Inventory reports overview

General information

Inventory reports provide hardware configuration details at the card and port levels.

Results are colored when percentage of ports used exceeds user-defined thresholds:

Note: The report input options list all NEs that are compatible with Inventory reports, not only the NEs that are present. A report can only be generated for NEs found in the network.

Use cases

Network planning—Use the reports to plan for the acquisition of new hardware when required.

Prerequisites

Before an inventory report can be created, the NEs must be managed using NSP Classic mediation.

Drill-down reports

All reports can be run from the main Inventory reports folder. Some reports can also be run as drill-downs by clicking on a data point in another report.

The following table shows the drill-downs available for Inventory reports. Each level of indentation indicates a drill down.

Table 12-1: Available drill-downs for Inventory reports

Port Inventory Summary

Port Details