Deploying vWAAS on the CSP 5000-W Platform
Before You Begin
- Verify that the specified CSP 5000-W Series chassis (CSP 5228-W or CSP 5436-W) is already installed and powered up.
To install vWAAS with NFVIS on a CSP 5000-W Series device on your WAAS system, follow these steps:
Step 1 Copy the vWAAS bundled image file—an ISO file that contains the NFVIS 3.10.1 image (file format “Cisco_NFVIS...”) and WAAS 6.4.3a image (file format “WAAS-APPLIANCE...”)—on your laptop.
For how to upgrade to NFVIS 3.10.1, see the chapter “Cisco vWAAS with Cisco Enterprise NFVIS,” section Upgrading to Cisco NFVIS 3.10.1.
Step 2 Connect your laptop’s Ethernet port to the CSP 5000-W device’s Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) port.
Step 3 Configure your laptop with a static IP address; for example, 192.168.1.3.
Note By default, the IP address on the ENCS device’s CIMC port is configured as 192.168.1.2.
Step 4 Open your web browser and enter https://192.168.1.2.
The CIMC console login page appears.
Step 5 Log in with your user name and password.
Default user name is admin.
Default password is Cisco123.
Step 6 Click Login.
Note The Change Password dialog box appears the first time, only, that you log into the CIMC console. Change the password as needed and click Save.
Step 7 The CIMC Home page is displayed.
Step 8 Navigate to Home > Compute > BIOS > Configure Boot Order.
The Configure Boot Order dialog box appears.
Step 9 At the Device Types listing, select CD/DVD Linux Virtual CD/DVD.
Click Add.
Step 10 At the Device Type listing, select HDD.
Click Add.
Step 11 Using the Up and Down options, set the boot order sequence.
Step 12 CD/DVD Linux Virtual CD/DVD must be the first listing in the boot order.
Step 13 To complete the boot order setup, click Apply.
Step 14 Launch the KVM console. You can launch the KVM console from CIMC Home page or the Remote Management area.
Step 15 At the KVM console:
After the KVM console is initialized, map the vWAAS bundled image through the Server > Remote Presence > Virtual Media tab on the KVM console.
Step 16 To load the mapped image, at the KVM Console Power tab, use the Power Cycle System [cold boot] option to power off and then power on the device.
Note When the server reboots, the KVM Console will automatically install the Cisco Enterpirse NFVIS from the virtual CD/DVD drive. The entire installation may take 30 minutes to one hour to complete.
Step 17 With the installation running in the background, use your laptop to connect via SSH to the CIMC default IP (192.168.1.2).
Step 18 After the installation is successful, the CSP 5000-W device reboots.
Step 19 The CSP 5000-W device boots up and displays options to install vWAAS. Depending on your CSP 5000-W model, one of the following choices is displayed:
- For CSP 5228-W—vWAAS-12000 or vWAAS-50000
- For CSP 5436-W—vWAAS-150000 is automatically selected for CSP 5436-W.
Step 20 After installation is complete, the Cisco WAAS login prompt appears.
Step 21 The new OE-CSP device will be displayed in the WAAS Central Manager Devices > All Devices listing table.
Step 22 You can view detailed information on the new OE-CSP device by navigating to Devices > DeviceName > Dashboard.
Configuring Port Channel and Standby Interface
This section contains the following topics:
Configuring Port Channel Interface
To provide increased bandwidth and redundancy, a port channel bundles individual interfaces within these NIC modules:
- Virtual 1/0 and 2/0—10G Ethernet interface
- Virtual 3/0 and 3/1—10G fiber interface
For fiber connectivity, Intel SFP+ is required for connecting the Intel X520-DA2 10 Gbps two-port NIC (2x10 GB Fiber interfaces).
- Virtual 4/0, 4/1, and 4/2—1G copper interface
Port channeling also load balances traffic across these physical interfaces. The port channel stays operational as long as at least one physical interface within the port channel is operational.
You create a port channel by bundling compatible interfaces. You can configure and run either static port channels or ports channels running the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).Standby provides aggregation of several physical links into a logical one but for the purpose of furnishing fault-tolerance only.
The following CLI commands are used with Port Channel
- To create a port channel:
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#interface portchannel 1
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#ip address <addr> <mask>
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#exit
- To remove a port channel:
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#interface portchannel 1
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#no ip address <addr> <mask>
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#exit
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#no interface portchannel 1
- To configure a port channel group for a network interface, use the (config-if) channel-group command:
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 1/0
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)# channel-group 1
- To show the running configuration:
ip address <addr> <netmask>
- Figure 8-1 shows annotated output for the show running-config interface command:
Figure 8-1 WAAS CLI show running-config Annotated Output
- To show Port Channel or Standby Interface statistics:
CSP-5228#sh interface standby 1
Interface Standby 1 (2 member interface(s)):
Virtual 3/0 (active) (primary) (in use)
Ethernet Address : 52:54:00:42:4f:a6
Internet Address : 2.93.82.20
Netmask : 255.255.255.240
Operation State : Running
Maximum Transfer Unit Size : 1500
Input Packets Dropped : 0
Packets Received : 94939473
Output Packets Dropped : 0
Input Throughput : 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Output Throughput : 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
CSP-5228#sh interface portChannel 1
Interface PortChannel 1 (3 member interface(s)):
Ethernet Address : 52:54:00:42:4f:aa
Internet Address : 22.22.22.2
Maximum Transfer Unit Size : 1500
Input Packets Dropped : 0
Output Packets Dropped : 0
Input Throughput : 2290669644 bits/sec, 159 packets/sec
Output Throughput : 2290649224 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Configuring Standby Interface
You can create two port channel groups and use them as the active and backup member of a standby group.The Standby interface has two modes:
- Active-backup mode—Implements the Standby interface and provides fault tolerance. Only one server interface in the bond is active. A different server interface becomes active only if the active server interface fails.
