CSS Administration Guide (Software Version 8.20)
Index

Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Z

Index

A

absolute sampling 6-17

ACLs

disabling logging globally 4-11

logging activity 4-11

running-config, displaying in 1-11, 1-15

activating

RMON alarm 6-21

RMON event 6-9

RMON history 6-26

active SCM, copying boot configuration record 2-16

ADI

included on Cisco.com A-2

removing 1-25, A-14

unpacking 1-25

administrative password

setting B-19

administrative username

setting B-19

advanced options for Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-17

agent

CSS as SNMP agent, defining 5-11

MIB 5-5

overview 5-2

SNMP 5-2

alternate configuration path B-7

Application Program Interface (API), configuring 7-1

archive directory

archiving files to 1-26

clearing 1-28

restoring files from 1-28

archiving

files, viewing 1-4

files to the archive directory 1-16, 1-26

log files 1-27

log files, restoring 1-29

running-config 1-27

scripts 1-28

scripts, restoring 1-30

startup-config 1-27

startup-config, restoring 1-30

ArrowPoint Distribution Image. See ADI

audience xxiv

B

banner

login 3-12

pre-login 3-11

boot configuration

alternate configuration path 2-17

copying configuration record 2-16

displaying B-17

flowchart B-4

menu options B-5

mode configuration 2-3

path, specifying secondary 2-9

showing 2-17

boot file

primary boot configuration, specifying 2-3, 2-4, 2-11, 2-12, B-6

secondary boot configuration, specifying 2-6, 2-7, 2-13, B-11

showing boot information B-17

boot log

boot.bak 4-3

boot.log 1-3, 4-2, 4-3

messages 4-2

bridge, viewing statistics 5-32

C

caution

ADI, removing A-14

clearing the running configuration 1-10

community strings for SNMP 5-14

Ethernet Management port IP address, configuring B-16

symbol overview xxix

changing

CLI prompt 3-10

chassis information, displaying 1-36

check disk

disabling or enabling on the disk B-25

performing on the disk B-23

clearing

archive directory 1-28

disk files 1-24

RMON statistics 6-31

running-config 1-10

startup-config 1-10

CLI

commands, logging to sys.log 4-18

command scheduler 8-3

content API, configuring 7-2

conventions xxix

conventions in XML code 7-3

CSS configurations, displaying 1-34

hierarchy in XML code 7-3

prompt, changing 3-10

terminal screen output lines, configuring 3-6

command scheduler

configuring 8-3

displaying records 8-5

community

configuring an SNMP community 5-14

overview 5-9

SNMP trap-host, configuring 5-16

configuration quick start

CSS as a SNMP agent 5-11

Denial of Service (DoS) 5-24

initial CSS configuration 2-2, 3-3

logging 4-4

RMON alarm 6-12

RMON event 6-5

configuring

FTP server record A-2

RMON alarm 6-10

RMON event 6-4

RMON history 6-21

content API

creating XML code 7-2

mode hierarchy 7-3

parsing XML code 7-6

special characters 7-2

testing XML code 7-7

Content Services Switch

booting from a network drive 2-16, 2-17

chassis information, displaying 1-36

configurations, displaying 1-34

device information, showing 1-44

HTTP server, controlling access 7-5

idle timeout, configuring 3-8

logging functions 4-4

MIBs 5-39

SNMP, controlling access 5-10

system resources, displaying 1-45

system uptime, displaying 1-47

user terminal parameters, configuring 3-5

copying

boot configuration record 2-16

core dumps to FTP, SFTP, or TFTP server 1-33

core dumps to TFTP server 1-31

files between disks 1-22

log files to FTP or TFTP server 4-23

log files to FTP server 1-33, 4-24

log files to TFTP server 4-25

new software to CSS A-2

user profiles 3-13

core directory 1-3

core dumps

copying to an FTP, SFTP, or TFTP server 1-33

disabling 1-31

disk destination, configuring (from CLI) 1-20

disk destination, configuring from Offline DM B-26

enabling 1-31

showing 1-32

CSS. See Content Services Switch

CSS 11501 disks

configuring from CLI 1-17

formatting from CLI 1-18

D

default gateway for management port B-16

deleting software from the disk B-18, B-26

delta sampling 6-17

Denial of Service (DoS)

