User's Guide

Working with 8275 Model 416 Devices

Typical tasks that you can perform with 8275 Model 416 devices include:

• Adding an 8275-416 record to the Deployment Manager database (see Adding an 8275 Model 416 Device Record to the Deployment Manager Database).
• Auditing an 8275-416 configuration (see Auditing an 8275-416 Configuration).
• Updating an 8275-416 configuration (see Updating an 8275-416 Configuration).

Adding an 8275 Model 416 Device Record to the Deployment Manager Database

The Synchronize Databases task creates device records in the NwDM database for all 8275-416 devices in the network. The disadvantage of using the Synchronize Databases task is that it can take quite a while to complete processing. Therefore, use the 8275-416 Create Device task to add a single 8275-416 device record to the NwDM database.

Follow these steps to add a single 8275-416 device record to the database:

1. From the navigation tree, click Create Device from the 8275-416 folder to display the Create 8275-416 Device task panel.
2. Fill in these fields on the Create Device task panel (click the empty box next to the field to enter information for the field):

   Device Name

   Enter a name by which you want this device to be known within NwDM.

   Note:

   NwDM does not check to make sure that the device name is unique, which means that you can have multiple devices with the same device name. Using your own naming conventions makes it easy to filter devices when you search the NwDM database.

   IP Address

   Enter a valid IP address or host name for this device.

   Operator ID

   Enter the operator ID defined for the 8275-416, if it exists.

   Password

   Enter the password associated with the operator ID.

   SNMP Read Community Name

   Enter the SNMP write community name to which the 8275-416 belongs. The default is public.

   SNMP Write Community Name

   Enter the SNMP read community name to which the 8275-416 belongs.

   TFTP server IP address

   Enter the IP address for the TFTP server with which the 8275-416 can communicate.

3. Click Apply to create the device in the NwDM database.

Updating NwDM with the Device Configuration

After adding the 8275-416 to the NwDM database, you need to update the database with the configuration information for the device.

Follow these steps to perform the Learn Configuration task for this 8275-416:

1. From the navigation tree, click Learn configurations from the 8275-416 folder. The Learn Configurations task panel is displayed.
2. In the Options pane:
   1. Click Start now to immediately schedule the job (when you click Apply)
3. In the Candidates pane:
   1. Click Reset All to deselect all 8275-416 devices. You only want to learn the configuration for the device you just created.
   2. Click the Learn checkbox for the device that you just created.
4. Click Apply to begin the Learn Configuration task for the 8275-416 devices.
5. The Learn Configurations dialog is displayed. Click OK to close the dialog.
6. You can view the status of each of the jobs from the Jobs from the Managing Jobs task pane. To view the status, follow the steps described in Viewing Job Status (search for jobs with a job type of LEARN8275m416).

Auditing an 8275-416 Configuration

When you add an 8275-416 device to the Deployment Manager database and perform a Learn Configuration for that task (see "Learning about Device Configurations"), information about that configuration is added to the database. However, configurations can change over time. Auditing an 8275-416 configuration ensures that the configuration stored in the NwDM database as the Active configuration for the device matches the configuration that is actually loaded in the device.

Note:

Audits can only be performed on configurations that have a version status of Active.

Deployment Manager compares these properties to audit an 8275-416:

• Model
• Amount of memory
• TFTP server
• Load image

Follow these steps to audit an 8275-416 configuration:

1. From the navigation tree, click Configurations from the 8275-416 folder to display the Configurations task panel.
2. Click Apply Filter in the Filter pane to display all of the 8275-416 devices currently stored in the NwDM database.

   Remember that you can also use the Filter pane to refine your search.

3. In the Filtered List pane, click the row of each device to be audited to select the device.
4. Click Process selected... to display the pop-up menu for the Filtered List pane.
5. Click Audit selected... to display the Audit 8275-416 Configuration task panel.
6. Click Start now and then click Submit to begin the audit process.
7. Click OK to close the Job Scheduled dialog.

Viewing Audit Records

While the Audit 8275-16 job is processing, you can view the status of the job from the Managing Jobs task panel. To view the job status, follow the steps described in Viewing Job Status (search for jobs with a job type of AUDIT8275m416 instead of SYNCHDB).

After the Audit 8275-416 job is complete, you can view the audit record, which provides details about whether the audit succeeded or failed. Follow these steps to view an audit record.

1. From the navigation tree, click Audit Records to display the Audit Records task panel.
2. Click Apply Filter from the Filter pane to display all audit records. Remember, you can choose to refine your search based on the Filter pane.
3. In the Filtered List pane, click the audit record that you want to view. The Result field displays whether the audit was successful or failed.
4. Click Process selected... to display the Pop-up menu.
5. Click View Details for selected... to view details about the audit. If the audit failed, the audit details describe where the failure occurred.
6. Click OK to close the dialog.

Updating an 8275-416 Configuration

Updating an 8275-416 configuration actually loads the configuration into the 8275-416 device. In addition, the Load Image are updated, if necessary. When you update an 8275-416 configuration, the configuration you choose must have a configuration status of Inactive.

Follow these steps to update an 8275-416 configuration:

1. From the navigation tree, click Configurations to display the Process Configs task panel.
2. In the Filter task pane, click Apply Filter to display all 8275-416 configurations in the Filter List pane.
3. In the Filtered task pane, click the 8275-416 configuration to be updated. Remember that to update the 8275-416, the configuration you select must have a status of Inactive.
4. Click Process Selected... display the configurations pop-up menu and click Update selected... to display the Update 8275-416 Dialog.
5. Click Start now to begin the update job immediately when you click Submit.
6. Click the down arrow for the Reset option and click Reload Immediately to restart the 8275-416 device immediately after the new configuration has been loaded.

   Note:

   The 8275-416 must be restarted for the new configuration to take effect.

7. Click the down arrow for the Bank Option and click Erase inactive if needed. Deployment Manager will erase files (except for the Active load image) stored in the 8275-416 only if space is needed to store the new configuration.
8. Click Submit to begin the Update 8275-416 Configuration task. To view the status of the job use the Managing Jobs task panel. For information about the Managing Jobs task panel, see Viewing Job Status (an Update 8275-416 Configuration job has a job status of UPDATE8275m416).