Configuring and operating Entuity Network Analytics extensible menus for TrueSight Network Automation

This topic explains how to configure Entuity Network Analytics extensible menus to display TrueSight Network Automation reports, and execute Network Automation span actions from Entuity Network Analytics.

• To configure Entuity Network Analytics extensible menus for Network Automation
• To operate the Network Automation menu options from Entuity Network Analytics Web UI

To configure Entuity Network Analytics extensible menus for Network Automation

1. Copy the sw_bna_menu_def.cfg file from BCAN_HOME\public\entuity to ENA_INSTALL\etc.
2. Open the file ENA_INSTALL\etc\sw_bna_menu_def.cfg with a text editor and change all occurrences of <TrueSightNetworkAutomationServer>:<port> to the actual host name/IP address and web port where Network Automation is installed.

3. Edit the file ENA_INSTALL\etc\sw_menu_def_site_specific.cfg and add the following line at the bottom of the file:

   {{code language="none"}}
   !sw_bna_menu_def.cfg
   
   {{/code}}
4. Stop the Entuity Network Analytics server services.
5. Re-run the configure program taking the defaults.
   You do not need to rebuild the database:
   • (Windows): ENA_INSTALL\install\configure
     or
     ENA_INSTALL\install\configure text
   • (UNIX): ENA_INSTALL/install/configure text
6. Start the Entuity Network Analytics services.
   Note that after the Entuity Network Analytics services are started, it still can take an hour or so before the customized menu options appear. 

To operate the Network Automation menu options from Entuity Network Analytics Web UI

Perform the following steps to access various Network Automation-related menu options:

1. Log on to the Web UI and click the Explorer tab.
2. Click the arrow to expand the hierarchy tree to see devices. 
   
   Or, click the Contents tab. Click All Objects to see the devices.
   
   
   

3. Right-click a network device and TrueSight Network Automation and select the option for report or span action that you want to access, as shown in the following figure:
   
   The following table contains a brief description of each menu option:

   Option	Description
   Archive Configuration	Snapshot the running and startup configurations on the device
   Compliance Summary	Show the configuration rules that are currently in violation status on the device
   Configuration Change Summary	Show all configuration changes on the device along with who made them and when, for the last 7 days
   Discrepancy Details	Show discrepancies between current and Trusted configurations
   OS Image History	Show the OS image versions running on the device for the past 30 days
   Running vs. Startup	Show the differences between running and startup configurations
   Telnet/SSH Proxy	Launch a capture telnet/SSH session to the device
   Upload Changes	Make configuration changes to a device (Deploy to Active)
   Write Mem	Save running to startup (Commit)