Enabling interoperability with the VPN-Tagging Server

To enhance overlapping IP address discovery, you, as an administrator, enable
IP Availability Manager
to interoperate with the VPN-Tagging Server.
Assuming that the DisableOverlappingIP, UseVPNIP, and EnableShadowIP parameters in the tpmgr-param.conf file are set as specified in the previous section, you do so by setting the following parameter in
IP Availability Manager
’s discovery.conf file to TRUE:
importExternalTagsConnections TRUE
In addition, you need to enable the VPN-Tagging Server to interoperate with
IP Availability Manager
. You do so by adding
IP Availability Manager
as a source to the VPN-Tagging Server.
To enable interoperability between
IP Availability Manager
and the VPN-Tagging Server:
  1. Consult the
    VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager
    documentation and follow the instructions to set the following parameter in the discovery.conf file to the value shown:
    importExternalTagsConnections TRUE
  2. Consult the
    and follow the instructions to add
    IP Availability Manager
    as a source to the VPN-Tagging Server.
    The VPN-Tagging Server performs overlapping-IP and corresponding network-connection discovery in two vendor-specific environments: Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent. To complete the configuration of the VPN-Tagging Server, open the BASEDIR/smarts/conf/vpn-tagging/vpn-tagging.conf file (in the
    installation area) and perform the following additional tasks:
    • Mandatory and for Alcatel-Lucent only: Add the Enable5620SAMDiscovery parameter with a value of TRUE to the vpn-tagging.conf file.
    • Optional and for Alcatel-Lucent only: Modify the default values of the AlcatelDiscoveryInterval parameter.
    • Optional and for Cisco only: Modify the default values of the DiscoveryFilter parameter.