Table Of Contents
Generating Reports
Roles Required to Manage Reports
Creating an Inventory Report
Using the Report Browser
Viewing the Generated Inventory Reports
Exporting a Report
Saving, Printing, and Deleting Reports
Generating Reports
You can perform all your reporting-related tasks from a single location: the Reports drawer in the Tasks tab on all Cisco ANA perspectives.
These tasks include:
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Scheduling the reports. See Creating an Inventory Report.
•Managing reports. You can export a report, print a report, delete a report, and so on. See Using the Report Browser.
•Performing administrative tasks. You can set the purge policy for the archived reports. See Reports Preferences, page 13-29.
Roles Required to Manage Reports
Table 5-1 lists the roles that are required to manage reports. For more information on roles, see Creating and Managing Users, Passwords, and Scopes, page 13-32.
Table 5-1 Roles Required to Manage Reports
Task
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Role Required
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Creating an inventory report
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Viewing the generated inventory reports
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Exporting a report
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Saving a report
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Printing a report
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Deleting a report
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Viewer, Network Operator, Configurator, Administrator
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Report preferences
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Administrator
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Related Topics
•Creating an Inventory Report
•Using the Report Browser
Creating an Inventory Report
A report is generated based on the information present in the Cisco ANA database for the network elements being managed by Cisco ANA. You can generate the following types of inventory reports:
•Inventory Summary Report—Displays a summary of physical and logical inventory information for selected network elements. This is presented as a stack of table reports. See Table 5-2 for details on the network element attributes that are displayed in the Inventory Summary Report.
•Inventory Hardware Report—Displays hardware information for selected network elements. The Inventory Hardware Report includes user-specified information for each network element. This user-specified information will be displayed only when it is available. See Table 5-3 for details on the network element attributes that are displayed in the Inventory Hardware Report.
•Inventory Software Report—Displays software information including system information, image information, and processor details for selected network elements. User-specified information is also displayed in this report, when it is available. See Table 5-4 for details on the network element attribute that are displayed in the Inventory Software Report.
Note The generated report contains the same information for all types of network elements. If the information is not available for the selected network elements, then the report is blank.
Reports can be either generated immediately or scheduled. You can export reports to PDF, CSV, HTML, and XML formats.
While creating a report job, you can mark the report as either public or private. If it is a private report, only the user who created the report, and administrators, can view it.
While creating the report job, you can also specify the purge policy of the scheduled report. You can purge reports based on two criteria:
•Number of versions to retain. Minimum and maximum number of versions to retain.
The oldest report is purged when the maximum number is reached. For example, if you set the maximum versions to retain to 10, when the eleventh version of a report is archived, the earliest (first version) is purged to keep the total number of latest archived report versions at 10.
•Delete report older than. Archived reports older than the number of days that you specify are purged.
Cisco ANA does not purge the archived reports if the number is less than or equal to the specified minimum number of versions to retain.
The purge policy that you specify while creating the inventory report job overrides the policy that you have specified in the Report Settings option in the Tasks tab in the Administration perspective.
To create an inventory report:
Step 1 Go to the Tasks tab and click the Reports drawer.
Step 2 Click New Report. The Define Report workspace is displayed.
Step 3 Enter the information required to generate the report and click Next:
Field
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Description
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Report Category
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Category of the report, such as Inventory Reports.
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Report Type
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Type of the report: Inventory Summary Report, Inventory Hardware Report, or Inventory Software Report.
This is a mandatory field.
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Report Security
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Specify whether you want the report to be public or private.
•Public reports can be seen and used by other users who have the permission to do these tasks.
•Private reports can be seen and used only by the owner (creator), of the reports, and by administrators.
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Report Name
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Name of the report. You can enter up to 256 characters.
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Description
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Description of the report. This field is displayed as Job Description in the Job Management window after the report job is scheduled.
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Step 4 Select the required network elements using the NE selector in the Select Inventory Parameters workspace and click Next.
You can generate a report for a maximum of 1000 network elements.
Step 5 Customize your report in the Customize Layout workspace. The attributes that are listed in the workspace are displayed in the generated report. See Table 5-2, Inventory Summary Report, for more information.
Field/Button
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Description
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Table Field
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Name
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Displays the physical and logical attributes.
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Visible
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Select the attributes that you want to view in the generated inventory report. The value can be True or False. You can change the value using the drop-down list.
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Width
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Enter the table column width in pixels. This value is used in the generated report.
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Sort Order
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Change the order of the attributes using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. The specified order is used in the generated report.
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Sort Type
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Change the sorting order as ascending or descending using the drop-down list. The specified order is used in the generated report.
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Button
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Move Up/Move Down
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Define the order of the attributes. The specified order is used in the generated report.
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Reset to Default
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Restore to default values.
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Add/Remove Columns (icon)
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Add or remove columns.
(This icon is available at the right corner of the Customize Layout workspace.)
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Step 6 Enter the scheduling and purging details in the Configure Schedule/Purge workspace and click Next:
Field
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Description
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Scheduling
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Run Type
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Specify the type of schedule for the report job: either immediate or scheduled.
