Auto Deployment Plan
The auto deployment function provides automatic executions of software upgrade, startup configuration deployment, CLI script execution, and configuration backup for devices with zero or simple configurations, allowing you to quickly configure devices in batch to operate properly without manual intervention.
An auto deployment plan is a set of automatic deployment operations that are defined according to the network plan. iCC displays these plans in a nested table that shows both the plan information and device information.
For auto deployment plans, iCC provides several functions, including the ability to add, delete, modify, and view the plans. The auto deployment plan information, shown in the external table, includes:
- Plan name
- Creator
- Creation time
- Execution status of each device in the plan
For auto deployment device information, iCC also provides several functions, including the ability to add, delete, modify, view, import, or trigger devices as well as triggering deployment and viewing auto deployment execution results. The auto deployment device information, shown in the internal table, includes the following information for each device:
- MAC address
- Current IP address
- Target IP address
- Operating status
An auto deployment plan can be triggered in one of the following ways:
- When a device with zero configurations is powered on, the system automatically adds it to the system, and performs a specific auto deployment plan as configured. Before powering on the zero configuration device, the network administrator must configure on the DHCP server the address pool, gateway, DNS server, domain name, TFTP server for the system, initial configuration file name, and timeout period.
- For a simple-configuration device that exists on the network, the system adds it to the system through auto discovery or manual adding, and performs a specific auto deployment plan as configured.
- For a simple-configuration device that has been added to the system, you can trigger an auto deployment plan for it.
Precautions
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By default, the initial configuration enables DHCP on VLAN-interface 1 to obtain IP addresses and related settings. To enable DHCP on the management interface for IP address assignment, copy the original configuration file and replace the VLAN interface with the management interface in the file.
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