Cisco Video Management and Storage System CLI Administrator Guide

Configuring Host Router and Cisco Video Management and Storage System Module Interfaces

After the Cisco Video Management and Storage System application is installed on the enhanced network module, it is called the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module. To configure the network module after it is installed in your host Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR), you need to configure the following:

•ISR external interface to an external network link, using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) for setting standard router settings

•ISR internal interface to the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module, using the Cisco IOS CLI for setting the network module IP address and default gateway router

•Cisco Video Management and Storage System module internal interface to the host router

•Cisco Video Management and Storage System module external interface to an external iSCSI device

The following sections describe the tasks required to configure the host router and Cisco Video Management and Storage System module interfaces:

•Before Configuring the Cisco Video Management and Storage System Interfaces

•Entering and Exiting the Command Environment

•Configuring Interfaces

•Opening and Closing a Network Module Session

Before Configuring the Cisco Video Management and Storage System Interfaces

Complete the following prerequisites for the ISR, the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module, and file server before you attempt to configure the module:

•Cisco ISR Prerequisites

•Network Module Prerequisites

•File Server Prerequisites

Cisco ISR Prerequisites

•Check the latest release notes (see Release Notes for the Cisco Video Management and Storage System) to ensure that your Cisco router is running the appropriate Cisco IOS software release and recognizes the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module.

Note After minimum release requirements are met, you can change the image either on the host router or on the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module, without affecting the other image.

Network Module Prerequisites

•If it was not already installed at the factory, install the Cisco Video Management and Storage System network module into the host router with sufficient physical memory, depending on the model number, to accommodate the Cisco Video Management and Storage System application software. For detailed information on physical memory and hardware installation, see Cisco 2800 Series Hardware Installation.

•If you need to swap out the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module:

–Before swapping out a module in an existing system, perform a full backup of all data.

–After the swap, restore the data.

Note For more information, see the "Backing Up and Restoring Configurations on the Cisco Video Management and Storage System Application" section on page 17.

•Note the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module location in the host router:

–slot: Number of the host router chassis slot for the module. After you install the module, you can obtain this information by using the router show running-config command.

–unit: Number of the daughter card on the module. This value should be 0.

Note You need this information for the "Interface Configuration Tasks" section and the "Opening and Closing a Network Module Session" section.

File Server Prerequisites

•If you need to download a new image or to perform a configuration backup and restore, you will need to access a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server. To verify that your download FTP or TFTP file server is accessible, see the Cisco Video Management and Storage System Installation and Upgrade Guide.

•Verify that the Cisco Video Management and Storage System application is accessible by first accessing the Cisco IOS CLI.

Entering and Exiting the Command Environment

The Cisco Video Management and Storage System user EXEC, privileged EXEC, and configuration command modes are similar to the user EXEC, privileged EXEC, and configuration modes for Cisco IOS CLI commands. The description for each command in this section indicates the command mode.

This section provides the procedures for entering and exiting the command environment, in which the Cisco Video Management and Storage System configuration commands are executed. See the following sections for the procedures:

•Entering the Command Environment

•Exiting the Command Environment

Entering the Command Environment

When Cisco Video Management and Storage System has been installed and is active, use the following procedure to enter the command environment.

Prerequisites

The following information is required for entering the command environment:

•IP address of the Cisco ISR that contains the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module

•Username and password for logging in to the router

•Slot number of the module

SUMMARY STEPS

1. Open a console or Telnet session.

2. telnet ip-address

3. Enter the user ID and password of the router.

4. service-module integrated-service-engine slot/port session

5. (Optional) enable

DETAILED STEPS

C:\>telnet 172.16.231.195

Enter the 

Username: userid and 

Password: password.

service-module integrated-service-engine 
slot/port session

Router> service-module integrated-service-engine 
1/0 session

cvmss-10-0-0-0> 

enable

Exiting the Command Environment

To leave the Cisco Video Management and Storage System command environment and return to the router command environment, return to the Cisco Video Management and Storage System EXEC mode and enter the exit command twice, or enter Alt-Ctrl-6, and then enter x.

The following example shows the exit procedure:

cvmss-10-0-0-0# exit

cvmss-10-0-0-0> exit

Router# 

or

cvmss-10-0-0-0# Alt-Ctrl-6, x

Configuring Interfaces

The host router and the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module use several interfaces for internal and external communication (see Figure 2). Each interface is configurable from the host router by using the Cisco IOS CLI.

Figure 2 Router and Cisco Video Management and Storage System Network Module Interfaces

The following sections provide the procedures for configuring the host router and network module interfaces:

•Interface Configuration Tasks

•Opening and Closing a Network Module Session

Interface Configuration Tasks

The first configuration task is to set up the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module interface to the host router and to its external links. This enables access to the module so that you can install and configure the Cisco Video Management and Storage System application.

Steps 1, 2, and 3 open the host router CLI to access the router interface to the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module. The remaining steps configure the interface.

Note If you lose power or connection during any of the following procedures, the system usually detects the interruption and tries to recover. If the system fails to recover, fully reinstall the system using the boot helper.

SUMMARY STEPS

From the Host-Router CLI

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. interface integrated-service-engine slot/0

4. ip address router-side-ip-address subnet-mask

or

ip unnumbered type number

5. service-module ip address module-side-ip-address subnet-mask

6. service-module external ip address external-ip-address subnet-mask

7. service-module ip default-gateway gateway-ip-address

8. If the ip unnumbered type number command is used in Step 4, then set ip route.

9. end

10. copy running-config startup-config

11. show running-config

DETAILED STEPS

Examples

The following partial sample output from the show running-config command shows how to configure the interfaces:

interface integrated-service-engine 1/0

 ip address 10.0.0.20 255.255.255.0

 service-module external ip address 172.0.0.30 255.255.0.0

 service-module ip address 10.0.0.21 255.255.255.0

 service-module ip default-gateway 10.0.0.40

Opening and Closing a Network Module Session

This section describes how to open and close a session on the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module.

The boot helper is a small subset of the system software that runs on the module. It boots the module from the network and assists in software installation and upgrades, disaster recovery, and other operations when the module cannot access its software.

The application image contains the network module user functionality software. The application image is based on the Cisco Video Management and Storage System module software.

Note•You can conduct only one module session at a time.

•Step 1 and Step 2 open the host-router CLI and access the module. The remaining steps open a session with the module, configure the module, clears the module session, returning you to the host-router CLI.

SUMMARY STEPS

From the Host-Router CLI

1. enable

2. service-module integrated-service-engine slot/0 status

3. service-module integrated-service-engine slot/0 session

From the Service-Module Interface

4. Network module configuration commands

5. Control-Shift-6 x
or
exit

From the Host-Router CLI

6. service-module integrated-service-engine slot/0 session clear

DETAILED STEPS

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