Configuration Engine

[cell.chris]

I am looking for something that I can centrally manage all (or most) of my remote equipment to include routers, switches, and firewalls (The large majority of my remote equipment is: 3500XL, 3550, 3560 switches; 2800 routers and 501 PIX's). I would like to be able to push code updates down, small configuration changes to multiple devices, etc. and also schedule changes. I have hundreds of locations and thousands of devices, so doing a manual code upgrade is difficult - especially when there is a security advisory.

I read about the configuration engine, and that looks like what I am looking for but not too many people know about this product. Can anybody tell me if this can do the things I want/need?

[a-vazquez]

The Cisco CNS Configuration Engine provides a scalable infrastructure for managing the large-scale deployment of Cisco Systems devices. Check out the following link for more information on the Configuration Engine :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4617/index.html

[cell.chris]

That's what I read that got me interested in the product. I was hoping for some real world experience with the product to see what it can do.

I appriciate the responce.