Cisco Systems 3750E Enabling the CNS Event Agent, Backup init-retry retry-count keepalive seconds

Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents

Configuring Cisco IOS Agents

Enabling the CNS Event Agent

Note You must enable the CNS event agent on the switch before you enable the CNS configuration agent.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable the CNS event agent on the switch:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
	cns event {ip-address hostname} [port-number]	Enable the event agent, and enter the gateway parameters.
	[backup] [init-retry retry-count] [keepalive seconds	• For {ip-address hostname}, enter either the
	retry-count] [source ip-address]
		IP address or the hostname of the event gateway.
		• (Optional) For port number, enter the port number for
		the event gateway. The default port number is 11011.
		• (Optional) Enter backup to show that this is the
		backup gateway. (If omitted, this is the primary
		gateway.)
		• (Optional) For init-retryretry-count, enter the
		number of initial retries before switching to backup.
		The default is 3.
		• (Optional) For keepalive seconds, enter how often the
		switch sends keepalive messages. For retry-count,
		enter the number of unanswered keepalive messages
		that the switch sends before the connection is
		terminated. The default for each is 0.
		• (Optional) For source ip-address, enter the source IP
		address of this device.
		Note Though visible in the command-line help string,
		the encrypt and force-fmt1keywords are not
		supported.
Step 3
	end	Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
	show cns event connections	Verify information about the event agent.
Step 5
	show running-config	Verify your entries.
Step 6
	copy running-config startup-config	(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

To disable the CNS event agent, use the no cns event {ip-address hostname} global configuration command.

This example shows how to enable the CNS event agent, set the IP address gateway to 10.180.1.27, set 120 seconds as the keepalive interval, and set 10 as the retry count.

Switch(config)# cns event 10.180.1.27 keepalive 120 10

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