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Managing Your Integrated Services Routers
Network management applications are instrumental in lowering OpEx while improving network availability by
simplifying and automating many of the day-to-day tasks associated with managing an end-to-end network. "Day-
one device support" provides immediate manageability support for the integrated services router, enabling quick
and easy deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting from Cisco and third-party applications.
Organizations rely on Cisco, third-party, and in-house developed network management applications to achieve
their OpEx and productivity goals. Underpinning those applications are the embedded management features
available in every integrated services router. The new integrated services routers continue a tradition of broad and
deep manageability features within the devices. Features such as IP SLA, Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
(EEM), and NetFlow allow you to know the status of your network at all times. These features, along with Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and syslog support, enable your organization's management applications.
Refer to Tables 4, 5, and 6 for details about Cisco IOS Software, network management, and manageability
support on Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers.
Table 4. Cisco 3900 with Cisco IOS Software Feature and Protocol High-Level Support
Protocols
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IPv4, IPv6, static routes, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP), Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP), BGP Router Reflector, Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-
IS), Multicast Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMPv3), Protocol Independent Multicast
sparse mode (PIM SM), PIM Source Specific Multicast (SSM), Distance Vector Multicast Routing
Protocol (DVMRP), IPv4-to-IPv6 Multicast, MPLS, Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, IPSec, Layer 2
Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3), Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), IEEE802.1ag,
and IEEE802.3ah
Encapsulations
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Generic routing encapsulation (GRE), Ethernet, 802.1q VLAN, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP),
Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP), Frame Relay, Multilink Frame Relay (MLFR) (FR.15 and
FR.16), High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Serial (RS-232, RS-449, X.21, V.35, and EIA-530),
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), and ATM
Traffic management
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QoS, Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED),
Hierarchical QoS, Policy-Based Routing (PBR), Performance Routing, and NBAR
For more details about Cisco IOS Software features, refer to http://www.cisco.com/go/fn
Table 5. Embedded Management features available with Cisco IOS Software
Feature Description of Feature Supported by Cisco Integrated Services Routers
WSMA
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The Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) defines a mechanism through which you can
manage a network device, retrieve configuration data information, and upload and manipulate new
configuration data. WSMA uses XML-based data encoding that is transported by the Simple Object
Access Protocol (SOAP) for the configuration data and protocol messages.
EEM
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Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a distributed and customized approach to event
detection and recovery offered directly in a Cisco IOS Software device. It offers the ability to monitor
events and take informational, corrective, or any desired EEM action when the monitored events
occur or when a threshold is reached.
IPSLA
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Cisco IOS IP Service-Level Agreements enable you to assure new business-critical IP applications
as well as IP services that use data, voice, and video in an IP network.
SNMP, RMON, Syslog, NetFlow, TR-069
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Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers also support SNMP, Remote Monitoring (RMON),
syslog, NetFlow, and TR-069, in addition to the embedded management features mentioned.
The Cisco network management applications listed in Table 6 are standalone products that you can purchase or
download to manage your Cisco network devices. The applications are built specifically for the different
operational phases; you can select the ones that best fit your needs.
