Cisco Embedded-Service-Engine configuration and tips

First of all, the Embedded Service Engine has minimum memory requirement.

1GB for Cisco 2911 and 2921
1.5GB for Cisco 2951
2GB for Cisco 3925 and 3945

Ref. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/cimce/1-0/configuration/guide/CIMCe.html#wp1113975

To configure the Embedded Service Engine Interface

1. Enter the configuration command "Service-module enable" under the embedded-service-engine 0/0 interface

2. Save the configuration to NVRAM

3. Reboot (Must reboot)

* If you got an error "Memory size does not meet the requirements of Embedded-Service-Engine0/0", check memory size.

CME_Router(config-if)#service-module enable
 Memory size does not meet the requirements of Embedded-Service-Engine0/0
 

 From the Host-Router CLI

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. interface Embedded-Service-Engine 0/0
4. service-module enable
5. ip address module-side-ip-address subnet-mask
or
ip unnumbered type number
6. service-module ip address module-side-ip-address subnet-mask
7. service-module ip default-gateway gateway-ip-address
8. no shutdown
9. exit
10. ip route prefix mask ip-address
11. end
12. copy running-config startup-config
13. show running-config
14. reload