Steps to enable IP_Route monitoring for switches

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

In the Smarts IP Polling and Thresholds Settings, you may find that Default IP Route Connectivity Polling is not enabled so you cannot see the IPRoute class for the switch. 

This article explains how to enable Default IP Route Connectivity Polling for the Switches Group to allow you to see IP_ROUTE for the Switch if the data is available in the Discovery Process

For example: Here we consider a Switch discovered in Smarts IP does not show IPRoute class. OIDs for the switch are populated in the snmpwalk file.

Environment

All Supported Smarts releases

Cause

Default IP_Route Connectivity Polling must be enabled for the respective class

Resolution

To enable Default IP_Route Connectivity Polling for Switches, do the following:

1. Open the Smarts IP Polling and Thresholds.
2. Click on Switches in the Polling tab.
3. Click Default IP_Route Connectivity Polling.
4. Click on Add > Apply.
5. Click Reconfigure.

The following shows the Polling and Thresholds Setting required for Switches to enable Default IP_Route Connectivity Polling:


This will enable the IPRoute Class to show for Switches in your IP domain.