeling Tools
Gaps
• The NMT extracts the network topology and connection parameters from Cisco WAN Manager.
The NMT handles changes in the CWM DB schema, so these changes are invisible to the user. CWM
coded values are translated to more usable strings, and tables are merged so in NMT, there is 1 table
per network element.
• The NMT translates topology data to and from MS Excel data. The NMT tables are translated to
DBASE3 format and a MS Excel macro is provide for creating a file of spreadsheets for each table.
• NMT translates the topology data to and from the WANDL format for use by their NCAPS tool.
• PNNI CAC parameters are not as granular as they are in the product. For example, some parameters
are network specific.
• A 10 character node naming limitation is imposed. CWM provides translation for node naming.
Gaps
The following features are not supported by the NMT:
• XPVCs
• Voice traffic channel mapping entering the network for VISM/VXSM cards
• IP traffic entering the network for RPM cards
• LVC resource support for RPM cards
• Port Partitioning by COS
• Priority bumping in AutoRoute
• VXSM card and connections terminated on that card
• PPP types of traffic on MPSM-16T1E1 cards
• MFR links and connections on MPSM-T3E3-155 cards
• Cisco MGX 8880 node (not supported by CWM)