The equipment can be loaded at the Service Provider Console application of Hydra via the Bulk Actions → Load Equipment menu. If you want to do this yourself, we recommend that you try it on a test instance of Hydra first.
File format
The file content format is CSV.
UTF-8 encoding is used for text.
No text separator (quotation marks around values) is used.
Fields (columns) are separated by semicolons —
;
Field separators are not allowed in values. If a semicolon is required in values, another printable character can be used as a field separator.
A header row with field names is recommended to simplify file verification by external tools, but is not required.
Field descriptions
The header row with field names is not used during import (it can be omitted) — the order of the fields is crucial.
Mandatory fields are marked with a icon.
Fields that can be left blank for simplicity are marked with a icon.
Number | Name | Description |
---|---|---|
1 |
| Unique equipment identifier. Not used in the current version. |
2 |
| Equipment type code in Hydra, usually it's a model of device. In Hydra: Master Data → Product Catalog → Material assets. For each type, before loading, you need to create a product catalog item and configure its specification (types and number of ports). |
3 |
| Short unique name of a particular device item. |
4 |
| Equipment location address in the following format:
If some details are missing, leave only commas. If the address is not needed at all, leave the field blank. |
5 |
| The unstructured part of the equipment location address, e.g. "attic" or "third door on the left". |
6 |
| IPv4 address of the equipment for provisioning or customers AAA (например по IPoE DHCP Option 82) purposes. |
7 |
| VLAN ID of the equipment for provisioning or customers AAA (e.g., via IPoE DHCP Option 82) purposes. Both basic (e.g., 1234) and double (Q-in-Q) in the format <outer_tag>:<iner_tag> (e.g., 123:321) are supported. |
8 |
| Name of the management type, e.g. "SSH", "SNMP v2c", or "Telnet". In Hydra: Master Data → Reference Data → Authorization/Control methods. |
9 |
| Login (username) for provisioning, for example via SSH. |
10 |
| Password for provisioning via SSH and Telnet, or community string for SNMP. |
11 |
| Equipment status, for example: Active (in operation), Inactive (not installed yet), Deregistered (decommissioned). In Hydra: Master Data → Reference Data → Object statuses. |
12 |
| Hardware serial number. |
13 | Equipment hardware address for provisioning or customers AAA (e.g. DHCP Option 82 Remote ID) purposes in the format of Must be individual (unicast). | |
14 | Brief comment on the location of this equipment. | |
15 | Brief comment on this piece of equipment. | |
16 | Full name of a particular device item. | |
17 | TCP/UDP port for equipment management, numeric value. |
Example
ID;TypeCode;Code;StreetAddress;CustomStreetAddress;ManagementIPv4;VLAN;ManagementType;ManagementLogin;ManagementPassword;Status;SerialNumber;MAC;StreetAddressRemark;Remark;Name;ManagementPortNumber 123;Edge-Core ES3528M;SW-Edge.Core.ES3528M-123;London,City,Baker,Street,221B,2,,;attic;128.66.125.125;123:321;SSH;admin;secret;Active;F567G78;00-00-5E-11-22-33;Hotel, the keys are at the reception;The UPS operating time is about 2 hours;Switch Edge-Core ES3528M #123;2022 321;DES1024D;SW-DES1024D-321;;;;;;;;Deregistered;;;;Taken off the network on 31.12.2023;;