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Chapter 9 Making and Deploying Configuration Changes Using NetConfig
Using System-defined Tasks

Adhoc Task

You can use the Adhoc system-defined task to add configuration commands to a job, during job
definition.
You cannot save an instance of an Adhoc task, for future use. If you need to reuse a template that
provides capabilities unavailable from the system-defined tasks, you can create a user-defined tasks (see
Creating and Editing User-defined Tasks).
Caution NetConfig does not validate commands you enter in the Adhoc task. If you enter incorrect commands,
you might misconfigure or disable devices on which jobs that use the task run.
Groups for each of device categories that you have selected, appear in the Adhoc Configuration dialog
box. To invoke the Adhoc Configuration dialog box, see Starting a New NetConfig Job.
You can enter configuration and rollback commands for these device categories:
• IOS (including Cable devices)
• Catalyst OS
• Content Engine
• CSS
• NAM
• PIX OS
For more details, see Table 9-3.
Note As Cable devices fall under the IOS category, you can enter adhoc commands in the IOS group of fields
in the Adhoc Configuration dialog box.
For the features of system-defined tasks and a description of the features of a system-defined task dialog
box, see Understanding the System-defined Task User Interface (Dialog Box).
The fields in the Adhoc Configuration dialog box are:
If you enter any credential command in the CLI Commands or Rollback Commands fields, then those
credentials will be masked in the job work order and the job results page.
Group Field Description
Commands CLI
Command
Enter configuration commands.
You can also enter interactive commands (see Handling Interactive Commands) and
multi-line commands see Handling Multi-line Commands).
Rollback
Command
Enter rollback commands.
Command Mode Config or
Enable
Select the mode (config or enable) in which the task configuration commands will run.
If you have selected Catalyst OS, or NAM devices, then the enable mode is preselected,
and you do not have the option to select the config mode.