Templates allow network admins to automatically push device configurations to devices of the same type by replacing device-specific (IP address, hostname) information with variables, saving them time and reducing the possibility of error from one manual device configuration to another.

Note: The values of these variables are read-only and cannot be modified by scripts, though scripts are free to reference their values.

Name

Description

DateTime

The current system date and time in the format yyMMdd-HHmmss.

Device.IPv4Address

The device's IPv4 address.

Device.IPv6Address

The device's IPv6 address.

Device.IpAddress

The device's network IP address.

Device.SystemName

The device's hostname.

FileCaptureKey

The presence of this variable in a script indicates that the device configuration specified with the variable should be captured from the file system as part of the transfer task.

FileTransferMethod

Determines the file transfer method to be used for the file transfer. Can be: SCP_SERVER, SCP_Client, SFTP_SERVER, SFTP_CLIENT, TFTP_SERVER.

ReadTimeout

Specifies how long Configuration Management should wait to read expected output after a command is issued.

ScpClientDirectory

The SCP client directory.

ScpServerAddress

The IP address of the SCP server.

ScpServerPassword

The password of the SCP server.

ScpServerPort

The port of the SCP server.

ScpServerUserName

The username required to connect to the SCP server.

SftpClientDirectory

The SFTP client directory.

SftpServerAddress

The IP address of the SFTP server.

SftpServerPassword

The password of the SFTP server.

SftpServerPort

The port of the SFTP server.

SftpServerUserName

The username required to connect to the SFTP server.

TransferFileDirectory

The directory of the specified transfer method (FileTransferMethod); either SCP_SERVER, SCP_Client, SFTP_SERVER, SFTP_CLIENT, TFTP_SERVER. If an invalid FileTransferMethod is entered, this defaults to the TFTP_SERVER directory.

TransferFileName

The name of the device and the time of the file transfer.