Upgrade the Cisco CSP software or perform the initial setup.

Log in to the Cisco CSP 2100.

Generate and install an SSL certificate.

Access Cisco CSP through the web interface.

Upload the service image to the Cisco CSP.

Create a service.

Verify the service instance.

Turn on the Cisco CSP.

Enter admin as the username and admin as the password.

Enter yes or no depending on whether to exit PnP and continue with manual install or perform installation through zero touch provisioning. If you enter yes, continue from Step 4, else you are logged out of the CSP device. You can log in back with the box credentials mentioned in the Day-0 file. Meanwhile, the following action occurs for CSP software installation though PnP manager mode:

1. CSP communicates with DHCP server to get IP address and login credentials of the PnP server.

2. After PnP credentials are learnt by CSP, CSP contacts the PnP server.

3. The PnP server registers CSP as a claimed device.

4. The Day-0 configuration file stored in PnP is applied to CSP.

5. Run the following PnP configuration command for zero touch provisioning:

   admin@ncs# show running-config pnp

   pnp server ip-address 0.0.0.0 <--- Mandatory so that any csp host can contact
   pnp server port 9191                    <--- Standard Port where pnp listens
   pnp server use-ssl false                <---- Since http is supported now
   pnp logging directory /var/log/ncs      
   pnp logging serial all
   !
   pnp map FCH1943V236                     <--- Serial Number of the device
   serial FCH1943V236
   device-name csp                         <--- You can give anything for name
   username admin
   password $8$s/i2wtF7my6NxsECnFlGXQhGCcWokl6kAr+q0KOWgnU=  <----- admin , this will be encrypted and stored automatically
   device-type netconf         
   port 2022
   day0-template [ csp_163.xml ]           <--- Day0 config file under the /opt/cisco/nso
   apply-config-upgrade true
   mgmt-ip-address 10.193.75.163
   commit-queue false
   dev-snmp false
   use-relative-url true
   !
   pnp cfg-location /opt/cisco/nso         <--- path for nso
   

localhost login: admin 
Password: 


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Verifying server information ...

        System Information
        Manufacturer: Cisco Systems Inc
        Product Name: UCS-C220-M3S
        Version: A 

PNIC Remote Connectivity Information from LLDP
==================================================
PNIC Eth1-0   : system = No lldp detectd      intf = No lldp detected         state = up

PNIC Eth1-0   : system = No lldp detectd      intf = No lldp detectd          state = up

PNIC Eth0-1   : system = lab142-Q15-n5k       intf = Ethernet101/1/32         state = up

PNIC Eth3-0   : system = lab142-Q15-n5k       intf = Ethernet102/1/32         state = up

PNIC Eth3-3   : system = lab142-Q15-n5k       intf = Ethernet101/1/31         state = up

PNIC Eth3-2   : system = lab142-Q15-n5k       intf = Ethernet102/1/31         state = up

PnP Status: Successfully applied day0 config
Do you want to exit Plug and Play (PnP) and continue manual install(yes or no)?no

config xmlns="http://tail-f.com/ns/config/1.0"> 
<resources xmlns="http://www.cisco.com/ns/test/resource">
  <resource>
    <resource_name>csp</resource_name>
    <ip_address>10.10.10.27</ip_address>
    <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
    <default_gw>10.10.10.1</default_gw>
    <mgmt_mtu>1500</mgmt_mtu>
    <mgmt_pnic>MGMTPCH</mgmt_pnic>
    <mgmt_pnic_mode>shared</mgmt_pnic_mode>
    <mgmt_vlan>1</mgmt_vlan>
    <host_name>xyz000-csp-150</host_name>
    <dns_server>171.70.168.183</dns_server>
    <domain_name>cisco.com</domain_name>
  </resource>
  </resources>
</config>

subnet 10.193.72.0 netmask 255.255.248.0 {
 option subnet-mask 255.255.248.0;
 option domain-search "cisco.com";
 option domain-name-servers 171.70.168.183;
 option routers 10.193.72.1;
 range 10.193.75.165 10.193.75.166;
}
option vendor-encapsulated-options "Ciscopnp:5A;K4;B2;I10.193.75.144;J9191;Nadmin;OSfish@123;Z171.68.38.65;6A"

K = Protocol [4: HTTP]                     <--- ONLY HTTP is Supported 
B = Address Type [1-FQDN, 2-IPV4]          <--- NO IPV6 Support.
I = Remote [ServerIp]
J = Remote Server Port
N = Username
O = Password
Z = NTP server address

Enter yes or no depending upon whether you want to use a port channel for the management interface. Configuring a port channel as the management interface ensures that you always have connectivity with the Cisco CSP. You can connect to Cisco CSP even when one of the pNICs is down. Do one of the following:

• To use a port channel as the management interface, enter yes and go to Step 4.
• To use a pNIC as the management interface, enter no and go to Step 5.

Do the following to use a port channel as the management interface:

1. Enter a name for the port channel.

2. Enter the name of the first pNIC.

3. Enter the name of the second pNIC.

   Note	Both specified pNICs should be of same speed.

