Inventory Collection and Device Classification

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Inventory Collection and Device Classification

Starting Inventory Collection

Viewing Inventory Collection Status

Modifying Device Classification

Inventory Collection and Device Classification

From the inventory tab, you can start inventory collection, view collection progress, and modify device classifications.

These topics describe how to perform inventory collection and device classification:

• Starting Inventory Collection

• Viewing Inventory Collection Status

• Modifying Device Classification

Starting Inventory Collection

The main inventory collection page displays details of all discovered devices TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager recognizes.

Note TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager discovers device configuration changes only during inventory collection. It does not show configuration changes until the next inventory collection after the configuration change is made.

Inventory collection occurs only for included devices. For more information on included and excluded devices, see "Selecting Devices for Assessment" section on page 2-7 or "Running TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager Physical Discovery" section on page 2-2.

Step 1 Select Inventory > Inventory Collection.

Step 2 Click Start Inventory Collection. The Inventory Collection Status page appears.

Step 3 Do the following:

•Click Refresh to view inventory collection progress.

•Click Rerun for Failed Devices to run inventory collection again for failed devices.

Note•The number of failed devices is a link to an inventory report that lists all devices that failed and reason as to why they failed.

•If Telnet credentials are wrong or not provided, the devices are discovered but are marked as failed during inventory collection.

Viewing Inventory Collection Status

The Inventory Collection Status page appears after inventory collection starts. The page summarizes the status of all the devices with respect to the current inventory collection.If you want to see the status without running inventory collection again, do the following:

Step 1 Select Inventory > Inventory Collection.

Step 2 Click Status Report. The Status Report page appears.

The number of successful, failed, and pending devices are links to the appropriate inventory report. The report displays a list of devices, along with IP address, the time that inventory collection for device was complete, and, if applicable, the reason why inventory collection failed for that device.

Modifying Device Classification

By default, TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager assigns a default role to each device. You can change the default device classification.

You can also choose to export or import device classifications. This enables you to work on device classification at a later time and import the list back into TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager.

To modify device classification:

Step 1 Select Inventory > Device Classification.

Step 2 Select devices to modify, and do one of the following:

•To export device classifications to a .csv file, click .

–Enter a filename or click Browse to navigate to an existing file that you want to overwrite.

–Click Export. You can now work with this file and change device classification as needed.

•To import device classifications from a .csv file, click .

–Enter a filename or click Browse to navigate to the file that contains the device classification information.

–Click Import.

•To change device classification, select Change Role. A popup window appears.

–Select the appropriate device classifications: Access Switch, Aggregation Router, Branch Router, Core Switch, or Distribution Switch.

–Click Apply.

•To reset a device so that it has no role, select Reset Role.