- SRC-DST-IP-PORT mode—Provides load balancing and fault tolerance. In this mode, all frames between the same source and the same destination use the same link.
The following CLI commands are used with Standby Interface:
- To create a Standby Interface:
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#interface Standby 1
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#ip address <addr> <mask>
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#exit
- To remove a Standby Interface:
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#interface Standby 1
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#no ip address <addr> <mask>
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#exit
CSP-APPLIANCE(config)#no interface Standby 1
- To show the running configuration:
ip address <addr> <netmask>
- To show Port Channel or Standby Interface statistics:
CSP-5228#sh interface standby 1
Interface Standby 1 (2 member interface(s)):
Virtual 3/0 (active) (primary) (in use)
Ethernet Address : 52:54:00:42:4f:a6
Internet Address : 2.93.82.20
Netmask : 255.255.255.240
Operation State : Running
Maximum Transfer Unit Size : 1500
Input Packets Dropped : 0
Packets Received : 94939473
Output Packets Dropped : 0
Input Throughput : 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Output Throughput : 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
CSP-5228#sh interface portChannel 1
Interface PortChannel 1 (3 member interface(s)):
Ethernet Address : 52:54:00:42:4f:aa
Internet Address : 22.22.22.2
Maximum Transfer Unit Size : 1500
Input Packets Dropped : 0
Output Packets Dropped : 0
Input Throughput : 2290669644 bits/sec, 159 packets/sec
Output Throughput : 2290649224 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
- To configure an interface to be a standby for another interface, use the (config-if) standby command:
CSP-APPLIANCE# interface standby 1
CSP-APPLIANCE(config-if)#
Registering or Deregistering a CSP 5000-W Device with the WAAS CM
This section contains the following topics:
Registering a CSP 5000-W Device with the WAAS CM
To register the WAAS appliance or vWAAS model with the WAAS Central Manager (CM), follow these steps:
Step 1 At the datacenter CSP 5000-W CLI, enter the WAAS Central Manager IP address, for example: 10.78.99.141.
DC-CSP-WAE(config)#central-manager address 10.78.99.141
DC-CSP-WAE#show running-config | i central
central-manager address 10.78.99.141
Note The IP address configured in the NFVIS management port cannot be accessed from the Central Manager.
Step 2 Use the cms command to register the CSP-W device:
DC-CSP-WAE(config)#cms enable
Registering WAAS Application Engine...
Sending device registration request to Central Manager with address 10.78.99.141
Please wait, initializing CMS tables
Successfully initialized CMS tables
Step 3 Use the copy running-config startup-config command to preserve the running configuration.
Note If you do not use this commend, the management service will not be started on reload, and the WAAS Central Manager will show the node as Offline.
Step 4 After the device is registered, it is displayed in the WAAS Central Manager as OE-CSP (Figure 8-2).
Figure 8-2 CSP 5000-W Device Displayed in Central Manager Device Listings Page
Step 5 To view the CSP 5000-W device in the dashboard, navigate to Devices > device-name > Dashboard.
The Device Dashboard window is displayed. Information displayed for the device includes including device model, IP address, interception method, and device-specific charts.
Step 6 You can also use the CSP 5000-W CLI to view device information:
Device registration information :
Device registered as = WAAS Application Engine
Current WAAS Central Manager = 10.78.99.142
Registered with WAAS Central Manager = 10.78.99.142
Time of last config-sync = Fri Jun 3 14:41:26 2018
CMS services information :
Service cms_ce is running
Deregistering a CSP 5000-W Device
To deregister a CSP 5000-W device, follow these steps.
Step 1 At the datacenter CSP 5000-W CLI, use the cms deregister command to deregister the device.
DC-CSP-WAE#cms deregister
Deregistering WAE device from Central Manager will result in loss of data on encrypted file systems.
If secure store is initialized and open, clear secure store.
If encrypted MAPI is enabled, windows-domain encryption-service identities will be disabled. The passwords must be re-entered again the next time the WAE joins
Do you really want to continue (yes|no) [no]?yes
Step 2 Click yes to initiate the deregistering process. The system displays the following status messages.
Disabling management service.
management services are already disabled.
Sending de-registration request to CM
SSMGR RETURNING: 7 (Success)
Removing cms database tables.
Re-initializing SSL managed store and restarting SSL accelerator.
Deregistration complete. Save current cli configuration using 'copy running-config startup-config' command because CMS service has been disabled.
Step 3 Use the copy running-config startup-config command to preserve the running configuration.
Note If you do not use this command, the management service will not be started on reload, and the WAAS Central Manager will show the node as Offline.