Retrieving a Cisco Contents Service Switch Configuration

Tested on a Cisco CSS

Using SSH, Telnet or the Console

For this procedure you will be using the Command Line Interface (CLI) of your Cisco Contents Service Switch device using an SSH client (such as OpenSSH or Putty), Telnet or through the console port. We would recommend using either SSH (for remote connections) or using a direct connection to the console port. Telnet provides no encryption of the communications and therefore your authentication credentials and configuration would be vulnerable if a malicious user were to monitor your connection.

 1.       Connect to the Cisco CSS using your favorite SSH client, Telnet or a direct console connection. (NB: You may need to set the baud rate to the appropriate speed for your device.  A list of standard rates can be found at the end of this document.  On our Cisco CSS test device, the baud rate was 9600)

2.       Logon using your administration authentication credentials.

3. Execute the following CLI command and capture the output (possibly using the cut and paste facility):

show startup-config

4. Save the captured output to a file and remove any visible page lines (i.e. --More--).

If you are unsure about the baud rate that your device is set to we would suggest trying the most common default baud rates which are 9600, 19200 & 115200

For your convenience, we have listed the other baud rates commonly supported by serial ports below:

110

300

600

1200

2400

4800

14400

28800

38400

56000

57600

Standard baud rates supported by some serial ports:

128000

153600 

230400

256000

460800

921600