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Preface
Audience
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Cisco Content Services Switch Getting Started Guide
OL-6711-01
Audience
This guide is intended for the following trained and qualified service personnel 
who are responsible for configuring the CSS:
• Web master
• System administrator
• System operator
How to Use This Guide
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter Description
Chapter 1, Booting, 
Logging In, and 
Getting Started
Provides information to power on and boot the CSS for 
the first time, log in to the CSS, and boot the CSS on a 
routine basis.
Chapter 2, Configuring 
CSS Basics
Provides information to configure the username and 
password, Ethernet management port, static IP routes, 
and the date and time including daylight savings time 
(summer time) and SNTP. 
Chapter 3, Configuring 
the Domain Name 
Service
Provides information to configure the Domain Name 
Server for hostname resolution.
Chapter 4, Configuring 
Sticky Cookies
Provides a CSS sticky overview and examples of 
configuring sticky cookies.
Chapter 5, Where to 
Go Next
Provides content information for the CSS 
documentation to help you find administration and 
configuration tasks.
Appendix A, 
Troubleshooting the 
Boot Process
Provides information to troubleshoot the boot process 
for the Cisco 11500 series CSS.










