Snarts AM: Can Smarts AM discover / monitor ADSL routers?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Does Smarts discover ADSL routers?
Can Smarts monitor ADSL routers?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

Smarts AM can discover devices and interfaces which use ADSL technology. However, Smarts does not differentiate the technologies the device uses. During discovery, Smarts creates/discovers connections based on L2 or L3 connectivity and queries the ifSpeed MIB variable to get the interface speed.