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Start date
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Specify the date and time when the report job should start.
You can either enter the date and time or click the drop-down list to select the date and time.
Note The date and time displayed in the Cisco ANA client machine show the client timezone and not the Cisco ANA gateway timezone.
If you try to schedule a report to take place at a time in the past, the report is run immediately.
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The number of times this job should run
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Specify the number of times this job should run. You can either select Infinite or enter number of times this job should run. If you specify Infinite, the job is run until Cisco ANA is uninstalled. If you enter a number, the job is run for that number of times.
This is not applicable if you have scheduled an immediate job.
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Delay interval between jobs
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Specify the time interval between periodic jobs. In other words, if you scheduled to run this job multiple times, enter the time interval between the jobs. You can enter the interval in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.
This is not applicable if you have scheduled an immediate job.
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Purging
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Delete report older than
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Check Delete report older than and enter the number of days.
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Minimum number of versions
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Enter the minimum number of archived reports to retain.
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Maximum number of versions
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Enter the maximum number of archived reports to retain.
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Step 7 Click Finish.
To view the generated report, go to the Tasks tab and click the Report drawer in the Inventory perspective.
To view the details of the report job, go to the Objects tab and click Job Management in the Administration perspective.
Related Topics
•Roles Required to Manage Reports
•Using the Report Browser
Using the Report Browser
You can manage reports using the Report Browser. To launch the Report Browser, go to the Tasks tab and click the Report drawer.
The Report Browser lists all the generated reports. The columns in the Report Browser are:
Field
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Description
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Report Security
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Security of the report, Public or Private.
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Report Name
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Name of the report.
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Report Type
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Type of the report, such as Inventory Summary Report.
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Report Category
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Category of the report, such as Inventory Reports.
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Report Description
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Description of the report.
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User
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Username of the report job creator.
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Creation Time
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Creation date and time of the report job.
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The Report browser contains the following icons:
Icon/Tooltip
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Description
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Advance Filter
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Enables you to filter based on the Report browser fields.
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Add/Remove Columns
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Enables you to add or remove columns from the Report browser
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Refresh
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Enables you to refresh the Report browser.
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You can perform these tasks from the Report Browser:
•Viewing the Generated Inventory Reports
•Exporting a Report
•Saving, Printing, and Deleting Reports
Viewing the Generated Inventory Reports
To open a generated inventory report, double-click a report in the Report Browser. The network elements that will be displayed in the inventory reports will be grouped based on UMDF categories.
Note To view a report, your GUI client must have Adobe Acrobat installed. See the prerequisites in the Cisco Active Network Abstraction 4.1 Installation and Setup Guide for more information.
The generated report displays the same information for all network element types. In addition to physical and logical inventory, the report contains:
•The user who created the report.
•The time when the report was generated. The generated report shows the Cisco ANA gateway server time.
•The network elements without any successful inventory collection.
•The number of network elements selected.
The physical and logical information, such as Device Information, Chassis Information, Module Information, Flash Devices, and so on appears as individual tables, and the attributes listed under them appear as columns of the report table.
You can also perform these tasks on the generated reports:
Icon
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Tooltip
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Description
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Print
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Print the generated report.
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Save
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Save the generated report.
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The following tables describe the attributes that are displayed in the inventory reports:
•Table 5-2: Inventory Summary Report
•Table 5-3: Inventory Hardware Reports
•Table 5-4: Inventory Software Reports
Table 5-2 Inventory Summary Report
Custom Report Group/Attribute
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Description
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Module
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Number of Ports
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Number of ports.
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Hardware Version
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Module hardware version.
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Product Version
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Hardware version of the module.
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Serial Number
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Serial number of module.
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Manufacturer
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Manufacturer details.
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Element Type
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Vendor-specific equipment designator (hardware type).
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Number of Slots
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Number of slots.
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Operational Status
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Operational status of module.
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Hardware Type
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Module hardware type.
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Module IP Address
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IP address of the module.
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Module Index
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System-generated module index.1
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Firmware Version
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Firmware version of module.
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User Asset ID
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User-assigned asset ID, such as a bar-coded asset tag.
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Slot Description
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Slot description of module.
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Service State
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Operational status of module.
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Software Version
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Module software version.
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Flash File
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Flash Partition Index
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System-generated Flash partition index.1
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Flash File Index
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System-generated Flash file index. This does not represent the numbers present in the Physical Inventory user interface. These are used to track the parent container.
For example: Flash partition index has a Flash device index. This implies that the Flash partition is the child of the Flash device with that particular Flash device index.
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Name
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Name of the Flash device.
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Flash Device Index
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System-generated Flash device index.1
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Size
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Total Flash device size in megabytes (MB).
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Checksum
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Checksum of Flash file.
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Module Port Interface
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Type
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Type of interface.
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Interface Index
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System-generated interface index.1
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Speed
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Speed of interface in megabits per second (Mb/s).
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Last Changed
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Time at which the last change occurred.
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Port Index
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System-generated port index.1
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Admin Status
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Administrative status of interface.
