Cisco devices are sometimes discovered as Alcatel
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Cisco devices are sometimes discovered as Alcatel

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Article ID: 315722

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Products

VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Cisco devices are sometimes discovered as Alcatel, when Alcatel device classes are also added for Autodiscovery in deviceclasses.

Environment

NCM-10.1.x

Cause

This issue occurrence is due to a variable defined in Alcatel Omniswitch driver code.

Resolution

  1. Check if $VOYENCE_HOME/custompackage/alcatel/omniswitch/devOmniSwitch.dasl file exists. If the file exists, skip to step 4.
  2. If the file does not exist, create the directory structure alcatel/omniswitch under $VOYENCE_HOME/custompackage.
  3. Copy the file $VOYENCE_HOME/package/alcatel/omniswitch/devOmniSwitch.dasl to $VOYENCE_HOME/custompackage/alcatel/omniswitch.
  4. Open the file $VOYENCE_HOME/custompackage/alcatel/omniswitch/devOmniSwitch.dasl, search for following line :
    var OmniSwOidPrefix;
    and change it to:
    var OmniSwOidPrefix = "-1";
  5. Save and close the file.
  6. Restart voyence service as service voyence restart.
  7. After voyence service comes up, schedule device discovery.