Managing Cisco Devices Using Cisco Integration

This section contains the following topics:

Analyzing CISCO Integration

Cisco Integration supports all Cisco devices (routers and switches) available in the Cisco Network Management Integration Data Bundle (NMIDB). NMIDB is published by Cisco and can be downloaded. Cisco Integration uses the NMIDB file to dynamically update new Cisco devices. You can configure automatic device update or manual device update. Based on the NMIDB, Cisco Integration does the following:

Creates class definitions for the Cisco model class.
Updates Agent Technology policies to monitor these Cisco devices.
Creates icon/image files to uniquely display these devices using either the Unicenter 2D Map or the Management Command Center.
Updates Performance Management to create reports for these Cisco devices.