Scenario
Your team has added a new Extensible Attribute (EA) called Building to the NIOS Grid. Many objects have been updated with this data. Your manager asked you to send her a list of all the networks in the Building London Branch. Please use the filter and export functions in NIOS to generate this list.
Estimate Completion Time
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20 to 30 minutes
Credentials
|
Description |
Username |
Password |
URL or IP |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Grid Manager UI |
ops |
infoblox |
Requirements
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Read-only access to Grid
Learning Content
Related Labs
Lab Initiation
Access jump-desktop
Once the lab is deployed, you can access the virtual machines required to complete this lab activity. To initiate the lab, click on the jump-desktop tile and login to the Linux UI:
Username: training
Password: infoblox
Initiate lab
To initiate the lab, double-click the Launch Lab icon on the Desktop.
Choose the lab number from the list and click OK.
After clicking OK, you will see a pop-up message with a brief description of the lab task. If the description looks correct, click Yes to continue lab initiation.
Lab initiation will take a couple of minutes to finish.
Once complete, you will see another pop-up message with the login credentials and the URL for the Grid Manager’s User Interface. Note that the credentials may differ from those from prior labs.
Tasks
Task 1: Displaying networks with city column and exporting results
Login to the GM web interface. Ensure the column Building is visible for the network objects, then create a filter to display only networks in the Building London Branch. Use the CSV export function to export all visible data as CSV.
Solutions
Task 1 Solution: Displaying networks with Building column and exporting results
Login to the GM web interface. Ensure the new column Building is visible for the network objects, then create a filter to display only networks in the Building London Branch. Use the CSV export function to export all visible data as CSV.
Displaying Building column
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Login to NIOS GM web interface
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Navigate to Data Management → IPAM . In any of the columns, click the drop-down menu and select Columns → Edit Columns.
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Scroll down to find the Building Column and check the box to make it Visible
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Click Apply to save changes to the workspace
Creating a filter for networks in London Branch
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Login to NIOS GM web interface
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Navigate to Data Management → IPAM
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Click Show Filter to see filter options
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Create a filter using the logic of Building equals London Branch
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Apply the filter
Exporting visible data in CSV format
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Click Export button and choose Export visible data
Read the warning message and click Start
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Once the export finishes, click Download
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The exported file can be viewed in text and spreadsheet applications
