Deploying switch configuration

Prerequisites

Ensure that you are logged in to the NPS toolkit VM.

Ensure that the following environment variables are updated:

export API_IP=<Customer_IP_assigned _to_NPS_VM>
export NPSADMIN=<user name of admin mentioned in the nps_secret.yaml file>
export NPSPASSWD=<password of admin user mentioned in the nps_secret.yaml file>
export TOPOLOGY_NAME=<the deployment name mentioned in the TICG tool while creating the input.json file>
export VIM_TYPE=<VIM platform type like RHOSP/RHOCP/VMWARE>

Ensure that ODIM RA and CFM are up and running. Use the following commands to verify the ODIM RA and CFM installations:
```
nps show --data odim
nps show --data cfm
```
Ensure that the initial switch configurations are done on all the switches. See Initial configuration for Aruba switches.
Ensure that the switches are reachable from the NPS VM.
Ensure that all switches are using the same version of the switch software.
Ensure that the switch_config docker image is present using the following command:
```
docker images | grep -i switch_config
```

Procedure

Deploy switch configuration using the following command:
```
nps deploy -s switch -l debug -nos aruba
```
Verify the status of switch configuration using the following command:
```
nps show --data cfm
```
The output of this command shows a state dictionary that has following key value pair:
```
"switches_state": "synced"
```
```
nps show --service switch
```
The output of this command has the state details for all the switches.

In case of any failures in either CFM or switch state, analyze the <topology_name>_switch_config_<date>.log file in the /var/nps/logs/<topology_name> directory.