Provides instructions on how to configure and manage collectors in Cisco Crosswork Planning to gather and augment network data, enabling the creation of detailed network models for planning and analysis. It also covers running external scripts against network models, collecting data from third-party devices through support modules, and creating representative plan files.
Collector descriptions
Outlines the available collectors in Cisco Crosswork Planning, summarizing their functions, prerequisites, and configuration steps. Use this topic to understand what each collector does and how it fits into the overall network data collection process.
Run an external script as a startup script
Provides instructions for running an external script as a startup script in a collection configuration chain to customize the data collection process.
Collecting basic topology information
Explains how to collect basic network topology information using either the IGP database or SR-PCE collector in Cisco Crosswork Planning, including configuration steps, data sources, and advanced options for building a network model.
Collect LSP information
Describes how to configure the LSP collector to gather RSVP LSP information in your network using SNMP.
Collect PCEP LSP information using SR-PCE
Explains how to collect PCEP LSP information with the SR-PCE collector. This process updates your network model by appending LSP details to the data collected from SR-PCE.
Collect multicast flow data from a network
Provides instructions for configuring the Multicast collector and collecting multicast flow data from your network.
Discover BGP peers
Explains how to configure the BGP collector to discover BGP topology using SNMP and login credentials.
Discover VPN topology
Outlines how to set up the VPN collector for discovering Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN topology and to customize configuration settings.
Inventory collector and hardware tables
Describes the structure, configuration, and best practices for inventory collector hardware tables. It explains how inventory data is organized, processed, and formatted using tables such as NetIntHardware*, HWInventoryTemplates, and HWNameFormatRules.
Collect port, LSP, SRLG, and VPN information using configuration parsing
Provides instructions for configuring the Config parsing collector to obtain detailed port, LSP, SRLG, and VPN information from network device configurations, supplementing other collection methods.
Collect Circuit Style RSVP-TE information
Use this procedure to collect CS-RSVP LSP information from network devices.
Configure the Layout collector for improved network model visualization
Explains how to configure the Layout collector to add layout properties to a source network model, enabling improved visualization.
Collect traffic statistics
Guides you through configuring the Traffic collection collector to gather network interface, LSP, MAC, and VPN traffic statistics using SNMP polling.
Collect traffic demands information
Provides instructions for configuring the Demand deduction collector for gathering and organizing traffic demand data from your network.
NetFlow data collection
Describes how NetFlow data collections aggregate network flow information to create accurate demand matrices and support traffic analysis in modern IP networks.
Run an external script against a network model
Provides instructions for running an external script against a selected network model to supplement collection results with custom data.
How data is collected from third-party devices
Describes how support modules collect data from third-party devices, including the key actors, required configuration files, and the main stages involved in integrating, executing, and managing the data collection workflow.
Merge AS plan files
Explains how to merge plan files from different ASes using the Merge AS tool.
Representative plan files
Introduces representative plan files, which are network plans created using multiple snapshots to provide a more accurate view of the overall network state across various time intervals.