Cisco Cisco Configuration Engine 1.4 Guía De Información
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Q&A
CISCO CONFIGURATION ENGINE 1.5
Q.
What is Cisco
®
Configuration Engine?
A.
Cisco Configuration Engine is a highly scalable software application that provides a secure solution for automating the deployment of Cisco
customer premises equipment (CPE) devices. It distributes device-and service-configuration files and software images to individual or groups of
devices, thereby reducing the operating cost and deployment time to enable new services and activate new customers.
Q.
What are the primary features of the Cisco Configuration Engine?
A.
Primary features of the Cisco Configuration Engine include:
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Secure Zero Touch Deployment of services and software image
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Secure policy-based distribution of configuration, software image, security signature files, and Cisco CallManager Express feature scripts to
individual or groups of devices
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Enhancements to Web GUI to support features previously available only through integration with other applications
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Dynamic, workflow-enabled and user-programmable Velocity template engine
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Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Web services for programmatic interface
Q.
Who can benefit by using the Cisco Configuration Engine?
A.
Service providers and enterprises. Service providers can use the Cisco Configuration Engine to automate the deployment of Cisco CPE-based
managed services, service provisioning, and the management of large-scale deployments of Cisco CPE and software image upgrades.
Enterprises can use the Cisco Configuration Engine to automate large network deployments, CPE upgrades, branch office service provisioning such
as Cisco CallManager Express, Cisco Unity
®
Express, Signature Definition File (SDF) security signature files, VPNs, firewalls, etc.
Q.
Can the Cisco Configuration Engine integrate with OSSs or other vendor or customer applications?
A.
Yes. Cisco Configuration Engine supports XML/SOAP Web services. Customers can purchase the Software Development Kit (SDK) to
integrate with the Cisco Configuration Engine.
Q.
Does Cisco Configuration Engine support access to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Version 3 (LDAPv3) directory server?
A.
Cisco Configuration Engine supports customer-provided external directories.
DEVICE SUPPORT
Q.
What are the platforms supported by Cisco Configuration Engine, and the minimum Cisco IOS
®
Software release required?
A.
Table 1 lists the supported Cisco platforms and the minimum Cisco IOS Software releases.