Switch Executive includes options in MAX and functions in the Configuration API to export and manage a virtual device in Microsoft Excel. You can use Excel to scale, customize, and streamline Switch Executive configuration management and perform any of the following tasks:

  • Mass rename devices or channels
  • Mass define routes
  • Store non-configuration information (pinout and other system data) with Switch Executive configuration information in one file

When you have completed your management tasks in Excel, you can import the modified configuration to continue working with the virtual device in other environments/interfaces.