CSS 11500 Serial Management Port Parameters

How to change / check the baud rate, parity, and stop bits of the serial management port.
My PC is currently set to 9600,8,1,N and I am receiving garbage. Telnet is ok
Thanks,
Steve

be carefull that the cable for console access is different from any other Cisco device. So, if your cable works for a Cisco router or a Cisco switch, than this is the wrong cable for the CSS.
If you search www.cisco.com for 'css console pinouts' you should find the right settings.
Gilles.

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Im connectng a dell lattitude D505 running xp and using hyper terminal to connect to a v440 using the serial management port from the serial port on my laptop. If you disconnect the serial management port on the solaris box while its running or if your laptop goes into sleep mode or is powered off, the solaris box will go into OK prompt! Any ideas why this is?

I have a SunBlade 1500 under Solaris 9 and I don't know the Solaris Box. But if it manages the serial ports as Solaris 9 and SunBlade do, I could have one explanation:
All the cases you described match or more accurately are seen by the hadware as a loss of the signal. And hardware and software do not like it at all!!! It seems that your Box hang down at this time. In any time I could give you the advice to disconnect as it must be done the device (here your Laptop) from the Box. And of course when you are connected, suspend the "sleep" of the computer (which is exactly the same thing that it was switched off).
Hope that give you a beginning of explanation!

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Hi,
I just received a 2nd hand unit V880 without a graphic frame buffer.
When I use a hyperterm to connect to it initially, it display "Please Login:" I keyed-in root & an invalid password, it then again displayed the same prompt.
I left the unit for sometime, after I came back to it, I found the hyperterm does not response anymore.
I subsequently tried the following without able to get the same prompt back:
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Hello Raymond,
did you review the documentation ?
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/Midrange_Servers/Sun_Fire_V880/index.html
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/383.1?l=en&q=RSC+User%27s+Guide
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How can I connect to sun fire v125 with serial mgr port by hyperterminal

Hi there!
My c.o. got a sun fire v125 server.My mission is finish setting up the server.But as I followed the sun
fire v125's document, it aint be connected to this server with serial mgr port by using windows xp hyperterminal .
My step as:
step1. Find the original RJ45 net cable from the v125 box, and put one side into
Serial MGR Port of V125.
step2. Combined the RJ45 net cable's other side with DB-9 converter,
then plug the DB-9 converter into the PC's serial port(9 pins).
step3. start the pc(windows xp sp2), and then creat a hyperterminal link in COM1 as:
Bits/Sec--9600, DataBits--8, Parity--None, Stop bits--1, Flow control--Xon/Xoff
And then pause connect. make it hang up.
step4. push the sun fire v125 power button. after 1mins, resume the hyperterminal,
connect to the v125.
as above all is all my step here. Somewhere incorrect?if theres no problem, why can't I receive the
"sc> " promote?
Theres only one thing what i can do is input from keyboard....?
I had known that there will be promoted the "sc> " after you start the connection of hyperterminal with the correct steps?
BTW,I had input "#." with enter key, but it doesnt work!
Is there anybody met this problem as mine? Or can you give me some hits?
Thank you for your reading.
Sinceley Regards
Maqintoshi. 2008.2.7 pm4:10
Edited by: maqintoshi on Feb 6, 2008 11:51 PM

Im sorry for replying so late.
I'd solved it long time ago.
finally I found I made a mistake that I connect the Serialport Cable which came from PC
to the RJ45(NIC) port which came from Sun Server :-@
If you still can not get the prompts, check these parameters of your hyperterminal:
connect a terminal or a terminal emulator (PC or workstation) to the SC serial management port.
Configure the terminal or terminal emulator with these settings:
* 9600 baud
* 8 bits
* No parity
* 1 Stop bit
* No handshaking

Management port on CSS 11150

I have a simple question. Can someone tell me how to access the management port on the css 11150?
I configured the ip and mask on the management port and condigured my laptop for a ip on the same network. But i am unable to connect.

what do you mean by connect ?
Are you trying telnet or HTTP ?
Are you able to ping ?
Is the interface showing up ?
Try 10Mb Half duplex set manually and see if it works.
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Unable to set CSS management port to 100Mbits-FD.

This is the first time I've encountered this problem. Thanks in advance!
CSS 11501 running code 7.30.1.06.
Below is the error I receive:
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^
%% Command is not available on Cirrus Logic Ethernet-Mgmt port.

this is normal.
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CSS management port securit

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Is it possible someone can let me know if the management port on the CSS is out of band? I am assuming it is but haven't managed to fine this in the docs.
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Modem support through a console port provides the option of out-of-band command-line interface (CLI) management through a modem, providing flexibility for remote administration.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps792/prod_bulletin09186a008017dc5d.html

