Cisco Cisco 3365 Mobility Services Engine Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Mobility Services Engine, Release 7.6.100.0
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Operational Notes for a Mobility Services Engine
Controller and Associated Mobility Services Engine Must be Mapped to the Same NTP and Prime
Infrastructure Server
Infrastructure Server
Communication between the mobility services engine, the Prime Infrastructure, and the controller are in
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) on each system
provides devices with the UTC time. An NTP server is required to automatically synchronize time
between the controller, Prime Infrastructure, and the mobility services engine.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) on each system
provides devices with the UTC time. An NTP server is required to automatically synchronize time
between the controller, Prime Infrastructure, and the mobility services engine.
The mobility services engine and its associated controllers must be mapped to the same NTP server and
the same Prime Infrastructure server.
the same Prime Infrastructure server.
Local time zones can be configured on a mobility services engine to assist network operations center
personnel in locating events within logs.
personnel in locating events within logs.
Note
You can configure NTP server settings while running the automatic installation script. See the Cisco
Mobility Services Engine Getting Started Guide Started Guide for details on the automatic installation
script at the following URL:
Mobility Services Engine Getting Started Guide Started Guide for details on the automatic installation
script at the following URL:
Mandatory Default Root Password Change
You must change the default root password of the mobility services engine while running the automatic
installation script to ensure optimum network security.
installation script to ensure optimum network security.
You can also change the password using the Linux passwd command.
Note
For the initial login, even if you choose Skip (S), you will be prompted to enter the password. This is
because it is mandatory to change the root password at the initial login.
because it is mandatory to change the root password at the initial login.
Configuring the Prime Infrastructure Communication Username and Password Using MSE setup.sh
You can configure the Prime Infrastructure Communication username and password using the MSE
setup.sh script file.
setup.sh script file.
Scenarios which you might encounter while configuring the Prime Infrastructure username and
password are as follows:
password are as follows:
•
If you configure a new Prime Infrastructure username and password, the password provided is
applicable for the new Prime Infrastructure username created.
applicable for the new Prime Infrastructure username created.
•
If you only configure the Prime Infrastructure username without configuring the Prime
Infrastructure password, then the default password admin is applied to the configured username.
Infrastructure password, then the default password admin is applied to the configured username.
•
If you only configure the Prime Infrastructure password without configuring the Prime
Infrastructure username, then the password for the admin user is changed.
Infrastructure username, then the password for the admin user is changed.
•
If you configure an existing username for the Prime Infrastructure username and also configure the
password, then the password for that existing user is changed.
password, then the password for that existing user is changed.
Note
These users are API users, and they do not have corresponding OS users on the MSE appliance.