Viewing Configuration Using MultiEdit on AOS-CX

View configuration of switches and find differences in the configuration across switches in the MultiEdit mode.

To view switch configuration in the MultiEdit mode, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, select one of the following options:
   • To select a group in the filter:
     1. Set the filter to a group.
        

        The dashboard context for the group is displayed.

     2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
     3. Click the AOS-CX or Config icon to view the AOS-CX switch configuration dashboard.
   • To select a switch:
     1. Set the filter to Global or a group containing at least one switch.
     2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
        

        A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

     3. Click an AOS-CX switch under Device Name.
        

        The dashboard context for the switch is displayed.

     4. Under Manage, click Device.
        

        The AOS-CX UI configuration page is displayed.

2. To enable MultiEdit mode, move the MultiEdit toggle switch to the on position.

   The Device-Level Configuration page is displayed with the list of devices displayed in the Devices table.

   At the device level, the Devices table lists only the switch that you have selected. Also, a pop-up is displayed on the bottom-right corner of the page with the options View Config, Edit Config, and Express Config. Go to step 6.

3. Search for a switch by entering a search query in the Contextual Search Engine field.

   For more information about search queries, see Using Device Search on AOS-CX.

4. In the Devices table, select one or more switches by clicking the corresponding rows.

   A pop-up is displayed on the bottom-right corner of the page with the options View Config, Edit Config, and Express Config.

5. To view the configuration of switches, click View Config.
   • If you select a single switch, the View Configuration page is displayed. The running switch configuration is displayed in the Configuration window.
   • If you select multiple switches, the View Multi-Device Configuration page is displayed with the following panes:
     • Devices—Lists the selected switch names.

       Select the switches for which you want to view the configuration by selecting the corresponding check box.

     • Configuration—Displays the aggregate running configuration of all selected switches.

   The following features are supported in the view page:

   • Configuration that is same across all switches is displayed as normal text.

   • Differences in configuration is displayed as one of the following:
     • Highlighted parameters (in green)—When parameter value differs across switches. Hover over the parameter to view the list of switches that have this parameter.
     • Entire line differences—Entire line differences are displayed by highlighting the lines along with a description mentioning the switch name that has this line in the configuration. When more than one switch contains this line, a summary of the number of switches is displayed. For example, 2/7 is displayed if two out of seven switches that are selected contain this line in the configuration. To view the list of switches, hover over this summary.

     To view the values of these parameters, right click on the parameter. The View Parameters pane is displayed. If the parameter is already configured on a switch, the value is displayed. Else, N/A is displayed.