NetBrain Workstation Live Network Access Guide
How NetBrain Accesses the Live Network
Summary
Many NetBrain functions such as live network discovery, benchmarking, path discovery and monitoring require access to the live network. In order for these functions to work, you need to input live network settings into the NetBrain system which include: 
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Username/password pairs and privilege passwords. These credentials are used to Telnet/SSH to devices and retrieve live data via CLI show commands. SNMP RO strings are used to access devices via SNMP. Monitoring devices also requires SNMP RO strings. These settings are stored in the server database and the passwords are encrypted. The administrator can also control whether a user is able to use these settings. NetBrain will use the credentials to retrieve data from the live network via SNMP polling and CLI show commands. NetBrain will NEVER make any configuration changes in the live network. Live Network Discovery
Based on user selection during discovery, NetBrain uses the following methods to access the live network: 
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Ping SNMP Read‐only Telnet/SSH For the quickest and most comprehensive discovery, make sure that the NetBrain server can access the live network with ALL methods listed above. NetBrain uses a special neighbor‐walking algorithm to discover the network. It only uses one Telnet/SSH session per device. Expect light network traffic during NetBrain discovery. The actions that the NetBrain discovery engine uses are: 1. Ping 2. SNMP RO GET to a few OIDs 3. Telnet to port 23 or SSH to port 22, and issue the following commands (based on user selection) a.
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Show run Show ip route summary Show ip route Show cdp neighbor Benchmarking While benchmarking, the NetBrain server Telnet/SSHs to the device and issues CLI show commands to retrieve configuration files, route tables, ARP tables, CDP tables, MAC tables and interface information for all devices in the system. You can also define your own CLI show commands. For Cisco IOS devices, the benchmarking process may issue the following show commands: NetBrain Workstation
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show run / show config show cdp neighbor detail show interface show arp show mac‐address‐table dynamic show ip route Customized show commands defined by users Benchmarked data is used to build or update L3 and L2 topology so that your system is always up to date. Since benchmarked data is a snapshot of your network at a specific point in time, it can also be used for comparison purposes, such as to recall a good network state while you troubleshoot a problem. When you implement a network change, we recommend that you run a benchmark before and after implementation and compare the two sets of data to find differences, so you can find any issues caused by your changes, such as missing routes. Path Discovery
Starting from two end points, you can discover and map an application path. Depending on the method used to discover the path, the system will retrieve routing via SNMP or CLI from the live network. If the system retrieves routing via SNMP, it will only retrieve routing related to the destination rather than the entire routing table. Otherwise the system retrieves routing tables from the device via show commands such as “show ip route”. You can also select the Via Cached Route Table option to find the historical path based on historical routing tables. Monitoring
Monitoring functions use SNMP polling to retrieve performance data from the live network such as CPU, memory, interface delay, and bandwidth usage. IP Accounting, IP SLA and NetFlow
By launching IP accounting, IP SLA and NetFlow functions, the system Telnet/SSHs to the device and issues the corresponding show commands to retrieve the data. NetBrain does not configure IP Accounting, IP SLA or NetFlow for you. It’s not a NetFlow Analyzer server either. Show commands
If show commands can be issued from a non‐privileged mode, then the system does not go to privileged mode. Otherwise the system must go to the privileged mode and issue show commands. NetBrain does not make any network configuration changes. NetBrain Workstation
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Device Type
Cisco IOS Router Cisco IOS Switch Script
terminal length 0 show run show interface show ip route summary show ip route show arp show cdp neighbor detail show version show module switch all show module show interface show ip interface brief show interface brief show interface status show interface description show ip accounting show interface mac‐accounting show ip cache flow show ip flow top‐talker traceroute exit enable terminal length 0 show run show interface show ip route summary show ip route show mac‐address‐table show mac address‐table show arp show cdp neighbor detail show version show module switch all show module show interface show ip interface brief show interface brief show interface status show interface description show ip accounting show interface mac‐accounting show ip cache flow show ip flow top‐talker show spanning‐tree blockedports NetBrain Workstation
