Chapter 5 Connecting the Management Interfaces

Initial Setup Parameters

Minimum length — 4 characters

Maximum length — 100 characters

Begin with an alpha character

May contain only printable characters

The default password for all levels is cisco.

System clock— Current date and time. The clock and the calendar must always be synchronized.

Time zone—The name or ID of the time zone along with the number of hours offset from UTC.

Domain name server—Default domain name, which is used to complete unqualified host names, as well as up to three domain name servers, which are used for DNS lookup.

You must also enable DNS lookup.

RDR formatter destination—The SCE platform generates Raw Data Records and sends them to the specified destinations (external collection systems) via the RDR formatter. You can configure up to eight RDR formatter destinations. Specify the IP address and port number for each destination.

The following table lists commands both for displaying the currently configured values and for configuring these parameters. It also lists the command mode for each configuration command. All show commands are executed from the User Exec command mode.

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Initial Setup Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration command

Parameter

show command

configuration command

mode

 

 

 

 

Management IP address

show interface GigabitEthernet

ip address x.x.x.x subnet-mask

GigabitEthernet

and subnet mask

1/1 ip address

 

Interface Configuration

 

 

 

 

Default gateway

show ip default-gateway

ip default-gateway x.x.x.x

Global Configuration

 

 

 

 

Hostname

show hostname

hostname host-name

Global Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Authorization level

N/A

 

enable password level level

Global Configuration

passwords

 

 

[encryption-type] password

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clock

show clock

 

calendar set hh:mm:ss day month

Privileged EXEC

 

show calendar

year

 

 

clock read-calendar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

 

clock set hh:mm:ss day month year

 

 

 

 

clock update-calendar

 

 

 

 

 

Time zone

show timezone

clock timezone zone-name

Global Configuration

 

 

 

offset-hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain name server

show hosts

 

ip domain-lookup

Global Configuration

 

 

 

ip domain-name domain-name

 

 

 

 

ip name-server server-address1

 

 

 

 

[server-address2] [server-address3]

 

 

 

 

 

RDR formatter

show rdr-formatter destination

rdr-formatter destination

Global Configuration

destination

 

 

ip-address port port-number

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems SCE8000 manual Parameter Show command Configuration command Mode

SCE8000 specifications

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Automation and programmability are essential characteristics of the SCE8000, enabling operators to implement policies quickly and efficiently. This feature allows for dynamic scaling and rapid deployment of new services, significantly reducing the time to market for new offerings.

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