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Cisco Network Designer Importer

The Cisco Network Designer (CND) is a PC configuration system for pre-sales

CND PC Import Utilities

The NMT provides two PC Utilities for loading the CNF into the Cisco Network Designer, where the data is stored as a project. Table 12-1describes these utilities.

Table 12-1 PC Utilities for the CND

Utility

Description

 

 

NMT2CND

Proprietary CNF file used by NMT to provision a network considering QoS,

 

minimizing costs, and failure recovery. This file describes WAN topologies using

 

the BPX, MGX, and IGX switch product line. These configurations can be loaded

 

directly into CND for graphic display, BOMs and further reports, configuration

 

checking, and LAN and other network additions.

 

 

DBF2CND

Uses the NMT SpreadSheet Interface (SSI) to load data from MS Excel

 

workbooks into Cisco Network Designer. This data can be any Cisco products

 

that CND supports. Data must still be verified within CND to confirm the validity

 

of the design.

 

 

Installing the NMT2CND file

Once the NMT PC version is installed, the NMT2Cnd and DBF2CND files are located the in the nmt\bin directory on your hard drive.

Note Install the NMT2CND on a high powered PC with Cisco Network Designer (CND) and Cisco WAN Modeling Tool (NMT) installed. NMT installation is not technically required to run the NMT2CND utility. If you plan only to use the DBF2CND utility, you only need CND and MS Excel installed.

 

 

Cisco WAN Modeling Tools Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-10426-01, Rev. A0

 

 

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OL-10426-01 specifications

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