Requirements for DX NetOps Performance Management Certification Request

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Before considering submitting a new Certification Request check the DX NetOps Certification Portal to determine if the device is already certified.

If the device isn't found there check the DX NetOps Device Certifications documentation topic to see if a new certification has recently been added to the product.

 

If there is nothing available that meets your needs, obtain the information detailed below in the Resolution field. Once that data has been gathered open a DX NetOps Performance Management Certification Request case.

Environment

All supported DX NetOps Performance Management releases

Resolution

We would need the following information to submit a Certification Request:

1) Device information:

• Device Vendor:
• Device Model:
• Device Firmware/OS version:

2) A sapwalk of the device starting at OID 1.3.6:

sapwalk2 is already installed on each Data Collector at:

/opt/IMDataCollector/scripts/sapwalk2

Here is some example syntax:

sapwalk2 -i <ip> -v v2c -s 1.3.6. -c <community> -o device_mib.walk

Usage: sapwalk2

         -i  ip_address

         -v  snmp_version(v1/v2c/v3)

         -s  startoid

         <-c  community for v1/v2c           >

         <-u  username  for v3               >

         <-l  seclevel  (nAnP/AnP/AP) for v3 >

         [-xt auth type (MD5/SHA) for v3     ]

         [-xa auth password for v3           ]

         [-xp priv password for v3           ]

         [-xn ctxtname  for v3               ]

         [-xe priv type (DES/3DES/AES128/AES192/AES256)for v3  ]

         [-xi ctxtid    for v3 (will discover if not specified)]

         [-e  engineid  for v3 (will discover if not specified)]

         [-t  timeout(msec)                  ]

         [-r  retries                        ]

         [-f  compare (0/1)                  ]

         [-p  snmpport                       ]

         [-d  sleep_bet_req(msec)            ]

         [-m  maxlexerrors                   ]

         [-z  samples:delay_in_msec:<oidfile> for ratecomputation of counter/gauge variables]

         [-o  walkoutput filename            ]

         [-n  max num of variables to learn  ]

         [-xf filename containing oids to be excluded(one per line) ]

         [-xr guestimate max rows            ]

         [-xs source ip                      ]

         [-xy source endpoint (port)         ]

         [-xv bridge / or vlanstartoid for auto vlan learn]

         [-xl save timestamps (0/1)          ]

         [-xz timestamp threshold (def=10sec)

         [-b  getbulk flag (0/1)             ]

Additional information for the sapwalk2 tool can be found in the article titled How to generate a MIB dump using sapwalk2 / sapwalk.

3) The Vendor MIB files.

4) What metrics and/or OIDs are sought to be monitored?

5) Which environment is this device deployed in?  (Ex. WAN, Data Center, Campus Network, WLAN, CSP, SDN, Broadband, 5G)?

6) What analysis are you applying this SNMP certification to?  (Ex. Noise reduction, proactive alerting, SLA reporting)

7) Approximately how many devices will be using this certification?

8) Are these devices part of the next generation (Software Defined Networking) architecture?