ZyXEL Communications VANTAGE CNM QUICK START GUIDE - 1 User manual

Vantage CNM
Centralized Network Management
Quick Start Guide
Version 2.2
9/2005
Linux Quick Start Guide
Windows Quick Start Guide

Vantage CNM
Centralized Network Management
Quick Start Guide
Version 2.2 (Linux)
9/2005

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Overview
Vantage Centralized Network Management 2.2 (CNM) is a browser-based, management solution that allows
you to easily configure, manage and monitor ZyXEL devices from any location. Vantage Centralized Network
Management 2.2 will be referred to as “Vantage CNM” in this document.
This Quick Start Guide shows you to install Vantage CNM. See the User’s Guide for more information.
The following figure displays a Vantage CNM application:
1This is the Vantage CNM “client” that manages ZyXEL devices via the Vantage CNM “server”.
2The Vantage CNM “server” is the computer with Vantage CNM software installed.
3These are the ZyXEL devices being managed by Vantage CNM.
This Quick Start Guide shows you:
1The Vantage CNM Requirements
2A Vantage CNM Installation Procedure
3How to Start and Stop Vantage CNM
4How to Access Vantage CNM
5How to register at myZyXEL.com
6How to Uninstall Vantage CNM
7How to Activate Vantage CNM on a ZyXEL Device
8Troubleshooting
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1 Requirements
1.1 Vantage CNM Server Requirements
1.2 Vantage CNM Client Recommended Requirements
1.3 ZyXEL Device Requirements
2 Vantage CNM Installation Procedure
Before you install Vantage CNM, make sure that Red Hat Linux is already installed; see the User’s Guide
Appendix for further information.
If you already have a previous version of Vantage CNM installed, install the upgrade patch. Make sure you
back up the existing “vantage” database in MySQL before you proceed with the patch upgrade.
2.1 Vantage CNM Installation Overview
• Use the Vantage CNM installation wizard to install Vantage CNM server software.
Hardware CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 mouse
Monitor
Hard Disk 80 GB or more
Software Red Hat 9.0 Linux
Vantage CNM
CPU Pentium IV 2.8 GHz or faster
RAM 2 GB or more
Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 1024*768 resolution
CPU Pentium III 450 MHz or faster
RAM 256 MB or more
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 or SP2 (Service Pack 1 or 2)
Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or above with 1024*768 screen resolution
Firmware For details, see the Vantage CNM software release notes.
Please read the device release note carefully if you have to upload
new device firmware.

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Note: In each wizard screen, click Next to proceed to the next screen in the wizard, click Back to return
to the previous screen or click Cancel to abort the installation and exit the wizard.
• Use the Terminal screen to run Linux commands. To open the Terminal screen, select the main menu Red Hat
icon (usually located on the bottom left of the screen), System Tools and then Terminal.
• You also need to open a text file so that you can add to and modify existing Linux code. To open the Text Edi-
tor1screen, select the main menu Red Hat icon, Accessories and then Text Editor. To locate the file that you
want to add commands to or modify, click the Open button and browse for the command sequence using the
vertical scroll-bars in the Folders and Files sections. Save the file when you are satisfied with the command
changes.
Note: You should uninstall any previous versions of Vantage CNM before beginning. Make sure that
you uninstall any existing MySQL servers. You may have to remove the /etc/my.cnf file if it
exists. In the Text Editor, browse for the
/etc/my.cnf
file and delete the file.
2.2 Extracting Vantage CNM
1Insert the Vantage CNM CD into the CD-ROM or download the Vantage CNM software and save it to a
folder; for example, ./root/Vantage-CNM.
1. At the time of writing Linux RedHat Text Editor was used to modify and amend commands. Other text editing tools can be used; for
example gedit or Emacs.

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2Navigate to this folder using the “cd” command and type the following to extract the Vantage CNM files.
./Vantage_CNM.bin
(You may need to make the file executable first using chmod +x Vantage_CNM.bin)
Alternatively, double-click the Vantage_CNM.bin icon.
3Vantage CNM must be able to ping the hostname of your computer; otherwise you see the next screen.
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chmod +x Vantage_CNM.bin
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ls -1 Vantage_CNM.bin
Vantage_CNM.bin
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ./Vantage_CNM.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
Launching installer...

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4The Vantage CNM logo appears briefly when extraction begins.

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2.3 Installation Wizard
1The first wizard screen appears after successful extraction. You should prepare all FTP, SMTP and syslog
server IP addresses and login names/passwords. For syslog, you need an SSH login name and password.
You can configure these servers during the wizard installation or after you install Vantage CNM in the
System > Preferences > Servers screen.
If a MySQL server is detected, you see the following screen.

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2Select a folder where you would like to install Vantage CNM. Spaces in the folder name or path are not
allowed.
You will see an error screen as shown next if your installation folder or path has a space.

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3The next screen asks you where you want to create a Vantage CNM link or shortcut. After you install
Vantage CNM you will see a Launch Vantage icon in this folder.

