User's Guide

8275-416 Configurations

The 8275-416 Configurations task panel provides a way to manage device configurations. You can store multiple configurations for a 8275-416 device. Each configuration has a unique version associated with it and a configuration version status, which can be one of these values:

• Active. The active configuration is the configuration that is currently loaded in, and operational for, the 8275-416 device.
• Inactive. An inactive configuration is a configuration that can be loaded into the 8275-416 device. It contains all the components (load image and configuration file) necessary to become the active configuration.
• Incomplete. An incomplete configuration is one that contains only a portion of the components necessary to become an active configuration. It cannot be loaded into a 8275-416 device.

To display the 8275-416 Configuration task panel, click Configurations from the 8275-416 folder in the navigation tree.

The Configurations task panel is divided into these panes:

• Filter
• Filtered List
• Custom List

You can display the help panel for the Configurations task panel by clicking Help.

Filter Pane

The Filter pane provides a way to search the Deployment Manager database for configurations. The Filter pane contains these columns:

• Properties. The Properties column is a list of configuration properties on which you can search theNwDM database.
• Comparison Operator. The Comparison Operator column lists ways to refine the search of the NwDM database.
• Property Value field. When you apply the filter to the database, Deployment Manager compares the data you enter in the Property Value field with the Configurations found in the database using the comparison operator you specified.

After entering data in the Filter pane, click Apply Filter to display the results of the search in the Filtered List pane.

Configuration Filter List Properties

You can search on these job properties:

This property...	Is used to describe...
Device ID	The identifier of the device. NwDM creates the Device ID when the device is added to the NwDM database (using either the 8275-416 Create Device task or Synchronize Databases task).
Device Name	The name of the device. You specified the device name when you added the device to the NwDM database using the 8275-416 Create Device task.
Version	The configuration version. NwDM can maintain multiple version of a configuration. Different configuration versions for a device are numbered sequentially beginning with 0.
Address	The IP address or host name for the device.
Version status	The status of the configuration version. Version status can be one of these values: Active. The active configuration is the configuration considered by NwDM to be actually loaded in the device. Inactive. An inactive configuration is a configuration that can be loaded into the device. It contains all of the components (load image and updated configuration file) necessary to become an active configuration. Incomplete. An incomplete configuration is one that contains only a portion of the components necessary to become an active configuration. It cannot be loaded into a device. Nascent. A nascent configuration is a configuration that is in the process of moving from an inactive status to an active status. Obsolescent. An obsolescent configuration is a configuration that is in the process of moving from an active status to an inactive status.
Approval status	The approval status of the configuration version. Approval status can be one of these values: Approved. Unapproved. Rejected.
Commit status	The commit status of the configuration version. Approval status can be one of these values: Committed. When the configuration version has been committed, the configuration is locked (no changes can be made to the configuration). Uncommitted. When the configuration version is uncommitted, changes can be made to the configuration.
Remarks	Text data that has been entered for this configuration.
Modified by	The user ID of the person who last changed the configuration. For new configurations, the Modified by property contains the user ID of the person who created the configuration.
Modified at	Date and time this configuration was added to the database.
SNMP read community name	The SNMP read community to which the device belongs.
SNMP write community name	The SNMP write community to which the device belongs.
Config Modified at	The date and time the configuration was last changed.
Config Length	The amount of memory (in bytes) used in the NwDM database for storing the configuration Load image. If the Load image is not stored in the NwDM database (it may reside on a TFTP server for example), the value of this property is 0
Load image	The name of the load image.
Image version	The software version corresponding to the load image.
Image release	The software release corresponding to the load image.
Image revision	The revision number corresponding to the load image.
Hardware maintenance level	The hardware maintenance level.
Network address	The network address.
Box Serial Number	The serial number of the 8275 Model 416.

Configuration Comparison Operators

Over time the number of configuration records stored in the NwDM database can grow to be quite large. Using comparison operators allow you to refine your search of the database so that only configuration records that meet specific criteria are returned. For a list of the comparison operators and information about entering data into the Configuration filter, see Working with Deployment Manager Filters and Tables.

Filtered List Pane

The results of the search from the Filter are displayed in the Filtered List task pane.

The Filtered List task pane displays each configuration as a separate row. To select a configuration, click anywhere in the row, which highlights the row. Use one of these methods to select multiple configurations:

• Click on a single row and without releasing the mouse button, drag the mouse either up or down.
• Press and hold the Ctrl key; then click on the rows that you want to select. You can also select multiple rows by pressing and holding the Shift key while clicking the rows that you want to select.

Information about the configuration is displayed in each of the columns. To reorder the columns, press the Shift keys, and then click on the header of the column you want to move. The cursor changes to a hand. Drag the cursor to the desired location and release both keys.

You can also sort the Filtered List by the values in a column. Click the column header to sort the Jobs List in ascending order by the values in that column. Click the column header again to sort the values for that column in descending order.

