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Chapter:Chapter3.InstallingtheMSEVirtualAppliance

ChapterContents
InformationAbouttheCiscoMSEOVA
VirtualizationConcepts
WorkflowforInstallingtheCiscoMSEVirtualappliance
VerifyingPrerequisites
DownloadtheCiscoMSEVirtualApplianceOVAFile
DeployingtheCiscoMSEOVAFileasanOVFTemplate
ConfiguringtheBasicSettingstoStarttheMSEVirtualApplianceVM
ConfiguringMSEonthePrimeInfrastructure
SynchronizingtheNetworkDesigns

ThischapterdescribeshowtoinstalltheCiscoMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)OpenVirtualAppliance(OVA)
componentsandincludesthefollowingsections:

InformationAbouttheCiscoMSEOVA
VirtualizationConcepts
WorkflowforInstallingtheCiscoMSEVirtualappliance

InformationAbouttheCiscoMSEOVA
AnOpenVirtualAppliance(OVA)isaprebuiltsoftwaresolutionthatcomprisesoneormorevirtualmachines
(VMs)thatarepackaged,maintained,updated,andmanagedasasingleunit.

ThefollowingversionsofCiscoMSEOVAareavailable:

MSEvirtualapplianceOVAwith250GB+diskspaceforlowendvMSE.
MSEvirtualapplianceOVAwith500GB+diskspaceforstandardandhighendvMSE.

VirtualizationConcepts
Refertothesedocumentsforinformationonvirtualization:

https://www.vmware.com/pdfvirtualization.pdf
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere55/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUIDED375B127D08
4B7E81EEDCE83E51B1AF.html
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere55/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID41638619B14E4074
BB90DACAA1440C1C.html?resultof=%2522%2545%2553%2558%2569%2522%2520%2522%2565%2573%
2578%2569%2522%2520

WorkflowforInstallingtheCiscoMSEVirtualappliance

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ThefollowingtabledescribesthestepstobefollowedwhiledeployingtheCiscoMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)
virtualappliance.

Table31WorkflowforMSEVirtualApplianceInstallation

Process Description
1.VerifytherequirementsandprepareforCiscoMSEVAinstallation. SeeVerifyingPrerequisitesfor
moreinformation.

2.DownloadtheCiscoMSEVAOVAfilefromCisco.com SeeDownloadtheCiscoMSE
VirtualApplianceOVAFilefor
moreinformation.

3.DeploytheOVAasanOVFtemplate. SeeDeployingtheCiscoMSE
AstepbysteptemplateintheVSphereClientguidesyouthroughthis OVAFileasanOVFTemplate
process.Afteryouhavecompletedthestepbysteptemplate,youcanreview formoreinformation.
alloftheinformationthatyouprovided,makeanycorrections,andthen
deploytheOVA.

4.Configurethebasicsettings. SeeConfiguringtheBasicSett
ingstoStarttheMSEVirtualA
pplianceVMformore
information.

5.ConfiguretheMSEonPrimeInfrastructure SeeConfiguringMSEontheP
rimeInfrastructureformore
information.

VerifyingPrerequisites
BeforeinstallingtheMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)inavirtualmachine,youmustensurethefollowing:

LatestversionofVMwareESX/ESXiisinstalledandconfiguredonthemachineyouplantouseastheMSE
serverhost.SeetheVMwaredocumentationforinformationonsettingupandconfiguringyourhostmachine.
TheinstalledVMwareESXihostisreachable.
YoucanusethelatestversionofvSphereClienttomanagethesmalldeployments.
LatestversionofvCenterServerisinstalledonaWindowshostinordertomanagetheESXihosts.

DownloadtheCiscoMSEVirtualApplianceOVAFile
TheMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)OpenVirtualizationArchive(OVA)issavedtothesamemachinewhereyour
vSphereClientorvCenterserverisinstalled.

Todownloadthe.ovafile,followthesesteps:

Step1 AccesstheCiscoMSEVirtualApplianceimageatthefollowinglocation:http://software.cisco.com/downl
oad/navigator.html

Step2 IntheProduct/TechnologySupportsection,chooseDownloadSoftware.

Step3 IntheSelectaProductsection,navigatetotheWirelesssoftwarebychoosingProducts>Wireless>
MobilityServices>CiscoMobilityServicesEngineVirtualAppliance.

AlistofthelatestreleasesoftwareforCiscoMobilityServicesEngineVirtualApplianceisavailablefordownload.