4. Enter the bond-mode. Valid values are balance-slb, active-backup, and balance-tcp.

5. Enter the value for the link aggregation control protocol (LACP) for the bond. Valid values are active, passive, and off.

6. Enter a VLAN value for the port channel. Valid range is from 1 to 4094.

Enter the pNIC interface number that you want to use as the management interface.

Enter yes or no to specify the shared or dedicated mode for the management interface. Do one of the following:

• To share the management interface with service VMs, enter yes. The management interface pNIC carries the management traffic of Cisco CSP and the management and data traffic of any service using this pNIC.
• To not share the management interface with service VMs, enter no. The management interface pNIC carries only the management traffic of Cisco CSP.

Enter yes or no depending upon whether you want to specify a VLAN for the management interface. Do one of the following:

• To specify a VLAN for the management interface, enter yes and then enter a VLAN value. Valid range is from 1 to 4094.
• To skip specifying a VLAN for the management interface, enter no. The VLAN for the management interface is set to 1 by default.

Enter yes to save the settings.

Enter a new password for the admin user and then enter the password again for verification.

Enter the hostname.

Enter the IP address of the management interface.

Enter the netmask of the management interface.

Enter the IP address of the default gateway.

Enter yes or no depending upon whether you want to specify the DNS. Do one of the following:

• To specify a DNS, enter yes and enter the IP address of the DNS.
• To skip specifying a DNS, enter no.

Enter the domain name; for example, cisco.com.

Enter yes to save the settings.

Enter yes or no to configure the dedicated service management interface. Do one of the following:

• To configure a port channel as the dedicated service management interface, enter yes and go to Step 18.
• To configure a pNIC as the dedicated service management interface, enter no and go to Step 19.

Do the following to configure a port channel as the dedicated service management interface:

1. Enter a name for the port channel.

2. Enter the name of the first pNIC.

3. Enter the name of the second pNIC.

   Note	Both specified pNICs should be of same speed.

4. Enter the bond-mode. Valid values are balance-slb, active-backup, and balance-tcp.

5. Enter the value for the link aggregation control protocol (LACP) for the bond. Valid values are active, passive, and off.

6. Enter a VLAN value for the dedicated service management port channel. Valid range is from 1 to 4094.

Enter the pNIC interface number that you want to use as the dedicated service management interface.

Enter yes to save the settings.

Log in to the Cisco CSP 2100 CLI in EXEC mode.

On the command prompt, use the following command to create a CSR:

csp# certificate request sha sha256 keysize 2048

Provide the required information in the prompt.

Send the myhost.csr file to a CA to obtain an SSL certificate.

Copy the SSL certificate files that you received from the CA to the /osp/certificates directory using the scp command from an external server.

On the Cisco CSP 2100 command prompt, enter the following command to install the certificate:

csp# certificate install-certificate 

Provide the required information in the prompt.

Enter https://hostname or https://ip-address in a web browser.

Enter the username admin and the password.

The Cisco CSP web interface is displayed.

Click the Configuration tab and then choose Repository.

On the Repository Files page, click the add button (+).

Click Browse.

Navigate to the service image, select a service image, and click Open.

Click Upload.

After the service image is uploaded, the image name and other relevant information are displayed in the Repository Files table.

Tip	You can also use this procedure to upload the banner files and the configuration files to the repository.

Click the Configuration tab and then choose Services.

On the Service page, click the add (+) button.

In the Name field, enter a name for the service.

From the Target Host Name drop-down list, choose the target host.

(Optional) In the VNF Management IP field, enter the VNF management IP address to be used in the service.

From the Image Name drop-down list, choose an image file for the service.

(Optional) Click Day Zero Config and in the Day Zero Config dialog box, do the following:

1. From the Source File Name drop-down list, select a day0 configuration text or ISO file.

2. In the Destination File Name field, specify the name of the day0 destination text or ISO file.

(Optional) In the Number of Cores field, specify the number of cores. Make sure that the new value does not exceed the available resources.

(Optional) If you want to resize the disk, check the Do you want to resize disk? check box.

(Optional) In the Disk Space (GB) field, specify the disk space. Make sure that the new value does not exceed the available resources.

(Optional) In the RAM (MB) field, specify the RAM. Make sure that the new value does not exceed the available resources.

(Optional) If you want to deploy the service on an NFS storage, select the NFS Storage check box and then select an NFS storage from the NFS drop-down list.

(Optional) In the Disk Type field, specify the disk type. Valid choices are IDE or VIRTIO.

Click VNIC and in the VNIC Configuration dialog box, do the following:

1. In the Interface Type field, specify the type. Valid choices are Access, Trunk, and Passthrough.

   Depending on the selected interface type, the fields of VNIC Configuration dialog box are displayed. The following table describes these fields based on the interface type.

