Users Guide

Create a compliance baseline template from reference device
To use the configuration properties of a device as a template for creating configuration baseline, the device must be already
onboarded. See Onboarding devices on page 108.
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management > Create > From Reference Device.
2. In the Create Compliance Template dialog box, enter a name and description for the baseline compliance template.
3. Select the options to create the template by cloning properties of either a server or chassis.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Reference Device section, select the device that must be used as the 'reference' for creating the template. See
Select target devices and device groups on page 104.
a. If you select a server as the reference, select the server configuration properties that must be cloned.
6. Click Finish.
A template creation job is created and run. The newly created compliance baseline template is listed on the Compliance
Templates page.
Create a compliance baseline by importing from a file
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management > Create > Import from File.
2. In the Import Compliance Template dialog box, enter a name for the baseline compliance template.
3. Select either the server or chassis template type, and then click Select a file to browse through to the file and select.
4. Click Finish.
The configuration compliance baseline is created and listed.
Clone a compliance baseline template
1. Click Configuration > Configuration Compliance > Template Management.
2. Select the compliance template to be cloned, and then click Clone.
3. In the Clone Template dialog box, enter the name of new template.
4. Click Finish.
The new template is created and listed under Compliance Templates.
Related information
Create a compliance baseline template from deployment template on page 84
Edit a baseline compliance template on page 85
Edit a baseline compliance template
The compliance templates can be edited on the Configuration Compliance > Compliance Templates page.
NOTE:
● Editing a configuration template that is already associated with other baseline(s), will automatically trigger a
configuration compliance for all devices across all the baselines that use the template.
● Editing a configuration template that is linked to multiple baselines having large number of devices may result in a
session timeout as the configuration compliance check for all the associated devices may take several minutes. A session
timeout does not indicate that the changes made to the compliance template had any issue.
● When editing a baseline template on large-scale systems consisting of 1,000 or configuration inventory of a maximum of
6,000 managed devices, ensure that there are no other configuration inventory or compliance operations running at the
same time. Additionally, disable the default system generated Configuration Inventory job on the Monitor > Jobs page
(set source to System generated).
● It is recommended that you associate a maximum of 1500 devices per baseline for optimal performance.
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