Step4 IntheLatestlist,choose7.6.100.0orthelatest7.6Releaseversiontodownload.

Step5 Youcanselectanyofthefollowingovafilestodownload:

MSEVA761000.ovaUsethisfiletodeployMSEonamedium/highendVMwareESXimachine.
MSEVA761000LowEnd.ovaUsethisfiletodeployMSEonalowendVMwareESXimachine.
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Step6 SavetheinstallertoyourcomputerinaplacethatwillbeeasytofindwhenyoustarttodeploytheOVF
template.

DeployingtheCiscoMSEOVAFileasanOVFTemplate
TheMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)virtualapplianceisdistributedasnOpenVirtualizationArchive(OVA)file.
TheOVAisasinglefiledistributionofanOVFpackageasanTARformat.AfteryoudownloadtheOVAfile,you
willdeploytheOpenVirtualizationFormat(OVF)templatefromthevSphereClientapplication.

Note MakesurethatallofthesystemrequirementsaremetbeforeyoudeploytheOVA.ReviewtheVerifyingPr
erequisites.

Note AfterafreshOVAdeployment,youmustreboottheVirtualMachine(VM)once.

Step1 OpentheVMwareVSphereClientapplicationonyourdesktop.

Step2 LogintoyourVSphereClientorVCenterServer(seeFigure31).

Figure31VMwareVSphereClient

Step3 UsethevSphereClienttoaccesstheOVFtemplate:

a. ChooseHome>Inventory>HostsandClusters.

b. ChoosethehostonwhichtheOVFtemplatewillbedeployed.

c. ChooseFile>DeployOVFTemplatefromVSpheretoolbarbar.

TheDeployOVFTemplatedialogboxappears(seeFigure32).

Figure32DeployOVFTemplate

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Step4 ChoosetheSourcelocation(seeFigure33).

a. ClickBrowse.TheOpendialogboxopens.

b. FromtheOpendialogbox,locatetheappropriate.ovafilethatyoudownloadedtoyourcomputerand
clickOpen.

Figure33DeployFromaFileorURL

Step5 ClickNext.

Step6 ReviewtheOVFtemplatedetailsandclickNext(seeFigure34).SomeofthedetailsabouttheCisco
MSEvirtualapplianceinclude:

Versionnumber
Downloadsize
Sizeondisk

Thinprovisionfortheamountofdiskspaceconsumedbythevirtualapplianceimmediatelyafter
deployment.Itistheminimumamountofdiskspaceneededtodeploythevirtualappliance.

Thickprovisionforthemaximumamountofdiskspacethevirtualappliancecanconsume.

Note Formoreinformationonthickandthinprovision,seeChoosethediskformat:task.

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Figure34ReviewOVFTemplateDetails

Step7 ClickNext.TheNameandLocationwindowappears(seeFigure35).

Step8 IntheNamefield,enteratemplatenameforthenewvirtualappliance.IfyouareusingthevCenterto
managethevirtualmachine,thenyouwillhavetheoptionofselectingthelocationoftheinventory.

Figure35NameandLocationWindow

Step9 ClickNext.TheDiskFormatwindowappears(seeFigure36).

Figure36DiskFormatWindow

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Step10 Choosethediskformat:

Chooseoneofthethickprovisiontypesifyouhaveenoughstoragecapacityasrequiredbythevirtual
applianceandwanttosetaspecificallocationofspaceforthevirtualdisk.

ThickProvisionLazyZeroedThespacethatisrequiredforthevirtualdiskisallocatedwhenthe
virtualdiskiscreated.Thedatathatremainsonthephysicaldeviceisnoterasedwhenthevirtualdiskis
createdbutiszeroedoutondemandatalatertimeonfirstwritefromthevirtualdisk.

ThickProvisionEagerZeroedThespacethatisrequiredforthevirtualdiskisallocatedwhenthe
virtualdiskiscreate.UnliketheLazyZeroedoption,thedatathatremainsonthephysicaldeviceiserased
whenthevirtualdiskiscreated.

ThinProvisionUnlikewiththethickformat,spacerequiredforthevirtualdiskisnotallocatedduring
creation,butissupplied,zeroedout,ondemandatalatertime.

Step11 ClickNext.TheNetworkMappingwindowappears.

Step12 ForeachnetworkspecifiedintheOVFtemplate,selectanetworkbyrightclickingtheDestination
NetworkcolumninyourinfrastructuretosetupthenetworkmappingandclickNext.

