Installing L-Ess Application In Stand-Alone Mode - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Installation And Administration Manual

L-ESS Installation and Configuration

Installing L-ESS Application in Stand-alone Mode

Important:
To install and configure the L-ESS application:
Step 1
Obtain the software archive file as directed by your designated sales or service contact.
Important:
names help in identifying the platform. For example, L_ess_n_n_nn_solaris_sparc.zip indicates that this file
is for Solaris-Sparc platform. L_ess_n_n_nn_solaris_x86.zip indicates that this file is for Solaris-x86
platform.
Step 2 Create a directory named ess on the system on which you want to run the L-ESS application.
Step 3
Change to the /ess directory and then enter the following command to unzip the software archive file:
unzip L_ess_n_n_nn_solaris_n.zip
The following files are extracted in the current working directory:
 README: A text file that gives additional information on installation and configuration procedures for L-ESS
and PSMON.
 l_ess.tar: A tar archive that the installation script uses.
 install_ess: A shell script that performs the L-ESS installation.
 platform: A file that provides information on the platforms currently supported for L-ESS.
 StarentLESS.tar: A tar file that contains the L-ESS cluster agent package.
 less_pool.cfg: A configuration file to create L-ESS resource pool.
 ess_sourcedest_config.cfg: A file to configure the source and destination parameters.
 workload_division_T5220.sh: A shell script utility to allocate the CPU resource pools for workload division.
Step 4
Start the installation by entering the following command:
./install_ess [Option] [Config File Path]
If no option is provided, the install script will proceed with the installation of L-ESS application without loading the
source/destination config file, ess_sourcedest_config.cfg, present in the path where the tar ball is untarred.
The option is -l used to validate and load the config file.
If the validation is successful, the script will cause loading of config file parameters into a database. If it fails, the
installation will proceed without loading the config file.
If you want to load the source/destination configuration file after the installation is complete, use the
lessConfigUtility.sh script. For more information on how to use this script, refer to the Source and Destination
Configuration section in Configuring the L-ESS Server chapter.
Step 5
Follow the on-screen prompts to progress through the various installation dialogs and configure the parameters as
required. Refer to the following table for descriptions of the configurable parameters on each of the installation dialogs.
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The L-ESS application cannot be upgraded currently. Only complete re-installation is supported.
L-ESS supports both Solaris-Sparc and Solaris-x86 platforms. The installable tar file
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