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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Booting Manually 3-19
Booting a Specific Software Image 3-19
Controlling Environment Variables 3-20
Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image 3-21
Configuring a Scheduled Reload 3-22
Displaying Scheduled Reload Information 3-23
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4 Configuring Cisco IOS Configuration Engine 4-1
Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software 4-1
Configuration Service 4-2
Event Service 4-3
NameSpace Mapper 4-3
What You Should Know About the CNS IDs and Device Hostnames 4-3
ConfigID 4-3
DeviceID 4-4
Hostname and DeviceID 4-4
Using Hostname, DeviceID, and ConfigID 4-4
Understanding Cisco IOS Agents 4-5
Initial Configuration 4-5
Incremental (Partial) Configuration 4-6
Synchronized Configuration 4-6
Configuring Cisco IOS Agents 4-6
Enabling Automated CNS Configuration 4-6
Enabling the CNS Event Agent 4-7
Enabling the Cisco IOS CNS Agent 4-8
Enabling an Initial Configuration 4-9
Enabling a Partial Configuration 4-12
Upgrading Devices with Cisco IOS Image Agent 4-13
Prerequisites for the CNS Image Agent 4-13
Restrictions for the CNS Image Agent 4-13
Displaying CNS Configuration 4-14
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5 Administering the Switch 5-1
Managing the System Time and Date 5-1
Understanding the System Clock 5-1
Understanding Network Time Protocol 5-2
Configuring NTP 5-3
Default NTP Configuration 5-4
Configuring NTP Authentication 5-4