Smarts ASAM/Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS 9.0 and 10.x: For SSL-enabled communication, what version of Smarts ASAM Adapter is required?

Products

• VMware

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

What version of the Smarts Alcatel 5620 SAM (Smarts ASAM) Adapter is required for SSL-enabled communication between Smarts ASAM and Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS 9.0 and 10.x?



Support for SSL-enabled communication between Smarts ASAM and Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS 9.0 and 10.x is a new feature introduced in EMC Smarts Alcatel 5620 SAM (Smarts ASAM) Adapter 3.2.0.3.

Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS 3.2.0.3 supports secure communications with Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS server version 9.0 and 10.x. To implement this functionality, two new configuration parameters have been added to the emsConfig.import file:

• EnableSSLMode
• TrustStoreFileName

The following describes the purpose and function of these configuration parameters.

EnableSSLMode
This parameter is used to enable or disable secure (SSL) communications with the 5620 SAM EMS.

• A value of TRUE enables secure communications.
• A value of FALSE (default) disables secure communications.

TrustStoreFileName
This parameter is used to specify the name of the Trust Store file that is to be used for the secure connection with the 5620 SAM EMS. The Adapter expects the Trust Store file to be present in the <AdapterHome>/smarts/local/conf/alcatel-sam directory. TrustStoreFileName has meaning only when EnableSSLMode is TRUE. When the secure mode is enabled, the Adapter uses JMS over SSL and HTTPS connections for SOAP/XML queries. The default port for HTTPS connections is 8443.

Additional Information

This information is also documented in the EMC Ionix Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS Version 3.2 Patch 3 Release Notes. This document is available at in the Smarts ASAM product page on the EMC online customer support site (http://support.emc.com)