Updating Option 150 on Multiple DHCP pools 1500+ Devices

marcrajs

Yay, so i've been tasked with updating our option 150 (tftp) settings on our devices.

The problem here is that across 1500+ devices, there isn't much consistency to the pool names.  Some are Voice, VOICE, voice, voicevlan, etc.

Is there any way to actually do this with NCM or will i have to touch everything?

Thanks!

rschroeder

NCM can push out CLI scripts to managed devices that use command line configuration management.  If all your devices used the same CLI command, you'd just select the nodes in NCM's Configuration Management page, click Execute Script, enter the script exactly as needed, and apply it.  If some devices use one kind of command, and other devices use a different command, simply apply the command to them by device type--you can sort & filter by device type using the dropdown on the top left.

NCM is a good tool for standardizing your configurations.

You can also leverage its Compliance capabilities and create your own Compliance Report that flags every different name for pools and report them to you so you can determine how to make them consistent.  If you wish, create a few sample / test devices that each have a different example of your pool naming, then build a Compliance Report and activate the Remediation option to change the pool name to something consistent across all devices.