Hello Experts,
I was trying to provision an ASR901 and ME3600 devices via APIC-EM PnP.
Now, I do know that both are not officially supported (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Plug-and-Play/release/notes/pnp-release-notes15.pdf) but since both have the pnp protocol support, i thoutht that it might work.
Well, it did not 
The ME-3600 reached the DHCP server, pulled an IP address but was not directed to the controller, instead, it was trying to poll the configuration from the DHCP (yes, I saw many threads about that issue... - see CLI output below)
The ASR901 didnt even reach the DHCP. In addition, creating manually pap profile (following Adam's advice - Design Recommendation for APIC-EM Network | Cisco Communities) didn't help (found several pap errors post reload)
So my questions are:
- What's the different between APIC-EM / supported devices PnP protocol support vs. other device w/ PnP protocol support as well? Is it the PNP protocol version?
- Is there any procedure how APIC-EM can be used w/ older type of devices (which supported PnP as well) for example, ASR901, ASR903, Cisco 7600?
Thanks!
*Aug 7 22:49:39.123: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0, changed state to up
*Aug 7 22:49:59.615: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
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Compiled Tue 30-Apr-13 20:17 by prod_rel_team
*Aug 7 22:50:01.547: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: gbic-invalid error detected on Te0/1, putting Te0/1 in err-disable state
*Aug 7 22:50:01.575: %LICENSE-1-REQUEST_FAILED: License request for feature 10GEUpgrade 1.0 failed. UDI=ME-3600X-24FS-M:FOC1722X48A
*Aug 7 22:50:02.783: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to up
*Aug 7 22:50:03.783: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to up
*Aug 7 22:50:24.527: AUTOINSTALL: GigabitEthernet0 is assigned 8.20.0.194 -> IP assingment from DHCP
*Aug 7 22:50:24.527: AUTOINSTALL: Obtain siaddr 8.20.0.207 (as config server) -> Wrong config server.. (8.20.0.207 is the DHCP server not the controller)
*Aug 7 22:50:31.783: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, changed state to up
%Error opening tftp://8.20.0.207/network-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://8.20.0.207/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://8.20.0.207/router-confg (Timed out)
%Error opening tftp://8.20.0.207/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
