architecture

To understand the event management capabilities and advantages that
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF provides in an
VMware Smart Assurance
implementation, it is important to understand the
architecture and the standard
VMware Smart Assurance
trap processing design.
Standard Smarts Service Assurance Manager Adapter Platform architecture is an example of a basic SAM configuration. The
Adapter Platform
imports topology and event information from third-party applications and prepares it for use by the
Service Assurance Manager
. Data from third-party applications should not be sent directly to SAM. The
Adapter Platform
creates notifications from the incoming information and can even associate these notifications to topology information supplied by another
VMware Smart Assurance
application, such as the
IP Availability Manager
as shown in Standard Smarts Service Assurance Manager Adapter Platform architecture.
Standard
architecture
The
Adapter Platform
consists of the
SNMP Trap Adapter
, as shown in Standard Smarts Service Assurance Manager Adapter Platform architecture. The
SNMP Trap Adapter
parses SNMP traps received and generates notifications based on the contents of the traps. The
SNMP Trap Adapter
can receive SNMP v1, v2c, or v3 traps. However, it forwards only v1 or v2c traps. If SNMPv3 traps are received, they are converted to one of the other formats before being sent to a domain manager or to another trap receiver.
The
provides details on the
Adapter Platform
.
The
SNMP Trap Adapter
can be configured to handle many different types of traps through two configuration files associated with the
SNMP Trap Adapter
:
  • trapd.conf ” This is the configuration file for the
    VMware Smart Assurance
    SNMP Trap Adapter
    . This conf file determines what port number the trap adapter listens to for traps, and enables trap forwarding to
    VMware Smart Assurance
    domain managers (like the
    IP Availability Manager
    ) and the
    Adapter Platform
    .
  • trap_mgr.conf ” This configuration file determines how specific traps are mapped into notifications that are sent to the
    Global Console
    .