cisco sdm

Haruna Umar Adoga

hi, am currently preparing for the cisco ccna 640-802 exams, i dont have sdm installed on my computer. want someone to help me write out the link to get it and to please let me know how important it is for me to be able to use it for the exams and for my future career. thanks alot

jbrad95706

Downloading and Installing Cisco Router and Security Device Manager [Cisco Router and Security Device Manager] - Cisco Systems

Lamini

Dont forget that SDM is discontinued and was replaced with CCP

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thenjduke

what is on the ccent test sdm or ccp?

apd123

SDM and I had never heard of CCP until this post. GG cisco and your maze of a website.

jbrad95706

apd123 wrote: »

SDM and I had never heard of CCP until this post. GG cisco and your maze of a website.

I support this statement.

cool_fs4u

thenjduke wrote: »

what is on the ccent test sdm or ccp?

there is no sdm on CCENT exam

creamy_stew

WTF? CCP - one c short of an Evil Empire, this does not bode well

captobvious

Also make sure you have the right Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Most of the SDM Packages are supported by an older version and will not run with the newest version installed. Check out the pdf for the version you are installing, it will tell you the JRE supported. SDM Downloads

Lamini

i cant find the document that states what was the last supported version of Java that SDM supports, but how I learned this was I had some users calling me stating SDM was not working. after setting it up in my own lab, i thought they were smoking something (1.6.14 JRE)... but the longer i played with it, i realized that while SDM would run, i couldnt make changes on several settings. I put JRE 1.6.3 on and everything worked flawlessly (what i tested the systems with, over a year ago), i played with other current versions, they too didnt work.

I want to say that 1.5.x-1.6.3 were the supported java versions. i would have to pull up the emails from cisco where i worked on this.

bottom line is its discontinued, confirmed by 3+ cisco engineers i had been working with. i do Information Assurance the majority of the time nowadays, and if software does not comply to the update standards, ie keeping up with java releases, then it is a issue. As of this writing, CCP supports up to JRE 1.6.10, 1.6.11 is undergoing testing, CCP1.4 just got released, i tested 1.6.15 OK... main difference is these items receive updates, SDM doesnt, its done.

somewhat related - http://blog.durdle.com/archives/2009/04/22/java-update-13-breaks-cisco-sdm-25/comment-page-1/#comment-14994 , you'll see issues like this all over the net. cisco doesnt do a good job of letting this out very well, and their engineers will tell you the same.

From SDM2.5 download link (was correct with that 1.6.3 was last version supported :
Cisco SDM requires Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The following versions are supported:
• JRE 1.5_09
• JRE1.4.2_08
• JRE 1.5.0_06
• JRE 1.5.0_07
• JRE 1.6.0_02
• JRE 1.6.0_03

billscott92787

So, should we actually use SDM or the new CCP? Chris Bryants train signal videos showed SDM. I know that our company here uses SDM, I believe. I am getting ready to install one of these on my home router and I would like to know. Someone please PM me.

captobvious

billscott92787 wrote: »

So, should we actually use SDM or the new CCP? Chris Bryants train signal videos showed SDM. I know that our company here uses SDM, I believe. I am getting ready to install one of these on my home router and I would like to know. Someone please PM me.

If you're studying for the CCNA you'll want SDM.

billscott92787

Ok great. I am studying for the CCNA. I'll make sure to install it on my router when I get home. Thanks for the quick reply

Lamini

just make sure you download a supported version of Java, this issue is on several threads on these forums and while you need SDM for the certification, in prodution it may not be the case.