Introduction

• Network Configuration Management - Challenges
• DeviceExpert - A Pragmatic Solution
• What you can do with DeviceExpert
• Features
• Benefits
• Supported Device Models

Getting Started

• Connecting Web-Interface
• Arrangement of Web Interface

Performing Configuration Operations

• Backing up configuration
• Viewing Device Details
• Hardware Details
• Basic Device Properties
• Viewing Device Configuration
• Creating Baselines
• Editing Configuration
• Creating Drafts
• Uploading Configuration
• Uploading Full Device Configuration
• Uploading Select Lines
• Uploading a Snippet
• Uploading Configuration to Multiple Devices
• Comparing Configuration Versions

Setting up Change Detection

• Detecting configuration changes
• Real-time change detection
• Scheduled Change detection
• Capturing information on 'who changed' the configuration

Compliance Management

• Defining Compliance Policies
• Creating Compliance Rules
• Running Compliance Check
• Generating Compliance Reports

Audit & Reports

• Operation Audit
• Details captured by the trails
• Viewing the audit records
• Schedule Audit
• Generating Reports
• Network Reports
• Configuration Reports
• User Reports
• Policy Compliance Reports
• Reports in different formats

Setting up Disaster Recovery

• Disaster Recovery Options
• Backing up the device configuration files
• Backing up the entire database
• Restoring backed up data

Installation & Basic Settings

• Supported OS
• Minimum Hardware Requirements
• Supported Browsers
• Components of DeviceExpert
• Installation Procedure
• Installation as server startup service
• Ports used by DeviceExpert
• Mandatory Settings

Setting up Inventory

• Ways of Adding Devices
• Discovery
• Manual Addition
• Importing Devices
• Providing Credentials
• Choosing Protocols
• Verifying Credentials
• Creating Credential Profiles
• Grouping Devices

Performing Actions on Devices

• Executing 'show' commands
• Launching telnet connection

Enabling Change Management

• Managing Configuration Changes
• Defining Change Management Rules
• Notifications on configuration changes

Role-based Access Control

• Defining roles for users
• Administrator
• Power User
• Operator
• Assigning Devices to Power Users & Operators
• Configuration upload approval

Automating Configuration Tasks

• Automation through scripts & templates
• Creating Templates
• Creating Scripts
• Schedules
• Creating scheduled tasks for
• Configuration Backup
• Report Generation and
• Compliance Check
• Audit of scheduled tasks
• Managing Schedules

Miscellaneous Operations & Tools

• Searching Devices
• Searching Configuration
• Exporting Configuration Files
• Database Administration

Maintenance

• Upgrade Process
• Support Process

Use-Cases

Troubleshooting Tips

Best Practices