Cisco IOS Manual Collection

If the collectors can't reach your assets via SSH, data can be manually collected for the network modeling process. A command line interface (CLI) connection to the devices will be needed, as well as a terminal emulator such as Putty or SecureCRT capable of logging data presented via show commands.

Step 1:

• Log into the Cisco IOS CLI using your assigned credentials. You will need access to run show and show running-config commands.

• Run and log the output from the following commands:

Show running-config view full
Show vlan
Show vlans
Show ip route vrf *
Show version
Show arp
Show cdp neighbors detail
Show lldp neighbors detail

• Once all data is collected from the Cisco IOS appliances, create a .zip file named Collector_Upload_CiscoIOS.zip containing the data from Cisco IOS appliances.

Step 2:

• Log into Epiphany.

• In the left menu, expand Source Management and select Configuration.

• Expand Site Collectors, and in the tile for the site collector, select Actions.

If there is no site collector set up for Cisco IOS in Epiphany, set one up as described in Create a Site Collector in Epiphany.

• From the Actions menu, select Download Image.

Step 3:

• Once the PEM file is downloaded, it can be used to perform SCP of the compressed configuration folder to the Epiphany Collector.

The PEM file and map file can be anywhere on the file system, so provide that file’s pathway for the SCP command.

Linux

Open a terminal and run the following command:

scp -i ~/.ssh/key.pem <Collector_Upload> upload@<Collector_IP>:~/upload 

Windows 10

• Go to Settings > Apps > Apps and features > Optional Features to enable OpenSSH Client on Windows 10.

• Select Add a feature.

• Search for and select OpenSSH Client.

• If already installed, continue to the next step. If not, install OpenSSH Client.

• Open a command prompt and enter the following command:

scp-i ~/.ssh/key.pem < Collector_Upload>  upload@<Collector_IP>:~/upload