Step13 TheReadytoCompletewindowappears.Revieweachofthedeploymentsettingsthatyouhave
established(seeFigure37).

Figure37ReadytoCompleteWindow

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Step14 PressBacktomakeanychangestothesettingsandclickFinishtocompletethedeployment.

AprogressbarkeepspacewithyourCiscoMSEvirtualappliancedeployment,whichcantakefrom5to10
minutestofinishdependingonthenetworklatency(seeFigure38).Whenthedeploymentisfinished,the
DeploymentCompletedSuccessfullydialogboxopens.

Figure38DeployingDialogBox

Step15 ClickClosetodismissthedialogbox.

Figure39DeploymentCompletedSuccessfullyDialogBox

Step16 OntheSummarytabintheVSphereClient,reviewtheinformationabouttheVirtualMachine.

Step17 Thevirtualappliancethatyoudeployedislistedunderthehost,intheleftpaneoftheVSphereClient.

Step18 EdittheMSEvirtualappliancetemplatetomapthemanagementanddatainterfacesnetwork
interfacestothedesiredconfigurationbeforepoweringuptheMSEvirtualappliance.

Step19 ProceedwithinstallingandconfiguringtheMSE.SeeConfiguringtheBasicSettingstoStarttheMSEV
irtualApplianceVMformoreinformation.

ConfiguringtheBasicSettingstoStarttheMSEVirtualApplianceVM
YouhavecompleteddeployingtheMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)virtualapplianceonanewvirtualmachine.A
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nodeforthevirtualmachinenowappearsintheresourcetreeintheVMwareVSphereClientwindow.After
deployment,youneedtoconfigurebasicsettingsfortheMSEvirtualappliance.

TostarttheMSEsetup,followthesesteps:

Step1 IntheVSphereClient,clicktheMSEvirtualappliancenodeintheresourcetree.Thevirtualmachine
nodeshouldappearintheHostsandCluster streebelowthehost,cluster,orresourcepooltowhichyou
deployedtheMSEvirtualappliance.

Step2 IfyouhavenotpoweredonthevirtualmachinewhiledeployingtheOVAfile,thenrightclickonthe
virtualappliancethatislistedintheleftpaneoftheVSphereClient,andchoosePower>Poweron.

Figure310PowerontheVirtualAppliance

TheRecentTaskswindowatthebottomoftheVSphereClientpaneindicatesthestatusofthetaskassociated
withpoweringonthevirtualmachine.Afterthevirtualmachinesuccessfullystarts,thestatuscolumnforthetask
showsCompleted.

Step3 ClicktheConsoletab,withintheconsolepanetomaketheconsolepromptactiveforkeyboardinput.
TheVMstartsbooting.

Figure311ConsoleTab

Step4 PressEnterfortheloginprompttoappeartoinitiatetheMSEInstallationWizard.Thefollowingis
displayed:

Note Theinstallationprocesstakesapproximately45minutestocomplete.

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mselogin:root
Password:password

RunningtheCiscoMobilityServicesEngineinstaller.Itmaytakeseveralminutestocomplete.
Preparingtoinstall...
ExtractingtheJREfromtheinstallerarchive...
UnpackingtheJRE...
Extractingtheinstallationresourcesfromtheinstallerarchive...
Configuringtheinstallerforthissystemsenvironment...

Launchinginstaller...
PreparingSILENTModeInstallation...



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CiscoMobilityServicesEngine(createdwithInstallAnywherebyMacrovision)




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Installing...

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InstallingDBbinaryfiles



InstallationComplete
printk:3messagessuppressed
.........
..........
ThesystemisgoingdownforrebootNow!
INIT:Switchingtorunlevel:6
INIT:SendingprocessestheTERMsignal
Shuttingdownsmartd:[OK]
Stoppingyumupdatesd:[OK]
Stoppinganacron:[OK]
Stoppingatd:[OK]
Shuttingdownxfs:
Shuttingdownconsolemouseservices[OK]
Stoppingsshd:[OK]
Stoppingcrond:[OK]
Stoppingautofs:Stoppingautomount:_[OK]

Note Aftertheinitialinstallation,youareloggedoffthenewlycreatedVMandyoumustlogintotheconsole
panelagain.

Step5 TheMSEvirtualmachineshutsdownandreboots.
GRUBLoadingstage2...
Pressanykeytocontinue.
Pressanykeytocontinue.

