Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
Field
Description
Process ID
The process ID the Expressway application had when the incident occurred.
Release
A true/false flag indicating if this is a release build (rather than a development build).
User name
The name of the person that built this software. This is blank for release builds.
Stack
The trace of the thread of execution that caused the incident.
Debug
information
information
A full trace of the application call stack for all threads and the values of the registers.
Caution:
for each call stack, the Debug information includes the contents of variables which may contain some
sensitive information, for example alias values and IP addresses. If your deployment is such that this information
could contain information specific to a particular person, read the
could contain information specific to a particular person, read the
before you decide whether to enable automatic incident reporting.
Checking the Effect of a Pattern
The Check pattern tool (Maintenance > Tools > Check pattern) lets you test whether a pattern or transform you
intend to configure on the Expressway will have the expected result.
intend to configure on the Expressway will have the expected result.
Patterns can be used when configuring:
■
to specify aliases to be transformed before any searches take place
■
search is sent to a zone
To use this tool:
1.
Enter an Alias against which you want to test the transform.
2.
In the Pattern section, enter the combination of Pattern type and Pattern behavior for the Pattern string
being tested.
being tested.
—
If you select a Pattern behavior of Replace, you also need to enter a Replace string.
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If you select a Pattern behavior of Add prefix or Add suffix, you also need to enter an Additional text string
to append/prepend to the Pattern string.
to append/prepend to the Pattern string.
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that can be used to match against
certain configuration elements.
3.
Click Check pattern to test whether the alias matches the pattern.
The Result section shows whether the alias matched the pattern, and displays the resulting alias (including
the effect of any transform if appropriate).
The Result section shows whether the alias matched the pattern, and displays the resulting alias (including
the effect of any transform if appropriate).
Locating an Alias
The Locate tool (Maintenance > Tools > Locate) lets you test whether the Expressway can find an endpoint identified
by the given alias, within the specified number of "hops", without actually placing a call to that endpoint.
by the given alias, within the specified number of "hops", without actually placing a call to that endpoint.
This tool is useful when diagnosing dial plan and network deployment issues.
To use this tool:
1.
Enter the Alias you want to locate.
2.
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