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614 CHAPTER 14: BULK CONFIGURATION
If there are many network specialists, a decision may be made to create a
single account that can be shared by all of them.
Click the Save As button from the Configuration Editor dialog box and
save the current switch configuration template with a suitable filename,
e.g. Specialist Accounts.cfg. The configuration template will be ready for
re-use when the next change to the passwords and community strings is
due.
6 Click the Edit Selection button from the Configuration Editor dialog box
and click the Add Device button in the Selection Editor dialog box to
launch the Find Device dialog box. Choose the Find by name option and,
without entering any text into the search field, click Find. Highlight the
devices that are to be configured, and click the OK button to add them to
the selection of devices to be configured.
7 Click OK in the Selection Editor dialog box, and then click OK in the
Configuration Editor dialog box to schedule the bulk configuration of the
selected devices.
8 In the Schedule Configuration dialog box, choose the Later radio button
to enable the scheduling of the bulk configuration operation to begin in
the evening. Enter the time using the 12 hour clock, remembering to
select a.m. or p.m. as appropriate, and leave Today as the selected day to
run the operation.
Figure 339 Schedule Configuration Dialog Box
If it is decided to schedule the bulk configuration operation for a time
after midnight, remember to set the date to the following day.