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Configuration Reporter
Version 1.5

Document revision 1.0

March 2017

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 Revision history
Date Document revision Description of changes

March 2017 1.0 Beta release of the Dell EMC

Systems Configuration Reporter.

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Contents
About this document ...................................................................................................................... 4

Systems Configuration Reporter Overview ................................................................................. 5

Supported components ................................................................................................................. 6

Downloading the Systems Configuration Reporter .................................................................... 7

Installing the Systems Configuration Reporter ........................................................................... 8

Ensuring resources are available for data collection ...............................................................10

Starting data collection ................................................................................................................12

Downloading and reviewing data collection ..............................................................................15

Purging customer data ................................................................................................................17

Getting assistance ........................................................................................................................18

Known issues................................................................................................................................19

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 About this document
This document describes how to gather information from various Converged System
components to obtain a system inventory.
The target audience for this document is Professional Services, Manufacturing Operations,
Customer Services Support, Deployment and Installation, or any other personnel that need the
current Converged System configuration information to assess incremental deals, renewals, or
upgrades.
The Dell EMC Systems Configuration Reporter does not collect any sensitive data, such as IP
addresses or firewall information, in the collected output.

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Systems Configuration Reporter Overview
The Systems Configuration Reporter allows collection, analysis, and reporting on data from
Converged System components which can be used for RCM upgrade pre-assesment, pre-
incremental sales data mining, and point-in-time Converged System tracking.
The Configuration Reporter software platform supports the following:

 CPSD Systems: VxBlock Systems, Vblock Systems, VxRack FLEX & Vscale Systems.
 Environment: The Configuration Reporter is run from Windows 7 or 10 environments.
 Internet browsers: The Configuration Reporter runs on any recent versions of Google
Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, or Windows 10 Edge.
 MSM import: The Configuration Reporter supports the creation of collection profiles
through MSM import with Vision software version 2.6.0 and later.
 LCS import: The Configuration Reporter supports the creation of collection profiles
through LCS import with version 2.0.19 and later.
 Accessibility: The Configuration Reporter is available to download for CPSD personnel
only.
Current features of the Configuration Reporter:
 Collects configuration information from various CPSD System components.
 Collected data is available in various data formats, for example, JSON, Excel, and XML.
 Collected data can be exported in CRG and CMDB report type formats.
 Emails CRG and CMDB reports directly to CPSD personnel or CSPD teams from the
tool for archiving or analysis.
 Compares current CPSD System configuration with user selected target RCM train and
lists out the hits and misses showing all the components which would need upgrade to
reach target RCM.
 Ability to import old CRG reports (generated by Configuration Reference Guide Tool or
Systems Configuration Reporter) and compare them with newly collected CPSD
System current configuration to provide changes made to the system since last
collection or upgrade.
 Predicts and lists closest RCMs based on the collected configuration information of the
CPSD system.

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 Supported components
The Systems Configuration Reporter collects data from the following components:

Component Physical component

Networking  Cisco Nexus 1000V

 Cisco Nexus 3000
 Cisco Nexus 5000
 Cisco Nexus 7000
 Cisco Nexus 9000
 Cisco MDS
 VMware NSX

Storage  VNX-block only

 VNX with NAS head
 VMAX-block only
 VMAX with NAS head
 ScaleIO Array
 ScaleIO SVM
 Isilon
 XtremIO
 Unity
 VNXe
 VPLEX

Virtualization  VMware vCenter Server

Compute  Cisco UCS B-Series Blade

Servers
 Cisco C-Series Rack Mount
Servers
 Quanta Servers
 Dell PowerEdge Servers

Infrastructure  Panduit Power Distribution

Units (PDUs)

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Downloading the Systems Configuration
Reporter
The Systems Configuration Reporter is available on the CPSD Flexnet Operations website.
About this task
This software platform is available for CPSD personnel use only. There are two ways to
download the Systems Configuration Reporter:

