Allied Telesis ALLIEDVIEW-UM 1.6 - Manual (Page 29)

Allied Telesis AlliedView-UM 1.6
User's Guide
PN 613-000381 Rev B
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7. After the device is added, the Device Families Pane will be updated with a new node represented by the
IP address of that device.
8. If you decide not to continue adding the device, click on the button.
5.2 LOADING DEVICE DEFINITIONS FROM A COMMA SEPARATED VALUE (CSV) FILE
An alternative way of adding or updating multiple devices is by pre-defining them in a Comma Separated
Value (CSV) file. AlliedView-UM then imports the definitions contained in this file and adds them to the
specified device group.
The format of a CSV device definition is as follows:
IP_Address, login_name, password, system_name, system_description,
SNMP_read_community, SNMP_timeout, SNMP_retry, device_group,
configuration_file
During the operation, AlliedView-UM will check if the IP_Address field of an entry is already defined in
the Device Family Tree. If the entry is already defined, then AlliedView-UM will update the existing
device definition with the values from the CSV file entry. Otherwise, if the entry does not exist in the
Device Family Tree, then AlliedView-UM will create a new Device Definition.
The system_name, system_description and configuration_file fields may be set to the following
values:
ƒ - If a value is provided, then AlliedView-UM will use that value for the device definition.
ƒ - When importing a device definition, if the field is blank (no value), then AlliedView-UM
will retrieve the value from the target device. When updating an existing device definion, if the field
is blank, then AlliedView-UM will not update the corresponding field in the device definition.
ƒ "*" (asterisk) - When updating a device definition, if the field is set to "*", then AlliedView-UM will
retrieve the value from the target device. When importing a device defintion, if this field is set to "*",
then AlliedView-UM will also retrieve the value from the target device.
The following is a sample of a typical CSV file:
192.168.10.9, manager, friend, Main, Used by QA Group, public, 10, 3, Security, tomato.cfg
192.168.10.11, manager, friend, , ,public,10,3,Security,lab.cfg
192.168.10.30, manager, friend, , , , , , 8400_Group,
192.168.10.31, manager, friend, , , , , , 8400_Group,*