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User Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.1
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Chapter 6 Managing Inventory Collection and Polling Using Inventory
How to Use Inventory
Before you run inventory collection see Pre-requisites.
View the Permission Report (Common Services > Server > Reports) to check whether you have the
required privileges to perform these tasks.
Inventory log files (IC_Server.log, ICServer.log, ICServerUI.log, and invreports.log) are stored at these
locations:
• On Windows: NMSROOT/log, where NMSROOT is the CiscoWorks installation directory.
• On Solaris: /var/adm/CSCOpx/log
Viewing Reports and Graphs
You can monitor the system, interface, hardware, and software details of your network devices. Note that
a history of inventory changes are logged by and viewed through Change Audit. Reports and graphs
listed here are viewed from the Inventory application.
• 24-Hour Inventory Change Report (see Generating a 24 Hour Inventory Change Report).
Shows the details of all inventory changes that were detected on the device during the last 24 hours.
• Chassis Slot Summary (see Generating a Chassis Slot Summary) and Chassis Slot Details (see
Generating Chassis Slot Details).
Shows overview and detailed capacity information for selected devices.
• Hardware Report (see Generating a Hardware Report) and Software Report (see Generating a
Software Report).
Shows summary of device hardware and software data. For example, you can run these reports
before you perform a hardware or software upgrade to help determine the scope of the work
involved.
• Generating a Detailed Device Report.
Shows the details about all stored inventory data (hardware, flash, memory, software, etc.) for
selected devices.
• Generating a PSIRT Summary Report.
Provides a summary of the possible security alerts, based on the selected devices.
• Generating End of Sale/End of Life Report
Provides a summary of the end of sale or end of life alerts, based on the selected devices.
• MultiService Port Details (see Generating MultiService Port Details).
Shows details about a selected switch's multiservice ports that supply power while supporting voice
traffic.
• Hardware Summary Graph (see Generating a Hardware Summary Graph).
Shows the distribution of device types among all the managed device classes.
• Chassis Summary Graph (see Generating a Chassis Summary Graph).
Shows the distribution of chassis types among all the managed device classes.
• Software Version Graph (see Generating a Software Version Graph).
Shows the distribution of software versions among all the managed device classes.
• Inventory Custom Reports (see Using Inventory Custom Report Templates).
Shows device details by their attributes, see Table 6-9, Table 6-9Inventory Groups and Attributes.