Step6 ConfiguretheMSE.

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[Loginasrootandpassword]

CiscoMobilityServicesEngine

mselogin:root
password:password
Lastlogin:MonApr704:11:50ontty1

[Configurationstartsassoonasyoulogin]
Enterwhetheryouwouldliketosetuptheinitialparametersmanuallyorviathesetupwizard.

[PressEntertousethedefaultvalues(yes)tousetheMenuoptions]
SetupparametersviaSetupWizard(yes/no)[yes]:y



WelcometotheCiscoMobilityServicesEngineappliancesetup.

Youmayexitthesetupatanytimebytyping<Ctrl+C>.



WouldyouliketoconfigureMSEusingmenuoptions(yes/no):y

MobilityServicesEngineSetup

Pleaseselectaconfigurationoptionbelowandenterthe
requestedinformation.Youmayexitsetupatanytimeby
typing<Ctrl+C>.

Youwillbepromptedtochoosewhetheryouwishtoconfigurea
parameter,skipit,orresetittoitsinitialdefaultvalue.
Skippingaparameterwillleaveitunchangedfromitscurrent
value.

Pleasenotethatthefollowingparameters(indicatedby*)
aremandatoryandmustbeconfiguredatleastonce.
>Hostname
>Networkinterfaceeth0
>Timezone
>Rootpassword
>NCSCommunicationusername
>NCSCommunicationpassword

Changesmadewillonlybeappliedonceallthemodifications
areverifiedandconfirmed.



ConfigureMSE:

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Note Itishighlyrecommendedthatallrelevantitemsbeconfiguredduringinitialsetuptoensureoptimum
operationofthemobilityservicesengineinyournetwork.ThehostnameandeithertheEthernet0(eth0)or
theEthernet1(eth1)portmustalwaysbeconfiguredduringtheautomaticinstallation.

Note Youcanreruntheautomaticinstallationscriptatanytimetoaddorchangeparametersusingthis
command:
[root@mse]#/opt/mse/setup/setup.sh.
Thereisnoneedtoreentervaluesthatyoudonotwanttochangeduringoneoftheseupdates.

Note Ifyoudonotwanttoconfigureanitem,enterskipandyouarepromptedforthenextconfigurationstep.
Anysettingskippedisretainedandnotmodified.

Note Minimalconfigurationisdoneforthemobilityservicesengineaspartofinstallationusingtheconsole.All
configurationsbeyondtheinitialsetupusingtheautomaticinstallationisdonewiththeCiscoPrime
Infrastructure.

Step7 Configurethehostname
Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:2

Currenthostname=[mse]
Configurehostname?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y
Thehostnameshouldbeauniquenamethatcanidentify
thedeviceonthenetwork.Thehostnameshouldstartwith
aletter,endwithaletterornumber,andcontainonly
letters,numbers,anddashes.

Enterahostname[mse]:

Step8 Configureeth0networksettings
Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:5

CurrentIPaddress=[10.0.0.1]
Currenteth0netmask=[255.255.255.0]
CurrentIPv4gatewayaddress=[10.0.0.0]
Configureeth0interfaceparameters?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y

EnteranIPaddressforfirstethernetinterfaceofthismachine.

Entereth0IPaddress[10.0.0.1]:

EnterthenetworkmaskforIPaddress10.0.0.1

Enternetworkmask[255.255.255.0]:

Enterandefaultgatewayaddressforthismachine.

Notethatthedefaultgatewaymustbereachablefrom
thefirstethernetinterface.

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Enterdefaultgatewayaddress[10.0.0.0]:

Step9 ConfiguretheDNSSettings:

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:7

DomainNameService(DNS)Setup
DNSiscurrentlyenabled.
NoDNSserverscurrentlydefined
ConfigureDNSrelatedparameters?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y

EnableDNS(yes/no)[no]:y
EnterprimaryDNSserverIPaddress:
DNSserveraddressmustbeintheform#.#.#.#,where#is0to255orhexadecimal:separatedv6
address

EnterprimaryDNSserverIPaddress:
EnterbackupDNSserverIPaddress(ornone)[none]:

Step10 Configurethetimezone:

Note UTCmustbeusedwhenyouareconfiguringforwIPS.Forotherservices,youmustusethesametime
zoneasthecontrollers.

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:8

Currenttimezone=[America/]
Configuretimezone?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y

Enterthecurrentdateandtime.

