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• NCCM: Verify Configuration Changes

  I've been doing a configuration change on over 500 devices of a customer's network, and using NetMRI to install the change was extremely easy. Below is the script that I used, and I thought it would be useful to describe how it works. The overview... Posted Mar 30 2010, 04:46 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: Configuration management, NCCM, Featured, configuration change

• Saved by the Configuration Repository!

  We recently had a near-disaster occur at a customer. A 6500 10/100 ethernet blade had died and was replaced. When the replacement blade was installed, the configuration for its interfaces disappeared from the configuration! The techs couldn't figure... Posted Dec 05 2009, 03:51 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: Configuration management, NCCM, Configuration Repository

• Device Modeling

  Some network configuration management vendors are building systems that model network devices. Their intent is that their customers will find that working with a model of a router or switch will be easier than working with a larger number of individual... Posted Feb 01 2009, 08:11 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: NCCM, Featured, device modeling

• Configuration Rollback

  We were talking with Debra Curtis of Gartner yesterday about Network Configuration and Change Management ( NCCM ) and the topic of Rollback came up. Juniper has supported the 'commit' operation since they started, allowing their devices to be... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:40 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: network world, IOS, rollback, NCCM