Provisioning a Device Supported Out-of-the-Box By Managed Device
Out of the box, Managed Device service pack support for CISCO IOS-XE based devices by default.
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Onboarding the device. |
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Bulk provisioning |
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Configuring the template parameters to the default device using the MSX portal. |
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Configuring the template parameters to the default device using the site template, which is in the CSV file format. |
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Deconfiguring the applied template parameter from the device. |
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Deprovision the device to bring back the Day-1 configuration. |
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Deleting and removing the site information from Cisco MSX. |
Placing an Order for a Managed Device Service
The Cisco MSX Managed Device service pack allows you to onboard devices to the MSX platform and monitor their status and metrics. You can onboard a single device manually or multiple devices at once using the Bulk Import feature.
Before you begin
The prerequisites for the task are that:
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A tenant and a tenant user are created.
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The device template is defined and is available for the tenant user.
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Import the device model.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal. |
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In the main menu, go to MSX Dashboard and then click Managed Device. The Managed Device home page window appears. |
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Select an appropriate tenant. |
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Click Add Device. Next step: Now add a new device into the Cisco MSX. For more information see Adding the Device |
Adding the Device
To add a device:
Procedure
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Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal. |
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In the main menu, go to MSX Dashboard. The MSX Dashboard home page window appears. |
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Click Managed Device. The Managed Device home page appears. |
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Select a tenant. |
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Click Add Device. |
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In the Site Details section, specify the site details such as site name, site description, contact name, contact email, and location. ![]() |
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Step 7 |
Click Continue. |
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In the Select Template section, you can select templates from the Template Options. ![]() In the right pane, all the selected templates appear as a stack of templates.
Each template in the stack is independent of the other template. These templates can be selected in any order. The latest selected template appears first in the template stack. These configurations are applied to the device in an appropriate order.
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Click Continue. |
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Select the device Onboarding Type from the available options. ![]()
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Step 11 |
Click Continue. |
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Specify the Device Details. Based on the selected onboarding type, enter the device details.
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Click Submit to add a device. |
Importing Multiple Devices
Cisco Managed Device service pack allows you to import multiple devices at once using the bulk import feature. The site template file is used to import multiple devices. This file has a custom header row, and each subsequent row in the file represents a device to be created. You need to enter the required data in the appropriate columns of the file and then import the site template file to Cisco MSX..
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You must have a role that includes the MANAGE_BULK_IMPORT permission to perform the bulk import operation. |
To avoid potential errors, disable the bulk import function if a bulk import job is already running. For example, if an error occurs when the bulk import job includes a device that is already provisioned, then the device gets duplicated in the Cisco MSX. Performing the jobs in sequence ensure that all the devices are added correctly by detecting and ignoring duplicate devices.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Download a Site Template file. To download a site template: |
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Prepare the Site Template file. |
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Edit the downloaded Site Template file.
![]() Legend DNS:SP_Domain_Name: Template_Instance1 DNS:SP_DNS_SERVER1: Template_Instance2 DNS:SP_DNS_SERVER2: Template_Instance3 Cisco.com,cisco.com: Value1,Value2 (Values of Template_Instance1 for site1) 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2: Value1,Value2 (Values of Template_Instance2 for site1) 3.3.3.3,4.4.4.4: Value1,Value2 (Values of Template_Instance3 for site1) As per the above table, apply the DNS template to site1 and site2. This template has three instances and two values; thus, the DNS template is applied twice on the site1 and site2. The DNS template is applied once on site 3. |
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Import the site template file. |
Applying Template from Cisco MSX Portal
To apply template to a device:
Procedure
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Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal. |
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In the MSX main menu, click MSX Dashboard. The MSX Dashboard home page window appears. |
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Click Manage Device. The Managed Device home page window appears. |
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Click the List View icon to view the devices. |
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Select the device to apply template, click (...) > Apply Template. ![]()
While adding device, templates can also be applied. For more information, see Adding the Device.. |
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In the Select Template section, you can select templates from the Template Options. The selected stack of template appears on the right pane.
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Step 7 |
Click Submit. |
Applying Template Using Site Template File
To apply the template to the device using a site template file:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco MSX portal. |
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In the MSX main menu, click MSX Dashboard. The MSX Dashboard home page window appears. |
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Click Manage Device. The Managed Device home page window appears. |
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Click the List View icon to view the devices. |
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Select the devices to apply the template, click (...) > Apply Template By CSV. ![]() |
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Click Continue. |
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Click Generate & Download to generate and download the site template file, as mentioned in Step 4. |
Removing Site
To remove a template from a site:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco MSX portal. |
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In the main menu, go to MSX Dashboard. The MSX Dashboard home page window appears. |
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Click Managed Device. The Managedd Device home page window appears. |
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Click the List view icon, select the site for which you want to remove the templates and click Manage Template Details. The Template Details dialog box appears. |
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Click Remove Template.You can remove only one template at a time. |
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To remove all the templates associated with the sites, navigate to the Managed Device home page window, click (...) > Remove Templates. |
Deprovisioning Site
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal. |
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In the main menu, go to Settings. The Setting home page window appears. |
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Click Service Catalog > Managed Device. The Managed Device home page window appears. |
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Click the Settings tab. |
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Select the site that you want to deprovision and click the Deprovision icon. A confirmation dialog box appears.
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Step 6 |
Click Deprovision Device.
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Deleting Site
To delete a site:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Log in to the Cisco MSX Portal. |
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In the MSX main menu, click MSX Dashboard. The MSX Dashboard home page window appears. |
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Click Manage Device. The Managed Device home page window appears. |
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Select the device that needs to be deleted, click (...) > Force Delete Site. Deletes and removes all the site information from Cisco MSX, and resets it. If the deletion fails, the site status displays a failure message.
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