Cisco IE-4000 Software Configuration Manual page 89

Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine
Configuring Cisco IOS Agents
Command
1. configure terminal
2. cns event {hostname | ip-address} [port-number]
[backup] [failover-time seconds] [keepalive seconds
retry-count] [reconnect time] [source ip-address]
3. end
4. show cns event connections
Enabling Cisco IOS CNS Agent and an Initial Configuration
Command
1. configure terminal
2. cns template connect name
3. cli config-text
4.
5. exit
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enables the event agent, and enters the gateway
parameters.

{hostname | ip-address}—Enters either the hostname
or the IP address of the event gateway.

(Optional) port number—Enters the port number for
the event gateway. The default port number is 11011.

(Optional) backup—Shows that this is the backup
gateway. (If omitted, this is the primary gateway.)

(Optional) failover-time seconds—Enters how long
the switch waits for the primary gateway route after
the route to the backup gateway is established.

(Optional) keepalive seconds—Enters how often the
switch sends keepalive messages. For retry-count,
enters the number of unanswered keepalive
messages that the switch sends before the
connection is terminated. The default for each is 0.

(Optional) reconnect time—Enters the maximum time
interval that the switch waits before trying to
reconnect to the event gateway.

(Optional) source ip-address—Enters the source IP
address of this device.
Note: Though visible in the command-line help string, the
encrypt and the clock-timeout time keywords are not
supported.
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Verifies information about the event agent.
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enters CNS template connect configuration mode, and specifies
the name of the CNS connect template.
Enters a command line for the CNS connect template. Repeat
this step for each command line in the template.
Repeat Steps 2 to 3 to configure another CNS connect template.
Returns to global configuration mode.
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