Smarts Multicast Manager: Receive error 'pim-interface.asl : No MCAST speaker discovered for <device_name> discovery'
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Article ID: 304099
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Products
VMware Smart Assurance
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
Receive the following error in the MCAST log file:
pim-interface.asl : No MCAST speaker discovered for <device_name> discovery
Environment
VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS
Cause
This error may be generated for the following reasons:
When a device discovered by the Smarts Multicast domain is not MCAST-enabled.
When the SNMP time-out is too short and the discovery does not wait long enough for the devices to respond.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, do the following:
Verify/ensure that the PIM MIB (.1.3.6.1.3.61.1.1.5.1.6) is enabled on the device.
If necessary, the SNMP time-out can be increased. This is done in the multicast.conf configuration file found here:
<BASEDIR>/MCAST/smarts/conf/mcast
The following example shows the SNMP_timeout and SNMP_retries in this file increased from their default settings (the default values are commented out):