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For example, changing the SSID on Cisco IOS APs requires the AP to be rebooted. Two other settings that
require the AP to be rebooted for configuration change are Logging and NTP. A configuration mismatch
results if the AP is not rebooted.
If logging and NTP service are not required according to the Group configuration, but are enabled on the AP,
you would see a configuration file mismatch as follows if the AP is not rebooted:
IOS Configuration File Template:
…
(no logging queue-limit)
…
Device Configuration File on APs/Devices > Audit Configuration Page
…
line con 0
line vty 5 15
actual logging 10.51.2.1
actual logging 10.51.2.5
actual logging facility local6
actual logging queue-limit 100
actual logging trap debugging
no service pad
actual ntp clock-period 2861929
actual ntp server 209.172.117.194
radius-server attribute 32 include-in-access-req format %h
…
10. Once the template is correct and all mismatches are verified on the AP Audit configuration page, use the
Modify Devices link on the Groups > Monitor configuration page to place the desired devices into
Management mode. This removes the APs from Monitor mode (read-only) and instructs the AP to pull down
its new startup configuration file from AWMS.
Using Template Syntax
Template syntax is comprised of the following components, described in this section:
 “Using Directives to Eliminate Reporting of Configuration Mismatches” on page155
 “Using Conditional Variables in Templates” on page156
 “Using Substitution Variables in Templates” on page157
 “Using AP-Specific Variables” on page158
Using Directives to Eliminate Reporting of Configuration Mismatches
AWMS is designed to audit AP configurations to ensure that the actual configuration of the access point exactly
matches the Group template. When a configuration mismatch is detected, AWMS generates an automatic alert
and flags the AP as having a Mismatched configuration status on the user page.
However, when using the templates configuration function, there will be times when the running-config file and
the startup-config file do not match under normal circumstances. For example, the
ntp clock-period setting
is almost never identical in the running-config file and the startup-config file. You can use directives such as
<ignore_and_do_not_push> to customize the template to keep AWMS from reporting mismatches for this
type of variance.
AWMS provides two types of directives that can be used within a template to control how AWMS constructs the
startup-config file to send to each AP and whether it reports variances between the running-config file and the
startup-config file as "configuration mismatches." Lines enclosed in <push_and_exclude> are included in the AP
NOTE: Devices can be placed into Management mode individually from the APs/Devices > Manage configuration page.