 Flexnet Operations website: You must have a Flexnet account to access this website.
A new account can be requested using Service Now.
 The Syncplicity share Dell EMC SCR -Sprint bits - In order to access this Syncplicity
share, you must have a Syncplicity account. Please email dellemc.scr@vce.com to
request access to this folder. The SCR bits are updated at the end of every sprint.
Procedure
1. To download the Systems Configuration Reporter from Flexnet:
a. Go to https://vce.flexnetoperations.com/control/vcec/index.
b. Select VCE - Internal. If you have one account on Flexnet, you will be brought
directly to VCE - Internal. If you have access to multiple accounts, you must
select VCE - Internal.
c. Select Internal Use only: Misc Reports, and Internal Documentation from
the list of items.
d. Expand Dell EMC Systems Configuration Reporter using the + icon under
New Versions tab.
e. Download the zip file and unzip it on your desktop.
f. Unzip Dell_EMC_SCR-Sprint_bits.zip to your desktop.
g. Unzip SCRDependencies.zip to C:\scripts\.
2. To download the Systems Configuration Reporter from the Syncplicity share:
a. Open the Dell EMC SCR -Sprint bits folder and download the zip files
according to your need –
 dellhci-systems-configuration-reporter.zip is HCI
version of SCR supporting only VxRack Flex
 dellci-systems-configuration-reporter.zip is CI
version of SCR supporting all components in Vxblock, Vblock, VxRack
and Vscale.
 SCRDependencies.zip.
b. Unzip SCRDependencies.zip to C:\scripts\.

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 Installing the Systems Configuration
Reporter
The Systems Configuration Reporter runs only in Windows environments. A number of third
party tools must installed to run data collection.
About this task
 Powershell and .Net version #4 are required to perform collection on the components.
 PowerCli is used for collection on vCenter.
 VMAX SE is used for collection on VMAX.
 Navisphere CLI is used for collection on VNX.
 Unisphere CLI is used for collection on VNXe.
Procedure
1. Navigate to C:\scripts\SCRDependencies.
2. Run the installer for the following applications and be sure to have it added the
Environment System Variables path to your environment when asked.
a. Powershell 3.0+:
i. Open the Windows update Win7AndW2K8R2-KB3134760-x64.msu
to update the Powershell version if your system has an earlier version.
b. PowerCLI 5.8:
i. Open the installer VMware-PowerCLI-5.8.0-2057893.exe.
ii. On the Welcome page, click Next.
iii. Accept the license agreement terms and click Next.
iv. On the Custom Setup page, select the component vSphere
PowerCLI.
v. Click Next.
vi. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install to proceed
with the installation.
vii. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
c. VMAX SE (Solutions enabler):
i. Open the installer se8200-WINDOWS-x64.exe.
ii. On the Welcome page, click Next.
iii. Do not change the default settings and click Next.
iv. Select Typical and click Next.
v. From Stordaemon Services, select EMC SE SYMAPI Server Daemon
and EMC SE Event Daemon, and leave the password empty. Click
Next.
vi. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
vii. Click Finish.
viii. Right click on “My Computer” or “This PC” and click Properties.
ix. Click Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables.
x. On the System Variables panel, select Path and click Edit.

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 xi. Add ;C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin to the end of the value.
Note: Please note that there are additional steps before VMAX
collection can be done successfully. Refer to Ensuring
resources are available for data collection.

d. Navisphere CLI:
i. Open the installer NaviCLI-Win-32-x86-en_US-7.33.0.0.15-1.exe.
ii. On the Introduction page, click Next.
iii. Do not change the default settings and click Next.
iv. Select Do not create security credentials file and Low, and click
Next.
v. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
vi. Click Finish.
e. Unisphere CLI:
i. Open the installer UnisphereCLI-Win-32-x86-en_US-3.0.0.1.16-1.exe.
ii. On the Introduction page, click Next.
iii. Do not change the default settings and click Next.
iv. Select Low and click Next.
v. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
vi. Click Finish.

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 Ensuring resources are available for data
collection
Before starting the Systems Configuration Reporter, make sure you have the following
resources available.
Note: The Systems Configuration Reporter needs admin level access credentials to do all
component collection.

