Cisco Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 Release Notes
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Introduction
Introduction
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 is a network management application that acts as a configuration
service for automating the deployment and management of network devices and services. The
service for automating the deployment and management of network devices and services. The
Cisco Configuration Engine runs on host systems running Linux.
The Cisco Configuration Engine is a network management software application that provides a highly
scalable, secure, and reliable solution for remote deployment. By taking advantage of intelligent agents
inside Cisco IOS Software, the Cisco Configuration Engine enables the call-home architecture, which
enables a new device to automatically connect with the Cisco Configuration Engine and obtain the
correct configuration.
scalable, secure, and reliable solution for remote deployment. By taking advantage of intelligent agents
inside Cisco IOS Software, the Cisco Configuration Engine enables the call-home architecture, which
enables a new device to automatically connect with the Cisco Configuration Engine and obtain the
correct configuration.
What’s New in Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 can now scale up to 30,000 devices through 60 ports on RHEL 6
(64-bit) servers. Each port will have a maximum capacity of 500 devices.
(64-bit) servers. Each port will have a maximum capacity of 500 devices.
The system requirements to scale up to 30,000 devices:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit SMP, kernel 2.6, and SELinux disabled)
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8 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5680 @ 3.33GHz
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12 GB or more RAM.
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100 GB disk space
What's Removed in Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5
1.
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 Release only supports the RHEL6 (64-bit) operating system
and the support for the older versions (RHEL4 32-bit, RHEL 5 32-bit and Solaris 10) have been
removed.
and the support for the older versions (RHEL4 32-bit, RHEL 5 32-bit and Solaris 10) have been
removed.
2.
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 no longer supports IMGW (Non-Agent) devices.
a.
User cannot add IMGW (Non-agent) devices through GUI.
b.
User cannot add IMGW (Non-agent) devices through bulk upload as well as through Web
services.
services.
c.
Also, while migration IMGW(Non-agent), devices will not be added to Cisco Configuration
Engine 3.5.5
Engine 3.5.5
3.
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 no longer supports Cisco PIX firewall devices.
4.
Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5.5 does not use Tibco® and /TibGate for event messaging and
gateway functionality respectively. Also, the following changes in the Configuration Engine
3.5.5 SDK:
gateway functionality respectively. Also, the following changes in the Configuration Engine
3.5.5 SDK:
a.
Tibco Rendezvous® based Event API’s will not be available.
b.
Solaris 10 packages for SDK will not be available for use.
c.
Cisco Configuration Engine will only support Web services SDK in 3.5.5