Filter
Top Products
DES-7200 Configuration Guide Chapter 2 Configuration File Management
2-1
2 Configuration File
nagement
2.1
Ma
Introduction to
Configuration File
Management
2.1.1 Overview
Along with the instant development of network, the network environment is getting more
and more complicated, resulting more and more configuration information and higher and
higher requirements on the network administrator. The change in configuration
information may lead to unpredictable impacts on the entire network. Therefore, the
monitoring of configuration change is of crucial importance. Currently, we can only
determine whether the configurations have been change by copying the current running
configuration file (running-config) and start-up configuration file (startup-config) and
comparing the difference in command lines of both files. Although such a method can
help identify changes in the configuration, there are still many defects. For example: the
sequence of configuration changes cannot be identified; the network admin
istrator cannot
be notified in a timely manner; the relevant responsible personnel cannot be identified in
th of such configuration change. The configuration file
management can remind the administrator of such configuration change through
2.1.2 Basic Characteristics
e event network failure caused by
messages or logs, and also allows the comparison of configuration file.
Configuration file management involves such basic characteristics as configuration
2.1.2
change messaging/logging and configuration file comparison.
.1 Configuration Change Logging
Configuration Change Logging provides a new approach for determining whether the
oach can track the time of configuration change,
configuration contents and the user making such configuration change, and it can also
configurations have changed. This appr
notify the network administrator in a real-time way.