Smarts IP: Device with a defined oid2type is still showing up a NODE; Certifications will not load properly

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:




Device with a defined oid2type is still showing up a NODE in Smarts IP
Smarts IP certifications will not load properly and certified devices appearing as nodes

Field certified devices are being discovered as Node in Smarts IP

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

A line starting with a comment character (#) was added into the certification as in the following example:

.1.3.6.1.4.1.351.100 {
#Device Cert
TYPE = Switch
VENDOR = Cisco
MODEL = BPX-Switch
CERTIFICATION = CERTIFIED
CONT = Cisco-Bpx
NEIGHBOR = Cisco-Bpx

INSTRUMENTATION:
Card-Fault = Default
Interface-Fault = MIB2
Interface-Performance = MIB2
Port-Fault = CiscoBPX
Port-Performance = MIB2
}

Comment characters inside the certification (such as the "#Device Cert" line above) that are within the curly "{" brackets are not allowed. The presence of any comment line inside the curly brackets will cause the certification that contains the comment and all certifications following it to fail to load properly. 

Resolution

If you encounter this issue, remove the out of the curly bracket section and place it above the Sys OID. The following shows the corrected #Device Cert example:

#Device Cert
.1.3.6.1.4.1.351.100 {
TYPE = Switch
VENDOR = Cisco
MODEL = BPX-Switch
CERTIFICATION = CERTIFIED
CONT = Cisco-Bpx
NEIGHBOR = Cisco-Bpx

INSTRUMENTATION:
Card-Fault = Default
Interface-Fault = MIB2
Interface-Performance = MIB2
Port-Fault = CiscoBPX
Port-Performance = MIB2
}