Importing and Saving

Hardware information from a live network can also be imported on-demand via real-time SNMP and CLI outputs. Previously saved SNMP, CLI, and CSV data can also be imported for an offline network. To do this, open the Hardware Inventory window by selecting Inventory > Hardware Inventory. Then, at the bottom of the window, there is a toolbar with Load and Save buttons.

Clicking on the Load button displays several options.

Clicking on the Actions > Save button displays several options.

Hardware Inventory File Format

When using CLI to collect the hardware information, the raw data files are saved into directory /u/wandl/data/collection/.LiveNetwork/equipment_cli. The file naming convention is “<Router Profile Name>.equipment_cli”.

When using SNMP to collect the hardware information, the raw data files are saved into directory /u/wandl/data/collection/.LiveNetwork/equipment. The file naming convention is “<IP>.iftable” and “<IP>.snmp”.

From the raw data, hardware inventory files are generated into XML format in directory /u/wandl/data/livenetwork_output_directory/swconf.x. The file naming convention is “<hostname>.xml”. Each collection method may have slightly different raw data values which is dependent on the device vendor. Also, SNMP may not be able to collect certain data fields that CLI can collect and vice versa. If both SNMP and CLI collection methods are used, the combined data collected will compliment each other in the hardware inventory files.

From the hardware inventory files, hardware inventory reports in CSV format can be generated by running Task Manager > Hardware Inventory Reports. The output directory of the reports can be specified along with options to timestamp the file names and save the reports to the Web. The CSV reports created are listed in the table below.