Table Of Contents
Preface
Audience
How to Use This Guide
Related Documentation
Symbols and Conventions
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Preface
This guide includes information on configuring the Cisco Global Site Selector (GSS). It provides procedures for the proper setup, global server load balancing configuration, administration, and monitoring of the GSS product. Steps for troubleshooting many common problems are also provided.
This preface describes the following topics:
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Audience
•How to Use This Guide
•Related Documentation
•Symbols and Conventions
•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Audience
To use this configuration guide, you should be familiar with the Cisco Global Site Selector Series hardware. In addition, you should be familiar with basic TCP/IP and networking concepts, router configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), theBerkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software or similar DNS products, and your organization's specific network configuration.
How to Use This Guide
This guide includes the following chapters:
Chapter/Title
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Description
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Chapter 1, Introducing the Global Site Selector
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Describes the basic concepts underlying the GSS product as well as important GSS-related terms.
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Chapter 2, Setting Up Your GSS
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Describes the process of configuring the Global Site Selector Series hardware to act as a Global Site Selector Manager (GSSM) or Global Site Selector (GSS) device.
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Chapter 3, Configuring Resources
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Instructions on organizing resources on your GSS network as locations, regions, and owners.
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Chapter 4, Configuring Source Address Lists
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Describes the creation and modification of source address lists.
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Chapter 5, Configuring Domain Lists
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Describes the creation and modification of domain lists.
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Chapter 6, Configuring KeepAlives
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Describes the modification of global keepalive parameters and the creation of shared keepalives.
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Chapter 7, Configuring Answers and Answer Groups
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Describes the creation of GSS answers and answer groups.
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Chapter 8, Building and Modifying DNS Rules
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Describes constructing the DNS rules that govern all global server load balancing on your GSS network.
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Chapter 9, GSS Administration and Troubleshooting
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Covers the procedures necessary to properly manage and maintain your GSSM and GSS devices, including login security, software upgrades, GSSM database administration, and GSSM error messages.
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Chapter 10, Monitoring GSS Performance
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Describes the tools that you can use to monitor the status of your GSS devices and of global load balancing on your GSS network.
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Related Documentation
In addition to this document, the GSS documentation set includes the following:
Document Title
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Description
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Global Site Selector Hardware Installation Guide
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Intended to help you install your Cisco Global Site Selector and get it ready for operation. It describes how to prepare your site for installation, how to install the GSS in an equipment rack, and how to maintain and troubleshoot the system hardware.
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Release Note for the Cisco Global Site Selector
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Provides information on operating considerations, caveats, and commands for the Global Site Selector software.
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Cisco Global Site Selector Command Reference
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Provides an alphabetical list of all GSS Command Line Interface (CLI) commands including syntax, options, and related commands. This document also describes how to use the CLI interface.
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Symbols and Conventions
This guide uses the following symbols and conventions to emphasize certain information.
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
boldface font
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Commands and keywords are in boldface.
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italic font
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Variables for which you supply values are in italics.
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[ ]
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Elements in square brackets are optional.
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{x | y | z}
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Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
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[x | y | z]
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Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
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string
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A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string, or the string will include the quotation marks.
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Screen examples use the following conventions:
screen font
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Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
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boldface screen font
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Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
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italic screen
font
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Variables for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
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This pointer highlights an important line of text in an example.
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^
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The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
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< >
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Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
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[ ]
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Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
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!, #
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An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.
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Graphical user interface elements use the following conventions:
boldface text
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Instructs the user to enter a keystroke or act on a GUI element.
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Courier text
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Indicates text that appears in a command line, including the CLI prompt.
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Courier bold text
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Indicates commands and text you enter in a command line.
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italic text
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Directories and filenames are in italic font.
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Caution A caution means that a specific action you take could cause a loss of data or adversely impact use of the equipment.
Note A note provides important related information, reminders, and recommendations.
1. A numbered list indicates that the order of the list items is important.
a. An alphabetical list indicates that the order of the secondary list items is important.
•A bulleted list indicates that the order of the list topics is unimportant.
–An indented list indicates that the order of the list subtopics is unimportant.
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
