Marking a configuration as trusted

For configuration revision control, the Mark as Trusted action enables authorized users to designate for a device the trusted (that is, desired state) Running and Startup configurations. For recommendations on managing the trusted configuration see Maintaining the trusted configuration. The trusted configuration acts as a snapshot with which future configuration changes are compared, monitored, audited, and reported. A discrepancy occurs when one or more of the following conditions exist:

• Current Running configuration is different from the Startup configuration
• Current Running configuration is different from its Trusted Running configuration
• Current Startup configuration is different from its Trusted Startup configuration
• Current Running configuration OS version is different from its Trusted Running OS version

The Dashboard displays the number and percentage (%) of online devices with and without discrepancies on a pie chart. 

To run the Mark As Trusted action

1. On the Add Job page, select Add Actions > Span Actions > Mark As Trusted.

2. Enter information in the following fields:
3. Click Save to add the action to the job.