You can use the following NetMRI software tools.
Network tools (Tools icon –> > Network):
- API Documentation, providing access to an external API guide for developers and displaying model details.
Device tools (Tools icon –> > Device):
- Ping/Traceroute, for determining whether a specific host can be reached across the network.
- SNMP Walk, for retrieving SNMP MIB variables.
- SNMP Credential Test, for finding a successful SNMP user name and password combination for a device.
- Cisco Command Tool, for issuing Cisco commands to a specified device.
- CLI Credential Test, for finding a successful CLI user name and password combination for a device.
- Discovery Diagnostics, for diagnosing discovery and data problems for a device.
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For the current version of the NetMRI Core API, go to Tools –> icon > Network –> > API Documentation. Select API Data Structures, scroll down to the Models section, and then select an item in the list to display model details and attributes.
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Use the Ping tool (Tools –> DeAnchor
Use the Traceroute tool to determine the route taken by packets across the network. To perform a ping or traceroute test, do the following:
Open the Hostname or IP list and select the target device.
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Type a few beginning characters of the host name or IP address to narrow the list.
2. Open the Network View list and choose the network view containing the IP.
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Use the SNMP Walk tool (Tools –> icon > Device –> > SNMP Walk) to retrieve all SNMP MIB variables below a given root OID from a device on the network. The SNMP Walk tool may retrieve a large amount of SNMP data from the selected device depending on the specified root OID.
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- Open the Hostname or IP list and select the target device from the dropdown menu. there may be many pages of values in the dropdown. You can also enter a new value.
- Open the Network View list and choose the network view containing the specified device.
- In the Port field, type the target port.
- In the Password field, enter the SNMP community string associated with the device (the default string for read-only operations is usually "public"). You may also leave the Password field blank (if a community string was previously discovered for the device or a default is used, then that string is used to automatically perform the walk).
- Select SNMP version 1, 2c or 3.
- If you selected version 1 or 2c, specify the Root OID.
- If you selected version 3, specify the following:
- Authentication Password
- Authentication Protocol
- Privacy Password
- Privacy Protocol
- Root OID
- In the Root OID field, type the starting point for the SNMP walk as a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal notation. If a symbolic name is not recognized, try entering the dotted decimal notation instead.
- Click Start. SNMP Walk displays progress through an SNMP Polling popup window.
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To run the test again, click Restart.
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Use the SNMP Credential Test tool (Tools –> icon > Device –> > SNMP Credential Test) to determine a successful SNMP community string for a device. For the selected device, the tool tries all the community strings listed in the Settings icon –> Setup –> Credentials page using the same order as NetMRI's internal guessers. Testing stops when a successful string is found or all strings have been tried.
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The SNMP Credentials Test can be run on any device, including those not known to NetMRI. |
To run an SNMP credentials test, do the following:
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Use the Cisco Command tool (Tools –> icon > Device section –> > Cisco Command) to issue Cisco commands to a specified device and view the results in the browser.
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Use the CLI Credential Test tool (Tools –> icon > Device –> > CLI Credential Test) to determine a successful CLI user name, password, and enable password (if applicable) for a device. The CLI Credentials Test can be run only on devices known to NetMRI. For the selected device, the tool tries all the combinations listed in on the Settings icon –> > Setup –> > Credentials page using the same order as NetMRI's internal guessers. Testing stops when a successful combination is found or all combinations have been exhausted.
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The Discovery Diagnostics tool (Tools –> icon > Device –> > Discovery Diagnostics) helps Infoblox Technical Support to diagnose discovery and data problems for a given device.
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Output from this tool is typically used only by Infoblox Technical Support. The tool should only be run after you have been instructed to do so by Infoblox Technical Support. |
To run discovery diagnostics, do the following:
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