Creating CLI device-access groups
Because
IP Availability Manager
is a component of many VMware Smart Assurance
deployments, IP Availability Manager
has been selected as the central repository for specifying and storing device-access credentials, such as the login credentials that are required by the MPLS Topology Server
to perform CLI discovery
or to execute LSP ping requests.When the
MPLS Topology Server
adds IP Availability Manager
as a source, as explained in the , the MPLS Topology Server
imports the device-access credentials from IP Availability Manager
and makes the credentials available to the CLI discovery driver and the LSP ping driver.You use the Polling and Thresholds Console to specify sets of device-access credentials in the form of CLI device-access
groups. Each CLI device-access group contains:
- An access-protocol method: Telnet, SSH1, or SSH2; Telnet, by default.
- A set of device-access credentials: a username, a user password, and a privileged-mode enable password.
- A set of member devices for which the access method and device-access credentials apply.