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    CHAPTER 4-1 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 4 Using Service Manager Cisco Mobile W ireless Home Agent is the anchor point for mobile terminals for which mobile or proxy mobile services are provided. The Home Agent maintains mobile user re gistrations and tunnels packets that are destined for the mobile node to the PDSN or[...]

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    4-2 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Service Manager Tasks Service Manager Tasks Y ou can use the Service Manager tab to perform these tasks: T able 4-1 Home Ag ent Service Manager T asks Option T ask T opic Select Group Select a device group Selecting an HA Device Group, page 4-3 Display Co[...]

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    4-3 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Selecting an HA Device Group Selecting an HA Device Group Before you enable service-acti vation, you must cate gorize device entities into a logical group. After you select a group, you can download the service-acti vation conf igurations to all the devic[...]

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    4-4 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Selecting an HA Device Group Step 5 Enter your CiscoW orks password, then click Connect . If you check the Fetch Conf ig check box, this task will take a few minutes to complete. The time depends on the number of de vices in the selected group and the siz[...]

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    4-5 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Displaying an HA Configuration Displaying an HA Configuration Y ou can vie w the HA-specif ic conf igurations commands of specif ied de vices in the selected group by using the HA Conf iguration V ie wer . T o display an HA-specif ic conf iguration: Step [...]

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    4-6 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports The HA Conf ig V ie wer window displays: • Left pane—Displays all the conf iglets that the conf iguration comprises. Click any folder to e xpand the tree and display descendant conf iglets. Choose any conf iglet to see the requ[...]

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    4-7 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports Using Sync Report Dashboard The Sync Report Dashboard provides the latest status of the master de vice and other de vices in a group, from RME or DCR. It also polls all the devices in the group and creates a Dif f report. Checking [...]

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    4-8 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports The Sync Report Dashboard window contains: Figur e 4-3 Sync Repor t Dashboar d Window Step 4 In the Report pane, select a device to compare its conf igurations with the master de vice. Field Description Master De vice Displays the [...]

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    4-9 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports Step 5 Click Show Diff to see a detailed comparison. The Sync Report Conf ig Diff V ie wer appears. (See Figure 4-4 on page 4-9 .) Figur e 4-4 Sync Repor t Config Diff V iewer[...]

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    4-10 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports Interpreting the Sync Report Config Diff Viewer In the Sync Report Conf ig Diff V iewer , Device1 is the master de vice and De vice 2 is the the device being compared. The Sync Report Conf ig Diff V iewer also displays the date an[...]

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    4-11 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Generating Sync Reports Comparing the Configurations of Two Devices T o display the dif ferences in HA-specif ic conf igurations between any two de vices of the group: Step 1 Choose Service Manager > Sync Report > Compar e Conf ig . The Sync Report[...]

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    4-12 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Activating Services on HA Devices Y ou can use the HA Service Manager to manage and activ ate services on the Home Agent de vices in the selected device groups. Service activ ation entails the following tasks: • Conf i[...]

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    4-13 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Step 4 From the Local IP Pool dialog box, you can: • Click Execute without selecting a group to create a new local IP pool. • Choose a pool and: – Click Execute to modify its conf iguration. – Click List to see i[...]

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    4-14 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Click any column heading to sort the list. From this windo w: • Click Add Row to add more address pools. • Select any ro w and click Delete Row to delete the address pool, or extra ro ws. Step 4 Enter the information[...]

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    4-15 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Viewing Job Details Y ou can learn more about any job by vie wing its details. The Job Details windo w appears ( Figure 4-5 on page 4-15 ), and displays the day , date, and time details in the header at the top of the re[...]

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    4-16 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices The left pane contains: • Job Details—Expand this folder to display Execution Summary and De vice Details for the scheduled job . • Execution Summary—Click this folder to vie w the follo wing information for the [...]

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    4-17 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Working With Virtual Networks Y ou can support mobility of a Mobile Node (MN) beyond the bounds of a physical home network by def ining virtual networks on the Home Agent. The virtual network acts like a home network whe[...]

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    4-18 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Configuring Virtual Networks If you intend to support roaming for mobile devices without ha ving a physical home location, you must identify the subnets for which to allo w this service and place these virtual networks a[...]

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    4-19 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Step 7 Perform one of these actions: • Click Finish to complete the conf iguration. HA SM schedules a new job . A notif ication message displays the Job ID. After the job completes, you can vie w the details of the job[...]

