Broadcom Spectrum NCM, what do I need to register a vendor so I can see it in the NCM and perform a backup?

[Eduardo Ignacio Serrano]

Hello, Team

In the Spectrum Network Control module, how do I add devices to perform configuration backups? Could you please tell me what is required for registration or certification?

 

Example of the devices that.

Regards

[Edward Royston]

I would suggest that you have a look at the NCM documentation around this, in particular here:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/25-4/managing-network/network-configuration-manager/network-configuration-manager-configurations/network-configuration-manager-extension-utility.html#concept.dita_365f06e2315d5d81950a2d485914292dc36c4aa3_CreateaCustomDeviceFamily

For an OOTB setup of NCM, devices will automagically be mapped into the device families that have been defined in the system (I am fairly sure that it is done on a sysOID basis). There are quite a few of them - Cisco, Juniper, etc. Also, there are subsets to these device families - those that support SSH, those that run IOS, etc. etc.

I would suggest that you have a look at what the defaults are first of all and then look at setting up custom device families (as per that link).

Essentially, if you create a custom device family, the mapping is done through the use of GCs. Therefore, you create a GC with your devices in and then link it into your custom device family.

The main challenge with NCM is getting the Perl modules compiled in order to perform the device dump (at least under Linux). In order for certain things to work, you need the Expect and SSH modules compiled for the native Perl that you use. There are KB postings on this if you want to perform a dive into how this is done.