In this session, you'll learn how to schedule configuration tasks using configlets for effective configuration management. You'll also learn how to stay compliant to industry standards, configure alerts & notifications with Network Configuration Manager.

1. Configlets, Compliance, RBAC & Reports
Free Network Configuration Manager Training – Part 2

2. • Configlets & it's uses
• Compliance
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Schedules
• Configuration search
• Reports
• Integrations
Agenda

3. We are using NCM build number:
12.3.312
Build Number

4. What are configlets?
• Executable configuration template
• Applied to a device configuration
Configlets
What is it used for?
• Fix faulty devices remotely
• Execute changes in configurations
• Execute network operation tasks

5. How to add a
configlet?

6. File transfer mode
Configlet
Device 1
Device 2
Device 3
Device n

7. Script execution mode
Configlet
Device 1
Device 2
Device 3
Device n
SNMP
Enable/disable

8. Script execution mode - Example
config t
no snmp-server community public RO
no snmp-server community public RW
end

9. Advanced script execution mode
• For commands that prompt user confirmation (Y/N)
• When prompt changes after a command execution
• When command execution takes more time, you may need to extend the
timeout for the particular command.
• If you want to stop command execution in case of any error in the middle
• If you want to change a execution flow based on the device response

10. Advanced script execution mode
<command prompt=']?'>copy flash:%IMAGE_FILENAME% tftp</command>
<command prompt=']?'>%TFTP_SERVER_IP%</command>
<command timeout='70'>%DESTINATION_FILE_NAME%</command>

11. Why compliance?
• Avoid vulnerabilities & loopholes
• Avoid legal consequences
Compliance
If you think compliance is
expensive, try non-compliance.
Default compliance policies in NCM:
• Cisco IOS Policy
• HIPAA
• SOX
• PCI

12. Custom policies
Custom rule Rule group Policies

13. Custom rule
AddClone

14. Simple criteria (2 criteria)
• Should contain, should'nt contain,
exact set , not exact set
• Number of times
Simple criteria

15. Advanced criteria (4 criteria)
• And/or
• Should contain, shouldn't contain
• Pattern (RegEx)
• Number of times
Advanced criteria

16. RegEx commands
http://help.networkconfigurationmanager.com/compliance_v12

17. Advanced custom criteria (Block-based criteria)
• Block criteria (Start & End)
• Additional block criteria
• And/or
• Should contain, shouldn't contain,
exact set , not exact set
• Pattern (RegEx)
• Number of times
Advanced custom criteria

18. Compliance reports

19. • What is it?
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Operator Admin
• Why does your organization need RBAC?
• How NCM helps with RBAC?
• User management
• User authentication: Local,
AD, Radius
• Approval notifications

20. Tools
Instant troubleshooting activities. Eg:
1. Terminal
2. Ping
3. Address monitoring
4. Network Monitoring
5. SNMP tools (plots SNMP graph based on the IP Address and SysOID

21. • Configuration backups
• Report generation
• Compliance check
• Configlets execution
• Startup-running configuration sync
• PCI Review
Schedules

22. • What is it?
• When will it be helpful?
• Global search & advanced configuration search in NCM
Configuration search

23. • What is it?
• How to do it in NCM?
Exclude criteria

24. • How alarms keep you notified.
• Filter based on status, severity, source.
Alarms

25. • What are show commands used for?
• How to identify the command for each device?
Show commands

26. • Startup-running conflict report
• Configuration change report
• EOL/EOS report
• And more.
Reports

27. • Customizable dashboards & widgets
• Dynamic device groups
• User specific retainable filters and column
• Real-time UI
Dynamic & user - friendly UI

28. With OpManager:
Integrations

29. With NetFlow Analyzer:
Integrations