Deploy Configuration Templates to Devices
In Customer Portal, users with the Tenant Administrator role can deploy a configuration template directly on one or more devices that were previously activated. This enables you to deploy configuration templates added after a device was activated or to deploy additional configuration to devices.
You can deploy configuration templates to devices from the Configuration Templates or the Devices pages.
In CSO releases before Release 5.1.0, configuration templates are called stage-2 configuration templates.
Deploy from the Configuration Templates Page
To deploy a configuration template to one or more devices:
Setting |
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Select Devices |
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Configuration Template |
Displays the name of the configuration template that you are deploying; you cannot modify this field. |
Component Name |
This field is displayed only for NFX250 devices. Select the component of the NFX250 device on which to deploy the template:
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Devices |
You can specify the devices on which you want to deploy the configuration template in the following ways:
Click Next. You are taken to the Configure Global Parameters or the Configure Device Parameters tab. |
Configure Global Parameters |
Note:
This tab is displayed only if the configuration template contains parameters that are global in scope. Specify the global parameters that are common to all the devices that you selected in the preceding step. After you are done, click Next. You are taken to the Configure Device Parameters tab. |
Configure Device Parameters |
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Devices |
The devices that you selected in the preceding step are displayed in the Devices table, and the first device is selected by default. For each device, the device name, device family, operational status, and the configuration status are displayed. When you first arrive on this tab, the configuration status for each device is Not configured. The Device-Name Parameters pane on the right displays the input parameters (from the configuration template) that you can specify for each device. After you specify the values for one device, you can select a different device and enter the configuration values.
Note:
You can optionally delete a device by selecting the device and clicking the delete (trash can) icon. After you specify the input parameter values for all the devices and ensure that the configuration status of all devices is Valid, click Next. You are taken to the Summary tab. |
Summary |
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Devices |
The devices that you selected in the preceding step are displayed in the Devices table, and the first device is selected by default. For each device, the device name, device family, and operational status are displayed. For each device, the Device-Name Configuration pane on the right displays the actual configuration that will be deployed on the device. After you review the configuration for all the devices, click Next. You are taken to the Deploy tab. |
Deploy |
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Deployment Schedule |
Specify whether the configuration should be deployed on devices immediately(Deploy now) or deployed later (Deploy later). If you choose to deploy the configuration later, you must enter the date (in MM/DD/YYYY format) and time (in HH:MM:SS 24-hour or AM/PM format) that you want the deployment to occur. |
Deploy from the Devices Page
To deploy a configuration template to one or more devices: