Cisco ® Configuration Professional has two types: Cisco Configuration Professional and Cisco Configuration Professional Express. Both Cisco Configuration Professional and Express are GUI-based device-management tools for Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs).
Cisco Configuration Professional is a PC-based application that provides the device management for ISRs. It simplifies router, firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), VPN, unified communications, WAN, LAN, and basic wireless configuration through easy-to-use wizards.
Cisco Configuration Professional Express, a lightweight version of Cisco Configuration Professional, is an embedded device manager that is available on the router flash memory and can be used to configure some of the LAN and WAN interfaces and basic configurations to bootstrap the router.
Cisco Configuration Professional tools are valuable productivity-enhancing tools for network administrators and channel partners for deploying routers in medium-sized businesses and enterprise branch offices with increased confidence and ease. Cisco Configuration Professional tools have configuration checks built into the application, thereby reducing errors.
Cisco Configuration Professional replaces the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM). Like SDM, Cisco Configuration Professional assumes a general understanding of networking technologies and terms but assists individuals unfamiliar with the Cisco command-line interface (CLI). To find out when a new version of Cisco Configuration Professional is available for download, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/ciscocp periodically.
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