Smarts IP: How do I disable STP monitoring to prevent monitoring of STPTrunk cable connections?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

How do I disable STP monitoring in Smarts IP?
How can I prevent Smarts IP from monitoring STPTrunk cable connections?

To disable STP alerts in Smarts IP, do the following:

1. Using sm_edit, open the discovery.conf configuration file from the IP/smarts/bin directory for editing as follows:
   
   sm_edit  ../conf/discovery/discovery.conf
   
   IMPORTANT! You should always use sm_edit whenever you are editing Smarts configuration files (*.conf). Using other editors can cause issues with Smarts software functionality.
   
    
2. Add the following line at the end of discovery.conf file:
   
   STPTrunkEnabled = FALSE
   
    
3. Save and close the discovery.conf configuration file.
4. To reload the discovery.conf file with the new settings without restarting your IP domain, run the following command:
   
   <IPBASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_tpmgr -s <IP_domain name> --load-conf=discovery.conf
   
    
5. Rediscover the device that has STPTrunk connections.
6. To confirm that the STPTrunkEnabled is set to FALSE, use the following command from your Smarts IP bin directory:
   
   dmctl -s <IP_domain_name> get ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager STPTrunkEnabled