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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.