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Cisco Catalyst Switch Cisco PIX Firewall Cisco ASA Firewall Juniper Router traceroute exit enable set length 0 show config show route show cam dynamic show cam static show cdp neighbor detail show version show port status show module show spantree blockedports exit enable no pager write terminal show route show arp show version exit enable no terminal pager 0 show run show route show arp show version exit enable set cli screen‐length 0 show config|no‐more show interface terse|no‐more show route summary show route table inet.0 | no‐more show route table $instance_name | no‐more show arp | no‐more show lldp neighbors | no‐more Show version | no‐more show chassis hardware | no‐more show chassis hardware models | no‐more show interface statistics | no‐more show spanning‐tree interface | no‐more exit NetBrain Workstation
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display current‐configuration display ip routing‐table statistics display ip routing‐table display arp display arp all display mac‐address display lldp neighbor‐information display version display device display device manuinfo display brief interface quit super terminal length 0 show run show ip route vrf all show ip route show ip route vrf‐name show ip arp vrf all show ip arp show ip arp vrf arp‐name show mac‐address‐table show mac address‐table show cdp neighbor detail show spanning‐tree blockedports show version show module show interface status exit enable no page show running‐config show ip route show ip route summary show arp show mac‐address show cdp neighbors detail show lldp info remote show lldp info local exit enable 3com Switch Cisco Nexus Switch HP ProCurve Switch NetBrain Workstation
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Juniper EX Switch Cisco WAP set cli screen‐length 0 show config|no‐more show route|no‐more show route summary show arp|no‐more show ethernet‐switching table|no‐more show vlans|no‐more show lldp neighbors|no‐more show version show interface terse|no‐more show chassis hardware | no‐more show chassis hardware models | no‐more exit terminal length 0 show run show ip route show ip route summary show arp show dot11 association show cdp neighbor detail traceroute exit enable NetScreen Firewall set console page 0 get config get route get arp Extreme Switch disable clipaging show config quit Arista Switch terminal length 0 show running‐config show ip route summary show ip route show ip route vrf {vrfname} show mac address‐table show arp show lldp neighbors detail show spanning‐tree detail show spanning‐tree blockedports show version show inventory show ip interface brief show interface show interfaces status exit enable NetBrain Workstation
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Brocade Switch Force10 Switch Adtran Switch skip‐page‐display show run show ip route summary show ip route show ip route vrf $vrfname show mac‐address show arp show fdp neighbors detail show lldp neighbor detail show version show module show ip interface show interface brief show spanning‐tree brief exit enable terminal length 0 show run show ip route summary show ip route show ip route vrf {vrfname} show inventory show mac‐addr‐table show mac‐address‐table show arp show arp switch show lldp neighbors detail show version show ip interface brief show interface brief show inter status show spanning‐tree detail quit enable show run show ip route show lldp neighbor detail show arp show mac address‐table show mac‐address‐table terminal length 0 enable exit NetBrain Workstation
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Riverbed WAN Optimizer show running‐config show interfaces configured show ip route show arp show info show interfaces configured terminal length 0 enable exit Huawei switch display current‐configuration display ip routing‐table display lldp neighbor display arp display mac‐address display version display device super quit Hirschmann Switch show running‐config||show network show lldp remote‐data show arp switch show mac‐addr‐table all enable logout Alcatel Lucent Service Router Alcatel OmniSwitch show router route‐table show router fib 1 show router $VrfName route‐table show router $VrfName fib 1 show router arp show version show chassis show router interface detail admin display‐config environment no more logout write terminal show interfaces port show ip route show amp show arp show mac‐address‐table learned show mac‐address‐table show mac‐learning show lldp remote‐system show system show interface status NetBrain Workstation
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show interface port show module long show chassis environment no more enable exit Ciena Switch interface show port show interface show lldp show neighbors arp show flow show mac‐addr exit Enterasys Switch show config show ip route show neighbors wide show neighbors show arp show mac set length 0 exit NetBrain Workstation
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