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Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents
Configuring Cisco IOS Agents
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable the CNS event agent on the switch:
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
Enabling the Cisco IOS CNS Agent
After enabling the CNS event agent, start the Cisco IOS CNS agent on the switch. You can enable the
Cisco IOS agent with these commands:
•
The
cns config initial
global configuration command enables the Cisco IOS agent and initiates an
initial configuration on the switch.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
cns event
{
ip-address | hostname
} [
port-number
]
[
backup
] [
init-retry
retry-count
] [
keepalive
seconds
retry-count
] [
source
ip-address
]
Enable the event agent, and enter the gateway parameters.
•
For {
ip-address
|
hostname
}, enter either the
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-retry
retry-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-fmt1
keywords 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.