Pleaseidentifyalocationsothattimezonerulescanbesetcorrectly.
Pleaseselectacontinentorocean.
1)Africa
2)Americas
3)Antarctica
4)ArcticOcean
5)Asia
6)AtlanticOcean
7)Australia
8)Europe
9)IndianOcean
10)PacificOcean
11)UTCIwanttouseCoordinatedUniversalTime.
#?2
Pleaseselectacountry.
1)Anguilla27)Honduras
2)Antigua&Barbuda28)Jamaica
3)Argentina29)Martinique
4)Aruba30)Mexico
5)Bahamas31)Montserrat
6)Barbados32)NetherlandsAntilles
7)Belize33)Nicaragua
8)Bolivia34)Panama
9)Brazil35)Paraguay
10)Canada36)Peru
11)CaymanIslands37)PuertoRico
12)Chile38)StBarthelemy
13)Colombia39)StKitts&Nevis
14)CostaRica40)StLucia
15)Cuba41)StMartin(Frenchpart)

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16)Dominica42)StPierre&Miquelon
17)DominicanRepublic43)StVincent
18)Ecuador44)Suriname
19)ElSalvador45)Trinidad&Tobago
20)FrenchGuiana46)Turks&CaicosIs
21)Greenland47)UnitedStates
22)Grenada48)Uruguay
23)Guadeloupe49)Venezuela
24)Guatemala50)VirginIslands(UK)
25)Guyana51)VirginIslands(US)
26)Haiti
#?47
Pleaseselectoneofthefollowingtimezoneregions.
1)EasternTime
2)EasternTimeMichiganmostlocations
3)EasternTimeKentuckyLouisvillearea
4)EasternTimeKentuckyWayneCounty
5)EasternTimeIndianamostlocations
6)EasternTimeIndianaDaviess,Dubois,Knox&MartinCounties
7)EasternTimeIndianaPulaskiCounty
8)EasternTimeIndianaCrawfordCounty
9)EasternTimeIndianaPikeCounty
10)EasternTimeIndianaSwitzerlandCounty
11)CentralTime
12)CentralTimeIndianaPerryCounty
13)CentralTimeIndianaStarkeCounty
14)CentralTimeMichiganDickinson,Gogebic,Iron&MenomineeCounties
15)CentralTimeNorthDakotaOliverCounty
16)CentralTimeNorthDakotaMortonCounty(exceptMandanarea)
17)MountainTime
18)MountainTimesouthIdaho&eastOregon
19)MountainTimeNavajo
20)MountainStandardTimeArizona
21)PacificTime
22)AlaskaTime
23)AlaskaTimeAlaskapanhandle
24)AlaskaTimeAlaskapanhandleneck
25)AlaskaTimewestAlaska
26)AleutianIslands
27)Hawaii
#?21

Thefollowinginformationhasbeengiven:

UnitedStates
PacificTime

ThereforeTZ='America/Los_Angeles'willbeused.
Localtimeisnow:SunApr618:45:27PDT2014.
UniversalTimeisnow:MonApr701:45:27UTC2014.
IstheaboveinformationOK?
1)Yes
2)No
#?1

Step11 ConfiguretheNTPSetup

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:12

NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)Setup.

IfyouchoosetoenableNTP,thesystemtimewillbe
configuredfromNTPserversthatyouselect.Otherwise,
youwillbepromptedtoenterthecurrentdateandtime.

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NTPiscurrentlydisabled.
ConfigureNTPrelatedparameters?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y

Enterwhetherornotyouwouldliketosetupthe
NetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)forthismachine.

IfyouchoosetoenableNTP,thesystemtimewillbe
configuredfromNTPserversthatyouselect.Otherwise,
youwillbepromptedtoenterthecurrentdateandtime.

EnableNTP(yes/no)[no]:y
EnterNTPservernameoraddress[10.234.235.236]:128.138.141.172
NTPserveraddressmustbeintheform#.#.#.3,where#is0to255hexadecimal:separatedv6
address.
EnteranotherNTPserverIPaddress(ornone)[10.245.246.247]:
ConfigureNTPAuthentication?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y
EnterNTPAuthkeyNumber[1]:
EnterNTPAuthkeyValue(String)[Secret:
Doyouwanttocontinue(yes/no)[no]:y

Step12 ConfiguretheRootpassword:

NoteIfyoudonotsettherootpassword,awarningmessageisdisplayedwhenyouapplythesettings.

