- play_arrow Overview
- play_arrow Circuit to Packet System Overview
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- play_arrow Administration
- play_arrow Managing and Displaying Users (CTPView)
- Managing CTPView Users with the CTPView Admin Center
- Accessing the CTPView Admin Center (CTPView)
- Monitoring CTPView Users (CTPView)
- Adding New CTPView Users (CTPView)
- Modifying CTPView User Properties (CTPView)
- Monitoring CTPView Groups (CTPView)
- Modifying CTPView User Group Affiliation (CTPView)
- Adding a New CTPView User Group (CTPView)
- Modifying CTPView User Group Default Properties (CTPView)
- Prohibiting and Reinstating CTPView Access by Users (CTPView)
- Deleting Users and Groups (CTPView)
- Managing User Passwords (CTPView)
- Configuring User Login Properties (CTPView)
- Understanding CTPView GUI User Levels
- CTPOS and CTPView Software Password Requirements
- Unlocking a User Account (CTP Menu)
- Unlocking User Accounts for Which Password Has Expired
- play_arrow Managing the CTPView Server (CTPView)
- Adding and Removing CTP Platforms Managed by CTPView Software (CTPView)
- Adding and Removing Host Groups (CTPView)
- Adding and Removing SNMP Communities (CTPView)
- Managing CTP Platforms in the Network (CTPView)
- Configuring Email Notifications (CTPView)
- Setting the CTPView Server Start-Up Banner (CTPView)
- Setting the CTP Platforms Login Banner (CTPView)
- Configuring an SSH Connection to a CTP Platform that Persists Through the Session (CTPView)
- Setting the CTPView Server Clock (CTPView)
- Managing NTP Servers for the CTPView Network (CTPView)
- NTP Authentication Overview on CTP Devices
- Configuring NTP Authentication Using the System Query Page (CTPView)
- Configuring NTP Authentication Using the System Configuration Page (CTPView)
- Configuring NTP and Syslog over IPv6 on CTP Node (CTPView)
- Configuring NTP over IPv6 on CTPView Server (CTPView)
- Configuring NetRef Settings (CTPView)
- Configuring Automatic Monitoring of CTP Platforms (CTPView)
- Setting a Limit on File Transfer Bandwidth Between the CTPView Server and CTP Platforms (CTPView)
- Restoring CTPView Software Configuration Settings and Data (CTPView)
- Restoring CTPView Software Data by Manually Synchronizing the CTPView Server (CTPView)
- Synchronizing Multiple CTPView Servers (CTPView)
- Establishing an SSH Connection (CTP Menu)
- Adding a VLAN Interface to a Node (CTP Menu)
- Separate Interfaces for Management and Circuit Traffic Overview
- Configuring Separate Interfaces for Management and Circuit Traffic (CTP Menu)
- play_arrow Monitoring CTP Platforms (CTPView)
- Monitoring the Network with the CTPView Software (CTPView)
- Changing the Display Settings for CTPView Network Monitoring (CTPView)
- Checking the CTPView Server Connection to CTP Platforms in the Network (CTPView)
- Displaying Runtime Query Results for a CTP Platform (CTPView)
- Overriding CTP Platform Network Status and Adding Comments (CTPView)
- Saving CTP Platform Configurations (CTPView)
- Setting an Audible Alert for CTP Platform Status (CTPView)
- Displaying CTPView Network Reports (CTPView)
- Field Descriptions in CTPView Network Reports (CTPView)
- Displaying Network Statistics (CTPView)
- Displaying the Management and Circuit Interface Settings (CTP Menu)
- play_arrow Changing CTPView GUI Settings
- play_arrow Managing and Displaying Users (CTPView Server Menu)
- Accessing the CTPView Server Configuration Menu (CTPView Server Menu)
- Managing CTPView Users (CTPView Server Menu)
- Classification of CTPView Shell Account Users
- Managing User Passwords (CTPView Server Menu)
- Accessing the Security Profile Configuration Menu (CTP Menu)
- Changing the User Password (CTP Menu)
- Configuring CTPView User Authentication with Steel-Belted RADIUS
- Configuring CTPOS and CTPView User Authentication with TACACS+
- Configuring the TACACS+ Server
- play_arrow Managing the CTPView Server (CTPView Server Menu)
- Managing CTPView Server Secure Logs (CTPView Server Menu)
- Setting the CTPView Server Start-Up Banner (CTPView Server Menu)
- Managing Access Security for the CTPView Server (CTPView Server Menu)
- Configuring an SSH Connection to a CTP Platform That Persists Through the Session (CTPView Server Menu)
- Saving the CTPView Configuration Settings and Data (CTPView Server Menu)
- Creating More Disk Space on the CTPView Server (CTPView Server Menu)
- Restoring CTPView Software Configuration Settings and Data with the Restore Utility (CTPView Server Menu)
