What are the requirements for a device to be placed into the Spectrum Configuration Manager "CISCO IOS - SSH Capable" Device Family?

Products

• Spectrum
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

What are the requirements for a device to be placed into the Spectrum Configuration Manager "CISCO IOS - SSH Capable" Device Family seen in the Explorer tab of the Navigation panel? 

 

Environment

Release: Any
Component:

Resolution

To place a device into the Cisco IOS - SSH Capable family, the following conditions must be met: 

 

• The device descriptor must indicate a firmware version of 12.2 (18) or greater. 
• The feature set must contain letters "K9" indicating the device has the necessary encryption functionality that is needed for SCP. 
• SSH access for the device must be unblocked at the time of discovery.

Additional Information

See: Network Configuration Manager Extension Utility

Note some devices may have 9k in the sysDescr instead of K9,

See the note on that page:

"Add cisco_ssh_check=9K in the <SPECROOT>/SS/.vnrmc file and restart the SpectroSERVER, to place the Cisco 9300 series devices in the correct device family."

This can apply to other cisco device families as well.