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Chapter 5: Device Configuration
Templates
Templates are a convenient way to create a boilerplate for objects that share many of the
same attributes. Templates consist of template definitions and template data. The
template definition contains the logic and variables to be populated with template data. It
defines the actions that need to be taken for any device to which the template is attached.
The template helps in creating the configuration that is downloaded to a device. Basically,
device templates are a collection of configuration elements that you want to keep
consistently same across multiple devices. The following considerations should be
considered when viewing template objects in the navigation tree:
■ Template objects appear in italics and have a blue background. If you change a
template object, all devices associated with that template are impacted.
■ Objects that are not italicized are applicable to the selected device only.
■ Objects that have a strike through them are also template objects but there is an
overriding device object that has the same key. For example, a similar object may
have been created using the CLI.
■ Objects that are maroon in color and have a strike through them are deleted
device objects. These objects exist in the template but not in the device.
Figure 82 Device/Template Objects Legends
deleted device object
template object with over-
riding device object