You can bulk add network devices as data sources to vRealize Network Insight Cloud by using the network-insight-sdk-python SDK.
You can add the following data sources only:
- Cisco switches
- Arista switches
- Juniper switches
- Dell switches
- F5
- Brocade switches
- Palo Alto Networks
- Check Point Firewall
- Cisco ASA
Prerequisites
- You must have access to the vRealize Network Insight Cloud collector CLI.
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You must have the CSV file containing the list of network devices in the following format:
"DataSourceType","IP","fqdn","Username","Password","CSPRefreshToken","NickName", "CentralCliEnabled","IPFixEnabled","SwitchType","ParentvCenter","IsVMC", "snmp_version","snmp_community_string","snmp_username","snmp_password", "snmp_auth_type","snmp_privacy_type","ProxyIP" "DataSource1","","Domain_name","username","<pwd>","", "nick_name_discovered_devices_1","","","","","","","","","","","","10.xx.xxx.xx" "DataSource2","10.1xx.xx.1x","","username","pwd","", " nick_name_discovered_devices_2","","","","","","","","","","","","10.xx.xx.xxx"
You can manually create the CSV file, or discover the devices in your network by performing network discovery. See Discover Network Devices by Running CLI Commands for more information.
Procedure
What to do next
View the data sources added to vRealize Network Insight Cloud by navigating to the page.