- play_arrow Introduction
- play_arrow Overview
- play_arrow Access the Paragon Automation GUI
- play_arrow Access the Paragon Planner
- play_arrow Configure SMTP, LDAP, and Portal Settings
- play_arrow Manage Users
- play_arrow Manage Roles
- play_arrow Manage User Groups
- play_arrow Identity Providers
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- play_arrow Integration With Anuta ATOM
- play_arrow Workflows
- play_arrow Base Platform
- play_arrow Paragon Pathfinder
- play_arrow Paragon Planner
- play_arrow Paragon Insights
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- play_arrow Manage Device Templates and Configuration Templates
- play_arrow Configuration Templates
- Configuration Templates Overview
- Configuration Templates Workflow
- About the Configuration Templates Page
- Add Configuration Templates
- Preview and Render a Configuration Template
- Assign Configuration Templates to a Device Template
- Deploy a Configuration Template to a Device
- Edit, Clone, and Delete a Configuration Template
- play_arrow Device Templates
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- play_arrow Manage Playbook, Rules, Resources, and Graphs
- play_arrow Playbooks
- play_arrow Rules
- Understand Paragon Insights Topics
- Rules Overview
- About the Rules Page
- Add a Predefined Rule
- Edit, Clone, Delete, and Download Rules
- Configure a Custom Rule in Paragon Automation GUI
- Configure Paragon Insights Notification for LSP Gray Failures
- Configure Multiple Sensors per Device
- Understand Sensor Precedence
- Configure Sensor Precedence
- play_arrow Resources
- Understand Root Cause Analysis
- About the Resources Page
- Add Resources for Root Cause Analysis
- Configure Dependency Between Resources
- Example Configuration: OSPF Resource Dependency
- Edit Resources and Dependencies
- Upload Resources
- Download Resources
- Clone Resources
- Delete User-Generated Resources and Dependencies
- Filter Resources
- play_arrow Graphs
- play_arrow Grafana
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- play_arrow Manage Sensor Settings, Insights Settings, and Data Summarization Profiles
- play_arrow Sensor Settings
- Sensors Overview
- About the Ingest Settings Page
- Configure NetFlow Settings
- Configure a Rule Using Flow Sensor
- About the Frequency Profiles
- Manage Frequency Profiles
- Apply a Frequency Profile
- Configure Offset Time
- Configure a Rule Using Server Monitoring Sensor
- Configure Native GPB Ingest
- Configure sFlow Settings
- Configure SNMP Ingest
- Configure a Rule Using SNMP Scalar
- Configure SNMP Trap and Inform Notifications
- Configure Outbound SSH Port for iAgent
- Configure System Log Ingest
- System Log Optional Configurations
- Configure a Rule Using Syslog
- Understand Inband Flow Analyzer 2.0
- Configure Device Details for Inband Flow Analyzer Devices
- Delete an Inband Flow Analyzer Device
- Understand Bring Your Own Ingest
- Load BYOI Default Plug-ins
- Configure Bring Your Own Ingest Default Plug-in Instances
- Build and Load BYOI Custom Plug-in Images
- Configure Bring Your Own Ingest Custom Plug-in Instances
- Use Sample Rule and Playbook Configurations for BYOI Custom Plug-in Instances
- Configure Ingest Mapping for Default BYOI Plug-in Instances
- Delete a BYOI Plug-in
- About the Diagnostics Page
- Use the Self Test Tool
- Use the Reachability Test
- Use the Ingest Test Tool
- Use the No-Data Tool
- Paragon Insights Tagging Overview
- Types of Tagging
- Add a Tagging Profile
- Apply a Tagging Profile
- Delete a Tagging Profile
- Understand User-Defined Actions and Functions
- Modify User-Defined Action, Function, and Workflow Engines
- Enable UDA Scheduler in Trigger Action
- Understand kube-state-metrics Service
- play_arrow Insights Settings
- About the Insights Settings Page
- Add Alert Blackouts
- About Alert Notifications
- Use Exim4 for E-mails
- Configure the Exim4 Agent to Send E-mail
- Configure a Notification Profile
- Enable Alert Notifications for Device Groups and Network Groups
- Configure Report Settings
- Configure Scheduler Settings
- Configure a Retention Policy
- Configure Destination Settings
- Time Series Database (TSDB) Overview
- Manage Time Series Database Settings
- Backup and Restore the TSDB
- Time Series Database Replication Scenarios
- play_arrow Data Summarization Profiles
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- play_arrow Configure Your Network
- play_arrow Topology
- play_arrow Network Information Table
- Network Information Table Overview
- About the Node Tab
- Add a Node
- Edit Node Parameters
- Delete a Node
- About the Link Tab
- Add a Link
- Edit Link Parameters
- Delete a Link
- About the Tunnel Tab
- Understand How Pathfinder Handles LSPs
- Reroute LSPs Overview
- Segment Routing Overview
- Add a Single Tunnel
- Add Diverse Tunnels
- Add Multiple Tunnels
- Edit and Delete Tunnels
- About the Demand Tab
- About the Interface Tab
- Container LSP Overview
- About the Container LSP Tab
- Add a Container LSP
- Edit Container LSP Parameters
- Maintenance Event Overview
- About the Maintenance Tab
- Add a Maintenance Event
- Edit a Maintenance Event
- Simulate a Maintenance Event
