Smarts IP: Why does my VLAN have a hexidecimal? Can I remove the Hexidecimal before the VLAN number? Why is my VLAN not creating correctly?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


In Smarts IP VLAN has a name of XX-XX-XX-XX-0902 where 0902 is the name of  the VLAN.  In some cases the hexicdecimal can split a VLAN into two(i.e. XX-XX-XX-AA-0902 and XX-XX-XX-BB-0902) instead of only one as expected.

In the discovery.conf file STPVLANNamingEnabled is set to FALSE.

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

for a fix you can test by running this dmctl command:

dmctl put ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager::STPVLANNamingEnabled FALSE

Making the change via dmctl will only be temporary until the next server reboot.

For a permanent fix do the following:

From the /bin folder

1. sm_edit ..conf/discovery/discovery.conf
2. find - STPVLANNamingEnabled = TRUE and change to FALSE
3. save and restart the server.