a device to another version.

 

 

Synchronizing configurations

Allows you to deploy new configuration settings to devices to make

them take effect.

 

 

 

Restarting devices

Allows you to restart devices.

 

 

Table 10 Fields of the device configuration management list

Field

Description

Device Label

Device name and IP address. You can click the link to view details about the device

and modify the configuration.

 

 

 

Device Group

Device group to which the device belongs

 

 

Last Backup Time

Time of the last configuration file backup operation

 

 

 

Check whether the current configuration of the device is consistent with that last

 

backed up.

 

 

Last Operate Time

Time of the last configuration file operation

 

 

2.Backing up configuration files

From the navigation tree of the system management component, select Device List under Device Management. The device management page appears, as shown in Figure 3. Then, select the Device Config Management tab to enter the device configuration management page. Select a device by selecting the check box and click Backup to bring up the backup configuration page, as shown in Figure 10. A backup file is uniquely identified by a version number that is assigned by the system. After a file is

backed up, click the icon in the Management column of a device to view the detailed information of the backup configuration files.

Figure 10 Backup configuration files

Return to Device configuration management functions.

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