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Module Index
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System-generated module index.1
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Image
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Version
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Version of the software image on the network element.
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System Boot Variable
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System boot variable.
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Boot Reason
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String indicating how the operating system (OS) was last booted.
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Image Size
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Software image present on the network element.
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ROM Version
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Version of ROM.
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Total Visible Memory
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Total amount of physical memory (in bytes) available to the OS.
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Feature
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Image feature.
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Flash Partition
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Status
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Status of Flash partition.
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Flash Partition Index
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System-generated Flash partition index.1
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Flash Device Index
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System-generated Flash device index.1
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Free
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Free space in MB.
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Upgrade Mechanism
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Method of upgrade of Flash partition.
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Size
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Flash partition size in MB.
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Erasure Needed
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Whether the partition requires erasure before any write operations can be done in it.
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Module Index
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System-generated module index.1
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Checksum Algorithm
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Enumeration describing the checksum algorithm that is in place for the file system.
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Flash Device
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Element Type
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Vendor-specific equipment designator: hardware type.
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Product Version
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Hardware version of the Flash device.
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Type of Memory
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Enumeration indicating the type of the memory.
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Minimum Partition Size
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Minimum partition size, in bytes, as defined by the system.
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Maximum Partitions
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Maximum number of partitions supported by the system for this hardware.
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Module Index
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System-generated module index.1
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Is Volatile
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Boolean indicating whether the element is volatile (TRUE) or not (FALSE).
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Serial Number
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Serial number of module.
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Removable
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Indicates whether or not the hardware is removable.
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Chip Count
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Number of chips that make up the physical memory.
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Partition Count
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Number of partitions on the Flash device.
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Flash Device Index
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System-generated Flash device index.1
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Device
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Enabled State
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—
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Communication State
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Displays whether the VNE can reach the network element it represents; the communication state can cause a change in the investigation state. There are two communication states: Reachable and Unreachable.
See VNE States (Investigation and Communication States), page 2-16 for more information.
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Description
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System description of the network element.
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IP Address
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IP address to manage this equipment.
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Contact
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Contact details.
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Lifecycle State
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State of the network element, such as Sync in progress, Incomplete, Complete, and so on.
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Uptime
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Time when the network element became activated.
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System Name
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System name of the network element.
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Location
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System location.
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Display Name
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Network element name that you provide while adding a VNE in Cisco ANA.
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Chassis
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User Asset ID
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A user-assigned asset ID, such as a bar-coded asset tag.
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Manufactured Date
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Date the chassis was manufactured.
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Product Version
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Hardware version of the chassis.
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Slot Capacity
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Number of slots in this chassis, or -1 if neither applicable nor determinable.
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Vendor
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Vendor details for the system.
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Manufacturer
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Manufacturer details.
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Product Name
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Physical name (text string) assigned to the Cisco entity.
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Administered State
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State of the chassis.
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Chassis Serial Number
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Number of the chassis.
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Equipment Type
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Element's base classification.
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Element Type
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Vendor-specific equipment designator: hardware type.
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Table 5-3 Inventory Hardware Reports
Custom Report Group/Attribute
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Description
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Capacity
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Cumulative capacity of all the Flash devices present in the network element.
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NVRAM Size
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Size of the processor NVRAM in KB.
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Display Name
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Network element name as entered in Cisco ANA.
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Processor RAM Size
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Size of the processor RAM in MB.
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Description
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Description of the system.
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NVRAM Used
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Size of the processor NVRAM that has been utilized, in KB.
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Contact
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Contact details for the system.
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ROM Version
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Version of ROM.
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Chassis Serial Number
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Serial number of the chassis.
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Location
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System location.
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Vendor
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Vendor details for the system.
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Table 5-4 Inventory Software Reports
Custom Report Group/Attribute
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Description
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Chassis Version
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Version number of the chassis.
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System Image
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Running image on the network element (operating system).
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Description
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Description of the system.
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Contact
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Contact details for the system.
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ROM Version
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Version of ROM.
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Chassis Serial Number
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Serial number of the chassis.
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Image Version
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Version of the software image on the device.
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Location
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System location.
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Vendor
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Vendor details for the system.
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Related Topics
•Creating an Inventory Report
•Using the Report Browser
Exporting a Report
The Inventory Summary reports can be exported in the following formats:
•PDF. You must have Acrobat Reader installed on your Cisco ANA client machine to open the Inventory Summary report in PDF format.
•CSV
•HTML
•XML
To export a report:
Step 1 Right-click a report in the Report Browser and select Export Report. The Export Report dialog box is displayed.
Step 2 Choose the export format from the drop-down list. The generated report appears in the workspace.
Step 3 Click Save.
Related Topics
•Creating an Inventory Report
•Using the Report Browser
Saving, Printing, and Deleting Reports
To save a report:
Step 1 Double-click a report in the Report Browser. The generated report is displayed in the workspace.
Step 2 Click Save., Print, or Delete.
Related Topics
•Creating an Inventory Report
•Using the Report Browser
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