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:18

Rootpasswordhasnotbeenconfigured
Configurerootpassword?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:
Changingpasswordforuserroot.

Youcannowchoosethenewpassword.

Avalidpasswordshouldbeamixofupperandlowercaseletters,digits,andothercharacters.You
canusean8characterlongpasswordwithcharactersfromalloftheseclasses.Anuppercaseletter
thatbeginsthepasswordandadigitthatendsitdonotcounttowardsthenumberofcharacter
classesused.

Enternewpassword:

Step13 ConfiguretheNCScommunicationusername:

NoteTheNCScommunicationusernameistherequiredusernameforsettinguptheMSEinPI.Thisisnotthe
PIusername.

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:21

NCSusernamehasnotbeenconfigured
ConfigureNCScommunicationusername?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Skip]:y

Enteranadminusername.
ThisuserisusedbytheNCSandothernorthboundsystemstoauthenticatetheirSOAP/XMLsessionwith
theserver.

Enterausername[admin]:

Step14 ConfiguretheNCScommunicationpassword:

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NoteIfyoudonotsetthepassword,awarningmessageappearswhenyouapplythesettings.ThedefaultPI
communicationpasswordisadmin.

Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:22

NCSpasswordhasnotbeenconfigured
ConfigureNCScommunicationpassword?(Y)es/(S)kip/(U)sedefault[Yes]:

Enterapasswordfortheadminuser.
TheadminuserisusedbytheNCSandothernorthboundsystemstoauthenticatetheirSOAP/XMLsession
withtheserver.Oncethispasswordisupdated,itmustcorrespondinglybeupdatedontheNCSpage
forMSEGeneralParameterssothattheNCScancommunicatewiththeMSE.

EnterNCScommunicationpassword:

Step15 Verifythesetupinformationandapplythechanges:
Pleaseenteryourchoice[123]:23

Pleaseverifythefollowingsetupinformation.

BEGIN

Hostname=mse76
Eth0IPaddress=,Eth0networkmask=255.255.254.0
Timezone=America/Los_Angeles
EnableNTP=yes,NTPservers=10.50.171.9
Timezone=America/Los_Angeles
Rootpasswordischanged.
NCSusernameischanged.
NCSpasswordischanged.

END

Youmayenter"yes"toproceedwithconfiguration,"no"tomake
morechanges.


ConfigurationChanged
Istheaboveinformationcorrect(yesorno):yes



Setupwillnowattempttoapplytheconfiguration.

Restartingnetworkserviceswithnewsettings.
Shuttingdowninterfaceeth0:

Note Thenexttimeyouloginusingroot,onlytheLinuxshellpromptappearsandnotthesetupscript.Youcan
rerunthesetupscriptatanytimetochangesettingsbylogginginasrootandrunning
/opt/mse/setup/setup.sh.

Step16 LoginandconfiguretheMSEtoautomaticallylaunchafterbootup.

CiscoMobilityServiceEngine
mse76login:
Passsword:

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Step17 ToconfiguretheMSEtoautomaticallylaunchafterbootup,enterthefollowingcommand:
[root@mse76]#chkconfigmsedon

Step18 Rebootusingthefollowingcommand:
[root@mse76]#reboot

Note TostarttheMSEservicemanually,enterthefollowingcommand:
[root@mse76]#servicemsedstart

Thesetupscriptgeneratesalogfilethatcanbefoundat/opt/mse/setup/setup.log.

ConfiguringMSEonthePrimeInfrastructure
ToconfiguretheMobilityServicesEngine(MSE)virtualapplianceonthePrimeInfrastructure,followthesesteps:

Step1 LaunchMozillaFirefox11.0or12.0orInternetExplorer8or9withtheChromepluginreleasesor
GoogleChrome19.0.TheInternetExplorerversionslessthan8arenotrecommended.

Note WhenyouuseFirefoxtologinandaccessPrimeInfrastructureforthefirsttime,theFirefoxwebbrowser
displaysawarningstatingthatthesiteisuntrustable.WhenFirefoxdisplaysthiswarning,followthe
promptstoaddasecurityexceptionanddownloadtheselfsignedcertificatefromPrimeInfrastructure
server.Afteryoucompletethisprocedure,FirefoxacceptsPrimeInfrastructureserverasatrustedsiteboth
nowandduringallfutureloginattempts.

Step2 Intheaddresslineofbrowser,enterhttps://piipaddress,wherepiipaddressistheIPaddressofthe
serveronwhichyouinstalledandstartedPrimeInfrastructure.PrimeInfrastructureusesinterfacedisplays
theLoginpage.

