Smarts IP: Smarts does not discover Stackwise Ports on a certified Cisco Switch

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Even though the ports are present in the walk and show during the discovery they are not part of the Port Class in the device in the Smarts topology:

ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-auto-discovery/ic-ns-data.asl:     .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.[59]= StackPort1
ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-auto-discovery/ic-ns-data.asl:     .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.[60]= StackSub-St1-1
ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-auto-discovery/ic-ns-data.asl:     .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.[61]= StackSub-St1-2

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

In Smarts, Port channel interfaces are not created by default. By default we create only ethernet ports.

Resolution

To create the interfaces for other interface types, you need to configure them in tpmgr-param.conf. 
 
The IfTypePattern set doesn't include interface type 53.
 
Code:
IFTypePattern-SwitchPort = 6|26|62|69|117
 
Change this to below and it will work.
 
Code:
IFTypePattern-SwitchPort = 6|26|53|62|69|117
You have to edit tpmgr-param.conf accordingly. 
 
You can also do it per sysoid (heres just an example):
 
# Adding propVirtual channel port (53) for Cisco Nexus 5548 devices
IFTypePattern-SwitchPort.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12.3.1.3.1008 6|26|53|62|69|117

 Then restart the server and rediscover the device