Chapter 13: - Using Cisco Common Tools

How to Use the SS7NICTrace Utility

Ending an RTTest Session

It is very important that you quit from your RTTest session when finished. If too many RTTest sessions are left running in the background, system resources will be drained and call routing will be adversely affected.

To quit an RTTest session, enter: rttest: quit

How to Use the SS7NICTrace Utility

Use SS7NICTrace to view and set debug trace bits on an ICM SS7 NIC PG.

Note: This tool can be used in both Interactive Mode and Batch Mode. For details on scheduling this tool to run in batch mode see Using Batch Mode.

Accessing SS7NICTrace

SS7NICTrace is an external GUI application present on all ICM nodes as part of that standard ICM installation. It cannot be run from within the Support Tools dashboard.

To access SS7NICTrace on an SS& NIC PG, from a command line, enter ss7nictrace.

How to Use the VRUTrace Utility

Use the VRUTrace utility to output tracing information from a Voice Response Unit (VRU) device, and to and from its PIM process. VRUTrace lets you capture and playback session data.

Note: This tool can be used in both Interactive Mode and Batch Mode. For details on scheduling this tool to run in batch mode see Using Batch Mode.

For use with ICM VRU PGs only.

To Access VRUTrace from the Dashboard

To run VRUTrace from the Support Tools Dashboard:

Step 1 Use the System Select screen to select the system you want to work with.

Step 2 From the Dashboard menu, select Cisco Common Tools > VRUTrace.

Step 3 In the Arguments field, enter desired arguments, as described in the Using section below.

Note: When entering arguments, the vrutrace command is already implied. Do not enter it in the Arguments field.

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