Managing Switch Lifecycle

Deploy, configure, and manage switches in one click with AmpCon-Campus.

1 Step 1: Importing or Deploying Switches
2 Step 2: Configuring Switches
3 Step 3: Managing Switch Lifecycle

Step 1: Importing or Deploying Switches

To manage switches with AmpCon-Campus, you need to deploy switches or import switches first.

For switches that are deployed but not deployed with AmpCon-Campus, you need to import these switches to AmpCon-Campus via IP Discovery. The importing process can be easily done through the AmpCon-Campus UI.

After you import switches, you can use AmpCon-Campus to configure and monitor these switches and manage the lifecycle of these switches.

For switches that are not deployed, you can deploy these switches with AmpCon-Campus via Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). AmpCon-Campus simplifies the switch deployment process.

For white-box switches, the deployment procedure is as follows:

Learn more about detailed deployment steps here.

For integrated hardware and software switches, the deployment procedure is as follows:

Learn more about detailed deployment steps here.

Step 2: Configuring Switches

AmpCon-Campus includes native switch configuration management capabilities, which you can use to push configurations to a single or multiple switches.

After the desired configurations are pushed to switches and the network is stable, you might want to make sure that accidental changes don’t disrupt operations. You can back up and restore configurations for disaster recovery.

You can compare configurations for troubleshooting or auditing.

Step 3: Managing Switch Lifecycle

By using AmpCon-Campus, you can upgrade PicOS on a single switch or on multiple switches at scale.

AmpCon-Campus supports Returning Merchandise Authorization (RMA), which means replacing a switch with another switch of the same switch model.

When the hardware of a switch fails and is replaced with a new switch, you can RMA to take the configurations from the failed switch, install or upgrade PicOS, update the serial number of the new switch, and push the configurations to the new switch to seamlessly manage it with AmpCon-Campus.

You can decommission (DECOM) a deployed switch to revoke the PicOS license and configurations from the switch. The decommissioned switch will not be managed by AmpCon-Campus.
You can remove a deployed or imported switch from AmpCon-Campus. The switch will be removed from the AmpCon-Campus database and thus not be displayed in the AmpCon-Campus UI.
You can connect to a switch from the AmpCon-Campus UI by creating an SSH session.