How do I create a physical configuration deployment?

Important! A configuration template of the required role must be created before a deployment can be created.

Steps
 
1 

Open the Deploy Physical Configuration form:

  1. Open Device Management, Configuration Deployments.

  2. Click png2.png DEPLOYMENT and choose Physical from the drop-down list.

    1. From Device Management, Configuration Templates, choose a physical template and click png1.png (Table row actions), Deploy to network.

      The form opens with the template already selected.

2 

In the Deploy Physical Configuration form, add or change the template as needed:

  1. To add a template, click png2.pngTEMPLATE.

  2. Select a template and click ADD.

  3. To use a different template, click REPLACE, select the new template and click ADD.

3 

Add one or more targets:

  1. Click png2.png TARGET and choose Ports, Cards, or Predefined Groups from the drop-down list.

  2. Choose one or more targets from the list to add them to the Bin. You can use Shift-click to choose a range of targets.

  3. Verify the list of targets in the Bin and click ADD.

  4. To add additional targets, repeat the previous steps and click UPDATE.

  5. Verify that the list of targets is correct. Repeat this sequence to change the list if needed.

Note: All targets must be the same type, that is, you can’t deploy to Ports and Predefined Groups in the same deployment.

4 

If the template is flexible, the VIEW/EDIT TEMPLATE CONFIG button is available.

  1. Click VIEW/EDIT TEMPLATE CONFIG to open the View/Edit Template Config form.

  2. Choose a template and click Edit Configuration.

  3. In the form that opens, configure the template parameters.

  4. Click UPDATE if you made changes, or click CANCEL to close the Edit Configuration form.

  5. Update additional template configurations as needed.

  6. Click SAVE if you made changes, or click CANCEL to close the View/Edit Template Config form.

If the template is fixed, click the VIEW TEMPLATE CONFIG button for a read-only preview of the configuration parameters.

5 

Complete the creation of the deployment:

  1. Click SAVE to add the deployment to the list in Saved status, but not apply the configuration to the targets.

  2. Click DEPLOY to apply the configuration to the targets.

End of steps