Configuring the MCAST Manager
Configure the Multicast Manager to support communications with the IP Availability Manager.
- In the Multicast Manager installation area, atBASEDIR/MCAST/smarts/bin, issue the following command:sm_edit ../conf/mcast/multicast.conf.
- Locate the section,# InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM {
- Customize the INCHARGE-AM server name to match that in your deployment; for example,InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM { Type = "AM" DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM" DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM" } additional servers.If you are running multiple AM servers, add entries to correspond with the additional servers.The edited example, as shown below, adds a second INCHARGE-AM named INCHARGE-AM2.InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM { Type = "AM" DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM" DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM" } InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM2 { Type = "AM" DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM2" DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM2" }
- Restart the Multicast Manager.Multicast Manager configuration parameters: Following table lists the configuration parameters that you can adjust for your deployment.ParameterTypeDescriptionValuesSNMP parametersSNMP_retriesintSpecifies the number of SNMP retries for discovery.Default is 2SNMP_timeoutintSpecifies the SNMP timeout interval for discovery.Default is 500Incremental discoveryIpMrouteIntervalintDefines the interval, in seconds, for the Multicast Manager server to sleep before starting to monitor for MROUTE changes.Default is 0When set to 0, the IPMROUTE Monitoring Junction is disabled altogether.IpMrouteThreadsintIndicates the number of threads to use for IPMRoute Monitoring.Default is 1Excluded groupsExcludedGroupsListlistSpecifies IP addresses for groups to be excluded from discovery.{"224.0.1.39"}{"224.0.1.40"}NOTE: By default, the values arecommented out.SG discoveryCollapseSGBooleanIndicates whether to create distinct service groups.BooleanDefault is FALSE
- When set to TRUE, a distinct SG is created for each system and group pair. In addition, creation of SG instrumentation objects irrespective of Group_PollingSetting::AnalysisMode is disabled.
- When set to FALSE, a distinct SG is created for each system, source, group and, possibly, interface id tuple.
PIM Hop physical connectivityCollapsePIMHopsBooleanSets PIM Hop Physical Connectivity between local and remote devices.BooleanDefault is FALSEWhen set to TRUE, the Multicast Manager only creates PIM Hops between local and remote devices if they share same Network connection.CLI-based discovery of Juniper devicesCLIProhibitBooleanCLI-based discovery of Juniperdevices.BooleanDefault is TRUEWhen set to TRUE, CLI discovery isdisabled.CLIFilterstringWildcard used to select systems that will excluded from the CLIProhibit directive.Default is "*"CLIFilterTypestringSpecifies value to use for discovery filtering for SNMPAgent.“CLI_AGENTADDRESS"Use one of the following:- CLI_AGENTADDRESS to filter based on agent address
- CLI_SYSTEMNAME to filter based on system name.
TracingTraceMROUTEMonitoringBooleanSpecifies whether MROUTE monitoring is traced.BooleanDefault is TRUETraceSNMPInstrumentationBooleanSpecifies whether SNMP polling is traced.BooleanDefault is TRUETraceDiscoveryBooleanSpecifies whether discovery probes are traced.BooleanDefault is TRUETraceEventsBooleanSpecifies whether internal event subscriber.s are traced.BooleanDefault is TRUETraceSettingBooleanSpecifies whether settings are traced.BooleanDefault is TRUEDiscoveryAutoDiscoverBooleanIndicates whether to start discovery immediately for all devices derived from AM, or to wait for manual invocation.BooleanDefault is TRUE.By default, the values arecommented out.IsSnmpProbingAllowedBooleanSpecifies whether a device is added to the pending list upon detection of SG SNMP error, this allowing SNMP probing of the device.BooleanDefault is TRUE (SNMP probing isallowed)DisableReconfigureBooleanIndicates whether to allow reconfiguration through the Domain Manager Administration Console.BooleanDefault is FALSE.When set to TRUE, the reconfigurefunction is disabled.IsEMSBooleanWhen topology source is an EMS, sets external instrumentation.BooleanDefault is FALSEWhen set to TRUE, EXTERNAL (stored)instrumentation is forced.