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Ignore_and_do_not_push Command
The
ignore and do not push
directive should typically be used when a value cannot be configured on the device,
but always appears in the running-config file. Lines enclosed in the ignore and do not push directive will not be
included in the startup-config file that is copied to each AP.
When AirWave is comparing the running-config file to the startup-config file for configuration verification, it will
ignore any lines in the running-config file that start with the text within the directive. Lines belonging to an ignored
and unpushed line, the lines immediately below the line and indented, are ignored as well. In the example below, if
you were to bracket the NTP server, the NTP clock period would behave as if it were bracketed because it belongs
with or is associated with the NTP server line.
NOTE: The line <ignore_and_do_not_push>ntp clock-period</ignore_and_do_not_push> will cause lines starting with "ntp clock-
period" to be ignored. However, the line <ignore_and_do_not_push>ntp </ignore_and_do_not_push> causes all lines starting with
"ntp" to be ignored, so it is important to be as specific as possible.
Push_and_exclude Command
Instead of using the full tags you may use the parenthesis shorthand, (substring). The push and exclude directive is
used to push commands to the AP that will not appear in the running-config file. For example, some
no commands
that are used to remove SSIDs or remove configuration parameters do not appear in the running-config file of a
device. A command inside the push and exclude directive are included in the startup-config file pushed to a device,
but AirWave excludes them when calculating and reporting configuration mismatches.
NOTE: The opening tag may have leading spaces.
Below are some examples of using directives:
…
line con 0
</push_and_exclude>no stopbits</push_and_exclude>
line vty 5 15
!
ntp server 209.172.117.194
<ignore_and_do_not_push>ntp clock-period</ignore_and_do_not_push>
end
Using Conditional Variables in Templates
Conditional variables allow lines in the template to be applied only to access points where the enclosed commands
will be applicable and not to any other access points within the Group. For example, if a group of APs consists of
dual-radio Cisco 1200 devices (802.11a/b) and single-radio Cisco 1100 (802.11b) devices, it is necessary to make
commands related to the 802.11a device in the 1200 APs conditional. Conditional variables are listed in the table
below.
The syntax for conditional variables is as follows, and syntax components are described in Table 89 :
%if variable=value%
…
%endif%