 If you downloaded from the Flexnet website, navigate to

C:\Users\username\Desktop\dellsystems-configuration-
reporter. Unzip dellci-systems-configuration-reporter.zip and
copy the resulted folder onto your desktop.
 If you downloaded from the Syncplicity share, navigate to the downloaded zip file
dellci-systems-configuration-reporter.zip from step 8 in
Downloading the Systems Configuration Reporter. Unzip the file and move it to your
desktop.
 The Systems Configuration Reporter needs to be run on the laptop that has access to
network connectivity to the Converged System.
 Access to the individual components as follows:
o IP addresses and log on credentials for all storage, compute system,
virtualization, and VMware NSX components
o SSH host credentials for Nexus (1000V, 3000, 5000, 7000, and 9000), Catalyst,
and MDS switches
o Navisphere CLI credentials for VNX block only storage and SSH credentials for
VNX with NAS head
o SymCLI credentials for VMAX block only storage and SSH credentials for
VMAX with NAS head
o Unisphere CLI credentials for VNXe block only storage
o vCenter server credentials for vSphere vCenter
o UCS manager credentials for UCS-B series
o CIMC credentials for UCS-C series
o SMI and RestAPI credentials for PDUs
o RestAPI credentials for XtremIO
 VMAX collection needs the following additional steps:
1. Remote desktop to the Element Manager VM on the Converged
System using admin credentials. For VMAX3 with eMGMT, log on to
the Array Management Server instead of Element Manager.
2. Navigate to the Program Files\EMC\symapi\db folder.
3. Copy the symapi.bin file to your computer. To use the EMC temporary FTP
site to transfer the file, create a zip file containing the file before uploading to
avoid corruption.
Note: Perform these steps for every VMAX on which collection needs to be
done. The version of the Solutions Enabler installed on the laptop
generating the report must be equal or above the Solutions Enabler

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 version installed from where the file was collected.

 Panduit Power Distribution Units collection needs the following additional steps:
1. Open https://Panduit PDU IP address in a browser and log on using
admin credentials.
2. Click Setup > SNMP NMS.
3. Add the IP address of the laptop on which Systems Configuration Reporter has
been installed.
4. Add the community string from the Logical Configuration Survey.
5. From the NMS Access menu, select Read Only.
6. Click Save.
Note: Perform these steps for every Panduit PDU on which collection needs to
be done.

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 Starting data collection
Start data collection from Converged System components.
Before you begin
Refer to Ensuring resources are available for data collection.
Procedure
1. Double-click the dellci-systems-configuration-reporter.bat file,
located in the C:\Users\username\Desktop\dellsystems-
configuration-reporter directory where you extracted the ZIP.
A console launches with the following output:
Starting VCE Systems Configuration Reporter 1.0.2_SNAPSHOT
THIS TOOL IS FOR VCE INTERNAL USE ONLY
The application will open in your browser momentarily...
_ ______________ _ ___ _
_ ______________ _______ / /__
| | / / ____/ ____/TM / _____/_ _ ____ / __/ __ ___ ___ ____
| | / / / / __/ / /__ / / / / / _ / / / _ \ / _ _ / / __/
| |/ / /___/ /___ _____ / / /_ / /__\ \ / /___/ ____/ / /_/ / /__\ \
|___/\____/_____/ /_______/____ /______/_____/\____/_/ /_/_____/
/ /
__/ /
/___/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
________
/ ______/ ____ _
/ / / ___\ / /
/ / / /__ _ / /__ _
/ / __ ____ / ___/(_)___ _ _ _____ ___ / ___/ (_)___ ___
/ / / _ \/ __ \/ / / / _ \/ / / / ___/ _ \ / / / / _ \/ __
\
\ \_________ / /_/ / / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / / / /_/ /_/ /____/ / /_/ / / /
/
\__________/\____/_/ /_/ / /_/\__ /\____/_/ \______/\_____/_/\____/_/
/_/
/ / / /
___/ / ___/ /
/____/ /____/
__________------------------------
/ _______ / _
/ / / / / /
/ /______/ / / /___
/ /________/ _____ / _____/
/ / \ \ ___ / _ \____ _____/ / ___ _____
/ / \ \ / _ \/ /_/ / _ \/____/ / / _ \ / ___/
/ / \ \/ ___/ _____/ /_/ / / / /___ / ____/ /
/_/ \_\___/ / \____/_/ \______/\____/_/
/_/

