Report Manager: Configuration Reports

Integrity Checks Reports

When router configuration files are read into NorthStar Planner, a configuration integrity checks report is generated which lists possible errors found by the program while parsing the router configuration files. To access this report, you must first import configurations files using the Import Data Wizard from File > Import Data. Once the configuration files have been imported, you can bring up the Configuration Reports in Report Manager.

Figure 1: Integrity Checks Layer 3 Network Report interface showing Configuration Reports and Integrity Checks with issues like unknown interfaces and inconsistent bandwidth categorized by severity.

Layer 3 Network Report interface showing Configuration Reports and Integrity Checks with issues like unknown interfaces and inconsistent bandwidth categorized by severity.

Field	Description
Error Source	This field indicates the source of the error. This will usually be a configuration file name, or may sometimes be a description when more than one configuration file is involved.
Line	This field gives the line in the configuration file where the error was found.
Severity	This field indicates the severity of the error. The levels include High, Medium, Low, and Warning.
Message	This field provides a description of the error and may contain references to specific configuration files or host names when more than one configuration file is involved.

Config Files Status Reports

This report displays the config files used for the configuration integrity check reports.

Figure 2: Config File Status Report Manager interface for network configuration featuring a Layer 3 Network Report tree and a table with node, file, timestamp, size, and IP columns.

Report Manager interface for network configuration featuring a Layer 3 Network Report tree and a table with node, file, timestamp, size, and IP columns.

Field	Description
file	This field specifies the directory path and filename of the node’s configuration.
timeStamp	This field is the last modified date and time of the config file.
size	This field is the Byte size of the config file.

ISIS Reports

The ISIS Report displays the details of IS-IS configuration as a result of parsing a set of configuration files from a network. Click on a row to see the ISIS attributes associated with the router. The output file that is written to the output directory is called “ISISReport.runcode”.

Figure 3: The ISIS Report Screenshot of Report Manager software displaying network configuration reports with categories like Network Reports and Simulation Reports on the left pane. The right pane shows a table with columns for Router, Hostname, Interface, and IP details.

Screenshot of Report Manager software displaying network configuration reports with categories like Network Reports and Simulation Reports on the left pane. The right pane shows a table with columns for Router, Hostname, Interface, and IP details.

Field	Description
Router	The router name.
Interface	The interface of the router.
address/mask	The IP address and mask of the interface.
Type	The IS-IS router type.
Level 1 Metric	The IS-IS cost for this interface in level 1.
Level 2 Metric	The IS-IS cost for this interface in level 2.
Detail	A portion of the configuration file that applies to its IS-IS configuration.