Auditing a Cisco Broadworks Platform

Owned by Paul McGuinness
Last updated: May 30, 2024
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Note: You can use three different methods for auditing Broadworks;

  • Direct connection to the XSP web portal through UCentric SPA/ZT

  • Running the Audit.exe applet locally within the SI’s network to generate a backup file for UCentric SPA/ZT

  • Using an EMU (JSON) backup file on UCentric SPA/ZT

 

Direct connection

In order to connect directly to a Broadworks platform for auditing, you will need the following information.

  • XSP URL

  • Group Admin credentials

Verify Credentials

Check the XSP URL by pasting it into a browser, you should see the following:-

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Login with the credentials provided and you should see this page.

NOTE: Ensure that it says “Group” in the top-left of the pane.

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Performing the audit from a command prompt

You can perform a ‘live’ audit within a customer environment with the following command line using the Audit.exe applet from MIT. This applet will create an encrypted backup of the data that can be securely taken off-site and imported into UCentric at another location.

audit.exe broadworks -i http://xspURL -u USERNAME@DOMAIN -p PASSWORD -o MyOutputFile

The -i option defines the XSP hostname. NOTE: You must include http:// or https:// to indicate the protocol to use

The -u option is the Group Administrator username

The -p option is the Group Administrator password

The -o option is the output filename, e.g. “MyOutputFile” will produce MyOutputFile.ucx which you can then drop onto any instance of UCentric SPA/ZT to process offline

 

Performing an Audit from the SPA/ZT interface with an Extract from the Audit Tool

The same credentials as shown above are used for the SPA/ZT portal. Simply select “Broadsoft/Broadworks” from the drop-down list

 

 

Then enter the same Group Administrator credentials

Click on “Audit” and then enter the customer name and press “Create Migration Plan” as normal

 

Performing an Audit with an EMU extract

Simply drag and drop the file onto the interface, enter a customer name, and select “Create Migration Plan”