Device entry field descriptions

Device entry field descriptions in oid2type_Field.conf describes the device entry fields for a field-based certification.
Device entry field descriptions in oid2type_Field.conf
Field
Description
TYPE
Type of device. This value can be any unitary computer system class. This field is mandatory.
VENDOR
Manufacturer of the device. This value must be a single word. This field is mandatory.
MODEL
Model name of the device. The field name, MODEL, is required. The value of MODEL is optional, and can be more than one word.
CERTIFICATION
Level of certification for the device. The value should always be CERTIFIED which means that the system is recognized by the IP Manager, but there is no knowledge about support for various MIBS used in the discovery process.
Discovery driver keywords
ADNR
Parameter name of the autodiscovery name resolution driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to discover interface and IP (v4 and v6) address information for the device, for the purpose of determining if the device is a “match” to another device. The driver gathers the information from MIB-II-like tables in vendor-specific MIBs on the device.
The full name of the autodiscovery name resolution driver is AD-MIB2-Data-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: AD-MIB2-Data-Unisphere-Access-Driver, AD-MIB2-Data-Tellabs-Access-Driver
DSCVDATA
Parameter name of the discovery data driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
, in conjunction with the ADNR driver, to discover interface and IP (v4 and v6) address information for the device, for the purpose of determining if the device is a “match” to another device. The driver gathers the information from MIB-II-like tables in vendor-specific MIBs on the device.
The full name of the discovery data driver is MIB2-Data-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: MIB2-Data-ERX-VR-Cont-Driver, MIB2-Data-Tellabs-Access-Driver
BRIDGE
Applicable to bridge or switch device only:Parameter name of the Bridge driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect bridge-forwarding tables and STP information for the bridge or switch device.
The full name of the Bridge driver is Bridge-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Bridge-Bay-C100-Driver, Bridge-Tut-MXL2300-BRIDGE-Driver
CONT
Parameter name of the Containment driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to discover the components of the device, including ports, interfaces, MAC endpoints, and any cards or modules.
The full name of the Containment driver is Containment-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Containment-Generic-MIB2-Driver, Containment-Cisco-Router-Driver
HEALTH
Parameter name of the Performance driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect performance-related information for the device’s components such as ports, interfaces, processors, memory, fans, power supplies, voltage sensors, and temperature sensors.
The full name of the Performance driver is Performance-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Performance-Max-TNT-Driver, Performance-AvayaVPNet-Driver
HOSTRESRCS
Applicable to host device only:Parameter name of the Host Resources driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect additional performance-related information for the host device’s components. The Host Resources driver collects metrics about host disks and file systems as well as additional information about host processors and memory.
The full name of the Host Resources driver is HostResrcs-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: HostResrcs-MIB2-Driver, HostResrcs-HP-Driver
IPNETWORK
Parameter name of the IP Network driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to examine the device’s IP address table, to combine the IP (v4 and v6) addresses and the netmask for each interface on the device to create IPNetwork and IPv6Network objects, and to build the connected relationships between IP endpoints and IP networks and between IPv6 endpoints and IPv6 networks.
The full name of the IP Network driver is IPNetwork-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: IPNetwork-Access-Driver, IPNetwork-3Com-CB9000L2-Driver
NEIGHBOR
Parameter name of the Neighbor driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect information about the device’s neighbors by reading CDP, EDP, FDP, and other tables to discover remote addresses on the already discovered networks, and to discover ATM information.
The full name of the Neighbor driver is Neighbor-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Neighbor-ATM-Peer-Driver, Neighbor-Foundry-Fdp-Driver
RESOLVER
Parameter name of the Name Resolution driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to discover the IP (v4 and v6) addresses that are available for the device, and to provide a unique name for the device.
The full name of the Name Resolution driver is Name-Resolver-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Name-Resolver-Access-Driver, Name-Resolver-OnlyData-Driver
VLAN
Applicable to bridge or switch device only:Parameter name of the VLAN driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect VLAN information for the bridge or switch device, including VLAN identifiers, VLAN trunks, VLAN trunk ports, and VLAN port memberships.
The full name of the VLAN driver is Vlan-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: Vlan-ERX-Driver, Vlan-Cisco-Membership-Driver
VROUTER
Applicable to router or switch device only:Parameter name of the Virtual Router driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to discover the virtual routers in the IPv4 physical router or switch device that contains virtual routers.
The full name of the Virtual Router driver is VRouter-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Examples: VRouter-ERX-Driver, VRouter-Cosine-Orion-Driver
VRRP
Applicable to router only:Parameter name of the VRRP driver that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to collect information from the router device about the redundancy group of routers that are involved in a VRRP group.
The full name of the VRRP driver is VRRPGroup-<
param-name
>-Driver.
Example: VRRPGroup-Unisphere-ERX-Driver
INSTRUMENTATION:
Introduces the instrumentation portion of a device entry.
Instrumentation keywords
CPU/Memory
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s CPU and memory.
Examples: HostResources:DeviceID, CiscoSwitch:DeviceID, BluecoatRsc:DeviceID
Card-Fault
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the status of the device’s cards.
Examples: Default, CiscoStack, AlcatelTimex
Disk-Fault
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the status of the device’s disks.
Examples: HostResources:DeviceID, BluecoatRsc:DeviceID
Chassis-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s chassis.
Example: = CiscoStack
FileSystem-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s file systems.
Examples: HostResources:DeviceID, HostResources_HP:DeviceID
Environment
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the device’s fans, memory, power supplies, temperature sensors, and voltage sensors.
Examples: = CiscoStack, MrvEnvMon:DeviceID, DellEnvMon3248OID3:DeviceID
Interface-Fault
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the status of the device’s interfaces.
Examples: MIB2, WellfleetRouter
MIB2 means that the
IP Manager
polls ifAdminStatus and ifOperStatus for interface status.
Interface-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s interfaces.
Examples: MIB2, MIB2SNMP, CiscoRouter
MIB2 means that the
IP Manager
polls ifInOctets, ifOutOctets, and other counters in the ifTable to report interface utilization and other statistics.
Interface-Ethernet-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s Ethernet interfaces.
Examples: MIB2, CiscoRouter_Ethernet
Port-Fault
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the status of the device’s ports.
Examples: MIB2, AlcatelTimex:DeviceID, Brocade:PortKey
Port-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s ports.
This value is always MIB2.
Port-Ethernet-Performance
Name of the instrumentation set that is to be used by the
IP Manager
to monitor the performance of the device’s Ethernet ports.
Examples: MIB2, dot3_Ethernet