Use the Capacity Planning tool to generate a report on field replaceable/upgradeable components (FRUs) in your network devices. The FRU report provides valuable inventory information to help you plan your network needs. For example, you can generate a report on power supplies and control modules, to help determine how well your network devices are taking advantage of redundancy capabilities. In most cases, the report would be based on current data from your devices. However, there is the option to collect historical data if you would like to view a snapshot of your network's FRU components at an earlier time.
Report results can be exported as an HTML file or as a delimited text file. In addition, Capacity Planning reports can be saved to use again at a later time, and they can also be scheduled to run at specified intervals with report results sent out via a notification e-mail.
Flow
The flow chart below shows the sequence of windows that you will encounter when you create a FRU report using the Capacity Planning tool. As you progress through the steps of creating a report, the tool's left panel shows you a summary of your selections. You can click on the bold headings in this panel to navigate backward or forward between steps allowing you to change your report parameters. The summary information associated with each step appears in plain typeface beneath each step heading.
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Select Report Window
Use this window to select either a report template or a saved report as your report type. Report templates are based on common network capacity planning questions. After you have created a report using one of the templates, you can save it (as a Saved Report) to use again at a later time. To create your FRU report, select the "What field replaceable/upgradeable components (FRUs) do I have" report template.
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- Report Templates
- Lists the available report templates. Each report template is designed to answer a specific capacity planning question.
- Saved Reports
- Lists all your saved reports including reports saved by other Inventory Manager clients connected to the
server. After you have created a report using a template, you can save it as a
Saved Report, by clicking the Save button. This allows you to save
specific report attributes and parameters, so that you can regenerate the
same report at a later time. The schedule icon
indicates that a saved report has
been scheduled. You can remove a schedule from a saved report by
right-clicking on the report and selecting Delete > Schedule.
- Schedule Button
- When you have selected a saved report in the Saved Reports list, this button opens the Schedule Report window where you can configure scheduling information and notification settings for the report.
Select Targets Window
Use this window to select the target devices for your report and add filters to further refine the list of devices, if desired. For example, you could target the Floor One device group, but filter out a single device you don't want included in the report. Or, you could target the Building A device group, and filter in just one specific device type. Once you have made your selections, you can view a list of the devices you have targeted for your report to verify that your targets are correct.
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- Targets
- This panel displays your Network Elements tree. Expand the tree to select the target device group or individual device for your report.
- Applied Filters
- Lists any filters applied to your selected targets. Click the Add Filters button to open the Add Filters window and create your filters.
- Filter In Type
- If you have defined one or more "Filter In" filters, select how you want
the filters to work:
- Match Any - A device can match any of the filter-in filters to be included as a target. For example, if you have selected the Building A device group and you filter in Floor One devices and E7 devices, any device in Building A that is on Floor One or is an E7 device will be included as a target.
- Match All - A device must match all of the filter-in filters to be included as a target. For example, if you have selected the Building A device group and you filter in Floor One devices and E7 devices, a Building A device would have to be on Floor One and be an E7 device to be included as a target.
- Number of Devices
- A running total of the number of target devices with filters applied. Click View Devices to view a list of the target devices.
- Add Filters Button
- Opens the Add Filters window, where you can create filters to further qualify the list of devices for your report.
- View Devices Button
- Opens the View Devices window where you can see a list of the selected devices that will be included in your report.
Select FRU Types Window
Use the checkboxes in this window to select specific FRU types for your report. Select the "Any" checkbox for a report on all the listed types, or select individual types to narrow down the focus of your report.
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- FRU Types to Include
- Use the checkboxes in this window to select specific FRU types for your
report. Select the "Any" checkbox for a report on all listed FRU types,
or select individual FRU types of interest. Select the "Other" checkbox if
you wish to include data on FRU types other than the ones listed here. For
the purposes of this report, the FRU types are defined as follows:
- Backplane -- a device for aggregating and forwarding networking traffic, such as a shared backplane in a modular Ethernet switch. A backplane may be reported as a single physical entity, even if it is actually implemented as multiple discrete physical components within a chassis or stack.
- Device -- a manageable networking device.
- Chassis -- an overall container for networking equipment.
- Control Module -- the module in a chassis that is responsible for maintaining route table and bridge table information, as well SNMP management and system housekeeping functionality.
- Fabric Module -- a switching fabric module that provides direct communication between fabric-enabled line cards in a chassis.
- Fan -- a fan or other heat-reduction component.
- Module -- a self-contained subsystem, such as a plugin card, daughter-card or DFE module.
- Port -- a media connector added to a module, submodule, or standalone device.
- Power Supply -- a power-supplying component.
- Sensor -- a sensor such as a temperature sensor within a router chassis.
- Stack -- a stack of multiple chassis.
