Hey All, We have received a request from a customer who is looking to upgrade or replace a Cisco Network Registrar (CNR) 5.1 system. I have read through the Cisco documentation for the product, as it is not something I have had to implement before. I have contacted our distributor who was unable to give any guidance on the product. I am waiting on a callback from our Cisco Channel Manager to discuss the options further.
As I understand it, the CNR product is essentially a combination of IP management, device config and firmware management, TFTP, DHCP and DNS configuration and maintenance. The key being a work flow for integration of each of these aspects for large scale CPE deployments. Is upgrading this to a newer (and non-EOL) version going to be an extremely complicated task, or would an engineer experienced in Cisco router and switch deployments be able to migrate. Would a custom application that tied these various services be easier than doing an upgrade. Both our engineers and our programmers have experience writing custom applications for provisioning and managing Cisco and Juniper network equipment. The current deployment is in a gated community estate with a HFC network run to a couple of hundred residences including both CPE and Cisco ATAs. If anybody with experience rolling out these devices wanted to discuss experiences with deploying this kit with me off list it would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Kurt Bales _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