- Restarting the PostgreSQL Server (CTPView Server Menu)
- Setting the Logging Level (CTPView Server Menu)
- play_arrow Restoring Default Values on the CTPView Server
- play_arrow Changing Administrative Passwords to Improve Access Security
- Changing Passwords to Improve Access Security
- Changing the BIOS Menu Password (CTPView Server CLI)
- Changing the Server's Root Account Password (CTPView Server CLI)
- Changing the GRUB Boot Loader Password (CTPView Server Menu)
- Changing the PostgreSQL Apache Account Password (CTPView Server Menu)
- Changing the PostgreSQL Administrator Account Password (CTPView Server Menu)
- play_arrow Configuring Access Control and Privileges
- play_arrow Using Third-Party Software on CTPView Servers
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- play_arrow Troubleshooting
- play_arrow Validating the CTPView Server System Configuration
- play_arrow Restoring CLI Access to the CTPView Server
- Restoring Access to a CTPView Server
- Accessing a Shell on the CTPView Server (CTPView Server CLI)
- Setting a New Password for a Nonroot User Account (CTPView Server CLI)
- Setting a New Password for a Root User Account (CTPView Server CLI)
- Creating a Nonroot User Account and Password (CTPView Server CLI)
- play_arrow Restoring Browser Access to a CTPView Server
- play_arrow Changing a CTPOS User Password
- play_arrow Booting the CTPView Server from the CD-ROM Drive
- play_arrow Restarting the Apache Daemon In the Event of Browser Issues
- play_arrow Displaying Jitter Statistics in MIBs and Supporting Acorn MIB for Daemon Model
- play_arrow Knowledge Base
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Guidelines for Configuring Virtual CTPView Servers on VMware ESX Servers
One of the salient and significant advantages of configuring a CTPView server on a virtual machine is to enable configuration of multiple CTPView server instances for quick access to a variety of server configurations. Also, you can run different OS versions and software releases on the virtualized CTPView server instances. TACACS+ servers, syslog servers, and RADIUS servers, besides serving as a platform for other applications, can be configured on the virtualized CTPView servers. We recommend that you use the VMware help documentation for assistance in using the vSphere Client software.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when you configure a CTPView server on a VMware ESX Server:
Sizing the CTPView drive
When building a server, several options are presented to you from the Installation Utility. These choices depend on the version of software you are installing. The procedure illustrated in the section to create a VM instance of CTPView describes the options for CTPView 4.2R1 on CentOS. You can determine what other versions and OS you need by inspecting the code/gui/cdrom/isolinux.cfg file appropriate for the system in question. It also contains some hidden options not shown on the GUI screen.
Your most common selection is mostly “ctpview-vmdemo”. The advantage of using this choice is the small storage capacity it requires, with a minimum size is 4 GB. This behavior is achieved, which is also a disadvantage in some test cases, is using a single partition for the OS , data and applications. The only time you might not want to build a CTPView server in such a manner is when you are conducting a test or a trial, which is dependant on having the same drive partitions as a production server.
The choices of “ctpview-install” and ctpview-vmware” are identical. The reason for the distinction on the GUI screen is to alert the user that a minimum drive size of 60 GB is required. This classification is because some of the CTPView partitions in a network environment are fixed in size.
A directory has been created on the ESXi host for storing ISO files that you may upload at /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO_FILES/.
When using a graphical application, such as WinSCP, to upload ISO files to the datastore remember to specify “scp” as the transport protocol. Also, you must disable the “Lookup user groups” option on the scp application to avoid a warning message.
You need to manage a maximum number of virtual machines that are running at a point in time in such a way that it does not adversely affect total performance. The vSphere client has a variety of tools available to help you monitor the system performance.
