Cisco Catalyst Center Rogue Management and aWIPS Application Quick Start Guide, Release 3.1.x

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Preview and deploy your device configurations

Updated: December 15, 2025

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Overview

When you reach the scheduling step of a workflow that supports Visibility and Control of Configurations, use this procedure to preview and deploy your device configurations.

When you reach the scheduling step in a workflow that supports Visibility and Control of Configurations, complete this procedure to preview and deploy your device configurations.

Before you begin

Ensure that Visibility and Control of Configurations is enabled in the settings.

Procedure

1.

Click Preview and Deploy (Recommended) and, if necessary, update the task name.

Note

By default, if only visibility is enabled or both visibility and control are enabled, Preview and Deploy (Recommended) is selected. The Now and Later options are dimmed.
2.

On the Performing Initial Checks window, address all the issues to continue with your current deployment.

Ensure all validations are successful by clicking Recheck in the lower right corner of the window.
3.

On the Preparing Devices and Configuration Models window, wait for the system to prepare the devices and generate the device configurations.

Tip

This preparation can take some time. You can click Exit and Preview Later and view the work item in the Tasks window.
4.

In the Preview Configuration window, review the device configurations. The window displays a deployment option.

Click...

To...

Deploy or Submit for Approval

deploy the device configurations.

Exit and Preview Later

review and deploy the device configurations later.

Later, go to the Tasks window, open the work item, and click Deploy or Submit for Approval.
Note

You can submit the device configurations for ITSM approval and deploy them without previewing all the configurations.
5.

Schedule the deployment.

  1. Indicate when and, if applicable, where you want to deploy the configuration.

    If you are submitting the configurations for review, add notes for the IT administrator.

  2. Click Submit.

    You can check the work item approval status or the task deployment status on the Tasks window. If it is not approved, resubmit the work item for ITSM approval. When it is approved, the item is deployed at the scheduled time.

    Note

    After submitting the task, view the progress of the provisioning task with the Task Progress bar in the Activities > Tasks window by clicking the task name.