Auditing a Cisco Broadworks Platform

Owned by Sean Millar
Dec 09, 2024
2 min read

Note: You can use two 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

 

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