   Field	Interface Type	Description
   VLAN	Access Trunk Passthrough (only for SR-IOV and MACVTAP passthrough modes)	In the VLAN field, enter the VLAN ID. Valid range is from 1 to 1000 and from 1025 to 4094.
   Native VLAN	Trunk	In the Native VLAN field, specify the VLAN ID. Valid range is from 1 to 1000 and from 1025 to 4094.
   Model	Access Trunk Passthrough (only for MACVTAP passthrough modes)	In the Model field, specify the model number of the vNIC driver. Valid choices are Virtio (for the KVM driver) and e1000 (for the Intel Ethernet driver).
   Service Management Interface	Access Trunk Passthrough	If you want to use the dedicated service management interface with this service, select the Service Management Interface check box. Note  This check box is displayed only if a pNIC or a port channel has already been configured as the dedicated service management interface. When you select this check box, the Network Name field is automatically populated with the name of the configured dedicated service management interface and you do not need to specify the network name.
   Network Type	Access Trunk	In the Network Type field, specify the network type. Valid choices are Internal and External. Create an internal network when you need to connect one service to another service and there is no connection to a physical network interface card (pNIC). Create an external network when you want to connect to a pNIC directly (passthrough) or through a switch.
   Network Name	Access Trunk Passthrough	In the Network Name field, specify the name of the network. To create an internal network, enter a name for the internal network in the Network Name field. To create an external network or to specify the network name for the passthrough mode , choose a network interface from the Network Name drop-down list.
   Passthrough Mode	Passthrough	In the Passthrough Mode field, specify the passthrough mode. Valid choices are SR-IOV, PCIE, and MACVTAP.

2. When you are done with the vNIC configuration, click Submit.

(Optional) Click Storage and in the Storage Configuration dialog box, do the following:

1. In the Device Type field, select a storage type. Valid choices are Disk and CDROM.

   Depending on the selected storage type, the fields of Storage Configuration dialog box are displayed. The following table describes these fields based on the storage type.

   Storage Type	Field	Description
   Disk	Location	In the Location field, select a location. You can select a local or remote location. A remote location is displayed only if you have already configured an NFS storage.
   Disk	Disk Type	In the Disk Type field, specify the disk type. Valid choices are IDE and VIRTIO.
   Disk	Format	In the Format field, specify the disk format. Valid choices are RAW and QCOW2.
   Disk	Do you want mount Image file as disk?	Check the Do you want mount Image file as disk? check box to use a local or NFS-mounted ISO, RAW, or QCOW2 image file as the additional storage disk for a service.
   Disk, CDROM	Disk Image	In the Disk Image field, select an ISO image file for CDROM device type or select a RAW or QCOW2 image file for Disk device type.
   Disk, CDROM	Size (GB)	In the Size (GB) field, enter the disk size.

2. When you are done with the storage configuration, click Submit.

(Optional) In the VNC Port field, enter a VNC port for the service. Valid range is from 8721 to 8784.

(Optional) In the VNC Password field, enter a password and then enter the same password in the Confirm VNC Password field.

Click Serial Port and in the Serial Port dialog box, do the following:

1. In the Type field, specify the port type. Valid choices are Telnet and Console.

2. If you have selected Telnet type in Step a, then in the Service Port Number field, enter a value. Valid range is from 7000 to 8700.

3. When you are done with the serial port configuration, click Submit.

(Optional) If you are configuring the services in redundancy, select the HA Service Configuration check box. The Cisco CSPs must be in the cluster mode. Do the following:

1. In the Name field, enter the name of the secondary service.

2. From the HA Host Name drop-down list, choose a Cisco CSP remote peer that is a part of the cluster.

3. In the VNF Management IP field, enter the VNF management IP address for the secondary service.

4. In the VNC Port field, enter a VNC port for the secondary service. Valid range is from 8721 to 8784.

5. Click Secondary VNIC to add a secondary VNIC.

   The VNIC Configuration dialog box is displayed. For information about the fields of this dialog box, see Step 14.

   All other parameters that need to be a configured in the secondary service are inherited from the already-configured primary service.

Click Deploy.

Click the Configuration tab and then choose Services.

Find your service instance in the Service Name column, and check that the state is deployed and the power status is on.

Click the Administration tab, and then select Syslog.

On the Syslog page, you can perform either of the following:

1. Select UDP Only if you are sending internal log messages only through the UDP port.

2. Clear UDP Only if you are sending internal log messages through both UDP and TCP transport ports.

If you select UDP as the mechanism to send log messages, in the UDP Port field, specify the UDP port values of the remote syslog server.

If you do not select UDP as the mechanism to send log messages, specify both TCP and UDP port values of the remote syslog server.

To add a remote syslog server, click the + button.

In the Host field, specify the IPv4 IP address or host name of the remote syslog server, and then click Add.

To add multiple syslog servers, repeat step 5 through step 6.

To detect a node failure, click Dashboard > Overview

To deploy all VNFs in the failed node to other live nodes, click Administration > Cluster.

In the CSP Cluster page, to add a cliuster member, click the add (+) button.

In the Add Cluster Member page, provide the values for number of nodes, cluster node 1 name or IP.

Under the Advance Setting section, to enable node level redundancy for the new cluster, check Enable Node Redundancy.

Set Eviction Timeout in seconds.

To view the migration of deploying VNFs in a failed node to a live node, click Dashboard > Cluster Redundancy > Migration Report.

During upgrade, delete the cluster, and recreate it when all nodes are upgraded.