# Cisco Switch Discovery in Ansible Tower

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669 "2020-08-25T08:13:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![L\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@L\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L_T)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669/1 "2020-08-25T08:13:13Z")

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Dear all,

I am very new to Ansible Tower.  
I have few devices in my network like Cisco Router, Cisco Switch, VMware .  
I want add the Cisco Switch in this CM software, Can any one guide how to start this.

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**Author:** ![Avinash\_Jadhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Avinash\_Jadhav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Avinash_Jadhav)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669/2 "2020-08-25T09:55:46Z")

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Hello  
Could you please follow this linked instruction  
[https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco](https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco)  
[https://developer.cisco.com/automation-ansible/](https://developer.cisco.com/automation-ansible/)

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**Author:** ![L\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@L\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L_T)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669/3 "2020-08-25T12:15:31Z")

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Hi…  
Thanks for the links. Should I run the script in inventory script?

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**Author:** ![Avinash\_Jadhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Avinash\_Jadhav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Avinash_Jadhav)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669/4 "2020-08-25T13:50:43Z")

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Hi

firstly you need to create an inventory which you want to install and in inventory need to mention DNS/IP/target name - any  
second, write a playbook with a task which you need to install on the target system

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**Author:** ![L\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@L\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L_T)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-discovery-in-ansible-tower/33669/5 "2020-08-26T07:01:04Z")

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Can you please send me link where step by step procedure is explained.

I want to add Cisco switch 2960 and router 2811 as of now.

Thanks & Regards  
Shilpa