Import/Export Device
The system provides the device import/export function. The export function helps you export the device details in the IP view to the local host and save it. The import function helps you import the information to the system as required. The import/export function helps you back up the device data in the network and re-use the device data, which facilitates your routine management.
Operation Procedure
- Click the Resource tab, and on the navigation tree, click Resource Management > Import/Export Device.
- Select the Export Device, and click the Export to export the device data in the IP view to the file and save it.
- Select the Import Device, type the file to be imported, and click Import to import the device data to the IP view.
- Select the Import Devices from NNMi, type NNMi server information, and click Import. Select subnets and click OK. The system starts to import devices.
- Select Import Device Label, select the file to be imported, and click Import. Then, the system will update the labels for the corresponding devices in the system according to the imported file.
- Select Import Device Location, select the file to be imported, and click Import. Then, the system will update the locations for the corresponding devices in the system according to the imported file.
- Select Export Device Append Information to enter the Import/Export Device page. On the page, click Device Append Information Export Result, and select to open or save the device appended information on the dialog box that appears.
- Select the Import Device Append Information, type the file to be imported, and click Import to create or update device append information based on the given device append information.
Precautions
- The files exported are saved only in the client.
- To maintain device data correctness, do not modify the exported device files. If you can custom import file, see Custom Import File.
- The Import Devices from NNMi option allows you to obtain device information from the NNMi server and import devices to the system. Make sure that NNMi 9.00 or above is used.
- The Import Device Append Information import file must be in CSV format.Each line in the file contains additional information for a device, including the device IP address, field IDs, and field values separated by comma. For example, IP,ID1,VALUE1,ID2,VALUE2,..., IDn,VALUEn.
- The Import Device LabelIn the imported file, each line contains the label information for a device, in the format of "device IP address,device label," where the comma (,) is a delimiter.
- The Import Device LocationIn the imported file, each line contains the location information for a device, in the format of "device IP address,device location," where the comma (,) is a delimiter.
- A 64-bit bit sequence is used to represent the service information of the device. Each bit identifies a service. The first character on the right is bit 0. From right to left, the bit sequence increases in sequence. 0 means not monitored, 1 means that the type of monitoring service is TCP, and 2 means that the type of monitoring service is UDP. For example
- bit 0 represents the Telnet service.
- bit 1 represents the FTP service.
- bit 2 represents the SMTP service.
- bit 3 represents the DNS service.
- bit 4 represents the HTTP service.
- bit 12 represents the TFTP service.
- bit 13 represents customized service one.
- bit 14 represents custom service two.
- bit 15 represents custom service three.
- bit 16 represents custom service four.
- bit 17 represents customized service five.
- Other bits, used internally.
- As a best practice, do not include commas (,) or quotation marks (") in device information when you import devices from a .txt file. To do so, perform the following steps:
- Change the device information, for example, device label of a device to the target device label that contains commas (,) or quotation marks (").
- Export device information.
- Copy the device label in the export file to the .txt file.
Import Device Template
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