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All the details about a particular device such as
Basic details (hostname, IP, device status, operation status etc.,)
Hardware Details (device type, make, model, chassis details etc.,)
Configuration Details (current configuration, history of changes in configuration etc.,)
are presented in a single screen, the "Device Details" UI. From this UI, you can view the above configuration details.
To access "Device Details" UI, just click the hostname of the respective device in the inventory UI.
In addition to the aforesaid details, the "Device Details" UI provides the following important information:
Current Configuration
Startup History
Running History
Draft
Before proceeding further, it is pertinent to look at the definitions of the following terms:
Upon clicking the "Current Configuration" tab, Current Startup and Running configuration details are listed. These details are listed under 'Config Type' in the table. The table provides other details such as the present version of the Startup and Running configuration, who created the latest version at what time and also the reason for the change.
To view the configuration details of 'Startup' or 'Running', just click the name of the device and then 'Startup' or 'Running' as needed.
You can choose either 'Startup' or 'Running' and then
edit the details and save it as a draft by clicking the button "Edit as Draft"
associate label by clicking the button "Associate Label"
set it as the baseline version by clicking the button "Set as Baseline"
view difference in configuration between the current configuration and the previous version by clicking the button "Diff with Previous"
view difference in configuration between the current configuration and the baseline configuration by clicking the button "Diff with Baseline"
view difference in configuration between the current configuration and any other version by clicking the button "Diff with any"
Upon clicking the "Startup History" tab, the history of changes that were done over the Startup Configuration are listed with version numbers representing the change. The table provides other details such as who effected the changes at what time and also the reason for the change.
You can choose any version in the startup history and then
edit the details and save it as a draft by clicking the button "Edit as Draft"
download that version to the device by clicking the button "Download"
associate label by clicking the button "Associate Label"
set it as the baseline version by clicking the button "Set as Baseline"
view difference in configuration between the selected version of startup configuration and the current version by clicking the button "Diff with Current"
view difference in configuration between the selected version of startup configuration and the baseline configuration by clicking the button "Diff with Baseline"
view the difference in configuration between the selected version of startup configuration and any other version by clicking the button "Diff with any"
Upon clicking the "Running History" tab, the history of changes that were done over the Running Configuration are listed with version numbers representing the change. The table provides other details such as who effected the changes at what time and also the reason for the change.
You can choose any version in the running history and then
edit the details and save it as a draft by clicking the button "Edit as Draft"
download that version to the device by clicking the button "Download"
associate label by clicking the button "Associate Label"
set it as the baseline version by clicking the button "Set as Baseline"
view the difference in configuration between the selected version of running configuration and the current version by clicking the button "Diff with Current"
view difference in configuration between the selected version of running configuration and the baseline configuration by clicking the button "Diff with Baseline"
view the difference in configuration between the selected version of running configuration and any other version by clicking the button "Diff with any"
Upon clicking the "Draft" tab, the list of all the available drafts are listed. The table provides other details such as the names of the drafts, time of creation of the draft, time of last modification, base version of the draft and comments about the draft.
From the Draft tab, you can
create a new draft by clicking the button "New Draft"
choose any draft from the list of drafts and download that draft to the device by clicking the button "Download"
view difference in configuration between the selected draft and its base version by clicking the button "Diff with Base Version"
view difference in configuration between the selected draft and any other version by clicking the button "Diff with any"
to delete a draft, select the draft and click "Delete Draft"
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