Apply Template to an FDM-Managed Device

Important

Before you deploy the changes to the device, continue to the next procedure:

Review Device and Networking Settings.

You can use change request tracking to apply a tracking label to your changes before you apply the template. Use the following procedure to apply an FDM-managed device template:

Procedure

Step 1

(Optional) Before you begin, make a template of your FDM-managed device before you apply another template to it. This gives you a configuration backup you can reference when you need to reapply device and networking settings.

Step 2

In the CDO navigation bar, click Inventory.

Step 3

Click the Templates tab.

Step 4

Click the FTD tab.

Step 5

Use the filter and search field to find the FDM-managed device or template to which you are going to apply the template.

Note

If you change the name of the template at this point, you are applying a full device configuration or template to DeviceName. Deploying this change to DeviceName will overwrite the entire configuration running on that device.

Step 6

In the device Actions pane on the right, click Apply Template.

Step 7

Click Select Template and select the desired template and click Continue.

Step 8

You can configure the following and click Continue appearing on each screen.

  1. Map Interfaces: Confirm or change the mapping of interfaces between the template and the device. Note that you cannot have more than one template interface mapped to a single device interface; if the interface configuration is not supported, you cannot continue and apply the template.

    Note

    CDO does not allow applying a template to a device where more interfaces are defined in the template than there are interfaces on the device.

  2. Fill Parameters: Customize the interface or sub-interface parameter values for the device that you are applying the template to.

  3. Review: Review the template configuration and click Apply Template when you are ready to overwrite the existing device configuration with the configuration in the template.

Step 9

Click Review and deploy now the changes you made, or wait and deploy multiple changes at once.