CHAPTER 7
Configuring Session Manager
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Information About Session Manager, on page 75
• Guidelines and Limitations for Session Manager, on page 75
• Configuring Session Manager, on page 76
• Verifying the Session Manager Configuration, on page 78
Information About Session Manager
Session Manager allows you to implement your configuration changes in batch mode. Session Manager works
in the following phases:
• Configuration session—Creates a list of commands that you want to implement in session manager mode.
• Validation—Provides a basic semantic check on your configuration. Cisco NX-OS returns an error if
the semantic check fails on any part of the configuration.
• Verification—Verifies the configuration as a whole, based on the existing hardware and software
configuration and resources. Cisco NX-OS returns an error if the configuration does not pass this
verification phase.
• Commit— Cisco NX-OS verifies the complete configuration and implements the changes atomically to
the device. If a failure occurs, Cisco NX-OS reverts to the original configuration.
• Abort—Discards the configuration changes before implementation.
You can optionally end a configuration session without committing the changes. You can also save a
configuration session.
Guidelines and Limitations for Session Manager
Session Manager has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
• Session Manager supports only the access control list (ACL) feature.
• You can create up to 32 configuration sessions.
• You can configure a maximum of 20,000 commands across all sessions.
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