configuring using SNMP 5-23

displaying 5-27

running-config example 5-25

SNMP trap-type, defining 5-25

device information, showing 1-44

disabling

check disk B-25

core dumps 1-31

logging 4-7

logging to disk 4-14

logging to sys.log file on disk 4-14

disk

boot, primary boot record 2-3, B-10

boot, secondary boot record 2-6, B-15

buffer size, specifying for logging 4-6

clearing files 1-24

configuring from CLI 1-17

copying between disks 1-22

CSS drive failure (network boot) B-7

disabling logging to 4-14

disabling or enabling check disk B-25

files, displaying 1-24

formatting from CLI 1-18

general information, showing 1-48

mapping, displaying 1-23

module, restoring files from archive directory 1-28

options, Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-21

performing a check disk B-23

reformatting the disk (Disk Option menu) B-21

reformatting the disk (from CLI) 1-18

running check disk on the disk (Disk Options menu) B-21

software version, deleting B-18

specifying for log file destination 4-14

displaying

CSS configurations 1-34

hardware information 1-36

history buffer 3-11

log files 4-18

SNMP configuration 5-30

documentation

audience xxiv

chapter contents xxiv

related xxvi

set xxvi

symbols and conventions xxix

DoS. See Denial of Service

E

email address, sending log messages to 4-12

enterprise MIBs 5-7

Ethernet management port

statistical data 6-21

viewing statistics 5-32, 6-27

expert mode 3-9

F

falling threshold for an RMON alarm 6-19

file destination, specifying for logging 4-13

flash disk 1-17

directory structure 1-2

installed software versions A-6

logging to 4-3

reformatting 1-18

formatting the disk 1-18, B-21

FTP

boot, primary boot record B-9

boot, secondary boot record 2-5, 2-8, B-14

copying log files to server 4-24

record, configuring 1-4

FTP server

copying files from 1-6

copying log files to 4-23

record, configuring A-2

G

gateway, default for Management port B-16

GZIP-compressed software A-2

H

hard disk

configuring 1-17

directory structure 1-2

installed software versions A-6

logging to 4-3

reformatting 1-18

hardware, displaying chassis information 1-36

history buffer

displaying 3-11

modifying 3-10

host, specifying as log file destination 4-16

host name, configuring 3-8

HTTP server, configuring on CSS 7-5

I

idle timeout, configuring 3-8

install new software A-1, B-9, B-14

internal disk module directory structure 1-2

interpreting

sys.log messages 4-26

undeliverable log messages 4-27

IP address

configuring using Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-16

finding 1-16

K

keepalive script examples 8-47

L

log files

archiving 1-27

boot 1-3

boot and subsystem 4-2

copying to an FTP or TFTP server 4-23

copying to FTP server 4-24

copying to SFTP server 4-24

copying to TFTP server 4-25

destination, configuring from CLI 1-21

destination, configuring from Offline DM B-26

destination, specifying disk 4-14

destination, specifying line 4-17

host destination, specifying 4-16

log activity 4-18

log state 4-21

restoring archived files 1-29

showing 4-18

sys.log 1-3

logging

ACL activity 4-11

boot.bak 4-3

boot.log 4-3

CLI commands 4-18

commands 4-2

configuring from config mode 4-4

CSS line destination, specifying 4-17

disabling 4-17

disabling to sys.log file 4-14

enabling for a subsystem 4-7

enabling to sys.log file 4-14

file destination 4-13

host destination, specifying 4-16

interpreting sys.log messages 4-26

interpreting undeliverable messages 4-27

levels 4-9, 4-16

log state 4-21

overview 4-2

quick start table 4-4, 4-5

running-config example 4-6

send messages to an email address 4-12

showing log files 4-18, 4-21

specifying disk buffer size 4-6

subsystem, disabling for 4-7

subsystem, enabling on 4-7

sys.log 4-3

to a specific file on disk 4-14

to host, disabling 4-17

to sys.log file, enabling 4-14

turning off from disk 4-14

turning off from host 4-17

login banner, configuring 3-12

log messages

boot 4-2

interpreting sys.log messages 4-26

interpreting undeliverable messages 4-27

message fields (Debug-7 logging) 4-30

on the CSS 4-2

sending to an email address 4-12

subsystem 4-2

subsystem, configuring for 4-10

M

manager

MIB objects 5-5

overview 5-2

planning SNMP configuration 5-10

SNMP 5-2

SNMP manager access to CSS, enabling 5-30

MIBs

CSS 5-39

defining object as a sample variable 6-16

directory 1-3

enterprise 5-7

looking up objects 5-31, 6-16

object identifiers 5-7

objects 5-5

upgrading A-16

useful statistics 5-32

variables 5-7

N

netmask format, configuring for user 3-7

network boot

configuration, showing 2-20

primary boot record B-7

restrictions B-7, B-12

secondary boot record B-12

specifying primary config path 2-6

network drive, booting CSS from 2-17

O

Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu

advanced options B-17

configuring default gateway for management port B-16

disabling or enabling check disk B-25

disk options B-21

performing a check disk B-23

reformatting the disk B-21

setting password protection B-18

using to configure IP address B-16

using to configure subnet mask B-16

P

passive SCM

boot record, configuring 2-10

copying boot-config from active SCM 2-16

IP address, configuring 2-11

passive sync command 2-16

primary boot file, configuring 2-11

primary configuration path 2-12

primary configuration path, configuring 2-13

SCM secondary boot file, configuring 2-13

secondary boot type, configuring 2-14

secondary configuration path, configuring 2-15

subnet mask, configuring 2-15

password

administrative password, setting B-19

Offline DM Main menu protection B-18

protection, setting on Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-18, B-21

