Accessing The Switch And Appliance Interfaces; Accessing The Cisco Nexus Series Switch; Accessing The Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller (Adc) Appliance - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Accessing the Switch and Appliance Interfaces

Accessing the Switch and Appliance Interfaces
This section provides information on how to access the command-line interface (CLI) for the Cisco Nexus
Series Series switch and the CLI and GUI for the Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC)
appliance. The switch and appliance interfaces enable you to perform many administrative tasks, including
configuring the RISE feature.
Before logging into the interfaces, ensure that you have completed the installation process outlined in the
"Preparing for RISE Integration" chapter.
This section includes the following topics:

Accessing the Cisco Nexus Series Switch

After the Cisco Nexus Series switch boots up, you can access the command-line interface (CLI). See the Cisco
Nexus Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide for more information on using the CLI.
To log onto the CLI through the console port, follow these steps:
Step 1
Use the switch's IP address to establish a Telnet or SSH connection from your PC to the switch.
Step 2 When the login prompt appears, enter your login ID and password to access the switch CLI.

Accessing the Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) Appliance

A Citrix NetScaler appliance has both a command line interface (CLI) and a graphical user interface (GUI).
The GUI includes a configuration utility for configuring the appliance and a Dashboard for monitoring
Netscaler performance. For initial access, all appliances ship with the default NetScaler IP address (NSIP) of
192.168.100.1 and default subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. You can assign a new NSIP and an associated subnet
mask during initial configuration.
Note If you are using the direct connect mode to connect the appliance to the Cisco Nexus switch, you are not
required to access the Citrix Netscaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) appliance to configure
RISE. For direct connect mode, the IP address and VLAN for management are pushed from the Cisco
Nexus switch as part of RISE simplified provisioning.
The following table summarizes the available access methods.
Table 2: Methods for Accessing the Citrix Netscaler Appliance
Access Method
CLI
CLI and GUI
Cisco Remote Integrated Service Engine for Citrix NetScaler Appliances and Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Configuration Guide
18
Port
Console
Ethernet
Configuring RISE
Default IP Address Required?
No
Yes