Smarts IP: Is it possible for Smarts to monitor STPNodes alerts?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

Smarts does not monitor STPNodes. STPNodes are objects that Smarts creates, which are then used to create network connections. The presence of STPNodes in topology indicates that STP was used in order to establish connectivity between network elements in that topology.

An STPNode will store information such as Designated Root, Designated Port and Designated Bridge, which will then be utilized, for example, to create trunk connections between switches participating in STP connections.

Monitoring, alerting and Root Cause Analysis is available for those connections but not for STPNodes themselves.

Additional Information

More information on STPnodes can be found with the following Knowledge Base Articles:

• Why does Smarts IP manager create stpnodes? KB 497021
• Prevent STP discovery in Smarts; Can you disable smarts IP manager from discovering stpnodes. KB 466165
• Can STPNodes be deleted? KB 383143