- Submodule -- an expansion module installed on an existing chassis module or standalone device that adds ports to the existing device. This should not be confused with a Port Interface Module (PIM), which adds media connectors to a module, submodule, or standalone device. For example, the 6E129-26 has two PIM slots, which would not be included in the definition of a submodule. These PIMs would be reported as port FRUs.
Specify Time Window
Use this window to select a date from which report data will be gathered. In most cases, you will want to generate the report using current data. However, you can also generate a report based on historical data. In that case, the report will be generated using device data saved in the last archive preceding the specified date. Only archive operations that are configured to archive capacity planning data will be used (see How to Archive for more information.)
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- Use data collected as of
- Report data will be collected based on the date selected here. Calculations are based on the last archive preceding the specified date. Only archive operations that are configured to archive capacity planning data will be used. If there is no archive for a target device, that device will not be represented in the report results.
- Retrieve current data from devices
- The report will use current data from the target devices. Because this requires the report to gather current data from the devices, extra time may be needed when results are calculated.
FRU Results Window
Use this window to view the report data. The radio buttons at the top of the right panel let you select various ways to display the report results:
- Totals by FRU Type -- displays the report results organized by totals based on FRU type.
- FRU Details -- lists the details for each individual FRU component included in the report.
In addition, your selection in the tree determines the results displayed in the table. For example, you can select a device group and view report data for that group. Then, you can expand the group and view data for a specific device. As you change your selection in the tree, the table is updated with the results for your specific selection.
FRU Results - Totals By FRU Type
The Totals by FRU Type view reports the total number of FRUs for each FRU type. Your selections in the Select FRU Types window determine what FRU types are reported on. Depending on your selection in the tree, you can see report results summarized for all the devices in a group, or for an individual device.
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- Target Device Tree
- Displays your target groups and devices. Your selection in the tree determines what results data will be displayed in the table. For example, select a device group to see FRU type results summarized for that group, or select an individual device to see results for just that device. When you change your selection in the tree, the table is updated with the relevant information.
- Device Count, Sufficient Data
- The total number of target devices, followed by the number of devices with sufficient data to report results. If you generated the report using historical data, a device is counted as having sufficient data if there is one archive used to obtain report results.
Table
The Totals by FRU Type table displays FRU data for all the devices in a group, or for an individual device. In most cases, your report will be generated using current data. However, if you generated your report based on historical data, the report will use device data saved in the last archive preceding the specified date. If there is no archive for a target device, that device will not be represented in the report results.
- FRU Type
- The type of FRU. Your selections in the Select FRU Types window determine the FRU types included in the report.
- Total Installed
- The total number of FRUs of that type/description installed in the selected device group or the individual device.
FRU Results - FRU Details
The FRU Details view provides details for each individual FRU component included in the report. Depending on your selection in the tree, you can see details for FRUs installed on all the devices in a group or just on an individual device.
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- Target Device Tree
- Displays your target groups and devices. Your selection in the tree determines what results data will be displayed in the table. For example, select a device group to see FRU type details for that group, or select an individual device to see details for just that device. When you change your selection in the tree, the table is updated with the relevant information.
- Device Count, Sufficient Data
- The total number of target devices, followed by the number of devices with sufficient data to report results. If you generated the report using historical data, a device is counted as having sufficient data if there is one archive used to obtain report results.
Table
The FRU Details table displays information for each FRU component included in the report. In most cases, your report will be generated using current data. However, if you generated your report based on historical data, the report will use device data saved in the last archive preceding the specified date. If there is no archive for a target device, that device will not be represented in the report results.
- FRU Type
- The type of FRU. Your selections in the Select FRU Types window determine the FRU types included in the report.
- Chassis
- The ID assigned to the chassis where the FRU resides. This is usually a serial number or MAC address, depending on the chassis type.
- Date
- The date and time the report data was generated. If you generated your report based on historical data, this will be the date and time of the archive version used for the report.
- Abort/Refresh Button
- This button toggles between Abort and Refresh. While a report is being generated, Abort stops the report and clears all data out of the table. Refresh restarts report generation and updates the table with new data. If you have selected the Retrieve current data from devices option in the Specify Time window, clicking Refresh allows you to update your report results with the latest data from your devices.
- Export Button
- Allows you to export your report results table as an HTML file or as a delimited text file. A Save window opens where you can name your exported file, select the file extension, and navigate to a folder/directory where you want save the file.
- Save/Save As Button
- Opens the Save Report window where you can name a report and then save it so that you can run the report again. You can also select a checkbox to schedule the report. This opens the Schedule Report window where you can configure scheduling information and notification settings for the report. Once you have saved a report, it appears in the Saved Reports list in the Select Report window, where you can select it.
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