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Cisco Active Network Abstraction Administrator’s Guide, 3.5
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• Sheer DNA Manage: A system administration and configuration tool for
managing the entire Sheer DNA platform, as described below.
• Sheer Registry Editor: A tool used for viewing and configuring the
Sheer Registry.
The Sheer DNA Clients support automatic client updates from the Sheer
DNA Gateway using Web Start. When connecting with a Sheer DNA
Gateway application, the system verifies that the client version is the latest
available and if an upgrade is required, the system automatically updates the
Sheer Clients from the Sheer DNA Gateway.
1.3 Sheer DNA Manage Control Functionality
Sheer DNA includes extensive system administration functions for simple
system control. Sheer DNA Manage is the GUI tool used for performing
various system administration activities. It provides an interface to perform
the following:
• Sheer DNA Units: Adding and removing Units.
• Autonomous Virtual Machines (AVMs) and Virtual Network
Elements (VNEs): Adding and removing AVMs and VNEs for the
different Sheer DNA Units. Starting and stopping VNEs, and setting
polling information per VNE.
• Global Settings:
• Clients Licenses: Installing and managing Sheer DNA Client
licenses
• DB Segments: Viewing the storage allocated for all of the database
segments
• Messages of the Day: Generating a message of the day (service
disclaimer)
• Polling Groups: Customizing protection groups
• Protection Groups: Setting up scopes of devices and system users
• Topology: Managing static and persistent topology links.
• Workflow Engine: Enables the administrator to manage workflow
templates and running workflows in runtime.
• Scopes: Enables the administrator to group a collection of managed
Network Elements together in order to enable the user to view and/or
manage the Network Elements based on the user’s role.
• Users: Enables the administrator to define and manage user accounts.