Manage Device Configurations

View Managed Devices

When you want to view the details about the configuration of a managed device, use the Devices object in Configuration Manager to display a list of managed devices with the corresponding configuration parameters.

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) and the Enterprise Communications Broker (ECB).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider and select Devices.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, the following columns display:

Update a Device Configuration

Pre-requisites: Before you update a device configuration you must first load it in Configuration Manager. See the Load the Configuration of a Local Device to Configure a Device section for more information.

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click the Devices folder.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, expand the folder hierarchy, select a network function (NF) device, and click Update.
  3. In the dialog that appears, select from the following options to update the device configuration:

    Note:

    The first two options are only available if there are pending changes to be saved. The third option is only available if there are no user changes, and there is a saved configuration pending activation.

View Device Configuration Changes

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click the Devices folder.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, expand the folder hierarchy, select a network function (NF) device, and click View Changes to display a list of all configuration changes made for this device.
  3. In the Configuration Changes pane, the changes made by the current user appear for the NF device in the LCV (Local Configuration View) table. The following table describes the LCV columns:
  4. You can use the following actions in the Configuration Changes pane:

    Note:

    You must have the appropriate user privileges to perform actions in the Configuration Changes pane.

Track Device Configuration Changes

Use this task to track changes that are made to device parameters.

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click the Devices folder.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, expand the folder hierarchy, select a network function (NF) device, and click Get Inventory.
  3. In the Configuration inventory dialog that appears for the device, review the number of each type of configuration element.
  4. (Optional) Click Save to file.
  5. In the dialog that appears, click OK to download the information in the format of a comma-separated values (CSV) file to your system.

View Device Tasks

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) and the Enterprise Communications Broker (ECB).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click the Devices folder.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, expand the folder hierarchy, select a network function (NF) device, and click View tasks.
  3. In the Device tasks table, you can view the device operations that are performed and if you select a device operation row, you can see logs for this device operation by clicking View Log.

Export Detailed Device Information from Configuration Manager

You can export network function (NF) device information to your local system, which allows data to be saved in a table-structured format for auditing or management purposes.

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click Devices.
  2. In the Managed Devices pane, expand the folder hierarchy, select an NF device, and click View Changes.
  3. In the Configuration changes pane, click Save to File.
  4. In the dialog, click OK to download the information in the format of a comma-separated values (CSV) file to your system.

Remove Device Association with Session Element Manager

Note:

For Oracle Enterprise products, the following procedure supports only the Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) and the Enterprise Communications Broker (ECB).
  1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click Devices.
  2. In the Managed Devices table, click Add devices.
  3. In the Devices associated with Element Management pane, expand the folder hierarchy in the Targeted devices table, and click the network function (NF) device you want to remove.
  4. Click Remove.
    Your device is no longer associated with Oracle Communications Session Element Manager and appears in the Device list pane.
  5. Click OK to apply the changes.