NCM Configuration Summary

You can perform operations on the devices being monitored by Network Configuration Manager (NCM) from the Configuration Summary  page.

• Configuration Summary page
• Viewing configuration details
• Setting configuration version as Baseline
• Comparing configurations
• Uploading configurations
• Downloading configurations

Configuration Summary page

The Config Summary  page contains Configuration Details  and Configuration Changes. The Configuration Details  section contains details about the current configuration version that is in use and the baseline version details. You can view the configuration details by clicking on the configuration version number or perform actions by clicking on the hamburger icon  in the Action  column.

Figure 1. Config Summary page.

Viewing configuration details

To view the details of a configuration:

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Devices.
3. Select the device for which you wish to view the configuration details, then click the Config Summary  tab.
4. Click the version number of the required configuration to view the Configuration Details  tab.

Figure 2. Configuration Details tab.

Set configuration version as Baseline

The Baseline  configuration version is used as the reference for comparison. You can compare the current version of the Start up  and Running  configuration with the Baseline  version to view the differences. Furthermore, you can set any configuration version as the Baseline  based on your needs. 

To set a configuration version as the Baseline:

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Devices.
3. Select the device for which you wish to view the configuration details, then click the Config Summary  tab.
4. Click the hamburger icon  in the Action  column to choose the version as the Baseline.
5. Select Set as Baseline. For example, if you set the Startup  configuration version 11  as the baseline, then it will be set as the Startup-Baseline  version.

Comparing configurations

To compare any two configuration versions to view the differences:

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Devices.
3. Select the device for which you wish to view the configuration details, then click the Config Summary  tab.
4. Click the hamburger icon   in the Action  column.
5. Select from any of the compare options in the drop-down menu: Compare with Startup, Compare with Running, Compare with Previous, or Compare with Any.

Figure 3. Comparing configurations.

Uploading configurations

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Devices.
3. Click the device for which you wish to upload a previous configuration version.
4. Navigate to the Config Summary  tab.
5. Click the hamburger icon   in the Action  column to choose the version you wish to upload.
6. Select Upload Configuration. You can use this option to roll back to the Startup-Baseline, Running-Baseline, or a previous configuration version.

Figure 4. Upload configuration.

Downloading configurations

1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Navigate to Network > NCM > NCM Devices.
3. Click the device for which you wish to upload a previous configuration version.
4. Navigate to the Config Summary  tab.
5. Click the configuration version that you wish to download. This will take you to the Configuration Details  tab.
6. Click the hamburger icon  on the top-right side of the page and select Download Configuration. The configuration details will be downloaded as a text file on your device.

Figure 5. Download configuration.

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