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C H A P T E R 7

Setting Up a Device Provisioning Engine

A Cisco Device Provisioning Engine caches provisioning information and handles all configuration requests including downloading configuration files to devices. It is integrated with the Cisco Network Registrar DHCP server to control the assignment of IP addresses. Multiple DPEs can communicate with a single DHCP server. DPEs come with factory installed software that enables provisioning, but you must perform some initial configuration.

This chapter describes the setup procedure.

Hardware DPE Setup Sequence

Table 7-1identifies the sequence of events for setting up a hardware DPE.

Table 7-1		DPE Setup Sequence
Item	To do this . . .		See this section...
1.	Connect the DPE to the serial port of a		Connecting the Device Provisioning Engine,
	computer.		page 7-1
2.	Configure and run a terminal emulation		Configuring and Running a Terminal
	program on the computer.		Emulation Program, page 7-2
3.	Log in to the DPE and change the login/enable		Logging In, page 7-2
	password.
4.	Configure the DPE for data.		Configuring a Device Provisioning Engine
			for Data, page 7-3
5.	Configure the DPE to support voice		Configuring a Device Provisioning Engine
	technology.		for Voice Technology, page 7-5
6.	Configure the DPE to support the CableHome		See the Cisco Broadband Access Center for
	technology.		Cable Administrator’s Guide.

Connecting the Device Provisioning Engine

Each DPE comes with a console cable. To begin setting up the DPE, complete these steps:

Step 1 Attach one end of the cable to the console port of the DPE.

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