Setting up configuration information

The configuration page controls how UOWs are executed for devices that resolve this RAD. These configurations only affect the access type you are working on. Set up configuration information by selecting the Configuration sub-tab from the Resource Access Data dialog.

Before you begin

You must have followed the steps to display the Resource Access dialog and then to select an access type from the Access Types tab.

About this task

The following steps describe how to set up configuration information.

Procedure

  1. Select the Configuration sub-tab from the Resource Access Data dialog.
  2. The configuration-related fields display on the dialog. Use the information in the following table to specify appropriate values for these fields.
    Option Description

    Native Compare

    This changes the algorithm Netcool Configuration Manager uses to calculate differences between two device configurations. The algorithm is used both when processing UOWs and when displaying differences to end-users. By default this option is not enabled, causing Netcool Configuration Manager to calculate differences using an internal tree produced as part of the SmartModel. Enabling this option will cause Netcool Configuration Manager to perform a raw textural difference instead, and this can produce false positives because a device configuration can change texturally without changing semantically. For example, some Cisco devices have an embedded pseudo-configuration setting that is related to clock time.

    When a device is imported, if the RAD uses native compare, the difference is calculated in native format. If a change is detected, then changes are analysed again using the SmartModel, and the modeled version of the change is displayed to the user.

    When a device is updated, the diffrence is calculated in native format. If no change is detected, the update is applied. If a change is detected, the update is not applied, and changes are analysed again using the SmartModel, and the modeled version of the change is displayed to the user.

    There are two situations that may require you to enable this option:
    • The RAD is being used by a Standard Driver or a Custom Driver. This situation always requires you to ensure the Native Compare option is enabled.
    • The device configuration is extremely large to the point where the tree-based algorithm is infeasible.

    Reboot on Config Load

    This enables the device to reboot after loading the new config. This determines the behaviour when disaster recovery UOW, or certain rollback options are selected.

    Allow Line by Line for Native Command Set

    When enabled, this flag allows line by line mode to be enabled when applying a native command set.

    Line by line mode checks the buffer for errors between each command submission and will disable FTP processes.

    Compare Device and ITNCM

    This compares the device's running configuration with what is stored in the Netcool Configuration Manager database. If differences are found, they are reported and the change to the device does not take place.

    Multiple Config Compare

    This causes the running and stored configurations to be retrieved and compared. If differences are found, they are reported and the change to the device does not take place.

    Disable Config Checks on Changes This in conjunction with System Properties options causes Netcool Configuration Manager to bypass any checks for differences in the running and stored configurations as well as the device running config and the Netcool Configuration Manager stored config.

    Prewrite

    This causes a copy of the running config to be copied to the startup config prior to an import sync (or both, based on your selection).

    Report Diffs

    This enables reporting of differences between the stored and running configurations. The prewrite option, if enabled, is performed after the retrieval of the configurations.

    Update on Change

    This enables the update on changes of info, configuration or both.

    Config Data Type

    This lists the available config data types. For example, CLI, BIN, CLIandBIN.

  3. Click the Save icon, to save any changes made.

What to do next

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