Downloading The Inventory File To Your Computer; Generating And Filtering An Asca Report - Avaya Integrated Management Software Update

Downloading the Inventory File to your Computer

Once the inventory file has been generated on the Communication Manager, you can download
it onto your computer.
To download the inventory file to your computer:
1. From your computer, use FTP or SSH to navigate to the file.
2. Go to the /var/opt/platform/ASCA folder on the Communication Manager.
3. Copy the file ASCA_Inventory.txt to your computer.
You are now ready to generate the ASCA report. Refer to
Report on page 53).

Generating and Filtering an ASCA Report

The ASCA report displays information relating to all the elements of the CM, including the
following groups: main servers, ESS's, LSPs, H.248 Gateways, TN Circuit Packs, DCP
Endpoints, and IP Endpoints. For each element that has a version, you can display the currently
installed version, and the latest available version. Installed versions that are not the latest
version are highlighted in red.
To generate an ASCA Report:
1. From Avaya Software Update Manager, select Tools > Generate ASCA Report. The
ASCA Report dialog box opens.
Figure 15: ASCA Report Dialog Box
2. Click the ASCA input file Browse... button. The Open dialog box opens, enabling you to
select the input inventory file.
3. Click the ASCA output directory Browse... button. The Open dialog box opens. Select the
directory in which you want the ASCA HTML report file to be saved.
4. Click Generate report to create the report. A confirmation dialog box opens.
Downloading the Inventory File to your Computer
Generating and Filtering an ASCA
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