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Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide for Cisco Prime LAN
Management Solution 4 EZ Deploy Templates
Management Solution 4 EZ Deploy Templates
Purpose of This Quick Start Guide
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the Cisco Prime
™
LAN Management
Solution (LMS) EZ Deploy templates for Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
2000 Series and Catalyst 3000 Series Switches. Prior to
installing the templates, you should download, install, and configure an evaluation license for Cisco Prime LMS 4.
A quick start for the Cisco Prime LMS 4 Evaluation License can be found at
About Cisco Prime LMS 4 EZ Deploy Templates for Cisco Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series
Switches
Switches
The XML-formatted EZ Deploy templates provide a set of more commonly used basic and advanced Cisco IOS
®
Software configuration commands that a network administrator/operator can select to apply to one or more Cisco
Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series Switches residing in the network. The templates are based on Cisco best practices
and are designed to make the deployment of Cisco devices easier and more errorproof, substantially reducing the
time it takes to get the devices operational.
Prerequisites for the Deployment of Cisco Prime LMS 4 EZ Deploy Templates for Cisco
Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series Switches
Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series Switches
The following are the prerequisites for deploying the EZ Deploy Templates:
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A licensed evaluation copy of Cisco Prime LMS 4 is installed.
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Cisco Catalyst 2000 Series or Catalyst 3000 Series switches are running Cisco IOS Software 12.2(58)SE1
or a later version.
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Cisco Catalyst 2000 Series or Catalyst 3000 Series switches are managed by Cisco Prime LMS 4. For
instructions on managing the devices, please see the Cisco Prime LMS 4 Quick Start Guide.
Getting Started with Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series Configuration Templates
Following are the steps to deploy configuration templates on Catalyst 2000 and 3000 Series devices:
unzip the files.
Step 2. Import the configuration templates to your Cisco Prime LMS server.
a. Log in to Cisco Prime LMS with your LMS credentials.
b. Go to ConfigurationToolsTemplateCenter.