User`s guide

Importing and Exporting Switch Configuration Files
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Importing and Exporting Switch Configuration Files
YoucanimportorexportswitchconfigurationfilesinExtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML)
format.
•TheimportoptionenablesyoutocreateaRoamAboutSwitchinthenetworkplanby
importingconfigurationfilesinExtensibleMarkupLanguage(XML)format.Youalsocan
updatetheconfigurationofaswitchthatisalreadyin
theplan.
•Theexportoptionenablesyoutosaveaswitch’sconfigurationtoanXMLfile.Afterexporting
aRoamAboutSwitchconfigurationtoanXMLfile,youcanimportittoanotherinstanceof
RASMoruseitasabackupcopy.
Ifyouimportaconfigurationcontaininginformationthatan
olderversionofRASMorMSSdoes
notsupport,theinformationisignoredwhentheconfigurationisimported.
Ifyouimportaswitchconfiguration,youmustenableRASMmanagementoftheswitchbefore
youcandeploytheswitchtothenetwork.(ToenableRASMmanagementofaswitch,selectthe
switch
intheOrganizerpanel,selectManaged,thenclickSave.)
Importing a Configuration
Toimportaconfiguration:
1. SelectTools>ImportinthemainRASMwindow.TheImportConfigurationsdialogbox
appears.
2. IntheImportIntoMobilityDomaingroupbox,selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
•ClickUseFileInfotoimporttheconfigurationinformationusingtheMobilityDomain
specifiedintheconfigurationfile.
•Click
SelecttospecifyaMobilityDomaintoimportconfigurationinformationto.Then
selecttheMobilityDomainfromthelist.
3. ToreplaceexistingRo amAboutSwitchinformationinRASMwithinformationfromthe
configurationfile,selectUpdateexistingRBTSwitchs.
4. ClickSelectFiles.TheSelectFilesToImportdialogboxappears.
5. Select
oneormoreconfigurationfilestobeimported.Tomakemultipleselections,clickon
andholdtheShiftkey(forcontiguousitems)orControl(fornoncontiguousitems)while
clickingitems.
6. ClickSelectFilesToImport.Thefileorfilesyousel ectedappearintheFileImportResults
list.
ClickClearFiles
toremoveallthefilesyoupreviouslyselected.
7. ClickImport.ThestatusoftheimportprocessappearsintheStatuscolumn.
8. ClickClosetosavethechanges.
9. EnableRASMtomanagetheswitch.
SelecttheswitchintheOrganizerpanel,selectManaged,thenclickSave.