CSS 11500 Responds for any Port

Hopefully this is an easy question but I am having a heck of a time finding an answer.
We have multiple CSS 11500 clusters. We have found that on all of them, if you try to open a session on any port to an IP address on the backend of the CSS, the CSS will complete the SYN-ACK-ACK session with the client. This happens regardless of whether there is something on that IP address or not.
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10.1.1.0/24 --- CSS --- 10.2.2.0/24
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Thanks for your reply Marvin.
We actually use ACLs already - primarily for purposes of allowing backend servers to reach load-balanced services on the CSS they sit behind or for reverse proxy services.
I have tried specifically blocking access to backend IP addresses that are not used but oddly enough the CSS still replies and opens the initial TCP session just like any other.
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CSS 11500 booting only to Offline DM mode

Hello,
I setup a new CSS 11500 this morning, going through the steps of setting up the administrator password, IP address for the management console etc, but when continuing the CSS went straight to the offline DM menu. Now rebooting the unit it clears all the tests, loads the operational flash but continues to go straight to the DM menu regardless whether you press <y> or not at the prompt.
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Trevor,
once if offdm, attached a laptop with FTP Server on it on the management port.
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Once the box is up and running again, make sure you have an image on disk.
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Services with different IP address subnets over CSS 11500 series

Hi all folks!
I have two CSS 11500 series...
In just a few months i will have ready a DRS (Disaster Recovery Site), where i will have 2 more servers to add to the environment.
But this servers will be in a different subnet from that today i have for the servers who are configured in the current services of my CSS.
So then the doubt i arises is:
Is correct to add two new services with these servers, but using the IP addressing of the DRS site???, and including on the CSS a static route to this network, (of the DRS) in order to reach them?? is it correct, it will work well?
This would be so....
             ________________LAN to LAN_____________________
             |                                                                                |
             |                                                                                |
|------SITE A------|                                                        |------SITE B------|
     [Firewall] ===============IPSEC============= [Firewall]
           |                                                                                |
           |                                                                                |
[CSS-A]-[CSS-B]                                                            [SWITCH]
       |          |                                                                     |         |
     [SWITCH]                                                                    |         |
[srvA] [srvB] [srvC]                                                          [srvD] [srvE]
So, at [CSS-A] & B, i will put a static route to firewall that know the subnet of site B through the IPSEC tunnel.
So In the CSSs, i will add the new services for the Servers "D" & "E" with the IP address of Site B.
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!*************************** GLOBAL ***************************
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 [IP FIREWALL]
ip route SITE B [IP FIREWALL]
!************************** SERVICE **************************
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port 8080
service srvB
ip address A.A.A.x+1
port 8080
service srvC
ip address A.A.A.x+2
port 8080
service srvD
ip address B.B.B.y
port 8080
service srvE
ip address B.B.B.y+1
port 8080
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Within their experiences that they say? Will operate?
Thanks in advance!
Regards!
Esteban =)

Daniel!
Sorry by delay!
Thank you so much for you time for reply.
You have given me a great help to this doubt!
But..using "source group" let me know..
I can´t undertand the really difference between NAT with ACls as you can see at this link: (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps789/products_tech_note09186a0080093dfc.shtml)
and
this other link, using NAT (from the piont 5), (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps789/products_configuration_example09186a0080093dff.shtml)
where the NAT is configured under a method different from the previous one..
So.. for this scenario described above, which would you recommend using? I would think that the second is the most indicated truth? What do you think?
Thanks in advance again!!!
Have nice day!
Regards.
Esteban.

Load balancing PPTP (Windows 2003) behind CSS 11500

I am wondering if you can load balance PPTP service (TCP port 1723 and GRE) behind CSS 11500, please let me know if anyone as experience with this setup.
Irfan
[email protected]

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Sorry Server for CSS 11500

Hi,
I have a question regarding sorry server configuration on the CSS 11500 series.
Is there a way for the sorry server to ignore the URL path and always send the user traffic to the "root" page (e.g. index.html) of the sorry server web server?
The problem I have is the redirection of the "root" page (url "/") that is configured for the normal traffic is causing the sorry page not to work since the URL path ("/psp/CUSTOMER1/?cmd=login") does not exist on the sorry page web server:
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Best regards,
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Hi again,
During a maintenance window I made the following change and that made things a bit better:
service Sorry-Server
type redirect
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active
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As a work-around I sent the redirect to a new content rule with a public address and then configured a second sorry page server:
service Sorry-Server
type redirect
keepalive type none
redirect-string "sorry.example.com:8000"
active
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ip address 192.168.2.254
protocol tcp
port 8000
keepalive type tcp
active
owner Customer1
content Content2
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Is there a better way to do this?
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change the USB port on which you connect your BlackBerry device.
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Does anyone know that does Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switch support 'Session Caching of RDP Clients? session for roaming of disconnected sessions' features?
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Go ahead and put me on your ignore list please!
First, there is a plethora of messages on this forum and a plethora of information in the NI KnowledgeBase. If someone doesn't make the simple effort to take 5 minutes to perform a search what does that say? The issue being raised has come up, literally, dozens of times. Do you like answering the same question over and over and over and over and over again?
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