Change An Unmanaged Device Into A Managed Device - Extreme Networks ISM Provision User Manual

2 Select Yes
The changes are removed. At this point the Network panel of the Network
Provision view displays the current state of the server.

Change an Unmanaged Device into a Managed Device

You should understand the section "Managed and Unmanaged Devices," before
performing this task. The unmanaged device configuration will be loaded onto the
physical device that you specify and overwrite any existing configuration present on the
device.
Be sure that the image version and the device type specified in the unmanaged
configuration matches that of the device. Also be sure that the configuration that you
set on the device will allow the device communicator to remain connected to the device.
Since the device communicator uses Telnet to connect to the device and enter the
configuration commands, if you unconfigure a necessary route, or remove a critical IP
address, you will not be able to continue communicating with the device. The situation
is identical to the case of manually connecting to the device with Telnet. If you
unconfigure your access, the session will end.
If the physical device already contains an extensive configuration, there may be some
errors caused by conflicts between the configuration that is moved to the device and its
current configuration. See the last step in this task, "Correct errors (if any), then Commit
and Upload", for information about resolving conflicts.
Summary Steps. To change an unmanaged device into a managed device:
1 Select the device to change
2 Launch the Modify Device wizard (Edit>Properties)
3 Select the Managed Device Selection wizard entry
4 Select Managed Device checkbox
5 Enter Device Address
6 Enter Administrator Login and Password
7 Select Communication Host
8 Select Finish
9 Commit changes to ISM Provision server
10 Correct errors (if any), then Commit and Upload
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