How to enter different commands onto each device for Device.CLI.Modify Config

If you want to configure each of the selected devices in a different way, there are two ways to achieve this:

1. Create a separate Device.CLI.Modify Config activity for each device and set the commands to be entered in the options tab.

   This method involves having a separate scheduled activity for each device you want to modify.

2. Create a single Device.CLI.Modify Config activity and select all the devices you want to modify.
   1. Select Or, read commands from file option.
   2. Specify the %BaseFile% value as part of the file name.
   3. Create a separate text file for each device that contains the commands you want to have entered into the config.

Example

1. Specify a file name: C:\CatTools\%BaseFile%.txt
2. Select a device for the %BaseFile% variable. In this example, we use CiscoRouter1. A list of other devices and their respective base filename include:

   Device name	Base filename	Config commands filename
   CiscoRouter1	CiscoRouter1	C:\CatTools\CiscoRouter1.txt
   CiscoRouter2	CiscoRouter2	C:\CatTools\CiscoRouter1.txt
   Sales Switch	Sales_Switch	C:\CatTools\Sales_Switch.txt

   Any spaces and invalid characters are replaced by an underscore ( _ ) in the base filename.

3. In the text file, enter a list of commands. For example, in the file C:\CatTools\CiscoRouter1.txt, enter the commands:

   Interface s 0/0 
   Description New WAN link to head office
   No shutdown

4. You can create a text file for multiple devices. Enter different commands in each text file and then run the activity. CatTools automatically matches the correct text file with the device based on the %BaseFile% value.