The options presented depend on the type of activity selected. Most are reasonably self-explanatory.
The activity types and respective options, are:
Connectivity.Inter-device ping
Ping a list of hosts (Display name, IP address): hostname entry field
Or, ping all other selected devices: tick box
Only record ping failures: tick box
Connectivity.Login test
Enter enable mode if possible: tick box to have the Login test attempt to enter enable mode once it is connected to the device
Only record login failures: tick box to only record login failures (successful logins create no records in files)
Connectivity.Ping test
Response timeout (seconds): the number of seconds for the ping to wait until it times out and assumes a failure
Ping packet send count: enter the number of ping packets you want to send
Only record ping failures: tick box to record only ping failures (successful pings create no records in files)
General.Backup Running Config
Use alternate command: tick box activates command entry field, and allows you to enter alternate commands.
Current Config File: (Filename, Browse)
Dated Config File: (Filename, Browse)
HTML compare report: tick box activates Filename field and Browse button
Text summary diff report: tick box activates Filename field and Browse button
Only notify by e-mail if configs have changed: tick box
Attach reports to e-mail: tick box activates drop down list:
- HTML compare reports only
- Text diff reports only
- Both reports
Zip attachments: tick box to have reports zipped as e-mail attachments
Password protect Zip file: tick box activates password entry field
General.Enter command
Commands to be entered into the device (Max 10,000 chrs): Enter commands you want to be sent to the device. Enter each command on a new line.
Or, read commands from file (Filename, Browse, Edit): Enter the filename of a text file containing commands you want to be sent to the device. In the file, each command should be on a new line. Use the Browse button to select the file, and the Edit button to open and edit the file.
[The command field or filename field are activated via tick box. When the box is ticked - which is the default - the command field is active and the filename field is inactive. Untick the box to deactivate the command field and activate the filename field and associated Browse and Edit buttons.]
Enter commands in enable mode: tick box to have commands entered in enable mode if possible
Save device output to file (Filename, Browse): tick box to have device output saved to file. Default is ticked, default filename based on Date. Browse to select your own file.
Overwrite existing capture file: tick box to overwrite existing capture file. Default is ticked.
Answer [yes] to any confirmation prompts: tick box to automatically answer "yes" to any confirmation prompts. Default is ticked.
Stop on error: tick box to have the scheduled activity stop if it encounters any errors. Default is ticked.
General.Modify config
Config commands to be entered into the device (Max 10,000 chrs): Enter configuration commands you want to be sent to the device. Enter each command on a new line.
Or, read commands from file (Filename, Browse, Edit): Enter the filename of a text file containing commands you want to be sent to the device. In the file, each command should be on a new line. Use the Browse button to select the file, and the Edit button to open and edit the file.
[The command field or filename field is activated via tick box. When the box is ticked - which is the default - the command field is active and the filename field is inactive. Untick the box to deactivate the command field and activate the filename field and associated Browse and Edit buttons.]
Save device output to file (Filename, Browse): tick box activates the filename field. Default is ticked, and the default filename is based on the Date (so that a new file is created every 24 hours).
Overwrite existing capture file: tick box to overwrite existing capture file. Default is ticked. If un-ticked, the capture file is based on the Date and captured data is appended to the file until the date changes, when a new file is created using the new date.
Answer [yes] to any confirmation prompts: tick box to automatically answer confirmation prompts
Stop on error: tick box to stop if the activity encounters any errors
Save running config to start-up config when complete: tick box to save the running config to start-up config when the activity completes.
Report.ARP address table
Use alternate command: tick box activates command entry field, and allows you to enter alternate commands.
Days until entries expire: tick box activates field (default is 30 days). Enter number of days until existing MAC address table entries expire. This keeps the table to a workable size.
Resolve IP addresses to host names: tick box activates resolution of host names to IP addresses for report
Report.error info table
Specify Report Headers: grid to allow the selection, naming, and ordering of column headers for the report
Calculate column totals: tick box activates calculation of column totals
Clear the interface counters: tick box activates the clearing of the interface counters
Collect VLAN information: tick box activates the addition of VLAN information to the report
Report.MAC address table
Use alternate command: tick box activates command entry field, and allows you to enter alternate commands.
Days until entries expire: tick box activates field (default is 30 days). Enter number of days until existing MAC address table entries expire. This keeps the table to a workable size.
Report.Master Port-MAC-ARP x-ref
Current Port info table: the path of the port info table to use for the x-ref
Current MAC address table: the path of the MAC address table to use for the x-ref
Current ARP table: the path of the ARP table to use for the x-ref
Max MAC entries per port: enables a limit of the number of MAC entries to be displayed in the report on a port - useful for trunks and similar ports
Interfaces to exclude: regular expression to indicate ports to ignore when reporting
Report.Port info table
Use alternate command: tick box activates command entry field, and allows you to enter alternate commands.
Report.Version table
Use alternate command: tick box activates command entry field, and allows you to enter alternate commands.