What Is Cisco LMS?
Cisco LAN Management Solution, or LMS, is a suite of applications for monitoring and administering Cisco networks. It provides task automation, establishing a solid foundation for your networks and increasing your network's reliability. Cisco LMS delivers fault detection features and troubleshooting solutions for network problems, helping you keep your network operational and effective.
History
Cisco LMS, also known as CiscoWorks, was released in April 2000. The second version came out in 2001, followed by new versions released every year. Version 3.0 of CiscoWorks was released in 2007 and included new functionalities and improved scalability.
Features
Cisco LMS features are designed to keep your network running at optimal performance. The server load balancing feature splits the load and computing requirements to multiple servers, keeping a balanced load on each one, instead of overloading a single one. The historical change feature gives you access to the history of changes made over the network, and the fault detection system will detect if the network is not working the way it should. Cisco LMS also has user tracking abilities, so you can monitor the activity of all users on the network.
Requirements
Cisco LMS comes in server and client software. The server software requires a 1 gigahertz processor, 80 gigabytes of hard disk space and 2 gigabytes of random access memory, or RAM, while the client version also requires a 1 gigahertz processor, 80 gigabytes of hard disk space but only 512 megabytes of RAM. The server software requires Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Solaris 2.8 or Solaris 2.9, while the client software can run on Windows 2000 or later and Solaris 8 or 9.
Uses
Cisco LMS is used to maximize the efficiency of networks by providing real-time statistics, analysis and malfunction identification. It can be used on both small and large networks.
Advantages
Cisco LMS provides a centralized system to share device information along the network, increasing the manageability of the network. The traffic management features will keep the load balanced across the network and reduce network latency. Cisco LMS also has step-by-step wizards to help you quickly set up or troubleshoot your network.
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