Cisco devices are sometimes discovered as Alcatel

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.