SSLogger octet string conversion

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

With SSLogger we need to retrieve OID 

hpSystemAirCurrentTemp

1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.1.2.8.1.1.3

0

26C

Octet String

read-only

It is an Octet String and SSlogger gets values like "32.38.43" while the real value is "28C"

How can we tell SSLogger to convert the value to a string or to an integer?

Here is the full MIB:

hpSystemAirCurrentTemp OBJECT-TYPE
 SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (1 .. 6))
 ACCESS read-only
 STATUS current

 DESCRIPTION
 "This object gives current temperature of the
                        system. This is the current temperature given
                        by the indexed chassis attached temperature
                        sensor on box."
  ::= { hpSystemAirTempEntry 3 }

-- 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.1.2.8.1.1.3

 

Environment

Release : 20.2

Component : Spectrum Applications

Resolution

Unfortunately, this is by design, you will always get in ASCII.

This is covered in this section of the Spectrum guide:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/10-4-3/managing-client-applications/sslogger.html

 

There are no additional settings in the .ssloggerrc file:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/10-4-3/managing-client-applications/sslogger/sslogger-input-and-output.html

 

 

You can use the RESTful Web Services API to gather the value of hpSystemAirCurrentTemp (1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.1.2.8.1.1.3) OID.

Query all Devices in the distributed environment retrieving the attributes 0x1006e, 0x10001, and 0x5918e45
HTTP GET

http://<OneClick_server>:<port>/spectrum/restful/devices?attr=0x1006e&attr=0x10001&attr=0x5918e45

 

If you want to query a specific device (instead of all devices), then you have perform the HTTP POST instead of the HTTP GET.

You can use any utility to run RESTful query. I will use the WizTools for this demonstration:

1) In the URL, supply the following:

http://<OneClick_server>:<port>/spectrum/restful/models

In Method TAB, select POST

 

2) In the Body TAB, select application/xml; charset=UTF-8

and paste the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<rs:model-request throttlesize="1000" 
xmlns:rs="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request ../../../xsd/Request.xsd"> 
<rs:target-models>
<rs:model mh="0x1000f72" />
</rs:target-models>
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x10052"/>
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x10053"/> 
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x10245"/>
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x100c3"/> 
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x230c51"/> 
<rs:requested-attribute id="0x5918e45"/>
</rs:model-request>

 

For further information, review this KB article: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/15027/how-to-get-spectrum-model-attributes-via.html

3) In the Auth TAB, supply the username and password

And click on the  button to run the query.

 

4) See the query result in the Body TAB, at the bottom.