3.6 Change Menu
(Configuration) Change tools perform operations related to the configuration changes on the selected devices. They are all located under Change sub menu.
In this section, we describe each feature in this sub-menu from the top to the bottom.
Change tools are placed under Change sub-menu in the tools menu.
3.6.1 Command Runner
Command Runner eases the effort of managing your devices by automating the iteration over them, e.g. you can schedule the execution of
the hundreds of lines of commands with just one click. Available commands include those for fetching or pushing the configurations.
After the required fields are filled in, click on the Execute button.
The results are shown in the status pane.
Override the default prompt regex specifies the regular expression that matches to a specific prompt (like PS1 variable on the shell) on the device.
Specifying this field is required if some operation use the special input prompt, e.g. interactive
input might respond with a prefix > on each line while the normal command responds with a
prefix <username>#. In this case, you should specify a regular expression ^< (a line starting
with <). Otherwise, netLD fails to distinguish the command output and the prompt for the next
input.
However, you cannot respond to the input query interactively while iterating over the devices.
3.6.2 Enable or Disable Interfaces
It allows you to change the admin status of interfaces of the device.
Select interface/s and select UP or DOWN to change from the drop down list. Note that if the interface which is going to be DOWN is the only interface you can connect to the device in the network, you no longer connect to that device in the same measure after that.
3.6.3 Login Banner (MOTD)
Changing the MOTD login banner of the devices.
3.6.4 Name Servers Manager
It allows you to add or delete a name server of the devices.
Menu Items Description
Name Server Address Enter IP address of the name server.
Name Server Action Select action for the name server from the drop- down list to add or delete. (add/delete)
Domain Suffix Name Enter the domain suffix name.
3.6.5 NTP Servers
Adds/removes NTP servers to/from the devices.
Menu Items Description
NTP servers to add Enter the IP address of the NTP server to add.
NTP servers to remove Enter the IP address of the NTP server to delete.
3.6.6 Port VLAN Assignment
It allows you to assign VLAN ports to the interfaces of the device.
After selecting one or more interfaces from the Select Interfaces list and the VLAN name to assign, click on Execute button to run the tool.
3.6.7 SNMP Community String
It allows you to add or delete a SNMP community string for the devices.
Menu Items Description
Community String Enter SNMP community string to add or delete.
Access Type Select access type of the community string to add or delete from the drop down list.
3.6.8 SNMPTrapHosts
It allows you to add or delete a SNMP trap host for the devices.
Menu Items Description
Trap Host Name/Address Enter the hostname or IP address of the trap host to add or delete.
Community String Enter the community string of the trap host. Action (add/delete)
Select the action from the drop down list.
3.6.9 Syslog Hosts
It allows you to add or delete a syslog host of the devices.
Menu Items Description
Logging hosts to add Enter IP address of the syslog host to add.
Logging hosts to remove Enter IP address of the syslog host to delete.
3.6.10 IOS Software Distribution
netLD is able to distribute IOS software to the devices through the remote network. IOS images should be saved before using the tool. To save the
image, see Sec. 3.6.13.
3.6.11 Manage OS Images
Specify the directory on the server’s file system and search for OS image files in that directory. The images found in this feature are later available
in IOS Software Distribution(Sec. 3.6.10) and NEC WA Software Distribution(Sec. 3.6.12).
Click on to add an IOS image files.
Figure 3.6.1: IOS Software distribution
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Menu Items |
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Select an IOS image file to push. . . Destination flash location |
Click on the . . . button on the right and select the image in a Browse OS image dialog. Specify the name of the drive (e.g. flash, usbflash0, nvram) on the device.
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Destination flash directory
Destination flash partition Remove the existing image from flash Boot from the new image Reload after image push Minimum DRAM in Kilobytes (from CCO)
Perform backup after tool completes |
Enter the directory on the drive where the flash image is saved. If the directory does not exist, it will be created. Enter the drive partition. If the partition does not exist, the distribution fails.
Reload the new image after pushing the image. Enter minimum DRAM size (the information is available at Cisco.com.) This is an optional feature to check if the device has enough space for the new image.
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You can add some directories. This can be achieved by click on the 
button
After the image is successfully added to the list, click on the OK button to finish.
3.6.12 NEC WA Software Distribution
Similar to IOS distribution, netLD is also able to distribute NEC WA software to the devices through the remote network. The images should be saved
before using the tool. To save the image, see Sec. 3.6.13.
3.6.13 Retrieve OS Image Files
This feature retrieves an IOS image file from the devices and store it internally. Those images can be used for IOS Software Distribution (Sec. 3.6.10)
and NEC WA Software Distribution (Sec. 3.6.12).
Figure 3.6.2: NEC WA Software distribution
Menu Items Description
Select an IOS image file to push. . . Click on the . . . button on the right and select the image in a Browse OS image dialog. Remove the existing image from flash Enable it to remove the existing image from flash.
Boot from the new image Enable it to boot from the new image.
Reload after image push Enable it to reload the new image after pushing the image.
Perform Backup after Tool completes
3.6.14 Add Static Route
Here, you can add new static routes for the devices. Enter required information to add a static route and click on the Execute button.
Add Static Route window.
Menu Items Description
Destination Address (IP Address) Enter the destination IP address.
Destination Mask (IP Mask) Enter the destination subnet mask.
Gateway Address (IP Address) Enter the destination gateway address.
3.6.15 Delete Static Route
Here, you can delete static routes for the devices. Select the static routes to delete and click on the Execute button.
Delete Static Route window.
3.6.16 Users
It changes the user account and password on the devices.
Change Enable Password
It sets an enable password or an enable secret password for the devices. If both passwords are configured on the devices, it overwrites the enable secret
password only.
Change VTY Password
It changes the VTY password of the devices.
Delete User Account
It deletes the existing user account on the device.
Add User Account
It adds a user account on the device.
Change Local User Password
It changes the local passwords for the username configured on the devices.
