Onboard a Cisco IOS Device

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure you have met these prerequisites:

  • Ensure that the ciphers your Cisco IOS server supports are supported by CDO. At this time, CDO supports a limited set of ciphers for onboarding Cisco IOS devices. The supported ciphers are: aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, aes128-gcm, aes128-gcm@openssh.com, aes256-gcm, aes256-gcm@openssh.com. To determine the ciphers your server supports, log in to your SDC and run this command: ssh -vv <ip_address>.

  • You must have an active on-premises Secure Device Connector (SDC) in your network to onboard a Cisco IOS device. See Secure Device Connector for a discussionof SDCs and links to deployment scenarios.

Procedure

Step 1

In the left pane, click Inventory.

Step 2

Click the blue plus button to begin onboarding the device.

Step 3

Click the Integrations tile. If it is grayed-out, it means you do not have an active Secure Device Connector deployed in your network and used by your CDO tenant.

Step 4

Click the Secure Device Connector button and select the SDC in your network that this device will communicate with. The default SDC is displayed but you can change it by clicking the SDC name.

Step 5

Give the device a name.

Step 6

In the Integrations drop-down menu, select IOS.

Step 7

Enter the location (IP address, fully qualified domain name, or hostname) of the device. The default connection port is 22.

Step 8

Click Go.

Step 9

(Optional) At the Create Integration page, you have an opportunity to download and review the SSH fingerprint.

Step 10

Enter the device's administrator name and password.

Note

CDO does not support connections using public key authentication at this time.

Step 11

If you have set an enable password on the device, enter that in the EnablePassword field.

Step 12

Click Connect.

Step 13

(Optional) Enter a label for the device. See Labels and Label Groups for more information.

Step 14

Click Continue.

Step 15

Onboard another IOS device or click Finish.

Step 16

Return to the Inventory page. After the device has been successfully onboarded, you will see that the Configuration Status is "Synced" and the Connectivity state is "Online."

Step 17

(Optional) If you want you can write a note about the device by typing it in the device's Notes pate. See Device Notes for more information.