User's Guide

Getting Started with Deployment Manager

Keeping track of the device configurations in your network can be a challenging and time-consuming task. Just trying to determine what level of operational code or boot code is running in a device is extremely difficult, much less trying to ensure all devices are running the proper level of code.

Nways Deployment Manager (NwDM) is designed to make tracking and updating device configurations easier and more efficient. It allows you to:

• Manage the operational code (load images) and boot code (PROM images) for devices, obtaining the latest levels from IBM web sites when needed.
• Synchronize the Nways database with the NwDM database to keep the NwDM database updated with the latest changes.
• Manage the upgrade and deployment of device configurations (including configuration files). You can maintain multiple configurations for a specific device.
• Determine the current configuration for a specific device, and manage the loading of new configurations into a specific device (or multiple devices) on a scheduled basis.

This release of Nways Deployment Manager supports these network devices:

• 2210 Nways Multiprotocol Router
• 2212 Access Utility
• 2216 Nways Multiaccess Connector and Network Utility
• 8275 Model 416 Ethernet Desktop Switch

Nways Deployment Manager is installed automatically when you install Nways Manager.