Viewing the Configuration History of Switches

Starting with the 7.0 release, you can view the configuration status of a selected switch or a switch group in the Configuration History. You can select a particular record in the Configuration History to view the details such as Switch Name, Switch Serial Number, Start Time, End Time, Status and the command lines that were sent to the switch in the Configuration Details table. In the earlier releases, when you configured a CLI template for multiple switches, only the configuration status for the switch group was displayed in the Configuration tab; the configuration status of the affected switch was not seen.

Note: The Configuration History table displays a maximum of 250 records. The command lines in the Configuration Details displays a maximum of 1000 characters. Sensitive data such as the passwords are replaced with '****'.

Complete the following steps to view the Configuration History in the Configuration tab.

  1. From the main menu, go to Network > Wired > Switches.
    The Switches page is displayed.
  2. Select a Switch. In the Details pane, click the Configuration tab, and locate the section titled Configuration History. SmartZone release 7.1 introduces the Initiated By column within the Configuration History table. The feature helps track and identify which administrator account made the configuration change.

    Viewing the Configuration History

  3. Select a specific configuration history that you want to explore, and click on it.
    The Configuration Details page is displayed, showing information associated with that particular entry.

    Viewing Configuration Details