Layer 2 Video Surveillance install script

Table 1. Layer 2 Video Surveillance install script product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

Layer 2 Video Surveillance install script

5320 Series

Not Supported

5420 Series

Not Supported

5520 Series

Not Supported

5720 Series

Not Supported

7520 Series

Not Supported

7720 Series

Not Supported

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

To support this feature, VIM installation is mandatory in VSP4900-48P.

VSP 7400 Series

Not Supported

The Layer 2 Video Surveillance install script pre-configures configuration parameters for video surveillance solutions. With this script, a technician can quickly and easily deploy a typical video surveillance network that supports up to 2000 IP cameras, a recording solution, systems management, and viewing stations.

The install script uses best practices for converged solutions and provides redundant paths for all video traffic. The script configures the basic deployment of Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) and uses Layer 2 VSNs to enable full multicast capabilities between all IP subnets and VLANs.

Configuration Parameters

The syntax of the install script command is run vms layer-2 switch <5-99> where the switch value (between 5 and 99) is a user-defined variable. The install script uses this switch value to configure the camera IP zone for the switch and to specify a unique SPB nickname, system-id, and IP source value.

The install script configures the following major parameters and populates the xx with the user-defined variable for the switch value:

Note

Note

The install script does not configure DHCP Relay parameters.

Optional syntax Parameter

The install script requires that the switch be in the factory default state. The script prompts you to confirm this, but it does not check if you did so. The script continues running commands even if some of the commands in the script fail, and the failure of script commands is not evident by the script completion message.

The syntax of the install script command is: run vms layer-2 switch <5-99> [syntax]. The optional syntax parameter prints out all the commands run by the script onto the console. If you do not use the syntax parameter, you will not see an error message when a command fails to run.

Important

Important

Use the syntax parameter to display all the commands run by the script and show any errors that the script encounters. This is the only way to ensure that all configurations are configured without error.

Configuration Filename

Upon successful completion of the install script, the switch configuration is saved with a filename based on the switch value used when the script was run. The switch primary boot config file flags are updated with the new filename.

For example, if you use 6 as the switch value, the command run vms layer–2 switch 6 results in a switch configuration filename of vms-layer2–switch-6.cfg.

If you run the install script with the syntax parameter, you will see the pre-install command output:
  • save config file pre_vms_layer2_install.cfg

  • Save config to file /intflash/pre_vms_layer2_install.cfg successful.

and the completed install script output:
  • save config file vms-layer2-switch-6.cfg

  • Save config to file /intflash/vms-layer2-switch-6.cfg successful.