prefix notation, configuring for subnet mask display 3-7

pre-login banner, configuring 3-11

primary boot

configuration 2-3, 2-4, 2-11, 2-12, B-6

file, specifying 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 2-3

type, configuring 2-4

primary boot record

destination, configuring from CLI 1-19

destination, configuring from Offline DM B-26

disk boot 2-3, B-10

FTP boot B-9

network boot B-7

secondary boot B-10

primary config path, specifying for network boot 2-6

Q

quick start

CSS as a SNMP agent 5-11

Denial of Service (DoS 5-24

logging 4-4, 4-5

RMON alarm 6-12

RMON event 6-5

R

reformatting the disk 1-18, B-21

restoring

archived files 1-29

archived log file 1-29

archived script file 1-30

archived startup-config 1-30

files from archive directory 1-28

log files 1-29

script 1-30

startup-config 1-30

RMON

alarm index, creating 6-14

clearing statistics 6-31

configuration considerations 6-3

event configuration identifier, creating 6-6

history configuration identifier, creating 6-23

overview 5-10, 6-2

RMON-1 groups 6-2

statistics group 6-2

viewing statistics 5-32, 6-27

RMON alarm

activating 6-21

configuring 6-10

falling threshold, defining 6-19

group 6-2

index, creating 6-14

index, deleting 6-15

owner, defining 6-15

rising threshold, defining 6-18

running-config example 6-13

sample interval, defining 6-20

sample variable, defining 6-16

sampling example 6-10

sampling type, defining 6-17

setting attributes 6-15

startup alarm, defining 6-20

RMON event

activating 6-9

community, defining 6-7

configuring 6-4

describing 6-8

group 6-2

index, deleting 6-6

notification type, defining 6-8

owner, defining 6-8

quick configuration 6-5

running-config example 6-5

setting attributes 6-7

suspending 6-10

viewing 6-33

viewing a traplog file 6-34

viewing disk log file 6-34

RMON history

activating 6-26

bucket count, defining 6-26

bucket interval, defining 6-26

configuring 6-21

data object, defining 6-25

deleting configuration identifier 6-24

group 6-2

owner, defining 6-25

running-config example 6-23

setting attributes 6-25

viewing information for 6-31

running check disk on the disk B-21

running-config

archiving 1-28

clearing 1-10

copying 1-8

creating using text editor 1-15

displaying 1-11

example 1-13

ordering information within 1-15

using 1-8

running-config example

DoS 5-25

logging 4-6

RMON alarm 6-13

RMON event 6-5

RMON history 6-23

SNMP agent 5-13

running-profile

copying to an FTP server 3-14, 3-15

copying to an SFTP server 3-15

copying to an TFTP server 3-15

copying to a user profile 3-14

copying to the default profile 3-14

S

sample variable, finding and defining 6-16

sampling

absolute 6-17

defining 6-17

delta 6-17

interval for an RMON alarm 6-20

RMON alarm example 6-10

SCM

boot record for passive SCM, configuring 2-10

configuring network boot for primary 2-18

disks, configuring from CLI 1-17

disks, formatting from CLI 1-18

IP address for passive SCM, configuring 2-11

network boot for passive, configuring 2-19

scripting language

!no echo command 8-8

arithmetic operators 8-12

arrays 8-23

bitwise logical operators 8-31

Boolean logic operators 8-14

branch commands 8-14

capturing user input 8-27

command line arguments 8-28

comments 8-7

echo command 8-6

functions 8-29

grep command 8-35

increment and decrement operators 8-13

overview 8-1

relational operators 8-14

set and no set commands 8-11

socket commands 8-37

special variables 8-17

syntax errors 8-32

terminating a script 8-32

variables 8-9

scripts

archiving 1-28

disk directory 1-3

keepalive examples 8-47

playing 8-3

restoring archived file 1-30

showtech 8-45

upgrade considerations 8-45

secondary boot

configuration 2-6, 2-7, 2-13

configuration path, specifying 2-9

configuration setting B-11

type, specifying 2-7

secondary boot record

