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Prime Infrastructure helps automate the deployment of new devices on your network. Prime Infrastructure obtains and applies the necessary software image and configuration on a new network device. Using features such as Cisco IOS "auto-install" (which uses DHCP and TFTP) and the Cisco Network Services (CNS) "call-home" agent capabilities,Prime Infrastructure reduces the time it takes for a new device to join the network and become functional.
Using the Prime Infrastructure Automated Deployment feature, you create templates to define features and configurations that can be reused and applied to new devices. You can streamline new device deployment by creating templates that define any necessary minimal initial configuration, referred to as a bootstrap config, needed to communicate with Prime Infrastructure and to specify (and pre-deploy) software images and configurations for devices that will be added to the network in the future.
You can specify either of the following for pre-provisioning:
•Device ID—Used by CNS and auto-installation-based deployments.
•Device type—Used by CNS-based deployments only and bulk provisioning of new devices.
The automatic deployment process is as follows:
1. Create an automated remote deployment profile (Design > Automated Deployment Profiles).
2. Based on the automated deployment method, Prime Infrastructure performs the following actions:
•CNS—When a new device is added to the network, you apply a bootstrap configuration to activate the CNS agent on the device. This can be done using the xyz feature of Prime Infrastructure or by using your own mechanism. The device "calls home" to the Prime Infrastructure server.
The Prime Infrastructure server matches the serial number or device ID specified in the automated deployment profile with that of the device calling home.
•Auto-install—When a new device is added and the host name is configured, auto-install enables the device to contact the Prime Infrastructure TFTP sever. The Prime Infrastructure server downloads and applies the bootstrap configuration in the automated deployment profile which has the same device ID as the hostname on the new device. The bootstrap configuration enables the device to send the SNMP config trap, with its IP address, to the Prime Infrastructure server.
The Prime Infrastructure server matches the IP address specified in the automate deployment profile with that of the device calling home.
3. If the automated deployment profile and the device match, Prime Infrastructure adds the device to its inventory.
4. Prime Infrastructure applies the software image and configuration specified in the automated deployment profile and you can use all Prime NCS features to manage the device.
You first need to define the profiles for your devices:
•See Creating Remote Deployment Profiles
•See Creating Controller Deployment Profiles
You create an automated deployment profile to define the device type, software image, and configuration that you want to apply to devices that will be added your network in the future.
Step 1 Select Design > Automated Deployment Profiles.
Step 2 Hover your mouse over Automated Deployment Profile, then click New.
Step 3 Complete the required fields.
•For Bootstrap Template,
•For
Step 4 Click Save as New Automated Deployment Profile.
Step 5 Click:
•Publish to publish your profile and make it available for future deployment.
•Deploy to immediately deploy the deployment profile.
Writer Note: I think we should provide a sample composite template for a WAN router to give a specific example.
Writer Note: Does it make sense to have this example also?
Writer Note: Content TBD.