Adding
IP Availability Manager
as a source

By default,
is configured to add an
IP Availability Manager
named INCHARGE-AM as a source of:
  • Router topology and CLI device-access objects for the
    MPLS Topology Server
    .
  • Router status updates for the
    MPLS Analysis Server
    through the
    MPLS Monitoring Server
    .
    You can edit the mpls.conf file to change this name or to configure additional
    IP Availability Manager
    s as sources for the
    MPLS 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 specifying
    IP Availability Manager
    s as sources for the
    MPLS Topology Server
    .
    To change the default
    IP Availability Manager
    name, or to add an additional
    IP Availability Manager
    as a source for the
    MPLS Topology Server
    :
    1. Go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory in the
      MPLS Management Suite
      installation area and type the following command to open the mpls.conf file:
      sm_edit conf/mpls-t/mpls.conf
    2. 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" }
    3. Make the following edits to the object definition:
    4. On the
      InChargeDomain
      and
      DomainName
      lines, change
      INCHARGE-AM
      to the name of your
      IP Availability Manager
      .
    5. On the
      DisplayName
      line, change
      INCHARGE-AM
      to the name that you want to see for the
      IP Availability Manager
      in the
      Global Console
      .
      Example of a customized object definition for
      IP Availability Manager
      :
      InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_ASIA-AM1 {        Type = "AM"        DomainName = "ASIA-AM1"        DisplayName = "ASIA-AM1" }
    6. To specify additional
      IP Availability Manager
      sources, copy and paste additional versions of the
      InChargeDomain
      object definition, and then follow the directions given in step 3.
    7. Save and close the file.
      The modified version of the mpls.conf file is saved to the BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/mpls-t directory.
    8. If the
      MPLS Topology Server
      was running before you edited the mpls.conf file, restart the
      MPLS Topology Server
      .
      At startup, the
      MPLS 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 more
    IP Availability Manager
    sources.
    If an
    IP Availability Manager
    source is not running, the
    MPLS Topology Server
    will periodically attempt to connect to the
    IP Availability Manager
    .