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Chapter 5      Configuring IE2100 CNS Agents
    Configuring CNS Embedded Agents
Step 6
ip route network-number Establish a static route to the Configuration Registrar 
whose IP address is network-number.
Step 7
cns id interface num {dns-reverse | ipaddress | 
mac-address} [event]
or
cns id {hardware-serial | hostname | string string} [event]
Set the unique eventID or configID used by the 
Configuration Registrar.
• For interface num, enter the type of interface–for 
example, Ethernet, Group-Async, Loopback, or 
Virtual-Template. This setting specifies from 
which interface the IP or MAC address should be 
retrieved to define the unique ID.
• For {dns-reverse | ipaddress | mac-address} 
enter dns-reverse to retrieve the host name and 
assign it as the unique ID, enter ipaddress to use 
the IP address, or enter mac-address to use the 
MAC address as the unique ID.
• (Optional) Enter event to set the ID to be the 
event-id value used to identify the switch.
• For {hardware-serial | hostname| 
string string}, enter hardware-serial to set the 
switch serial number as the unique ID, enter 
hostname (the default) to select the switch host 
name as the unique ID, or enter an arbitrary text 
string for string string as the unique ID.
Command Purpose