Smarts NCM: How to tell which devices are using SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 in a particular network

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

This article explains how to search and differentiate the devices which are configured to use SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 credentials in a Smarts NCM environment.

To find and list the existing devices in the Smarts NCM network environment that are using SNMPv2 and SNMPv3, do the following:

 

1) Go to Smarts NCM Automation Library.

2) Select any network and right click.

3) Click on New > Attribute Query.

4) Name it as per your choice. For example: TEST

5) Go to Tables > Add, and select Device from  Table  dropdown menu. Keep the default Alias name as  device .

 

   
 

6) Click Apply and then click on Columns > Add, and  add the Alias names you need for this table (such as DeviceName and SnmpVersion). Click Save when done.

 

 

7) Click the Selection tab, click Add and do the following

• Keep the Type as  AND 
• Select Alias as device
• Select Column as SnmpVersion
• Select Operator as  =  

8) In the Value field you, specify either v2 or v3, depending on the SNMP version you want to find.
 

9) Click Apply and then click Preview. The preview  will show the devices which are using the SNMP version you specified in the value field.