Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series, Software Configuration Manual

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Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Switch Software Configuration Guide
OL-25303-03
Chapter 1 Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine
Configuring Cisco IOS Agents
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
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/configuration_engine/1.5/installation_linux/guide/setup_
1.html
Table 1-1 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.