NEXT allows the network engineers to monitor the status of the wireless devices and to manage their configurations.
The section includes two key areas:
The list of devices is displayed in a table with the following columns:
Clicking on a specific device, its card will be opened. This is a standard interface that includes detailed information about a network host:
For each device added to NEXT, the configuration is loaded. If the device's configuration has been changed, it will be reloaded, but the previous configuration will not be deleted. Thus, the monitoring system always stores both the current device configuration and its previous versions.
Configuration management is performed in the "Maintenance" section of the device card. To view the device configurations list, click on the "Manage" button:
The list of configurations includes the entire configuration history, displayed as a table with the following columns:
Select any configuration to view it:
You can compare the two configurations to see how they differ. To do this, in the "Compare" list, select any other configuration.
To highlight changes in the comparison mode, click on the "Show the differences" button.
Changing the device's configuration includes the following steps:
A draft is created by copying an existing configuration. To do this, open the existing configuration and click on the "Edit" button. A draft will be created, with the content identical to the previously selected configuration. After editing, you can save a draft without applying it on the device, or create a job to apply it.
The creation of a job is performed in draft editing mode. Open the draft and click on the "Activate" button.
In the menu, you can schedule the time for applying the configuration, the following options are available:
At the set time, the configuration will be downloaded to the device. After successful validation, the configuration will be applied and the device will reboot. After rebooting the device, NEXT will re-poll it and perform a configuration check. If it was applied correctly, then the job will be marked as completed successfully. Otherwise, the job will fail.