Import and export devices using a CSV file

Device import and export is useful if you have a large number of devices to manage in your IDN deployment.

A .csv file is commonly used by spreadsheet programs and contains plain text data sets separated by commas with each row consisting of one or more fields.

To make the management of your devices easier, you can download a device import .csv template from here, export and modify the existing device file, or create the file yourself. A typical .csv file looks like the following example:
hipservice_id,device_name,overlay_device_ip,overlay_device_ip_nat,mac_address,mac_lockdown
BHI@40130#35C1B68998D9,Local Workstation,192.168.59.101,,08:00:27:05:03:2e,FALSE
BHI@40130#4F6B8FD47B90,Local Workstation 2,192.168.59.102,,08:00:27:67:e6:6e,FALSE
The first line contains field names with each sucessive line containing data corresponding to the fields.
hipservice_id
This is the UID of the HIPservice you want your devices to use. You can find this information in the UID field for the HIPservice in the Conductor.
device_name
A friendly name for the device.
overlay_device_ip
The IP address of the device.
overlay_device_ip_nat
(Optional) If your network topology requires you also use NAT you can enter the internal IP address here.
mac_address
(Optional) Enter the MAC address of your device. This field is required if you want to enable MAC lockdown (mac_lockdown=TRUE).
mac_lockdown
Enter TRUE if you require static addressing for the device, otherwise enter FALSE.

Import devices using a .csv file

  1. In the Conductor UI, select Devices and then click Import...
  2. Click Choose File and select your .csv containing your device list.


  3. Click Upload and the devices will be listed, grouped by their associated HIP Service.
    Note: If you receive any errors,

Export devices to a .csv file