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4You next configure a syslog server. syslog is a logging system that is used by most versions of UNIX. If
Vantage CNM finds an existing syslog server on your computer, you see the next screen asking you if this
is the syslog server you wish to use. If not, choose No.

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5If you choose Yes in the Auto Configure the Computer as Syslog Server screen, you will then see the
next screen. You must create a Telnet account on the syslog server. Vantage CNM uses SSH to
communicate with the syslog server to instruct it to send files to an FTP server for retrieval. See the
appendices in the User’s Guide for details. Follow the instructions as shown in the screen.
If you choose No in the Auto Configure the Computer as Syslog Server screen, you must configure the
System > Preferences > Server screen in Vantage CNM.
6The syslog server must be a syslog server running on Linux.
• Make sure that syslog is enabled on Linux. Select the main menu Red Hat icon, System Settings,
Server Settings and then Services. Scroll down to the syslog checkbox and make sure that it is
selected.
Vantage CNM communicates with a Linux syslog server using SSH (Secure SHell), so you must enable the
SSH daemon on the Linux syslog server. This allows the Linux syslog server to receive logs.
Configuration changes to the Linux syslog server can be made in the terminal screen using Linux commands.
For Vantage CNM to receive logs from the Linux syslog server, you must do the following on the Linux syslog
server.
In Text Edit (or a similar text editing tool) open the file path:
/etc/syslog.conf
Enter this row after it:

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local2.* /var/log/vantage.log
In /etc/syslog.conf find the following row:
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages
Modify the row to (or if the above row does not exist, type the following):
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;local2.none /var/log/messages
Open the file path /etc/sysconfig/syslog
Syslogd must support the "-r" option. Find the row,
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="…"
Modify it as follows:
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r"
Make sure that you save each file after you make modifications.
In the Terminal screen run /etc/init.d/syslog stop and /etc/init.d/syslog start to restart
syslog.
You can add a telnet account to the Vantage CNM server by typing
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# useradd followed by a name; for example “test”
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# passwd followed by a password; for example “1234”
Modify the following row:
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# /var/log/vantage.log
To the following using correct name and passwords
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# cd/var/log
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chown test/var/log/vantage.log
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chgrp 1234/var/log/vantage.log
After you fully install Vantage CNM, you can check the link status in the System > Status screen.

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7The next screen asks you configure an FTP server. The FTP server is used for syslog log file downloads to
Vantage CNM and firmware uploads from Vantage CNM to ZyXEL device(s). Follow the instructions in the
screen.
8Make sure that you have selected FTP Server application packet when you installed Linux. Make sure that
vsftpd is enabled on Linux.
Check that the FTP Daemon vsftpd is installed by entering the command
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# man vsftpd
Manual operation displays. In Text Edit find the file path:
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Make sure that the listen=YES command displays.
Add the clause chroot_local_user=yes
In the Terminal screen run the command
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf
Add a user and assign a folder to that user by typing as follows
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# useradd -d /var/ftp/pub -M followed by a name; for example
test.

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The next line requests a password for this user. Type a password of not less than six characters.
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# passwd followed by a password; for example “123456”
Note: You can also add users in Linux by doing the following:
Select the main menu Red Hat icon, System Settings and then Users and Groups. The Red
Hat User Manager screen opens. Select the Add User button and configure a user.
In the Terminal screen run the command
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chown vantage /var/ftp/pub
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chmod 750 /var/ftp/pub
And run vsftpd by typing [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# vsdtpd&
[root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# ftp 127.0.0.1 ....try
If you want to stop this action type [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# killall vsftpd
Type [root@localhost Vantage-CNM]# chkconfig --level35 vsftpd on to have vsftpd start
automatically when the system is up.
After you fully install Vantage CNM, you must configure the FTP server section of the System > Preferences >
Server screen in Vantage CNM with the same settings. You can check the link status in the System > Status
screen.
Note: You can also check if vsftpd is enabled on Linux by doing the following:
Select the main menu Red Hat icon, System Settings,Server Settings and then Services.
Scroll down to the vsftpd checkbox and make sure that it is selected.

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9The next screen asks you to configure a mail server. The mail server is used to send notifications. Follow
the instructions in the screen.

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10The next screen asks you to configure the Vantage CNM server public address. This is the IP address that
the ZyXEL devices use to communicate with Vantage CNM. Follow the instructions in the screen. If
Vantage CNM is behind a NAT router, then you need to enter the public IP address (WAN) of the NAT
router.
Note: Port forwarding must also be enabled on the NAT router. If the Vantage CNM server and other
servers exist behind a NAT router and LAN or DMZ side of a firewall, open the following ports:
Vantage CNM Server: 1864, 443
Syslog Server: 514
FTP Server: 20, 21
Telnet Server: 23
Mail Server: 25

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11The next screen is a summary of the servers you configured in this wizard. Click Next to continue.

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12 The next screen asks you to review everything you configured in this wizard before continuing. Click
Install if everything is as intended.

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13 Wait while Vantage CNM installs.