destination, configuring from CLI 1-20

destination, configuring from Offline DM B-26

disk boot 2-6, B-15

FTP boot 2-5, 2-8, B-14

network boot B-12

secondary config path, specifying 2-9

security options

Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-18

setting password protection on Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-18

session, specifying as log file destination 4-17

SFTP

configuring FTP record 1-4

SFTP server

copying core dumps 1-33

copying files from 1-7, 4-24, 8-43

copying log files to 4-23

copying running-profile 3-15

showing

boot information B-17

core dumps 1-32

disk files 1-24

disk mapping 1-23

DoS attacks 5-27

general disk information 1-48

log files 4-18

SNMP configuration 5-30

software versions 1-2, 1-34

system resources 1-45

system uptime 1-47

user information 1-46, 1-49

showing device information 1-44

showtech script 8-45

SNMP

agents 5-2, 5-3

community, RMON event 6-7

community, using 5-30

configuration, displaying 5-30

configuring 5-10

get 5-3

get-next 5-3

managers 5-2, 5-3

managing 5-30

MIBs 5-5

running-config example 5-13

set 5-3

trap hosts 5-12

traps 5-3

socket commands 8-37

software

copying new software to CSS A-2

deleting a version from the disk B-18

directory 7-7, 8-3

GZIP-compressed software A-2

overview 1-2

upgrade (manual process) A-13

upgrade script A-5

version format 1-2

versions, displaying 1-2, 1-34

startup alarm for RMON 6-20

startup-config

archiving 1-28

clearing 1-10

copying 1-8

creating using text editor 1-15

displaying 1-14

ordering information within 1-15

overview 1-3

restoring archived file 1-30

saving offline 1-10

using 1-8

statistics

clearing RMON 6-31

DoS 5-23

RMON 6-2, 6-27

viewing an Ethernet port 6-27

subnet mask

configuring using Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu B-16

prefix notation, configuring for user 3-7

subsystem

disabling logging 4-7

enabling for logging 4-7

log messages 4-2

log messages, defining 4-10

sys.log 1-3, 4-2, 4-3, 4-14, 4-18

sys.log.prev 4-4

syslogd, logging to 4-3, 4-4

system configuration information script 8-45

system resources, showing 1-45

T

terminal parameters

terminal idle, configuring 3-5

terminal length, configuring 3-6

terminal more, configuring 3-6

terminal netmask format, configuring 3-7

terminal timeout, configuring 3-7

user-specific, configuring 3-5

text editor

running-config, creating 1-15

startup-config, creating 1-15

TFTP server

copying log files to 4-23

copying log files to server 4-25

threshold

falling RMON alarm 6-19

rising RMON alarm 6-18

traplog file 6-34

traps

background 5-3

log file 6-34

specifying hosts 5-12

trap host 5-4

traplogs, reading 5-33

U

UDI 1-44

undeliverable log messages, interpreting 4-27

Unique Device Identifier (UDI) 1-44

upgrading software

configuring FTP record A-2

copying new software to CSS A-2

manually A-13

MIBs A-16

procedure A-1

script A-5

user

information, showing 1-49

user profiles

configuring 3-2

copying and saving 3-13

user terminal parameters

configuring 7-1

terminal domain lookup, configuring 3-5

terminal idle, configuring 3-5

terminal length, configuring 3-6

terminal more, configuring 3-6

terminal timeout, configuring 3-7

V

VTY log files 4-3, 4-4

W

warning

level warning 4-3, 4-5, 4-10, 4-11

symbol overview xxix

X

XML

enabling access to the CSS 5-10

enabling secure access to the CSS 7-6

enabling unsecure access to the CSS 7-5

restricting access to the CSS 5-10, 7-6

restricting secure access to the CSS 7-6

restricting unsecure access to the CSS 7-5

XML code

CLI command conventions 7-3

creating 7-2

mode hierarchy 7-3

parsing 7-6

publishing 7-6

special characters 7-2

testing 7-7

using on the CSS 7-1

XML document example 7-4

Z

zip file

included on Cisco.com A-2

using for network boot 2-17