Command

The CLI command node is used to retrieve data via command line interface. You need to specify a CLI Command parser to parse the data.

1)Click the Command node in the workflow.

2)Enter a CLI command in the Command field and select a CLI Command parser from the drop-down list. The related command, parser, and variables will be auto-loaded.

Alternatively, you can click Select Parser to select a CLI command parser from the Parser library and click OK.

The Configuration node refers to system built-in data type, that is, configuration file. The way to retrieve configurations is already defined in the system for all supported device types.

1)Click the Configuration node in the workflow.

2)Specify the data source to retrieve the configuration.

▪Current Baseline — the latest baseline data in the system database.

▪User-defined options at run time — the data source specified by users at runtime.

3)Click Select Parser to select a Configuration parser from the Parser library and click OK. The related configuration, parser, and variables will be auto-loaded.

The Ping node defines source and destination devices, as well as other ping parameters.

1)Click the Ping node in the workflow.

2)Select the source and destination from the corresponding drop-down lists.

▪The source device has the following options in the From field:

oFront Server — Front Servers associated with your domain are listed, besides the specific Front Server displayed in the Network Settings.

oDevice — select the device node name from the drop-down list or specify a device in your workspace.

▪The destination device has the following options in the To field:

oIP Host — enter the IP address or the domain name.

oDevice — select the device node name from the drop-down list or specify a device in your workspace, as well as an interface.

3)Click Retrieve to select a device to retrieve sample data and click OK.
The Ping command has a default parser with three built-in variables: $lost_rate, $average_time and $ping_result. After the sample data is retrieved, the parser will be auto-applied.

Advanced Settings

The Traceroute node defines source and destination devices, as well as other traceroute parameters.

1)Click the Traceroute node in the workflow.

2)Refer to the Ping node to set the source and destination devices.

3)Click Retrieve to select a device to retrieve sample data and click OK.
The Traceroute command has a default parser with two built-in variables: $last_hop and $traceroute_result. After you retrieve the sample data, the parser will be auto-applied.

Advanced Settings

The SNMP node is used to retrieve device data via SNMP OID.

1)Click the SNMP node in the workflow.

2)Enter an SNMP OID in the SNMP OID field and select an SNMP parser from the drop-down list. The parser and variables will be auto-loaded.

Alternatively, you can click Select Parser to select an SNMP parser from the Parser library and click OK.

The API node is used to retrieve data from a network controller or third-party API server.

1)Click the API node in the workflow.

2)Click Select Parser, select an API parser and click OK in the Select Parser dialog.

The sample data and variables will be auto-loaded.