Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

How to Use This Guide

Related Documentation

Symbols and Conventions

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Preface

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This guide includes information on configuring the Cisco Global Site Selector (GSS). It describes the procedures necessary to properly manage and maintain your GSSM and GSS devices, including login security, GSS software upgrades, GSSM database administration, and log files.

This preface contains the following major sections:

•Audience

•How to Use This Guide

•Related Documentation

•Symbols and Conventions

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Audience

To use this guide, you should be familiar with the Cisco Global Site Selector hardware, which is discussed in the Global Site Selector Hardware Installation Guide. In addition, you should be familiar with basic TCP/IP and networking concepts, router configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), the Berkeley 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	Description
Chapter 1, Managing GSS Devices from the GUI	Describes how to configure and manage your GSSM and GSS devices from the primary GSSM graphical user interface, including activating and configuring GSS devices.
Chapter 2, Managing the GSS from the CLI	Describes how to manage the GSS software from the CLI, including configuring a replacement GSS device for use in your GSS network and changing the GSSM role in the network.
Chapter 3, Creating and Managing User Accounts	Describes how to create and manage GSS device CLI login accounts and primary GSSM GUI login accounts. This chapter also describes how to specify user privileges and assign custom user views for accessing the primary GSSM GUI.
Chapter 4, Managing GSS User Accounts Through a TACACS+ Server	Describes how to configure the GSS as a client of a TACACS+ server for authentication, authorization, and accounting.
Chapter 5, Configuring Access Lists and Filtering GSS Traffic	Describes how to create access lists and access groups to filter GSS traffic.
Chapter 6, Configuring SNMP	Describes how to configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) on your GSS.
Chapter 7, Backing Up and Restoring the GSSM	Describes the procedures to back up and restore the primary GSSM database. This chapter also includes a set of general guidelines for when and how to back up your primary GSSM.
Chapter 8, Viewing Log Files	Includes information on auditing logged information about your GSS devices.
Chapter 9, Monitoring GSS Operation	Describes the tools that you can use to monitor the status of your GSS devices and of global load balancing on your GSS network.
Appendix A, Upgrading the GSS Software	Describes how to manually upgrade your GSS software.

Related Documentation

In addition to this document, the GSS documentation set includes the following:

Document Title	Provides
Global Site Selector Hardware Installation Guide	Information on installing your GSS device and getting it ready for operation. It describes how to prepare your site for installation, how to install the GSS device in an equipment rack, and how to maintain and troubleshoot the GSS hardware.
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Global Site Selector	Regulatory compliance and safety information for the GSS.
Release Note for the Cisco Global Site Selector	Information on operating considerations, caveats, and new CLI commands for the GSS software.
Cisco Global Site Selector Getting Started Guide	Information on getting your GSS setup, configured, and ready to perform global server load balancing.
Cisco Global Site Selector Global Server Load-Balancing Configuration Guide	Procedures on how to configure your GSS to perform global server load-balancing, such as configuring source address lists, domain lists, answers, answer groups, DNS sticky, network proximity, and DNS rules. This document also provides an overview of the GSS device and global server load balancing as performed by the GSS.
Cisco Global Site Selector Command Reference	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.

Symbols and Conventions

This guide uses the following symbols and conventions to emphasize certain information.

Command descriptions use the following conventions:

boldface font	Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font	Variables for which you supply values are in italics.
[   ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z}	Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[x | y | z]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string, or the string will include the quotation marks.

Screen examples use the following conventions:

screen font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Variables for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
	This pointer highlights an important line of text in an example.
^	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.
<   >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[   ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Graphical user interface elements use the following conventions:

boldface text	Instructs the user to enter a keystroke or act on a GUI element.
Courier text	Indicates text that appears in a command line, including the CLI prompt.
Courier bold text	Indicates commands and text you enter in a command line.
italic text	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.

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Note A note provides important related information, reminders, and recommendations.

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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