The Cisco Intelligence Engine 2100 Series (IE2100) is a network management device that acts as a configuration service for automating the deployment and management of network device configuration.
Each Cisco IE2100 device communicates with a group of Cisco IOS devices, and is capable of storing their configurations and delivering them as needed.
VRC supports the use of Cisco IE2100 and the Cisco Network Security (CNS) configuration server to deliver configurations to network devices.
To use a Cisco IE2100 to access elements in your network, you must configure the device outside of VRC. A large network might have multiple Cisco IE2100 devices.
When you are using VRC as a standalone application, VRC communicates with network elements using the Cisco IE2100 by adding it's IP address as an element attribute in the VRC Topology View.
When you are using VRC integrated with PTC, both VRC and PTC use a Cisco IE2100 to communicate with network elements.
Note: You must have the CNS Event Bus installed and running to use a Cisco IE2100 device in your network.
If you are using the Cisco IE2100 device in your network, and AAA is enabled on a device, a user with privilege level of 15 is required to bypass the enabled password prompt.
If the Cisco IOS version on your device is not event-based (for example, 12.2(2)T), the device cannot be configured for both username/password and enable password.
If the Cisco IOS version running on your device is event-based (for example, 12.2(11)T), the password combinations on the device are bypassed with the events, regardless of what is configured on the device.
Refer to the Cisco website for more information on the Cisco IE2100 products.