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Downloading an Incremental Configuration to Devices
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To download a configuration to a device, do the following:
1 Select a device group or All Devices from the drop-down menu in the Device Group field.
2 Select the device from the device list presented. You can only download to one device at a time.
3 Select the file you want to download. The default is the Last Uploaded Configuration, if there is one.
You can also enter a file name or select from a list of files saved for this device.
4 For ExtremeWare devices, specify the target location for the configuration, and whether EPICenter
should save the file on the device after reboot.
5 To start the download, click the Apply button.
Downloading an Incremental Configuration to Devices
The Incremental download feature lets you download only selected configuration settings to a device,
instead of replacing the entire device configuration file.
An incremental configuration download executes only the commands specified in the incremental
download file. It does not reset the switch configuration or replace any other configuration settings that
may exist in the device. No reboot is necessary. The EPICenter incremental download does not save the
configuration; you must do so.
Within EPICenter, you can create or designate a set of configuration information as a baseline
configuration for devices running ExtremeWare 6.0 or later (see
“Creating a Baseline Configuration File”
on page 161 ). Using an incremental download to execute a baseline configuration provides a known,
“standard” configuration that you can use to ensure that devices are configured into a known state. For
example, if you want to set a group of devices to the same basic configuration, you can first set
individual IP addresses on each device, and then use the incremental configuration download feature to
set all other configuration settings on all devices to a common state.
Incremental downloads are supported on Extreme Networks devices running ExtremeWare 6.0 or later.
To download an incremental configuration to a device, click the Increment button at the top of the
window.
Download configuration to: Select the location on the device to which the configuration should be downloaded:
• Current : Downloads to the current partition (ExtremeWare devices only).
• Primary : Downloads to the Primary partition.
• Secondary : Downloads to the secondary partition.
Save configuration to: For devices running ExtremeWare, check to automatically save the configuration file
on the device after the device reboots.
Select the location on the device where the configuration should be saved:
• Current : Saves as the current configuration.
• Primary : Saves as the Primary configuration.
• Secondary : Saves as the secondary configuration.