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90 CHAPTER 5: IMPORTING AND REFRESHING DEVICES
CSV File Format
3Com Network Administrator expects the content of the CSV file to obey
certain rules as follows:
■ Each record (device) should be on a separate line.
■ White space at the start and end of a field is ignored.
■ If an optional field is omitted within the middle of a line, the commas
surrounding it must be present. For example, omitting the name field:
192.168.1.2, 255.255.255.0,, public, private
■ If an optional field is omitted at the end of a line, its preceding comma
need not be present. For example, omitting the write community:
192.168.1.2, 255.255.255.0., My Device, public
■ Fields containing commas must be surrounded by double quotes. For
example:
192.168.1.2, 255.255.255.0., “Device, A”, public, private
■ Blank lines are ignored and are not considered to be errors.
■ Comment lines can be included and must be preceded by a “#”
symbol. As with blank lines, they are ignored. For example:
# This is the main router
192.168.1.1, 255.255.255.0., Router A
You can specify IP address ranges.
Refreshing 3Com Network Administrator ‘refreshes’ the device information by
reading the live data from the devices on the network. 3Com Network
Administrator refreshes the devices it intends to add to the inventory file
and ultimately display in the device list.
3Com Network Administrator refreshes the devices it intends to add to
the inventory file and ultimately display in the device list. 3Com Network
Administrator ‘refreshes’ the device information by reading the live data
from the devices on the network.
Many of the tools provided by 3Com Network Administrator require
detailed knowledge of the configuration of the devices they are
operating on. For example, Device Setup enables you to copy the
software configuration of one 3Com device to another device of the
same type. To be able to establish which devices are compatible for such
an operation, 3Com Network Administrator needs to know their detailed
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