Managing Cisco IOS Devices with Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Adding a Device to Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Add a profile

Config SSH

Config HTTPS

Add a device

Specify the profile & add device

Using Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Make Changes on IOS Devices

Configure an existing device

Device’s config

Globo-HQ#show ip int bri
Interface IP-Address 0K? Method Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet0/0 192.168.1.100 YES manual up up
GigabitEthernet0/1 172.20.1.57 YES manual up up
Loopback100 1.1.1.1 YES manual up up

Using Cisco Prime Templates to Make Changes on IOS Devices

Current config on device:

Globo-HQ-MPLS#show run sec aaa
aaa new-model
aaa session-id common

Configuring a device template

Creating a composite template

Deploying config to devices

Config deployed:

Globo-HQ-MPLS#show run | sec aaa
aaa new-model
aaa group server tacacs+ GloboISEGroup
server name GloboISE1
ip vrf forwarding Mgmt-intf
ip tacacs source-interface GigabitEthernet0/1
aaa authentication login default group GloboISEGroup local
aaa authentication enable default group GloboISEGroup enable
aaa authorization console
aaa authorization config-commands
aaa authorization exec default group GloboISEGroup local if-authenticated
aaa authorization commands default group GloboISEGroup local if-authenticated
aaa authorization commands default group GloboISEGroup local if-authenticated
aaa authorization commands 4 default group GloboISEGroup local if-authenticated
aaa authorization commands 15 default group GloboISEGroup local if-authenticated
aaa accounting exec default start-stop group GloboISEGroup
aaa accounting commands 0 default start-stop group GloboISEGroup
aaa accounting commands 1 default start-stop group GloboISEGroup
aaa accounting commands 4 default start-stop group GloboISEGroup
aaa accounting commands 15 default start-stop group GloboISEGroup
aaa session-id common

Using Prime to Upgrade IOS Devices

We want to upgrade this image:

sh ver
System image file is "flash:c3750e-universalk9-mz.152-4.E6/c3750e-universalk9-mz.152-4.E6.bin"

Downloading software images via Cisco

Downloading software from file

Distribute the image and follow the wizard

Activate the image and follow the wizard

The image is upgraded:

sh ver
System image file is "flash:c3750e-universalk9-mz.152-4.E9.bin"