Cisco Cisco Configuration Engine 1.4 Hoja De Datos
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Ability of customers to develop and plug in scripts to validate device attributes entered by network operations center (NOC) personnel
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Support for scripts to autopopulate attribute values retrieved from a customer’s data repository
Configuration and Image Services
The Cisco Configuration Engine 1.5 extends the configuration and image services functionality to include:
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E-page/e-mail notification after successful completion or failure of configuration updates and image distribution and activation
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Concept of batch size to enable customer to update thousands of devices but limit the number of simultaneous updates
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State information to monitor and update the outcome of service requests
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Policy-based image distribution and activation to validate device resources before upgrading software images
Web Services
Today Web services play an important role in transforming enterprise application integration across all aspects of business. Customers prefer Web
services because of their ease of use and low-cost integration based on open standards. The Cisco Configuration Engine 1.5 introduces support for
Web services with a complete set of APIs in parallel with all the features supported through the Web GUI. Immediate benefits to customers
integrating with the Cisco Configuration Engine using Web services include:
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Secure HTTPS/SSL communication between the customer application and the Cisco Configuration Engine
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Flexibility and ease of integration, reducing the cost of implementation
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XML/SOAP Web Services Description Language (WSDL) available for administrative, configuration, and image services; all features supported
from the Web GUI can be accessed programmatically through Web services
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No dependency on the OS; standards based
Table 1 lists benefits and features of the Cisco Configuration Engine 1.5. Table 2 lists supported devices.
Table 1.
Benefits and Features of the Cisco Configuration Engine
Features
Benefits
Support for 5000 CPE Devices Using SSL Transport
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This scalable solution enables large-scale secure deployment and
management of Cisco CPE over SSL and allows users to reduce
deployment costs and service turn uptime.
management of Cisco CPE over SSL and allows users to reduce
deployment costs and service turn uptime.
Zero-Touch Deployment
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Time to implement new service significantly reduced through
eliminating staging and manual processes
eliminating staging and manual processes
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Common solution for all Cisco IOS Software CPEs across multiple
access technologies (leased line, Frame Relay, ATM, cable, DSL,
Ethernet, and modem)
access technologies (leased line, Frame Relay, ATM, cable, DSL,
Ethernet, and modem)
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Scalable solution to implement services such as IP telephony, VPNs,
firewalls, and so on
firewalls, and so on
Web-Based GUI
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Feature-rich Web GUI enables customer to use product out of the box
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Configuration or image update to one device or group of devices
Velocity Template Engine
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Customizable to meet customer’s business and operation requirements
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Support for scripting languages (Java, Perl, and so on)
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Work flow control