When the start up is complete, the Systems Configuration Reporter opens in your
default web browser.
2. To save system collection profiles, click Manage multiple collections from the main
page. Click New. You can add system level collection profiles in the following ways:
a. Add a system collection profile manually:
i. Click on Manually create a new collection profile. Enter a name for
the collection profile and the Converged System serial number.
ii. Click Save.
iii. Click the +Component tab of the collection profile name that you just
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 iv. Click on the component that you want to add, provide a unique name
to the component profile, and enter the credentials with admin level
access.
Note: All input fields are mandatory to run collection on a component
profile.

v. Click Save to create the component profile under the selected

collection profile. This adds a new component under the collection
profile you added.
vi. Repeat steps iii-v until you add all the components from which you
want to collect data. The Systems Configuration Reporter allows you to
make collection profile changes and component access profile
changes at any point.
Note: Saving component credentials as a component profile can be
used in subsequent sessions. Give the component profile a
name that will help you distinguish the component from other
data collections.

b. Import a collection profile from a VCE System Configuration File: With the
Systems Configuration Reporter, a system collection profile can be created by
importing a Vblock System configuration file. Importing the configuration file will
create a new collection profile. The VAST .cfg file may not have accurate
credentials as it is created when system was built or shipped.
i. Click Import collection profile from .cfg file.
ii. In the pop-up window, drag and drop the .cfg file and click Import. This
will import all the information available in the .cfg file and create a
collection profile with Converged System serial number with
component profiles under it.
Note: All access profiles may not have all the credentials to do
collection successfully. Go through each profile to make sure
that all component profiles have correct credentials. Correct or
add values to missing required fields. For Converged Systems
without Vision software installed, you can add the system serial
number in the .cfg file, for example:
serialNumber=Vxxxxxxxxxxx.

c. Import a collection profile from the MSM VM: Use this option to import
product component credentials directly from the MSM VM. This import option
pulls information from a live system, thus will import updated credentials. You
must confirm the credentials that were imported under each component.
i. Click Import new collection from remote MSM or Vision Core.
ii. In the pop-up window, enter a hostname and username for the MSM
VM. Accept the host key and provide the virtual machine password.
Click Save.
iii. The Systems Configuration Reporter pulls component information from
the MSM VM. Click Import to save the collection profile.
Note: All access profiles may not have all the credentials to do
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 component access profiles have credentials. If any are missing,
add values to missing required fields.

d. Import a collection profile from Converged System LCS file: System

Collection profiles can also be created by importing the Converged System
LCS file. Importing the LCS file would create a new collection profile.
i. Add the LCS file to be imported in the following directory:
C:\Users\username\.vce\vision\one\conf
ii. Click Import new collection profile from local LCS file.
iii. In the pop-up window, drag and drop your LCS file and enter the
Converged System serial number.
iv. Click Import.
Note: All usernames and passwords will be defaults for component
profiles, so values may be inaccurate for collection of the
system. Some component profiles may have empty input fields.
Update the credentials wherever needed and add values to
missing input fields under component profiles.

e. Optional steps for profile modifications:

 To rename a collection profile, click on edit icon on right side of the
collection profile. Add your changes and click Save Information.
 To delete a collection profile, click on trash icon on the right side of the
collection profile and click Delete.
 To rename a component profile, click on the component profile or click
on edit icon on the right side of the component profile. Add your
changes and click Save Information.
 To delete a component profile, click on trash icon on the right side of
the collection profile and hit Delete.
3. Start data collection by selecting one or multiple system collection profile(s) or
component access profile(s). Check the console logs to get the current status of the
collection.
Note: After starting data collection, do not navigate away from the page until data
collection is complete. There is no way to track the result of collection if you
navigate to another page. Navigating away will not stop the collection. Upon
collection completion, each component profile collection will display Success or
Failed according to the collection status.

