Cisco Cisco Configuration Engine 1.4 Données agrégées
Product Bulletin
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Cisco Configuration Engine Version 3.0
Cisco
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Configuration Engine is a highly scalable software application running on Linux
based platforms and can be used by Cisco customers to manage customer premises
equipment (CPE) devices, including Cisco routers and switches. Cisco Configuration
Engine requires minimal configuration and can be deployed without any changes to the
customer's operation or business processes. Cisco Configuration Engine is ready to
deploy and is accessible through a Web-based GUI or Web applications such as
Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).
Service providers and large enterprise customers are faced with similar challenges in deploying
and managing large volumes of network devices. Cisco Configuration Engine supports a highly
scalable, available, distributed, and fault-tolerant architecture that helps customers to customize
core components to meet the operational requirements in a service-oriented network.
Table 1.
Cisco Configuration Engine Features
Feature
Description
General
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Data Repository supports an embedded or external database.
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Web GUI
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Image and file distribution services.
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Velocity Template Engine
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Web Services APIs
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Bulk Upload
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Device cloning
Velocity Template Engine
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User customization based on user's device-configuration and service-activation
requirements
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Support for Java, Perl, Expect, and other scripting tools
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Dynamic configuration possible through interaction with the device
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Workflow control to help customer to perform multiple tasks
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Ability for users to develop and plug in scripts to validate device attributes entered by
network operations center (NOC) personnel
Configuration and Image
Services
Services
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Pager or e-mail notification after successful completion or failure of configuration
updates, 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 outcome of service request
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Policy-based image distribution and activation to validate device resource before
upgrading software images
Web Services
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Secure HTTPS and SSL communication between customer application and Cisco
Configuration Engine
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Flexible and easy integration, reducing the cost of implementation
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XML/SOAP Web Service Description Language (WSDL) available for administrative,
configuration, and image services
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Standard-based and not dependent on the OS
New Features
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Solaris 10 and RHAT 4.0 support
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Increased scale to 30000 managed devices on a single server
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Certification on latest Sun hardware
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Cisco Validated Designs for:
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Zero Touch Deployments
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High availability
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Scalability with multiple Configuration Engine servers