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Now that you have installed and set up the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool, you can begin using it. This chapter assumes the following:
This chapter consists of the following sections:
Table 4-1 provides an overview of using Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool applications, with references to more detailed information about each task. The information in the rest of this chapter follows the same order as the quick reference.
| Task | Steps | References | ||
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| Step 1 Define the method to use to discover devices. | |||
| Step 2 (Optional) Set Community Strings | "Defining the Community Strings" section | ||
Step 3 Schedule device discovery. | "Scheduling Device Discovery" section | |||
Step 4 Display a Year 2000 Compliance report. | ||||
| Step 1 Add device to the network inventory by doing either of the following:
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Step 2 Create a device view. | "Creating a Device View" section |
Run device discovery several times to obtain an accurate list of Cisco devices in your network. Every time you run device discovery, new devices are added as they are detected, and previously detected Cisco devices remain in the inventory database.
Define the method that best suits your needs. There are three methods:
To define the discovery method, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select Admin > Device Discovery > Discovery Methods. The Discovery Methods dialog box appears.
Step 2 Click a radio button to specify the discovery method.
Step 3 Click Next.
Depending on the method, you are asked to specify IP addresses and the number of hops device discovery should run. For additional information, refer to the online help.
After you have defined the method you want to use to discover devices, and if you are using any community strings other than public, select Admin > Device Discovery > Community to define them. For additional information, refer to the online help.
Schedule device discovery to begin immediately or at a predefined time by selecting Admin > Device Discovery > Start or Stop Discovery. After you schedule device discovery, you can check the status by selecting Admin > Device Discovery > Discovery Status. For additional information, refer to the online help.
Display a report showing which Cisco managed devices are compliant to the year 2000. Compliance is determined by device type and software version. Select Tasks > Inventory > Year 2000 Report. For additional information, refer to the online help.
You can perform some optional tasks to prepare for device discovery. Refer to the online help for information about the following tasks:
This section describes the optional tasks that you can perform to use the Inventory application.
After you have discovered devices in your network you can also add devices to the network inventory in the following ways:
The following sections describe how to add device information using the methods other than the Device Discovery method. For additional information, refer to the online help.
To add device information, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select Admin > Inventory > Add Devices. The Add a Single Device dialog box appears.
Step 2 Enter the access information and annotations for one device. You must fill in the Device Name field. All other fields are optional. For more information about these fields, refer to the online help.
Step 3 Click Next.
Step 4 Click Next. The Enter Authentication Information dialog box appears.
Step 5 If required, complete the Enter Authentication Information dialog box. All fields are optional. For more information about the fields, refer to the online help.
Step 6 Click Finish. The Single Device Add dialog box appears.
Step 7 Click View Status. The Add/Import Status Summary dialog box appears.
| Device Status | Number of Devices |
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Managed | 0 |
Alias | 0 |
Pending | 1 |
Conflicting | 0 |
Suspended | 0 |
Not Responding | 0 |
If the device responded quickly, the Managed row might already contain one device when the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box appears.
Step 9 Click Update on the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box to update device status.
If the pending count goes from 1 to 0 after you click Update and the Managed row has 1 device, the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool was installed and configured correctly.
You might need to wait several minutes for the device to become managed. Click Update on the Add/Import Status Summary dialog box every minute or so to check the current status of the device.
For additional information, refer to the online help.
You can import devices by extracting data from your existing data source into a comma-separated value (CSV) file or device integration file (DIF), then using this file as input into the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool database. First create a CSV or DIF file, then click Admin > Inventory > Import from File to access the CSV or DIF file and import the device information. For additional information, refer to the online help.
To set up and verify the Y2K Compliance Assessment Tool applications, you must create a static device view (a grouping of devices) that includes at least two devices. For additional information, refer to the online help.
To create the static view, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select Admin > Device Views > Add Static Views. The Add Static Views dialog box appears.
Step 2 Select the view that has the devices you want to add from the Views list. If you have not configured any views previously, select All.
Step 3 Select the devices that you want to add from the Devices list.
Step 4 Click Next. The Save Static View dialog box appears.
Step 5 Enter the view name and view description.
Step 6 Click Finish.
Posted: Thu Sep 30 16:12:21 PDT 1999
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