Chapter 2 Provisioning

Configuration and Provisioning Solution Components

Cisco CNS Intelligence Engine

Cisco CNS Intelligence Engine and Cisco CNS Bus Technology

The Cisco CNS Intelligence Engine (Cisco CNS IE2100 Series) is a network management appliance that acts as a configuration service for automating the deployment and management of network devices and services. The Cisco CNS IE2100 appliance sits between Cisco PTC/Cisco VRC and the network elements, utilizing the Cisco CNS Integration Bus for data transport between the provisioning applications and the network elements.

The Cisco CNS Configuration Registrar application is a web-based system for automatically distributing configuration files to Cisco IOS network devices running Cisco IOS version 12.2(2) T, or later. Once the Cisco CNS IE2100 appliance is initially configured and the network elements are configured to use the Cisco CNS IE2100 appliance with two command line arguments, the system then operates automatically.

Note If you are running devices that use and earlier version of Cisco IOS or a different operating system, such as Catalyst, you should invoke the Intelligent Modular Gateway (IMG) for communicating with the device.

The Cisco CNS Configuration Registrar application utilizes the following industry standards and technologies:

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

Java Naming Directory Interface (JNDI)

Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)

Java servlets

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

The Cisco CNS IE2100 Series can be used as the runtime component for deployment of customer-developed applications. These applications can be developed using the Cisco CNS SDK 1.5. Complete descriptions and installation and configuration information can be found at the URL listed in the “Related Documents” section.

Hardware Requirements

The Cisco CNS Configuration Registrar is an application that runs on its own piece of hardware which is typically a 1 RU IBM rack mount server running the Linux Operating System.

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