Step3 Entertheusername.Thedefaultusernameisroot.

Step4 EntertherootpasswordyoucreatedduringthePIsetupandnottheMSEsetupandclickLogin.

Note Ifanylicensingproblemoccur,amessageappearsinanalertbox.Ifyouhaveanevaluationlicense,the
numberofdaysuntilthelicenseexpiresisshown.Youarealsoalertedtoanyexpiredlicenses.Youhave
theoptiontogodirectlytothelicensingpagetoaddresstheseproblem.

Step5 ChooseServices>MobilityServicesEngines.

Step6 FromtheSelectacommanddropdownlist,chooseAddMobilityServicesEngine.ClickGo.

TheAddMobilityServicesEnginepageappears(seeFigure312).

Figure312AddMobilityServicesEngine

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Step7 Enterthefollowinginformation:

DeviceNameUserassignednameforthemobilityservicesengine.
IPAddressTheIPaddressofthemobilityservicesengine.

NoteAmobilityservicesengineisaddedonlyifavalidIPaddressisentered.TheDeviceNamehelpsyou
distinguishbetweendevicesifyouhavemultiplePrimeInfrastructureswithmultiplemobilityservices
engines,butisnotconsideredwhenvalidatingamobilityservicesengine.

ContactName(Optional)Themobilityserviceengineadministrator.
UsernameThedefaultusernameisadmin.ThisisthePrimeInfrastructurecommunicationusername
configuredforMSE.
PasswordThedefaultpasswordisadmin.ThisisthePrimeInfrastructurecommunicationpassword
configuredforMSE.

NoteThisreferstothePrimeInfrastructurecommunicationusernameandpasswordcreatedduringthesetup
process.Ifyouhavenotspecifiedtheusernameandpasswordduringthesetupprocess,usethedefaults.
Thedefaultusernameandpasswordarebothadmin.

Step8 SelecttheDeletesynchronizedserviceassignmentscheckboxifyouwanttopermanentlyremove
allserviceassignmentsfromthemobilityservicesengine.

Thisoptionisapplicablefornetworkdesigns,wiredswitches,controllersandeventdefinitions.Theexisting
locationhistorydataisretained,however,youmustusemanualserviceassignmentstoperformanyfuture
locationcalculations.

Step9 ClickNext.

TheMSELicenseSummarypageappears(seeFigure313).YoucanusetheMSELicenseSummarypageto
installalicense,addalicense,removealicense,installanactivationlicense,andinstallservicelicense.

Figure313MSELicenseSummaryPage

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Step10 ClickAddLicensetoaddalicense.Youcaninstallanactivationlicenseandservicelicense.

TheAddaLicenseFiledialogboxappears.

Step11 ClickChooseFiletobrowsetoandselectthelicensefile.

Step12 ClickOKtoaddthelicense.ThenewlyaddedlicenseappearsintheMSElicensefilelist.

Step13 ToremoveanMSElicensefile,clickRemoveLicense.

Step14 ChooseanMSElicensefilethatyouwanttoremovebyselectingtheMSELicenseFileradiobutton,
andclickRemove.

Step15 ClickOKtoconfirmthedeletion.

Step16 ClickNexttoenableservicesonthemobilityservicesengine.

Step17 Toenableaservice,selectthecheckboxnexttotheservice.Thesearetheavailableservices:

ContextAwareService
WIPS
MobileConciergeService
CMXAnalytics
CMXBrowserEngage
HTTPProxyService

NoteSelecttheservicesyouneedandforwhichyouhavethelicenses.IfyouselectCMXAnalytics,youmust
alsoselecttheContextAwareService.

Step18 ClickNext.TheSelectTracking&HistoryParameterspageappears.

NoteIfyouskipconfiguringthetrackingparameters,thedefaultvaluesareselected.

Step19 YoucanselecttheclientstobetrackedusingthePrimeInfrastructurebyselectingthecorresponding
Trackingcheckbox(es).Makesurethatwirelessclientsaretracked.

Thevarioustrackingparametersareasfollows:

WiredClients
WirelessClients
RogueAccessPoints

ExcludeAdhocRogueAPs

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Interferers
ActiveRFIDTags

Step20 Youcanenablethehistorytrackingofdevicesbyselectingthecorrespondingdevicescheckbox(es).
Thedifferenthistoryparametersareasfollows:

WiredStations
ClientStations
RogueAccessPoints
RogueClients
Interferers
AssetTags

Step21 ClickNexttoassignmapstotheMSEandviewyourmanagedsystemonrealisticcampus,building,
outdoorarea,andfloormaps.

