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Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine Configuring Cisco IOS Agents
Note For more information about running the setup program and creating templates on the Configuration
Engine, see the Cisco Configuration Engine Installation and Setup Guide, 1.5 for Linux at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/configuration_engine/1.5/installation_linux/guide/setup_
1.html
Tab le 4-1 Prerequisites for Enabling Automatic Configuration
Device Required Configuration
Access switch Factory default (no configuration file)
Distribution switch IP helper address
Enable DHCP relay agent
IP routing (if used as default gateway)
DHCP server IP address assignment
TFTP server IP address
Path to bootstrap configuration file on the TFTP server
Default gateway IP address
TFTP server A bootstrap configuration file that includes the CNS
configuration commands that enable the switch to
communicate with the Configuration Engine
The switch configured to use either the switch MAC address
or the serial number (instead of the default hostname) to
generate the ConfigID and EventID
The CNS event agent configured to push the configuration file
to the switch
CNS Configuration Engine One or more templates for each type of device, with the ConfigID
of the device mapped to the template.