Sometimes a MAC Address needs to be repopulated in CA Spectrum but the reconfiguration option does not read and/or update the MAC_Address attribute.
How can Spectrum reread a devices MAC ADDRESS?
Release: All Supported Releases
Component: SPCDIS - Discovery and Modeling
Starting in CA Spectrum 10.03.00 and above there is a CLI update action code (0x10170) that can be used on the model.
For example:
host> cd /usr/CA/spectrum/vnmsh
host> ./connect
host> ./show models | grep SwCiscoIOS
0x1000089 Name 0x2100b2 SwCiscoIOS
host> ./update action=0x10170 mh=0x1000089
You can add the following to the <SPECROOT>/tomcat/webapps/spectrum/WEB-INF/topo/config/reconfiguration-subview-config.xml to create a "Rediscover MAC" button like the "Reconfigure Model" and "Discover Connections" buttons seen in the Reconfiguration subview of a model.
Do not edit the original. Make a copy and place the copy in <SPECROOT>/custom/topo/config
Copy the following "Rediscover MAC button" tags:
<field-subview expanded="true">
<show-labels>false</show-labels>
<field-column>
<column>
<swing-cell-template>
<renderer-class>
<param name="actionID">0x10170</param>
<param name="text">Rediscover MAC</param>
<param name="toolTipText">Performs a MAC address discovery on the model</param>
<param name="confirmSuccess">true;true</param>
com.aprisma.spectrum.app.topo.client.render.ActionButtonPanelCellRenderer
</renderer-class>
</swing-cell-template>
</column>
</field-column>
</field-subview>
Add the snippet code here:
Save the file and restart Tomcat for the changes to take effect.
Note: You may also have to close and reopen instances of the Console for the button to render properly.
Example: