Information About Importing Switch Data
It is helpful to import switch data to Cisco Vision Director so that you can obtain certain switch-related information for your media player devices, and also run certain commands from the switch such as power resets of the media player using POE.
After you import switch data, information about the switch and its media player connections can be viewed in the following areas of the Management Dashboard:
■ Monitor and Status > All Devices > Settings
■ Tools > Settings > Switch Management > View Switch Details
How to Import Switch Data to Cisco Vision Director
This section includes the following topics:
■ Guidelines for Importing Switch Data
■ Prerequisites for Importing Switch Data
■ Configuring the Global Switch Device Default Settings
■ Importing Switch Data
■ Reimporting Switch Data
Guidelines for Importing Switch Data
Before you import switch data to Cisco Vision Director, consider the following guidelines:
■Configure the Default Switch parameters area with the common credentials and connection type for all switches whose data you want to import to Cisco Vision Director. This will save you time when importing data from multiple switches.
■The following parameters can be configured as global defaults to connect to all Cisco Connected Stadium switches for data import:
–Transport
–User name
–Password
–Enable password
■You can override global defaults with a switch-specific transport protocol or user credentials at the time of switch import.
However, the switch-specific settings that you can specify on the Import Switch dialog box will only be used if you have changed the "Switch settings can override defaults?" option to yes in the global default settings.
■If you make any changes to your switch configuration, then you must re-import the switch data to reflect the latest port connections, or other updates.
Prerequisites for Importing Switch Data
Before you import switch data to Cisco Vision Director, be sure that the following conditions are met:
■You have installed and configured the Cisco Connected Stadium switch(es) for Cisco Vision Director.
■You have deployed the media players with connectivity to the switch.
■You have the following information for your switch connections:
–Transport type (SSH is recommended)
–User name
–Password
–Enable password
–IP address of the switch
Configuring the Global Switch Device Default Settings
User Role: Administrator
Use this task to set the common credentials and connection type for all switches whose data you want to import to Cisco Vision Director. This will save you time when importing data from multiple switches.
To configure global switch device default settings:
1. Go to Tools > Management Dashboard > Dynamic Signage Director Configuration > System Configuration > Management Dashboard > Power over Ethernet > Default Switch parameters.
Figure 1 shows the available configuration properties that can be specified as defaults for all imports of switch data to Cisco Vision Director.
Figure 1 Default Switch Parameters Properties
2. In the Default Switch configuration properties, type the default values that you want to set for all switch imports according to Table 1.
Table 1 Default Switch Configuration Property Descriptions
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Switch settings can override defaults?
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no —Specifies that the values set in these default switch configuration properties cannot be overridden by transport, user name, or password values in the Import Switch settings area.
yes —Specifies that these default settings for transport, user name and passwords can be overridden by values specified in the Import Switch settings at the time of import.
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Default connecton type to the switch as
Telnet or
SSH. For best security, SSH should be used.
This value can be overridden in the Import Switch settings when the override option is set to yes.
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Default user name on the switch.
This value can be overridden in the Import Switch settings when the override option is set to yes.
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Default password for the user name on the switch.
This value can be overridden in the Import Switch settings when the override option is set to yes.
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Default enable password on the switch.
This value can be overridden in the Import Switch settings when the override option is set to yes.
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Importing Switch Data
User Role: Administrator
This task describes how to import Cisco Connected Stadium switch data so that you can manage your media player devices in the Management Dashboard.
IMPORTANT: If you make any changes to your switch configuration, then you must re-import the switch data to reflect the latest port connections, or other updates.
To import switch data:
1. Go to: Tools > Management Dashboard > Tools drawer > Settings tab > Switch Management > Import Switch. Figure 2 shows the Import Switch options.
Figure 2 Import Switch
2. Specify the IP address of the switch that you want to import.
3. (Optional) Type a description for the switch.
4. (Optional) If you have enabled override of the default switch settings, specify the switch-specific connection parameters.
5. Click the Import Switch icon.
Reimporting Switch Data
User Role: Administrator
This task describes how to update Cisco Connected Stadium switch data in Cisco Vision Director after you have already done an initial import, but have made changes to your switch configuration—such as additions or moves of media players.
To reimport switch data:
1. Go to: Tools > Management Dashboard > Tools drawer > Settings tab > Switch Management > View Switch Details.
2. In the Switch Details box, select the switch that you want to update.
3. Click the reimport icon ( Figure 3).
Figure 3 Reimport Switch Data From View Switch Details
Viewing Switch Details
User Role: Administrator
To view switch details:
1. Go to: Tools > Management Dashboard > Tools drawer > Settings tab> > Switch Management > View Switch Details.
Figure 4 shows the default switch details view that provides basic information about the switch itself.
Figure 4 View Switch Details
2. To get information about the media player device connections on the switch, click Interfaces.
Figure 5 shows information about the media players connected to the switch, including addressing, VLAN and POE values.
Figure 5 Switch Details—Interfaces View