Smarts IP: Switch ports for Cisco 6506 switch are not discovered

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:




Smarts IP does not discover switch ports for Cisco 6506 switch

Smarts IP discovery fails for Cisco 6506 switch ports and CiscoStack MIBs (.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1 in the following Stack Certification) for the ports are not found in the SNMP walk, snap or mimic

Driver:Cisco-Stack-Driver
          ReadRulesFrom:discovery/ic-cisco-stack.asl
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.2.16
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.2.19
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.3.1.1.21
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.3.1.1.17
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.3.1.1.2
          OIDs:.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.5.1.3.1.1.

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

The Cisco Stack MIB is required to discover all port information.

Resolution

Load the required Cisco stack MIB according to the following certification for the switch (IP/smarts/conf/discovery/oid2type_Cisco.conf):

379 .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.282 {
380     TYPE = Switch
381     VENDOR = Cisco
382     MODEL = 6506
383     CERTIFICATION = CERTIFIED
384     CONT = Cisco-L3Stack
385     VLAN = Cisco-Membership
386     BRIDGE = Cisco
387     NEIGHBOR = Cisco-Stack
388     HEALTH = Cisco-Stack