Viewing Managed Objects

This article explains what managed objects are, how they are organized, and how to access and view those of interest in the Inventory page.

This article also explains how to find more information about the attributes of the various types of managed objects that you will view.

You can apply custom labels (called User labels) to managed objects. This allows you to group objects on-screen and in reports.

About Managed Objects

The Skylight orchestrator inventory includes a set of managed objects for each device that it manages. A managed object represents a particular set of configuration parameters on a device. The attributes of a managed object correspond to the configuration parameters. If the configuration parameters on a device change, the managed objects in the data store will be updated after Skylight orchestrator resynchronizes with the device.

How Managed Objects are Grouped

When you are selecting managed objects in the Inventory page, you will see that they are grouped into three main categories:

• Flex: The managed objects currently available for Skylight Flex 100 and Flex 25 include:
• Flex Interfaces
• Flex Ports



• Performance elements: These are managed objects for various models of Accedian Skylight elements, including CE, FS, FSX, GE, GT, GX, LX, LT, LT-S, NE, and TE. These managed objects correspond to configurable entities such as ports, interfaces, configuration for a particular type of SAT test, and so on.



• Sensor control: The managed objects currently available for the Skylight sensor: control include:
• CoS profiles
• Modules
• SOAM v1 ( sensor: control's running software earlier than version 2.4) [CFM v1 MA/MEGs, MD, MEPs]
• SOAM v2 (sensor: control's running version 2.4 or higher) [CFM v2 DMM, MA/MEGs, MD, MEPs, PL, SLM]
• Sensor control Interfaces
• Sensor control Ports
• Sensor control SFP
• Sensor control LLDP
•  Virtual Connections (VCEs). 

General Points About Viewing Managed Objects

• Before selecting the type of managed object that you want to view in the Inventory tab, you can select some managed elements so that only the managed objects for those elements will be displayed. See "Managed Elements".
• You select and search for one type of managed object at a time.
• After you select a type of managed object, the search is launched immediately and the results are displayed as a list of Managed object types in a separate tab.
• The most common attributes of a managed object are displayed in the list under Managed object types, returned after your search.
• You can view additional attributes for a particular managed object by selecting it in the list.
• You can manually export the results of a managed object search to a CSV file.
• You can apply a user label to managed objects. Labels can be useful for searching for objects and for ordering results in a report; label length limit is 128 characters.

Selecting and Viewing Managed Objects

Select managed objects to view them.

To select managed objects

1. Access the Inventory page.

2. Under Managed objects types, click the button.

3. In the drop-down that displays, select the managed object type you require. You can select items from the Flex, the Performance elements or the Sensor control categories.
   The managed objects display in their own tab, according to your selection.
   

4. To view additional attributes of a particular managed object, click the row for the managed object. The additional attributes for the object will be displayed in the pane on the right.

5. If you would like to export the list of managed objects as displayed, click at the top right of the managed object types list and save the report to a location of your choice.

To search for managed objects

1. Access the Inventory page.

2. Under Managed objects types, click the button.

3. In the drop-down that displays, select the managed object type you require. You can select items from the Flex, the Performance elements or the Sensor control categories. The managed objects display in their own tab according to your selection.

4. Click the Edit filters button (above the list).

5. In the Search filters dialog that displays, enter your search criteria and click the Apply button.
   

To export a report for managed objects

1. Access the Inventory page.

2. Under Managed objects types, click the button.

3. In the drop-down that displays, select the managed object type you require. You can select items from the Flex, the Performance elements or the Sensor control categories.

4. Click at the top right of the Managed object types list.

5. Save the report to the location of your choice.

For more information on Managed Object attributes

Managed Objects for Skylight Flex

Managed Objects for Performance elements

Managed Objects for Skylight sensor: control