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9030944 E10 Introduction
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Special Features for Cisco Routers
Cisco Host Configuration File With Which ECM Can Work
Special Features for Cisco Routers
Cisco Host Configuration File With Which ECM Can Work
When you are configuring Cisco routers, you have the option of working with
both device attributes and Cisco host configuration commands. The host
configuration file on the Cisco router contains the host configuration setup
commands used to configure the router:
• When you capture or create a Cisco router configuration, you will notice
an Edit Host Configuration button at the bottom of the window.
• Likewise, when you create a template for a Cisco router, you will notice
Include Host Configuration radio buttons at the bottom of the window.
These buttons enable you to perform all ECM operations on the Cisco host
configuration. This means you can capture the host configuration commands,
include them in configurations, modify them, verify them, and load them to
devices as part of the ECM configuration.
Cisco Device Types That ECM Can Configure
You can perform ECM operations on devices of any Cisco device type as long
as the following two requirements are met:
• The device type must allow TFTP access to the Cisco host configuration.
• The device type and ECM model type handle must be listed in the
CISCO_MTYPES file, located in your ECM directory.
If you open the CISCO_MTYPES file, you will see that it includes the
following device types:
Rtr_Cisco Rtr_CiscoMIM Rtr_CiscoAGS Rtr_CiscoIGS
Rtr_CiscoMGS Rtr_CiscoCGS Cisco_Devs Cisco_Com_Mib
Rtr_Cisco2500 Rtr_Cisco3000 Rtr_Cisco4000 Rtr_Cisco7000
Rtr_CiscoMIM3T
If you want to work with devices of a type not included in the
CISCO_MTYPES file, call Cabletron Support to see if you can include that
device type in the file. (Support will be able to tell you whether the device
allows TFTP access to the Cisco host configuration.) If Cabletron Support tells
you that the device is permitted, enter the device type and ECM model handle
in the CISCO_MTYPES file. When you invoke ECM again, you will be able to
perform all ECM operations on devices of this type.