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    4-20 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices The Home Address Assignment–W ith N AI dialog box displays a list of all the hosts, which are conf igured with an NAI, in the selected group. It contains: Click any column heading to sort the list. Step 3 From the Home[...]

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    4-21 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices The f irst window of the Home Address Assignment–W ith NAI wizard contains: Field Description Mobile Station Identif ier N AI String Netw ork access identif ier . The NAI can be a unique identif ier ( username@r ealm )[...]

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    4-22 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Click any column heading to sort the list. Step 4 Enter the information and click Next . The Home Address Assignment W ith N AI Conf igurations window appears with the generated conf iguration commands. Step 5 Click Add [...]

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    4-23 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices • Click Close to close this windo w . If you do not sav e the batch f ile, a message prompts you to save it. Click OK to sa ve and Cancel to exit the windo w . Step 6 Perform one of these actions: • Click Finish to c[...]

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    4-24 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices – Click List to see its current conf iguration. – Click Delete to delete it. Y ou can also delete one or more hosts at the same time. When you select one or more hosts, the Execute and List b uttons will be disabled.[...]

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    4-25 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Click any column heading to sort the list. Step 5 Enter the information and click Next . The Home Address Assignment W ithout N AI Conf igurations window appears with the generated conf iguration commands. Step 6 Click A[...]

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    4-26 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Step 7 Perform one of these actions: • Click Finish to complete the conf iguration. HA SM schedules a new job . A notif ication message displays the Job ID. After the job completes, you can vie w the details of the job[...]

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    4-27 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices The Home Agent Security Associations dialog box displays a list of conf igured security associations for the mobile node, Home Agent, or Foreign Agent, in the selected group. It contains: Click any column heading to sort[...]

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    4-28 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices The f irst window of the Security Associations wizard contains: Field Description Peer T ype Choose a peer type from the drop-down list. It can be one of the following: • Host • Home Agent • Foreign Agent Mobile No[...]

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    4-29 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Click any column heading to sort the list. Step 4 Enter the information and click Next . The Security Associations Conf igurations window appears with the generated conf iguration commands. Step 5 Click Add T o Batch to [...]

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    4-30 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices • Click Cancel to exit the wizard. • Click Back to edit the conf iguration. VRF Support on HA Mobile nodes can share a common IP address across different realms on the same Home Agent. This feature is based on the Mu[...]

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    4-31 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices When you select one or more VRF conf igurations, the Execute and List buttons will be disabled. F or more information, see Conf iguring VRF Support on HA De vices, page 4-31 . Configuring VRF Support on HA Devices Y ou c[...]

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    4-32 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Click any column heading to sort the list. Step 4 Enter the information and click Next . The HA-VRF Conf igurations window displays the generated conf iguration commands. Step 5 Click Add T o Batch to execute the conf ig[...]

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    4-33 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices VRF Definition Dialog Box Field Descriptions When you click Def ine in the VRF for Realm pane, the VRF Def inition dialog box appears. Y ou can use this dialog box to conf igure a new VRF routing table from this dialog b[...]

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    4-34 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Hot-Lining Y ou use the Hot-lining feature to monitor upstream user traff ic by using two dif ferent scenarios: activ e and ne w session. When Hot-lining is activ e for a particular user , the upstream IP packets from th[...]

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    4-35 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Activating Services on HA Devices Enabling Hot-Lining Y ou can conf igure hot-lining on home agent devices by using the Hot Lining wizard. T o launch the Hot Lining wizard: Step 1 Choose a de vice group (Choose Service Manager > Select Group ). See Se[...]

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    4-36 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Managing Batch Configurations • Click Cancel to exit the wizard. • Click Back to edit the conf iguration. Managing Batch Configurations Y ou can use HA Service Manager to apply multiple service-activ ation conf igurations to the device by using batch[...]

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    4-37 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Managing Batch Configurations Starting a Batch Configuration T o start a batch job: Step 1 Choose Service Manager > Batch Conf ig . In the Batch Conf ig window , select a batch conf iguration from the list. The Batch Conf ig display appears. Step 2 Cl[...]

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    4-38 User Guide for Cisco Home Agent Service Manager OL-6918-01 Chapter 4 Using Service Manager Managing Batch Configurations[...]