Adding IP Availability Manager as a source
IP Availability Manager
as a sourceBy default, is configured to add an
IP Availability Manager
named INCHARGE-AM as a source of:- Router topology and CLI device-access objects for theMPLS Topology Server.
- Router status updates for theMPLS Analysis Serverthrough theMPLS Monitoring Server.You can edit the mpls.conf file to change this name or to configure additionalIP Availability Managers as sources for theMPLS Topology Server. The object definition to be edited is:InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM { Type = "AM" DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM" DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM" }The object definition serves as a template for specifyingIP Availability Managers as sources for theMPLS Topology Server.To change the defaultIP Availability Managername, or to add an additionalIP Availability Manageras a source for theMPLS Topology Server:
- Go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory in theMPLS Management Suiteinstallation area and type the following command to open the mpls.conf file:sm_edit conf/mpls-t/mpls.conf
- Find the section,Instances of AM Server, and then find the following object definition:InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM { Type = "AM" DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM" DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM" }
- Make the following edits to the object definition:
- On theInChargeDomainandDomainNamelines, changeINCHARGE-AMto the name of yourIP Availability Manager.
- On theDisplayNameline, changeINCHARGE-AMto the name that you want to see for theIP Availability Managerin theGlobal Console.Example of a customized object definition forIP Availability Manager:InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_ASIA-AM1 { Type = "AM" DomainName = "ASIA-AM1" DisplayName = "ASIA-AM1" }
- To specify additionalIP Availability Managersources, copy and paste additional versions of theInChargeDomainobject definition, and then follow the directions given in step 3.
- Save and close the file.The modified version of the mpls.conf file is saved to the BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/mpls-t directory.
- If theMPLS Topology Serverwas running before you edited the mpls.conf file, restart theMPLS Topology Server.At startup, theMPLS Topology Server:
- Reads the mpls.conf file.
- Loads the file’s configuration information to the repository.
- Imports router topology and CLI device-access objects from the one or moreIP Availability Managersources.If anIP Availability Managersource is not running, theMPLS Topology Serverwill periodically attempt to connect to theIP Availability Manager.