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Inventory Reports Overview

Inventory reports provide details of the hardware inventory (such as devices, device parts, line cards, and so on) in the network.

Table 1 explains the different types of inventory reports. For details about each type of inventory report, see View Inventory Reports.

To generate inventory reports, you must first:

  1. Run a device collection task with Equipment CLI data as the collection option to collect equipment CLI data. See Add a Device Collection Task.

  2. Run a network archive task with Process Equipment CLI selected to parse the equipment CLI data collected during the device collection task. See Add a Network Archive Task.

Table 1: Types of Inventory Reports

Report Type

Description

Devices

Lists the details of devices present in the network.

The details include hostname, chassis model, OS version installed, and so on.

Device Parts

Lists the details of parts present in the devices in the network.

The parts include the chassis, Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs), fan trays, and power modules present in the different devices in the network. The details include the part name, serial number, device to which the part belongs, vendor of the part, cost of the part, and so on.

Line Cards

Lists the details of line cards present in the devices in the network.

The details include the card name, name of the device in which the line card is present, IP address, connected ports, reserved ports, shutdown ports, vendor, and so on.

Line Cards Usage

Lists the details pertaining to the usage of line cards present in the devices in the network.

The details include the line card name, name of the device in which the line card is present, card ID, and so on.

Miscellaneous Parts

Lists the miscellaneous parts of devices in the network.

The miscellaneous parts include midplane, power entry modules, control plane, and so on. The details include the name of the part, name of the device in which the part is present, card ID, part vendor, IP address, and so on.

Physical Interfaces

Lists the details of physical interfaces present in the devices in the network.

The details include the interface name, name of the device in which the physical interface is present, interface vendor, card ID, and so on.

Transceivers

Lists the details of transceivers present in the devices in the network.

The details include the transceiver name, name of the device in which the transceiver is present, vendor, IP address, serial number, and so on.