Manage The Network Inventory Devices; Upload Devices - Extreme Networks ISM Provision User Manual

Managing the Network Inventory
inventory (and topology) files is ".topo". If you do not specify an extension, the
default will be appended to your file name.
3 Specify the folder that contains the devices to export
Use the Export Device Folder drop-down list to display the devices from a single
folder, or select All to display all the devices. The Devices panel will display the
devices to select from.
4 Specify the export options
Select the options for saving the file. If you select Overwrite, the save will overwrite
an identically named file, if any, in that directory. Backup Before Overwrite will
append the extension ".bak" to an existing, identically named file. Include Trunk
Connections will also export the connection topology information to the file.
5 Select the devices to export
The devices contained in the currently selected device folder are listed in the
Devices panel. Select which device you want to export, clicking on an individual
device, or use the multiple select of your window manager (commonly [SHIFT]-click
to select the whole list, [CTRL]-click to add items to a list).
6 Select Export
Select Export to export the devices to the file.
7 Select Close
You may wish to select other devices and export them into another file, so the
Export Inventory wizard will remain open until you select Close.

Manage the Network Inventory Devices

From the Network Inventory view of NIM you can perform two device management
tasks, upload the device configurations to the ISM Provision server, and save the
currently running device configurations to the device's NVRAM.

Upload Devices

When you upload a device, the device communicator connects to the device, examines
its configuration, and updates the ISM Provision server if there are any changes. By
default, the device communicator performs an upload every 60 minutes. The automatic
update is controlled in the Server Administration view on the Communicators panel.
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