Sending configuration changes to the appliances

Changes that you make in the Exinda Management Center are not sent to the appliances until you choose to send them. To do so, click the Send Configuration icon next to the appliance group. This sends the configuration to all the appliances in the group and any nested appliance groups when the next time each appliance calls into the system.

When sending the configuration, you have the option to restart the optimizer on the appliances or save the configuration on the appliances. The next time the appliances call in, they receive the configuration, restart the optimizer, and save configuration as instructed.

If multiple appliance groups exist, then you can push the configuration individually for an appliances group by clicking on the main Configured Appliances icon. This pushes the configuration to all the appliances groups and appliances within them. Pushing the configuration restarts the Optimizer and saves the configuration on the appliance.

The first user-initiated push of the configuration to the appliance(s) deletes the following configuration on the appliance:

• The definitions for local and private net network objects.
• The Circuits in the Optimizer (and hence the entire optimizer tree).
• The After Work and Work Hours schedules.

When the configuration is being edited, the configuration status is Needs Sending. When the configuration is pushed, the status changes to Pending, and when the appliance receives the configuration, the status changes to Delivered.

The life cycle of configuration status