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• Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 3

  Implementing Changes Once you have your network policies defined, see the prior posts Part 1 and Part 2 , then implemented in a configuration policy check, you need a way to correct any non-compliant configurations. An obvious choice for remediation is... Posted May 13 2011, 12:51 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: compliance, change management, Configuration management, configuration update, configuration policy, config policy, configuration change, configuration compliance, device grouping, device tagging, interface tagging, configuration checking

• Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 2

  In the prior post, I explained why configuration policies are needed. Now it is time to discuss how to build policies. I like to start with the written policies, because that tells me what was intended. An example is: "All network devices will be... Posted May 04 2011, 01:55 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: compliance, Configuration management, Configuration Repository, configuration update, configuration policy, config policy, config archive, configuration change, configuration compliance, configuration checking

• New Year Resolution: Run a Clean Network

  Welcome to the New Year - 2011! At the start of a new year, there is always talk of new year resolutions. You've seen them in magazines and newspapers: eat healthier food, loose weight, begin an exercise program, tackle the CCIE test, learn a new... Posted Jan 05 2011, 11:24 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: configuration update, redundancy, interface up/down, interface down, configuration change, HSRP, resilient networks, common problems, redundant interface

• Subsystem Configuration Policy Check

  I'm working on a network that requires configuration checks be performed. For some of the subsystems, that's pretty easy because the configuration is done per device and there are no external dependencies. For example, the desired SNMP, logging... Posted Dec 08 2008, 12:57 PM by tslattery with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Configuration management, Featured, configuration update, configuration policy