CiscoWorks Common Services provides a Web interface for the configuring and monitoring of different management consoles (MCs) for different network devices. Because CiscoWorks Common Services provides the underlying framework for client applications (MCs) to function correctly, CiscoWorks Common Services must be installed before any client applications. Client applications such as Firewall MC, IDS/IPS MC, etc., integrate with CiscoWorks Common Services and use its management functions. Communication ArchitectureThe CiscoWorks Common Services Desktop can be accessed using one of the supported Web browsers by pointing to the IP address of the CiscoWorks Common Services server with two specific default ports (1741 and 1742). In normal mode, http is used as a transport protocol and 1741 is used as a transport port. However if SSL is turned on, https is used instead of http, and 1742 is used as a port instead of 1741. However, you can change the web server with the procedure explained in the following link: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/cw2000/cw2000_d/comser22/usrguide/cmsrvall/desktop.htm#1044656 To launch CiscoWorks Common Services, on the browser type: http://server_name(or ip):1741 Note If you enter http://server_name (or ip):port_number/login.html in your Web browser, the CiscoWorks Server will not launch. Hence, do not bookmark the CiscoWorks URL with the login.html. User Management on CiscoWorks Common ServicesUser management on Common Services is very flexible with Services Roles and Privileges as follows:
Common Services has five built-in roles with pre-defined privileges as shown in Table 17-1.
CiscoWorks Common Services supports the following database for authentication:
For both authentication and authorization, CiscoWorks Common Services can be configured in one of these two modes:
For additional details on this, refer to the following link: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/cw2000/cw2000_d/comser22/usrguide/cmsrvmcs/sysadmin.htm |