Next steps
When data collection finishes, click Review Findings or click Review Collected Data at top of
the page. Click Manage collections to add or delete collection profiles or start another
collection. This lists all discovered subcomponents by element type and total count from all of
the previous collections. Click each element type to open a table with the attributes for all of the
elements of that type.

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Downloading and reviewing data collection
The data that is collected can be downloaded in format and report types.
About this task
Format Types: JSON, XML, and XLS are available to download. All the collected information is
added to the file.
Report Types: CMDB, and CRG report are available to download. These reports have data
shown where information is logically grouped together in tabular form.
The Review Collected Data page does not sort the elements by the component from which
they were collected. Use the search field at the top of each page to find specific components.
This search field uses the same syntax that is provided by the Vision dashboard. For example,
to locate switches from previous collections:
find switch
You can also search any other elements from previous collections and filter by attribute values,
for example:

find VirtualMachine where guestMemoryUsage < 1000

Refer to the Dell EMC Vision Intelligent Operations Administration Guide for more information
about search syntax.
Procedure
1. To download data, click Review Collected Data.
2. Click Export Collection Data, and select the report type.
3. To review previous collection by report types:
a. Counts of element types: Provides a simple JSON object of element types
and the count of each.
i. Click Download to save the file on your local drive.
b. CRG export: Exports a Microsoft Excel workbook with CRG sheets
appropriate for the components collected. Check the console logs to get the
status of the exported report.
i. Click Get Started.
ii. Select Yes from the drop-down menu to add scrubbed data to the
report. This will convert some information to asterisks.
iii. Select Yes from the drop-down menu to add health assessment tabs
to the report.
iv. Click Download to save the file to your local drive.
v. To download and email the report, click Download and Email.
c. CMDB export: Use this report for incremental sales of Converged Systems.
i. Select CMDB Milestone from the drop-down menu.
ii. Fill out the information and download the report.
iii. To download and email the report, click Download and Email.
4. To review previous collection by format types:
a. Export element details in a JSON structure: Click Download to save the file on
your local drive.

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 b. Export element details in an XML structure: Click Download to save the file on
your local drive.
c. Export element details as an Excel XLS document. Each tab has an element
type with the full set of attributes for all instances of that element type. Click
Download to save the file on your local drive.

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Purging customer data
The Exit button at the bottom of the page includes two exit options that can be used to purge
any sensitive data from your computer.
Exit Only

Closes the application and keeps the collected data and configuration. You can
return to the same configuration and collected data later to do additional collection
from the same set of components and Converged Systems.

Exit and Purge Data

Closes the application and deletes the collected data. Saving reports of the collected
data for viewing is recommended. This option allows you to retain the current
configuration without any collected data.

Exit, Purge Data and Configurations

Closes the application and deletes both the saved collection profiles and collected
data. Everything will be deleted including collected data and customer credentials.
This option is recommended when leaving the customer site.

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 Getting assistance
For any assistance you need with the Systems Configuration Reporter:
Send an email to dellemc.scr@vce.com. This email will be sent to the Systems
Configuration Reporter team and someone will respond to you promptly. Include the
following information:

 Customer name and location

 Converged System type and list of components, and the size of your system- small,
medium, or large
 Full description about your question or issue
 Supporting information, such as error messages, complete console logs, report files,
and screen captures. You can find the console log under
C:\Users\username.vce\vision\one\logs
 Your mobile phone number
Provide feedback on our Chatter group Systems Configuration Reporter -Alpha. If you would
like to be added to the Chatter group, send an email to dellemc.scr@vce.com.

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Known issues
Known issues are defects and bugs that exist in the Systems Configuration Reporter.
The development teams are working to resolve these known issues. You can review the known
issues before getting started with the Systems Configuration Reporter tool.

Symptom Recommended action

VMAX Collection fails if SYMCLI version Install SYMCLI version equal or greater than
installed on SCR user laptop is older than Element manager installed SYMCLI version on
Customer generated symapi_db.bin file. user laptop where SCR is running.
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