Creating and Applying a Secure Access Device Template
You can create and apply configuration templates for setting up new Secure access devices through NSM.
Create and apply templates by following these procedures:
Creating the Template
To create a Secure Access template:
- From the left pane of the NSM UI, click Configure.
- Expand Device Manager and select Device Templates. The Device Templates workspace appears on the right side of the screen.
- Click the Device Template Tree tab, click the New button, and select SA Template. The New Device Template dialog box appears.
- Name the Secure Access device template, and select a color for the template.
- Enter the following basic information:
- Device description
- IP address
- Admin username
- Admin user password
- Click OK to save the template. The newly created templates will appear under the Device Template Tree.
- Double-click the newly created template to enter the configuration information. The Device Template screen appears.
- Click the Configuration tab; select the required parameters on the left pane and specify the appropriate values.
- Click OK to create a Secure Access device template.
You can now use this template when configuring Secure Access devices.
 | Note: You can create a custom expression in a device template, but you cannot validate the custom expression. The Validate button is not enabled in the Custom Expressions editor for device templates. |
Applying the Template
To apply a template to a Secure Access device:
- From the left pane of the NSM UI, click Configure.
- Expand Device Manager and select Devices. The Devices workspace appears on the right side of the screen.
- Double-click the Secure Access device to open the device editor.
- From the Device Info tab, select Templates. The templates configuration screen appears.
- Click the Edit icon. The Edit Templates dialog box appears.
- Select the required template from the list, and click OK in the Edit Templates dialog box.
- In the templates configuration screen, select Retain template values on removal to retain template values if a template is removed from the device.
- Select the required template from the list and apply the required settings as explained in Table 1 and click OK.
Table 1: Template Operations Settings
| Option | Function |
Add templates with lowest priority | Adds the templates with the least priority. |
Add templates with highest priority | Adds the templates with the highest priority. |
Remove templates | Removes the templates. |
Don’t change templates | Does not accept modifications to the templates. |
Remove conflicting device values | Does not add device values that conflict. |
Report irrelevant template values | Reports irrelevant template values. |
Report conflicts with other templates | Reports conflicts with other templates. |
Validate | Validates the templates. |
To apply the settings to the device itself, run the Update Device directive to push the configuration to the device.
