NFM-P and NSP comparison: Port Configuration

Before you begin

This use case shows how to use Infrastructure Configuration Management in NSP to configure ports in preparation for LAG and MC-LAG creation.

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NFM-P method

For comparison, here are the steps we would have performed in the NFM-P to configure the ports.

  1. On the equipment tree, expand Network→NE→Shelf→Card Slot n→Daughter Card Slot n→Port n/n/n.

  2. Right-click on the Port icon and choose Properties. The Physical Port (Edit) form opens.

  3. Update the parameters as required and click Apply.

  4. Save your changes and close the form.

This procedure needs to be performed for each port you need to configure, on each NE that will be part of the LAG or MC-LAG.

Infrastructure Configuration Management method

You can configure all the ports in one operation by deploying a configuration template.

In this example, the configuration template Ready_Access_Ports_4_LAG has been created using the predefined icm-equipment-port-access intent type; see How do I import a configuration intent type? and How do I create a configuration template?.

Use this procedure to use this template to configure the ports.

Steps
 
1 

Open Device Management, Configuration Templates.

2 

Select Ready_Access_Ports_4_LAG from the list of configuration templates and click png1.png (Table row actions), Deploy to Network.

3 

In the form that opens, click png2.pngTARGET and choose Ports.

4 

Filter on the port numbers to find the ports you want to configure, and click ADD to add them to the list of targets.

5 

Click DEPLOY to send the configuration to all the ports you selected.

End of steps