Understanding Cns Embedded Agents; Initial Configuration - Cisco 2950G 24 - Catalyst Switch Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 5 Configuring IE2100 CNS Agents

Understanding CNS Embedded Agents

The CNS event agent feature allows the switch to publish and subscribe to events on the event bus and
works with the CNS configuration agent. The CNS configuration agent feature supports the switch by
providing:
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Initial Configuration

When the switch first comes up, it attempts to get an IP address by broadcasting a Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request on the network. Assuming there is no DHCP server on the
subnet, the distribution switch acts as a DHCP relay agent and forwards the request to the DHCP server.
Upon receiving the request, the DHCP server assigns an IP address to the new switch and includes the
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server IP address, the path to the bootstrap configuration file, and
the default gateway IP address in a unicast reply to the DHCP relay agent. The DHCP relay agent
forwards the reply to the switch.
The switch automatically configures the assigned IP address on interface VLAN 1 (the default) and
downloads the bootstrap configuration file from the TFTP server. Upon successful download of the
bootstrap configuration file, the switch loads the file in its running configuration.
The embedded CNS agents initiate communication with the IE2100 Configuration Registrar by using the
appropriate configID and eventID. The Configuration Registrar maps the configID to a template and
downloads the full configuration file to the switch.
Figure 5-2
by using DHCP-based autoconfiguration.
Figure 5-2
Configuration
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Initial configurations
Incremental (partial) configurations
Synchronized configuration updates
shows a sample network configuration for retrieving the initial bootstrap configuration file
Initial Configuration Overview
IE2100
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Registrar
Distribution layer
Access layer
switches
TFTP
server
WAN
DHCP
server
DHCP relay agent
default gateway
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