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Chapter 29 Monitoring and Managing the Cisco MWR 2941 Router
Configuring Network Management Features
Note These devices must be connected through onboard Ethernet interfaces. CNS connections over Ethernet
HWICs and non-Ethernet interfaces are not supported.
The following sections describe how to configure CNS on the Cisco MWR 2941.
• Process Overview
• Configuring a DHCP Server
• Configuring a TFTP Server
• Configuring the Cisco Configuration Engine
• Verifying the Configuration
• Zero Touch Deployment Sample Configuration
Process Overview
The following sections provide an overview of the steps that take place during a Cisco MWR 2941
zero-touch deployment and image download.
Zero-Touch Deployment
The following sequence of events takes place when a CNS-enabled Cisco MWR 2941 boots and receives
a configuration.
1. The Cisco MWR 2941 boots and sends a DHCP Discover message
2. The DHCP Server replies with DHCP Offer
3. The Cisco MWR 2941 sends DHCP Request
4. The DHCP Server replies with option 150 for TFTP
5. The Cisco MWR 2941 requests network-confg file via TFTP
6. The TFTP server sends the Cisco MWR 2941 a network-config file
7. The Cisco MWR 2941 sends an HTTP request to the CNS-CE server
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MWR 2941-DC
Router
MWR 2941-DC
Router
WAN
CNS-CE
Server
Customer premises
TFTP/DHCP
Server