Physical Layer Discovery

This section describes the procedure to discover the vCenter, ESXi hosts,
, and VMware Telco Cloud Automation hosts using ICMP only.
Ensure that you perform the following tasks:
  • The IP and ESM Domain Managers must be started in EDAA enabled mode for triggering discovery operations from
    VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance
    UI.
  • For performing discovery and discovery related operations, configure the IP servers under Domain Manager configuration in Smarts Integration. For more information, see Create Smarts Integration topic.
  1. Navigate to
    Administration
    Configuration
    Collectors and Connectors
    5G Integration
    .
  2. In the 5G Integration section, click
    Add
    and depending on the requirement select
    TCP-5G-Core
    or
    TCP-RAN
    from the drop-down menu.
  3. In the
    Add Integration
    section, select
    Physical
    .
  4. Click
    Next
    .
  5. In the Description section, enter the name and description.
    The description field is not mandatory when adding new 5G Integration.
  6. In the Credentials section, select
    Broker Host and Port
    and
    SAM
    .
  7. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Physical
    page is displayed.
  8. In the Physical section, click
    Add
    .
    The
    Add Physical
    page is displayed.
  9. Enter the parameters as listed in the following table:
    Input Parameter
    Description
    Default Value
    Name of the SNMP or ICMP Agent
    Provide the ICMP instance name.
    NA
    Domain Manager
    Select domain manager from the drop-down menu.
    NA
    Discovery
    Select the discovery via option from the drop-down menu for discovering the ICMP agent.
    Acceptable options are:
    • Add Agent ICMP Only
    • Add Agent SNMP Only
    • Add Agent ICMP/SNMP
    • Seed File
    NA
    Hostname or IP
    Provide the hostname for the ICMP agent.
    localhost
    Seed Name
    When Add Agent ICMP Only option is selected, provide the seed name for the ICMP agent.
    Name Format
    When Add Agent ICMP Only option is selected, provide the name format for discovering the ICMP agent.
  10. Click
    Discover
    .