POAP Definitions

The POAP switch definition has two major functions:

• Monitoring switch POAP process

• Managing POAP switch configuration

You must copy the license files to the /var/lib/dcnm/license directory to install as part of the POAP process.

The following fields and icons are listed at the menu bar of the window to customize the view of the information in the window:

Fields and Icons	Description
Serial Number	Specifies the serial number for the switch.
Switch ID	Specifies the ID defined for the switch
Management IP	Specifies the Management IP for the switch.
Status
Switch Status	Indicates if the switch is published or not.
Publish Status	Indicates if this POAP template has been published successfully to the TFTP site.
Bootscript Status	Indicates the Bootscript execution state when the device executed POAP. For details, view the “Boot Log” file.
Diff State	Specifies if the configuration defined in POAP is different from the running configuration on the device. If a difference is detected, the user has an option to make changes to the device configuration, thereby ensuring that the configuration on the device in sync with the POAP configuration.¹ The different states are: • NA—Specifies that no POAP definition is configured on DCNM for the particular device; therefore, no difference computation can be made. • Diff Detected—Specifies that few configuration differences are detected between POAP definition in DCNM and the running configuration on the switch. You can review the difference statements and choose the commands to deploy to the device, and synchronize the running configuration with the POAP definition. • No Diff Detected—Specifies that there was no configuration diff perceived between POAP definition and the running configuration on the switch. • Error—Specifies that an error has occurred during diff computation. Refer to the logs to troubleshoot the issue.
Model	Specifies the model of the switch.
Template/Config File Name	Specifies the template used for creating the POAP definition.
Bootscript Last Updated Time	Specifies the last updated time for bootscript.
Last Published	Specifies the last published time for the POAP definition.
Last Saved	Specifies the last saved time for the POAP definition.
POAP Creation Time	Specifies the time when the POAP definition was created.
System Image	Specifies the System Image used while creating the POAP definition.
Kickstart Image	Specifies the kickstart image used the PAOP definition
Icons
Add	Allows you to add a POAP definition. For more information, see Creating a POAP definition.
Edit	Allows you to edit a POAP definition. For more information, see Editing a POAP Definition.
Delete	Allows you to delete a POAP definition. For more information, see Deleting POAP Definitions.
Publish	Allows you to publish a POAP definition. For more information, see Publishing POAP definitions.
Write Erase and Reload	Allows you to reboot and reload a POAP definition. For more information, see Write, Erase and Reload the POAP Switch Definition.
Change Image	Allows you to change the image for the defined POAP definition. For more information, see Editing a POAP Definition.
Boot Log	Display the list and view log files from the device bootflash.
Refresh Switch	Refreshes the list of switches.
Show Filter	Filters list of switches based on the defined value for each column.
Print	Prints the list of devices and their details.
Export	Exports the list of devices and their details to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Select Columns	Displays the columns to be displayed. You can choose to show/hide a column.

Note Each annotation statement is composed of one or more key-values pair. The value can be true, false or a string. If the value is a string, it should be mentioned in double-quotes.

This section contains the following:

• Creating a POAP definition

• Uploading a POAP Definition

• Editing a POAP Definition

• Deleting POAP Definitions

• Publishing POAP definitions

• Write, Erase and Reload the POAP Switch Definition

You can discover the device manually also. Navigate to Admin < Data Sources on the Web Client to initiate a “Diff state” comparison for each device.