Note TheAssigningMapspageisavailableonlyifyouselectContextAwareServiceasoneoftheservicesto
beenabledontheMSE.

Table32liststhepresetfiltersthatareavailableintheAssigningMapspage.Choosethefilteryouwanttoshow
fromtheShowdropdownlist.

Table32MapsListFilters

Filter Results
All Showsallmaps(Campus,Building,Floor,Outdoorarea).

Campus Showsonlythecampusmapslist.

Building Showsonlythebuildingmapslist.

Floor Showsonlythefloorareamapslist.

OutdoorArea Showsonlytheoutdoorareamapslist.

Inaddition,youcanusethefiltericon( )tofilterthemapsthatmatchthefilterrules.Ifyouwanttospecifya

filterrule,chooseAllfromtheShowdropdownlistbeforeyouclick( ).

Step22 Tosynchronizethemap,selecttheNamecheckboxandclickSynchronize.Uponsynchronizationof
thenetworkdesigns,theappropriatecontrollersthathaveAPsassignedonaparticularnetworkdesignare
synchronizedwiththeMSEautomatically.

Step23 ClickNexttoconfigurethemobileapplicationintegration.

Step24 ClickDoneintheMobileAppEnablementpage.

Adialogboxappears.

Step25 ClickOKtosavetheMSEsettings.

Youmustsynchronizethenetworkdesigns.SeeSynchronizingtheNetworkDesigns.

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Step1 ChooseServices>SynchronizeServices.

TheNetworkDesignspageappears.Theleftsidebarmenucontainsthefollowingoptions:NetworkDesigns,
Controllers,EventGroups,WiredSwitches,ThirdPartyElements,andServiceAdvertisements(seeFigure3
14).

Figure314NetworkDesigns

Step2 Fromtheleftsidebarmenu,choosetheappropriatemenuoptions.

Step3 Toassignanetworkdesigntoamobilityservicesengine,intheSynchronizeServicespage,choose
NetworkDesignsfromtheleftsidebarmenu.

Step4 Selectthemapstobesynchronizedwiththemobilityservicesenginebyselectingthecorresponding
Namecheckbox.

Step5 ClickChangeMSEAssignment.

Step6 Choosethemobilityservicesenginetowhichthemapsaretobesynchronized.

Step7 ClickCASintheChooseMSEsdialogboxandclickSynchronize.

Step8 ClickSynchronizetoupdatethemobilityservicesengine(s)database(s).

Whenitemsaresynchronized,agreentwoarrowiconappearsintheSync.Statuscolumnforeach
synchronizedentry.Youcanusethesameproceduretoassignwiredswitchesoreventgroupstoamobility
servicesengine.

AssigninganMSEtotheController

Step9 IntheNetworkDesignspage,chooseControllerfromtheleftsidebarmenu.

Step10 Selectthecontrollerstobeassignedtothemobilityservicesenginebyselectingthecorresponding
Namecheckbox.

Step11 ClickChangeMSEAssignment.

Step12 Choosethemobilityservicesenginetowhichthecontrollersmustbesynchronized.

Step13 ClickCASintheChooseMSEsdialogbox.

Step14 ClickSynchronizetocompletethesynchronizationprocess.

Step15 Verifythatthemobilityservicesengineiscommunicatingwitheachofthecontrollersforonlythe
chosenservice.ThiscanbedonebyclickingtheNMSPstatuslinkinthestatuspage.

NoteAftersynchronizingacontroller,verifythatthetimezoneissetontheassociatedcontroller.

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NoteControllernamesmustbeuniqueforsynchronizingwithamobilityservicesengine.Ifyouhavetwo
controllerswiththesamename,onlyoneissynchronized.Youcanusethesameproceduretoassign
Catalystswitchesoreventgroupstoamobilityservicesengine.

CheckingtheNMSPConnectionStatus

Step16 ChooseServices>MobilityServicesEngine.

Step17 Clickthenameofthemobilityservicesenginewhosepropertiesyouwanttovieworedit.

Step18 ChooseSystem>Status>NMSPConnectionStatusfromtheleftsidebarmenu.

Step19 CheckifNMSPisactiveundertheSummarypanel.

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