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What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Rahman_Duran — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:21:12 GMT

Hi,

I was using "User Device Groups" in XMC to group same location devices. Recently I start to create "Sites" for these locations under /World. When I select several devices, change their "default site" to "World/Arhavi" and press save button it asks me about overwriting confirmation.

Site "/World/Arhavi" is brand new with no custom configuration. Devices are production devices that have several configurations on them. So If I say "yes" what will XMC overwrite? Will it update "Site" data with running device configs? Or it will destroy the running devices configuration completely? I think this warning text should be more elaborate. If it is going to destroy running devices config, it should say so.

Regards,

Rahman

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 01:22:33 GMT

If you import the. The window and tabs will get data from the site. Later if you chose enforce this will be sent to the switch.

you can define vlans in the site. With import these vlans will be “desired configuration” for your enforce...

hope it makes sense.

site configuration will not be changed by import.

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Rahman_Duran — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 01:56:21 GMT

So if I import devices to site, it will not automatically overwrite configurations of the devices. So should this work?

1. Import switch (there are 5-6 different vlans configured on them) to the new site ( no vlan configured).
2. Open "configure device" view of the switch.
3. Under "configure device" view, do not press "enforce" or "sync from site" buttons. Press "reload device" button so xmc should query the running switch and populate windows and tabs with real running config.
4. Press "save" button in "configure device" view.

Will step 4 write the configuration which we reloaded from running switch, to the site? İf this works as I thought, there is no need to configure the site separately.

Rahman

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:04:00 GMT

No, your procedure will not import the setting to the site.

The workflow is:
you use the Site as template. You can import the config from the site to that window, you can override the imported values from the site in that window and if you enforce then the setting will be sent to the device.

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Rahman_Duran — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:31:17 GMT

Ok, one last question then  So what is the purpose of the "save" button next to "enforce preview" button. What does it save and where does it save?

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:39:13 GMT

Enforce = send the config to the device.
Save = save values to the XMC.

example is “notes”, nick name, site, admin profile, poll mode, remove from service... none of these is enforced. All of these are saved to XMC.

hope it helps.

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Rahman_Duran — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:42:00 GMT

Thank you for your helps. It makes sense to me now.

Regards,

Rahman

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

RobertWilkinson — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:18:34 GMT

Is in the scenario where you have an IT Team, some are more comfortable with CLI then the SIte GUI in XMC.

Scenario:

You go to push out changes from the Site to a Device, you notice the port VLAN’s in the site differ to what has actually been configured on the device. How can you sync back the changes from the device to the site so its consistent?

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:43:14 GMT

Use Reload Device button in the device configuration https://emc.extremenetworks.com/content/oneview/docs/network/devices/docs/l_ov_at_configure_device.html

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

RobertWilkinson — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:22:09 GMT

@Zdenek Pala Thanks, i tried that but the data in the configure device window doesn’t change other than the port status. The PVID, Tagged VLANS and all other columns remain unchanged and show what is configured in the site and not what is actually configured on the device.

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:31:33 GMT

Hi Robert.

what exactly “remain unchanged” and you expect to change? what version have you tried? I remember some changes were made in the code...

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

RobertWilkinson — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:44:13 GMT

I would expect the PVID and Tagged VLANS to change within the view to reflect what is actually configured on the switch.

The goal is the customer is coming away from Netsight to XMC GUI and using the Sites function, what i’m trying to do is get XMC to reflect in the site what is configured on the switch so that when the customer uses the sites function, port templates etc they don’t mistakenly override port specific configs.

Currently running version 8.2.6.5 of XMC

Re: What does this message means about XMC "Import Site Configuration"

Zdeněk_Pala — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:45:51 GMT

The 8.5.5 will be releases this week. consider upgrade as there were many bugs fixed since 8.5