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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide

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Chapter 5 Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine

Configuring Cisco IOS Agents

Enabling Automated CNS Configuration

To enable automated CNS configuration of the switch, you must first complete the prerequisites in

Table 5-1

. When you complete them, power on the switch. At the setup prompt, do nothing: The switch

begins the initial configuration as described in the

“Initial Configuration” section on page 5-5

. When the

full configuration file is loaded on your switch, you need to do nothing else.

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

Table 5-1

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.

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