Table Of Contents
Lesson 1-1: Getting Started with QPM
Understanding the QPM User Interface
Lesson 1-2: Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices
Lesson 1-3: Creating the Tutorial Device Folder
Lesson 1-4: Creating the Tutorial Policy Group
Introduction
This tutorial introduces you to QoS Policy Manager (QPM) and provides examples of many of the tasks that you can perform with it. To make these examples easier to follow, you can practice the procedures on virtual devices that are provided with the product.
This tutorial is not intended as an exhaustive description of QPM's features or of quality of service (QoS) technology. For more information about these topics, refer to the QPM online help and User Guide for QoS Policy Manager.
The tutorial is structured as follows:
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"Introduction," provides information about getting started with the product and the tutorial.
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Chapters 2 and 3 use separate example networks, but the virtual devices on which you perform the tutorial procedures are provided in one virtual device file, which is provided with the product.
For more information about the virtual devices, see "Lesson 1-2: Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices" section.
Understanding the Tutorial Environment
The QPM environment for the tutorial has the following characteristics:
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Tutorial User Permission Requirements
To use the tutorial, you must log into QPM with user permissions to modify devices in the default device group. For more information, see the user permissions information in Installation Guide for QoS Policy Manager.
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Lesson 1-1: Getting Started with QPM
The following topics describe getting started with QPM:
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Starting QPM
QoS Policy Manager is accessed from the CiscoWorks desktop.
Step 1
The CiscoWorks desktop is displayed.
The first time you start CiscoWorks on a CiscoWorks server or a client machine, the Java Runtime Environment is automatically installed.
Step 2
If they are not enabled, change your browser preferences to enable them, then continue to the next step.
Step 3
The CiscoWorks navigation tree appears in the left pane.
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A Security Alert window opens. Click Yes to proceed.
QPM opens in a separate browser window.
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Understanding the QPM User Interface
All the pages in the web-based QPM user interface have a consistent look and feel.
Figure 1-1 shows an example of a QPM page.
Figure 1-1 Example of a QPM Page
Table 1-1 describes the common elements in each page.
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Now that you understand the QPM user interface, you are ready to learn how to exit QPM.
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Exiting QPM
When you finish working with QPM, you must log out of CiscoWorks to close the application.
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The CiscoWorks session ends.
Now you are ready to add devices to the QPM device inventory.
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Lesson 1-2: Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices
A file of the virtual devices that are used in the tutorial is included with QPM. To import the tutorial virtual devices, you must first copy the virtual devices file to your client system.
For information about the virtual devices used in the data network tutorial, see the Understanding the Data Network Tutorial, page 2-2. For information about the devices used in the voice-over-IP network tutorial, see Understanding the IP Telephony Network Example, page 3-3.
Virtual devices are not physical devices, but rather are defined in a file that contains the same device information required to import a physical device.
You can import these virtual devices into the inventory and use them to perform the tasks described in the tutorial.
Step 1
The file is named TutorialDevices.xml. It is located in the Tutorial folder that is located in the CiscoWorks Common Services installation directory on the QPM server at CSCOpx\MDC\qpm\tutorial.
Step 2
The Managed Devices Table appears.
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The Import Devices Wizard - General page appears.
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The Import Devices Wizard - Select Devices page appears.
Figure 1-2 Lesson 1-2—Importing the Tutorial Virtual Devices
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QPM imports the devices from the file, and displays the Discovery Status page so you can see the status of the import. The discovery job that you just started is the first entry in the table.
Wait until the discovery job is complete, as indicated by an entry appearing in the End column.
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The Managed Devices page appears.
Note that the imported devices now appear in the device table.
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The Interfaces page appears, and links to view any other network elements on the device appear in the TOC.
Now that you have imported the tutorial virtual devices, you are ready to create the tutorial policy group.
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Lesson 1-3: Creating the Tutorial Device Folder
To make it easier to keep track of the devices used in the tutorial, create a device folder named "Tutorial" for the tutorial and move the tutorial virtual devices into it.
Step 1
The Device Folders page appears.
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The Device Folder Properties page appears.
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The Device Folders page appears.
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The Device Table page appears.
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The following are the tutorial virtual devices:
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The Device Folder setting dialog box opens.
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The Device Table page refreshes.
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Lesson 1-4: Creating the Tutorial Policy Group
To separate the tutorial policy groups from any existing policy groups, create a policy group named "Tutorial" for the tutorial.
Step 1
The Policy Groups page appears.
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The Policy Group page appears.
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The Policy Groups page appears.
Figure 1-3 Lesson 1-3—Creating the Tutorial Policy Group
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After completing all the lessons in this chapter, you are ready to proceed with the data network or IP telephony tutorial. You can use the tutorials in any order (they are not sequential).
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