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CHAPTER 2
Configuring User Profiles and CSS
Parameters
This chapter describes how to configure user profiles and CSS parameters. This
chapter also contains information on using the Content API and Command
Scheduler features. Information in this chapter applies to all models of the CSS
except where noted.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Configuring User Profiles
• Boot Configuration Mode Commands
• Configuring Host Name
• Configuring Idle Timeout
• Configuring the CSS as a Client
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles Configuring User Profiles The CSS contains a default-profile that resides in the scripts directory on the Internal Disk Module (IDM). This file contains settings that are user-specific; that is, they apply uniquely to each user when the user logs in. You can customize the following settings for each user: • CLI prompt • Expert mode • History buffer • Terminal parameters, including idle time, length, more, netmask fo
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles For example: # show profile @prompt CSS11150 @no expert alias all reboot "@configure;boot;rebo" alias all shutdown "@configure;boot;shutd" alias all logon "@configure;logging line \${LINE};exit" alias all logoff "@configure;no logging line \${LINE};exit" alias all aca-load "@script play service-load" alias all dnslookup "@script play dnslookup" alias super save_config "copy running-config startup-config;archive star
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles The options for this command are: • terminal idle - Set the session idle timer. • terminal length - Set the terminal screen output length. • terminal more - Enable terminal more support. The default is enabled. • terminal netmask-format - Control subnet mask display. • terminal timeout - Set the session maximum login time. Configuring Terminal Idle To set the time a session can be idle before the CSS terminates a co
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles Configuring Terminal More To enable support for more terminal functions, use the terminal more command. This command is available at the User and SuperUser prompts. You can also toggle the more function on and off within a session by using the ESC-M key sequence. To enable more terminal functions, enter: # terminal more To disable support for more terminal functions, enter: # no terminal more Configuring Terminal Ne
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles To set a terminal timeout value, enter: # terminal timeout 30 To revert the terminal timeout value to its default (disabled), enter: # no terminal timeout Using Expert Mode Expert mode allows you to turn the CSS confirmation capability on or off. Expert mode is available at the SuperUser prompt and is off by default. When expert mode is off, the CSS prompts you for confirmation when you: • Execute commands that coul
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles Changing the CLI Prompt The CLI default prompt displays as the product model number followed by the # symbol. The CSS adds a # sign to the prompt automatically to indicate SuperUser mode. To change the default prompt, enter the prompt command as shown in the following example (maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters): CSS11800# prompt CSS1-lab CSS1-lab# To save the new prompt, add it to user or default profiles. To re
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles For example: # show history history show history show ip routes show ip summary show ip stat clock clock date clock time show history Copying and Saving User Profiles Use the copy profile command to copy the running profile from the CSS to the default-profile, an FTP server, a TFTP server, or your user-profile. The options are: • copy profile default-profile - Copy the running profile to the default profile • copy p
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Configuring User Profiles For example, enter: # copy profile default-profile Copying the Running Profile to a User Profile Use the copy profile user-profile command to proactively copy the changes made to the running profile to the user profile. This command creates a file username-profile if one does not exist (where username is the current username). For example, enter: # copy profile user-profile Copying the Running Profile to an FTP Serv
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands The variables are: • ip_address or host - The IP address or host name of the server to receive the file. Enter an IP address in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 192.168.11.1) or in mnemonic host-name format (for example, myhost.mydomain.com). • filename - The name you want to assign to the file on the server. Include the full path to the file. Enter an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum le
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Unpacking an ArrowPoint Distribution Image (ADI) Use the unpack command to unpack the ArrowPoint Distribution Image (ADI) on the CSS disk. Enter the ADI filename as an unquoted text string with a maximum length of 32 characters. For example, enter: (config-boot)# unpack ap0500002.adi Note Before unpacking the ADI, you must first copy the ADI to the CSS disk. Use the copy ftp ftp_record filename boot-image com
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Configuring the Primary Boot-File Use the primary boot-file command to specify the primary boot file. Enter the primary boot file as an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum length of 64 characters. To specify the primary boot filename, enter: (config-boot)# primary boot-file ap0500002 To display a list of boot filenames, enter: (config-boot)# primary boot-file ? To remove the primary boot file, e
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands To remove the primary boot type, enter: (config-boot)# no primary boot-type Configuring the Primary Config-Path Use the primary config-path command to specify the alternate path to a network configuration for the network boot method. An alternate configuration path allows multiple CSSs to use the same boot image while keeping their configuration information in separate directories. The CSS must be able to acc
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Specifying the Secondary Boot Configuration Use the secondary command to specify the secondary boot configuration. The secondary boot configuration is used when the primary configuration fails. The options for this boot mode command are: • secondary boot-file - Specify the secondary boot file • secondary boot-type - Specify the boot method, local disk or FTP • secondary config-path - Specify the path to a net
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Specifying the Secondary Boot-Type Use the secondary boot-type command to boot the system using the local disk, FTP, or a network-mounted file system. The FTP record contains the IP address, username, and password for the FTP server. Enter the ftp_record as an unquoted text string with no spaces. The syntax and options for this boot mode command are: • secondary boot-type boot-via-disk - Boot the system from
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Enter the configuration pathname as an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum length of 64 characters. To configure the secondary config path, enter: (config-boot)# secondary config-path f:/bootdir/ To remove the secondary network configuration path, enter: (config-boot)# no secondary config-path Configuring a Boot Configuration Record for the Passive SCM Use the passive command to configure the bo
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands The options for this boot mode command are: • passive ip address - Configure the system boot IP address for the passive SCM. • passive primary boot-file - Specify the primary boot file for the passive SCM. • passive primary boot-type - Specify the primary boot method, local disk, FTP, or network-mounted file system using FTP, for the passive SCM. • passive primary config-path - Specify the primary alternate p
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Configuring the Passive SCM Primary Boot File Use the passive primary boot-file command to specify the primary boot image for the passive SCM. Enter the filename of the primary boot image for the passive SCM as an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum length of 64 characters. To display a list of filenames, enter passive primary boot-file ?. For example, enter: (config-boot)# passive primary boot-
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Configuring the Passive SCM Primary Configuration Path Use the passive primary config-path command to specify the alternate path to a network configuration for the network boot method for the passive SCM. An alternate configuration path allows multiple CSSs to use the same boot image while keeping their configuration information in separate directories. The CSS must be able to access the configuration path th
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Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters Boot Configuration Mode Commands Configuring the Passive SCM Secondary Boot Type Use the passive secondary boot-type command to boot the system using the local disk, FTP, or a network-mounted file system for the passive SCM. The syntax and options for this boot mode command are: • passive secondary boot-type boot-via-disk - Boot the system from local disk. • passive secondary boot-type boot-via-ftp ftp_record - Download an ADI file containin
