How to restart services in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

In order to stop services in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, you need to ssh to the server by using root credentials, then run the command ncs stop

By running the command show application status NCS you can see the services are stopped:

Health Monitor is stopped.
Database server is stopped
Ftp Server is running
Tftp Server is Stopped
Matlab Server is Stopped
Matlab Server Instance 1 is Stopped
Matlab Server Instance 2 is Stopped
Matlab Server Instance 3 is Stopped
NMS Server is stopped.

How to restart Daemon Manager in LMS CiscoWorks

Login to LMS server via ssh, type "shell" and enter your "sysadmin" password.
By running the following command, Daemon manager will stop:

/etc/init.d/dmgtd stop

 and the command:

/etc/init.d/dmgtd start

will restart it.
By typing show application status LMS you can see the status of services.

Cisco ASA show VPN users

To find out remote clients connected to Cisco ASA Firewall, use the command:

sh vpn-sessiondb remote

There are other useful options for this command, such as:
sh vpn-sessiondb l2l --> for IPSec L2L connections
sh vpn-sessiondb svc --> for SSL and anyconnect connections
sh vpn-sessiondb webvpn --> for WebVPN sessions

If you are looking for a specific user, use the following command:
sh vpn-sessiondb remote filter USERNAME

The option exists for l2l, svc and WebVPN as well.

Compatible devices with ISE

Did you know that ISE, the new security tool of Cisco supports an important list of devices. The following table contains the most important devices supported in ISE.

Users Management

Did you know that it is possible to manage the access in detail by user or a group of device?

Under menu Admin => System => User Management => Local User Setup, you will find the basic users configuration and from there, you can limit the access to certain device.

User Tracking

Did you know that Cisco Prime LMS offers a centralized management which permits to track a user on your network by using AD account or IP address?

You will find this functionality under the menu Reports => Inventory => User Tracking, then all the possible search options.

Would you like to simplify to access this tool? You can install the client version of this functionality on your PC or laptop.

Configuration Deployment

Did you know that Cisco Prime LMS provides the possibility to deploy the configuration by using only one template, automatically adapting different device platforms?

You will find the necessary tools of this function under the menu Configuration => NetConfig => User Defined Task.