Filtered List Action Buttons

Use the Filtered List action button to perform actions on one or more selected configurations. These action buttons are displayed for the Filtered List task pane:

Clicking this button...	Performs this action...
Select All	Selects all configurations listed in the Filtered List task pane.
Unselect All	Deselects all selected configurations listed in the Filtered List task pane.
Select active	Selects all active configurations listed in the Filtered List task pane.
Process selected	Displays the pop-up menu for the Filtered List task pane.
Add selected to custom list	Adds the selected configurations to the Custom List task pane.

Filtered List Pop-Up Menu

To display the Filtered List pop-up menu, select one or more rows and click Process selected....

In addition to the actions available from the action buttons, these actions are available from the Filtered List pop-up menu:

Clicking...	Performs this action...
Hide Column...	Displays the Visible Column dialog, which allows you to hide one or more columns in the Filtered List task pane. From the Visible Column dialog, click the columns that you want to hide and click Ok.
Show Column...	Displays the Hidden Column dialog, which allows you to display columns in the Filtered List task pane. From the Hidden Column dialog, click the columns that you want to appear in the Jobs List and click Ok. For example, these columns are hidden by default in the Configurations Filtered List task pane: Approval status Commit status Flash (MB) DRAM (MB) Remarks
Go to Row...	Displays the Go to Row dialog, which allows you to go to a specified row in the Filtered List task pane. From the Go to Row dialog, type a row number and click Ok. The cursor is displayed at that row in the Filtered List task pane.
Print...	Displays the Print dialog, which allows you to print selected job records. From the Print dialog, verify the print information is correct and click Print.
Print Preview...	Displays a preview of how the selected job records will print. Click Close to return to the Jobs List task pane.
Clone selected...	Makes a new copy of selected configurations so you can create new configurations without having to reenter each of the fields. When you click Clone selected..., the Confirm Configuration Cloning dialog is displayed. Click Yes to continue. The cloned configuration contains the same configuration properties as the original configuration with these exceptions: Version status. If you clone an active configuration, the cloned configuration will have a status of inactive. Otherwise, the cloned configuration will have the same status as the original configuration. Approval status. The Approval status of a cloned configuration is set to Unapproved. Commit status. The Commit status is set to Uncommitted. Modified by. The Modified by property is set to the current user ID. Modified at. The Modified at property is set to the current date and time.
Approve selected...	Sets the Approval status property to Approved. When the Confirm Approve Configurations dialog is displayed, click Yes to approve selected configurations. Deployment Manager does not use the Approval status property. However, you can use it to implement your own approval process.
Reject selected...	Sets the Approval status property to Rejected. When the Confirm Reject Configurations dialog is displayed, click Yes to reject selected configurations. Deployment Manager does not use the Approval status property. However, you can use it to implement your own approval process.
Commit selected...	Sets the Commit status to Committed. When the Confirm Configuration Commit dialog is displayed, click Yes to commit the configuration. Committed configurations are locked; they cannot be modified. You can only commit a configuration with a status of active or inactive.
Modify selected...	Displays the Modify Properties dialog, which you can use to modify properties for configurations.
Delete selected...	Deletes the configuration from the NwDM database. When the Confirm Configuration Delete dialog is displayed, click Yes to delete selected configurations. Note: If a device has no configurations listed in the NwDM database, the device is also deleted from the database.
Learn selected...	Displays the Learn 8275-416 Configuration task panel, which you can use to create active configurations based on configuration currently loaded in the device. See Learn 8275-416 Configurations for more information about the Learn 8275-416 Configuration Dialog.
Import selected...	Displays the Import 8275-416 Configuration dialog, which you can use to import configurations into the NwDM database. See Import 8275-416 Configurations for information about importing configurations.
Export selected...	Displays the Export 8275-416 Configuration dialog, which you can use to export configurations from the NwDM database. See Export 8275-416 Configurations for information about exporting configurations.
Update selected...	Displays the Update 8275-416 Configuration dialog, which you can use to load the active configuration from the NwDM database into a device. See Update 8275-416 Configuration for information about updating configurations.
Audit selected...	Displays the Audit 8275-416 Configuration dialog, which you can use to audit 8275-416 configurations to ensure the configuration version with a status of Active in the NwDM database matches the configuration actually loaded in the device.
View audit records of selected...	Displays the View 8275-416 Audit Records dialog, which you can use to view audit records for a device.
View latest audit records of selected...	Displays the View Latest 8275-416 Audit Records dialog, which you can use to view the latest audit records for a device.

Custom List Pane

The Custom List Pane is a table similar to that displayed in the Filtered List pane. In fact, the action buttons and pop-up menu are the same for the Custom List pane as for the Filtered List pane (except that the Add selected to custom list action button is replaced with Removed selected from custom list action button).

The Custom List pane provides a way to generate a list of Configuration records based on the results of applying multiple filters. For example, you could apply a filter to generate a list of Configuration records with a version status of active for the Filtered List pane that. Next, you would select any or all of those records and click Add selected to custom list to add them to the Custom List pane. Then, you would apply a filter to generate a list of Configuration records with an approval status of Approved. Again, select any or all of these records and apply them to the custom list. The result is a custom list based on the results of different filters.