Contents
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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Booting Manually
3-19
Booting a Specific Software Image
3-19
Controlling Environment Variables
3-20
Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image
3-21
Configuring a Scheduled Reload
3-22
Displaying Scheduled Reload Information
3-23
C H A P T E R
4
Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine
4-1
Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software
4-1
Configuration Service
4-2
Event Service
4-3
NameSpace Mapper
4-3
What You Should Know About the CNS IDs and Device Hostnames
4-3
ConfigID
4-3
DeviceID
4-4
Hostname and DeviceID
4-4
Using Hostname, DeviceID, and ConfigID
4-4
Understanding Cisco IOS Agents
4-5
Initial Configuration
4-5
Incremental (Partial) Configuration
4-6
Synchronized Configuration
4-6
Configuring Cisco IOS Agents
4-6
Enabling Automated CNS Configuration
4-6
Enabling the CNS Event Agent
4-7
Enabling the Cisco IOS CNS Agent
4-8
Enabling an Initial Configuration
4-9
Enabling a Partial Configuration
4-12
Upgrading Devices with Cisco IOS Image Agent
4-13
Prerequisites for the CNS Image Agent
4-13
Restrictions for the CNS Image Agent
4-13
Displaying CNS Configuration
4-14
C H A P T E R
5
Administering the Switch
5-1
Managing the System Time and Date
5-1
Understanding the System Clock
5-1
Understanding Network Time Protocol
5-2
Configuring NTP
5-3
Default NTP Configuration
5-4
Configuring NTP Authentication
5-4