Waystream (PacketFront)

This guide covers Waystream (formerly PacketFront) access switches and routers running iBOS (Intelligent Broadband OS), including the ASR and MS series.

Create a backup account

iBOS uses a router-style CLI with privilege levels. Create a dedicated account — for example netwatch-backup — through the CLI's user management with enough privilege to display the complete running configuration. If you keep the account at a lower privilege level, also record the enable/privileged password in QUARK, since displaying the full configuration requires elevated privilege. QUARK only runs show commands and never changes the configuration.

Enable SSH access

Enable the SSH server in the device configuration and confirm the Netwatch collector can reach TCP port 22 on the management address. iBOS supports restricting management access by source; limit SSH to the collector's IP there, or apply an ACL on the management interface. Disable Telnet once SSH is verified.

Platform notes

• Verify the account manually once — log in and display the running configuration — before adding the device, since privilege requirements can vary between iBOS releases.
• In access networks managed by a provisioning system (such as BECS), the device configuration may be re-provisioned centrally; device-level backups still give you per-device change history and an independent restore reference.

Enable backup in Netwatch

Once the device is prepared, open its host in Netwatch (Data collection > Hosts) and add the Config Backup macros — the supported status flag, the model code for this platform, and the credentials you created. See Getting started for the full macro list and values.