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Configuration Templates 

Configuration templates follow design, approve and deploy workflow.

 

When you have a site, office, or branch that 

uses a similar set of devices and configurations, you can use configuration templates to build a generic 

configuration that you can apply to one or more devices. 

Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides the following types of templates: 

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Features and technologies templates - These out-of-the-box templates are specific to a feature or a 

technology based on CVD or Cisco best practice recommendation. Features and Technologies templates 

are based on device configuration(s) that focus on specific features or technologies in a device 

configuration. These templates can configure various wired and wireless features on the devices. One can 

even customize these templates by duplicating these templates, editing the templates and saving them as 

your own custom template. 

Figure 33.    Configuration Templates Features and Technologies 

 

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CLI templates - CLI templates use Cisco IOS Software CLI commands. Cisco Prime Infrastructure supports 

system defined CLI templates and custom CLI templates. 

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System templates - CLI - These are CLI based customizable out-of-the-box templates. You can modify 

and save it as a new template, but you cannot delete a System Template. In this page, you can import or 

export any template. You cannot import a template under the system defined folder.  

To view the list of CLI templates, choose Configuration > Templates > Features and Technologies > CLI 

Templates > System Templates - CLI. 

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CLI - This is primarily meant for creating custom configuration templates. CLI uses set of reusable device 

configuration commands with the ability to parameterize select elements of the configuration as well as add 

control logic statements. This template is used to generate a device deployable configuration by replacing 

the parameterized elements (variables) with actual values and evaluating the control logic statements. CLI 

templates are based on Apache velocity template language. CLI templates do not have an option to 

undeploy.