- Delete a Maintenance Event
- About the P2MP Groups Tab
- Add a P2MP Group
- Edit P2MP Group Parameters
- About the SRLG/Facility Tab
- Add an SRLG/Facility
- Edit SRLG/Facility Parameters
- About the Topology Group Tab
- Add Anycast Group Tunnels
- play_arrow Tunnels
- play_arrow Change Control Management
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- play_arrow Monitoring
- play_arrow Monitor Network Health
- play_arrow Manage Alarms and Alerts
- play_arrow Monitor Jobs
- play_arrow Analytics
- play_arrow Monitor Workflows
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- play_arrow Reports
- play_arrow Health Reports
- play_arrow Network Reports
- play_arrow Maintenance Reports
- play_arrow Inventory Reports
- play_arrow Demand Reports
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- play_arrow Administration
- play_arrow Manage E-mail Templates
- play_arrow Manage Audit Logs
- play_arrow Configure External EMS
- play_arrow Manage Task Scheduler
- play_arrow Manage Security Settings
- play_arrow License Management
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Add Devices Overview
You use the Add Device option to discover and synchronize all devices connected to your network. Paragon Automation classifies devices as managed and unmanaged.
Managed devices refer to devices that Paragon Automation discovers by using hostname or IP address. Paragon Automation synchronizes configuration of managed devices by using NETCONF.
For a complete list of managed devices, see Supported Devices.
Unmanaged devices refer to devices that third-party applications (for example, Anuta ATOM) discover and that Paragon Automation supports. Paragon Automation cannot synchronize configuration of unmanaged devices.
Paragon Automation lists the hostname and IP address of the unmanaged devices on the Devices page.
To discover and onboard a device by using Paragon Automation, you must provide the IP addresses, hostnames, and IP subnets to be discovered and the credentials to connect to the devices.
Netconf over ssh should be enabled on Cisco IOS XR devices and you should have the privilege to manage Netconf on the devices.
For devices with dual Routing Engines, Chassis Cluster, or Virtual Chassis, enter the Virtual IP address (VIP) or the IP address of the primary device
The values that you enter to specify the targets, and credentials are persistent from one discovery operation to the next, so you do not have to reenter information that is the same from one operation to the next
You can add devices in a network to Paragon Automation in one of the following ways:
Discover the devices already present in a network by providing the device credentials.
You can use this option to discover devices that are already present in your network. You can discover the devices by providing a list of IPv4 addresses, subnet addresses, IP ranges or hostnames.
You can also use a CSV file to provide the targets to discover the existing devices in a network.
See Discover Devices for more information about discovering devices.
Add devices manually by specifying their details such as serial number and device model and the root password.
You can use this option to add a specific set of devices; for example, add a set of new EX Series devices. When you add a new device, the device is automatically provisioned by zero-touch provisioning (ZTP). For details on ZTP, see Zero-Touch Provisioning Overview
You can also use a CSV file to specify the details of the devices to be added.
See Add New Devices for more information about adding new devices.
When you add a device, Paragon Automation executes the following tasks:
Paragon establishes connection with the devices based on the specified device targets.
Deploys the default configuration templates included in the device template associated with the device-family to which the device belongs.
Deploys telemetry configuration for monitoring.
Captures and stores the device inventory data.
Captures and stores the device configuration.
Applies any additional configuration template, for example for configuring BGP, if the configuration template is assigned for the device.
Synchronizes the device configuration in the database.
Pins the configuration.
The time required to complete the discovery process or adding the devices depends on multiple factors such as the number of devices you are discovering, the size of configuration and inventory data on the devices, the network bandwidth available between Paragon Automation and the devices, and so forth.
After your devices are successfully discovered or added, you can view them on the Devices page (Configuration > Devices) of Paragon Automation.
For managed devices, after the discovery, the Management Status should display “Up” and the Sync Status “In Sync”, which indicates that Paragon Automation has established a session with the devices and that the configuration and inventory data in Paragon Automation is in sync with the data on the devices.
For unmanaged devices, the Management Status should display as “Unmanaged” and the Sync Status “Unknown”, which indicates that Paragon Automation has added the device details to its database.