User guide

Network Infrastructure Manager User Guide 4-21
Create and Modify Network Device Configurations
configurations and modify them for new devices, create templates for typical device
configurations, and coordinate changes across many devices.
In this section you will find instructions how to:
• Add a New Device
• Add a Configuration Object
• Modify a Configuration Object
• Copy a Device or other Object
• Save Changes Without Changing Network Configuration
• Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device
• Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device
Add a New Device
You can add a new device configuration into the Network panel of the Network
Provision view. The device you add will have a configuration similar to an
unconfigured device. Once the device is added you can make, save, and/or commit
changes to the configuration. Typically, you would add a device this way if you are
planning to add a new device that will have a very simple configuration, or whose
configuration will be very different from any other devices in your network.
If you have an existing device in NIM whose configuration is similar to the new device
configuration, you will want to copy the device and modify it for the new device. See
the section, “Copy a Device or other Object” for more information.
If you have an existing device in your network and you want to add that device and its
current configuration into ISM Provision, see the section, “Add a Device to the Network
Inventory” in Chapter 5, “Managing the Network Inventory”.
Summary steps. To add a new device:
1 Select a folder in the Network panel
2 Launch the Create Device wizard
3 Enter a device name (or IP address)
4 Modify the other properties
5Select Finish