Cisco Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5
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Release Notes for Cisco Configuration Engine 3.5
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What’s New in this Release
Note
In the Cisco Configuration Engine, the event gateway ports 11011 and 11012 are reserved for port
automatic allocation starting from the Cisco Configuration Engine release 3.5. If a user wants to zero
touch deploy the devices or already have deployed the devices currently using these two ports, then the
user should enable this feature and enter the correct cns event command during Cisco Configuration
Engine setup. For more information, see "Scalability among Event Gateway Ports" chapter in the Cisco
Configuration Engine Installation and Configuration guide.
automatic allocation starting from the Cisco Configuration Engine release 3.5. If a user wants to zero
touch deploy the devices or already have deployed the devices currently using these two ports, then the
user should enable this feature and enter the correct cns event command during Cisco Configuration
Engine setup. For more information, see "Scalability among Event Gateway Ports" chapter in the Cisco
Configuration Engine Installation and Configuration guide.
External Authentication
The Cisco Configuration Engine supports external user authentication. From the 3.5 release, the Cisco
Configuration Engine supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based external
authentication integrating with MS Active Directory.
Configuration Engine supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based external
authentication integrating with MS Active Directory.
ZTD Over Serial Line
The Cisco Configuration Engine supports ZTD over a serial line.
UDI Support
The Cisco Configuration Engine provides full Unique Device Identifier (UDI) support.
Text only Device Configuration
The Cisco Configuration Engine listing of device configuration currently has a line number in front. This
prevents the customer from cut and paste a portion of a configuration.
prevents the customer from cut and paste a portion of a configuration.
Multizone System Setup
The Cisco Configuration Engine can segregate the HTTP/HTTPS and TCP traffic based on the source
IP address or the network interface. This traffic segregation enables the Cisco Configuration Engine to
support multi-zone deployment architecture.
IP address or the network interface. This traffic segregation enables the Cisco Configuration Engine to
support multi-zone deployment architecture.
Note
The installation of the Cisco Configuration Engine software does not offer the multizone system setup
by default. If you require a multizone system setup, you must enable the multizone feature during the
system setup. To setup multiple IP addresses on the Cisco Configuration Engine server, you must
manually customize the network parameters of the server to have multiple IP addresses. For more
information, see Chapter 6 “Setting Up a Multizone System” in Cisco Configuration Engine Installation
and Configuration Guide.
by default. If you require a multizone system setup, you must enable the multizone feature during the
system setup. To setup multiple IP addresses on the Cisco Configuration Engine server, you must
manually customize the network parameters of the server to have multiple IP addresses. For more
information, see Chapter 6 “Setting Up a Multizone System” in Cisco Configuration Engine Installation
and Configuration Guide.