Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series, Configuration Manual

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Purpose Command or Action
(Optional) Sets the unique EventID or ConfigID used by the Configuration
Engine. If you enter this command, do not enter the
cns id interface num
{ dns-reverse | ipaddress | mac-address } [ event ] [ image ] command.
cns id { hardware-serial | hostname |
string string | udi } [ event ] [ image ]
Example:
RemoteSwitch(config)# cns id hostname
Step 15
• For {
hardware-serial
|
hostname
|
string string
|
udi
}, enter
hardware-serial to set the switch serial number as the unique ID,
enter hostname (the default) to select the switch hostname as the
unique ID, enter an arbitrary text string for string string as the unique
ID, or enter udi to set the unique device identifier (UDI) as the unique
ID.
Enables the Cisco IOS agent, and initiates an initial configuration. cns config initial { hostname | ip-address }
[ port-number ] [
event
] [
no-persist
] [
page
page ] [
source ip-address
] [
syntax-check
]
Step 16
• For { hostname | ip-address }, enter the hostname or the IP address of
the configuration server.
Example:
RemoteSwitch(config)#
cns config
initial 10.1.1.1 no-persist
• (Optional) For port-number , enter the port number of the configuration
server. The default port number is 80.
• (Optional) Enable event for configuration success, failure, or warning
messages when the configuration is finished.
• (Optional) Enable no-persist to suppress the automatic writing to
NVRAM of the configuration pulled as a result of entering the cns
config initial
global configuration command. If the
no-persist
keyword is not entered, using the
cns config initial
command causes
the resultant configuration to be automatically written to NVRAM.
• (Optional) For
page page
, enter the web page of the initial
configuration. The default is /Config/config/asp.
• (Optional) Enter source ip-address to use for source IP address.
• (Optional) Enable syntax-check to check the syntax when this
parameter is entered.
Though visible in the command-line help string, the encrypt ,
status url
, and
inventory
keywords are not supported.
Note
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. end
Example:
Switch(config)#
end
Step 17
Verifies your entries. show running-config
Example:
Switch# show running-config
Step 18
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How to Configure the Configuration Engine