H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center - Manual (Page 19)

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• View and configure the device, including ACLs, PoE, VLAN interfaces, address binding, port
security, RMON, spanning tree, and routing protocols. Configurable parameters vary with device
types.
Configuration and change management
Using Configuration Center
The Configuration Center combines the tasks of network device change and configuration management
to effectively manage devices and audit changes.
Like the IMC Resource Management feature, the Configuration Center has a portal for accessing most of
IMC change and configuration management features.
From this portal, operators have access to the configuration management details and history for devices
managed by IMC.
Operators can perform the following functions:
• Views the latest startup and running configurations for managed devices.
• Views configuration and software histories.
• Prepares a device for software upgrades by removing unneeded files.
• Deploys software to devices.
The Configuration Center also supports the following operations for configuration file baselines:
• Modify
• Restore
• Compare
• Deploy
• Backup
• Restore
• Establish
From this page, operators can view configuration and software histories, prepare a device for software
upgrades by removing unneeded files, and deploy software to devices.
Using configuration templates
Configuration templates enable operators to manage configuration on a group of devices in bulk.
Operators can use a configuration template to perform the following configuration management
operations on a group of devices: baseline, create, deploy, and store.
Operators can create templates using a portion or an entire configuration file that has been backed up
to IMC.
They can also import a portion or an entire configuration file into a template, and can create templates
from scratch.
In IMC, configuration templates are either file based or segment based.
• File based configuration template—Contains the contents of an entire configuration file.
• Segment based configuration template—Contains just a portion of a configuration file.
Once a template has been created, it becomes available in the Deployment Guide for deployment to one
or more compatible devices.