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Chapter 4 Device Configurations and Software Images Device Configurations
Figure 4-3 Compare Configurations Dialog Box
You can compare any types of configurations as long as they run on the same operating system. However,
you cannot compare a Cisco IOS configuration with Cisco IOS XR configuration.
The following are typical scenarios for using the compare function:
• Compare the latest and next-to-latest configuration to see the most recent change.
• Compare Cisco IOS running and startup configurations to see how they are out of sync.
• Compare the configurations on two different devices to find out how they are different.
• Compare the configurations after eliminating excluded lines from comparison.
Note When you are trying to compare an archive with an active startup, running, or admin configuration, if
there is a change in the device configuration, Prime Network initiates a backup job and creates a latest
version of the device configuration file. You can view the latest version of the configuration file in the
Archived Configurations page.
To compare configurations:
Step 1 Choose Configurations > Archives.
Step 2 Locate the archives you want to compare. You can click the Version hyperlink next to a device to open
the Device Configuration Viewer and quickly view the contents of the configuration file.