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Cisco Internet Streamer CDS 2.0-2.3 Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Getting Started
Configuring Primary and Standby CDSMs
• Telnet to the device (In Release 2.3, Telnet is disabled by default.)
• Update the device software
• Assign the device to baseline groups
From the Device home page you can access the delivery services and device groups the device is
assigned to, by clicking the appropriate link. All delivery services, or device groups (depending on which
link you clicked), configured in your CDS are displayed. Through this page, you can assign the device
to additional delivery services or device groups by clicking the icon next to the applicable delivery
services or device groups and submitting your selection.
The Device home page offers detailed bandwidth and bytes-served graphs with detailed reports for each.
The left panel menu has two toggle buttons: Show Basic/Show All and Expand All/Collapse All.
Task Bar
The task bar displays information about the page you are on and provides associated tasks. All task bar
icons, as well as other icons, have labels that are displayed when you roll over the icon with your mouse
pointer.
Any icon used in a procedure is referenced by the rollover label; for example, Create New is the rollover
label for the following icon:
Configuring Primary and Standby CDSMs
The Internet Streaming CDSM can operate in two different roles: primary and standby. The primary role
is the default. You can have only one primary CDSM active in your network; however, you can have any
number of CDSMs operating in a standby role to provide redundancy and failover capacity. You must
configure the primary CDSM first. See the Cisco Content Delivery Engine 100/200/300/400 Hardware
Installation Guide for information on configuring the primary CDSM.
Note The primary and standby CDSMs must be running the same version of software. You must upgrade your
standby CDSM first, and then upgrade your primary CDSM.
To configure a standby CDSM, do the following using the CLI:
Step 1 Follow the instructions for configuring a CDSM using the setup utility, except do not enter the IP address
of the CDSM. The instructions can be found in the Cisco Content Delivery Engine 100/200/300/400
Hardware Installation Guide.
• Show All Shows all the menu items in the menu.
• Show Basic Shows only the Device home menu item.
• Expand All Shows every menu and submenu.
• Collapse All Shows only the top-level menu items.