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Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

  • 1.  Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 05, 2019 05:56 AM
    Edited by Sachin MS Sep 05, 2019 06:02 AM
    Hello All,

    Greeting of the day!
    Could you please let me know how the Asset Information (in Components Details tab of Spectrum OneClick) of a device gets populated in CA Spectrum?
    As per my understanding, Asset Information will be extracted through SNMP polling using the MIB already present in the CA spectrum"
    Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated.

    Thank you.
    Sachin MS


  • 2.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 05, 2019 08:12 AM
    Hello All,

    I hope the asset information comes from device certification and if you do any update, it will reflect in asset information.
    Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
    Thanks in advance.

    Thank you,
    Sachin MS



  • 3.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 06, 2019 03:17 AM
    Hello All,

    Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS


  • 4.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 06, 2019 05:03 AM
    Hi Sachin,

    Yes, that information comes from the device via SNMP polls. If you update it in the device config, it will be reflected in Spectrum after a device reconfiguration.
    I hope I understood your question correctly.

    Regards,

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    Marcelo Zacchi
    CA Spectrum consultant
    Nets Denmark
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  • 5.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 09, 2019 02:51 AM
    Hello Marcelo,

    Thanks for your inputs.

    I am having few System object IDs which are having "Auto" Device Type Name in Device Certification. For these respective System object IDs Asset Information (in Components Details tab of Spectrum OneClick) such as Device Type Name, Manufacturer are blank.

    Below are the steps to update Device Type Name of System object IDs using Device Certification utility.

    1. Launch the Device Certification Utility in OneClick console as Tools-->Utilities-->Device Certification.
    2. Select the System Object ID to update Device Type name/Model Type/Model class respective attribute.
    3. Click on the edit option, a pop up window launches, update Device Type name/Model Type/Model class as per the requirement.
    4. Click on OK button to save the changes.
    5. Select the same System Object ID and verify the updated value.

    As per my understanding, Once Device Type Name is updated using Device Certification utility, Device Type name, Manufacturer details will get populated in Asset Information (in Components Details tab of Spectrum OneClick) which were blank before the update.

    Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
    Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated.

    Thank you.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS




  • 6.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 09, 2019 03:04 AM
    Hi Sachin,

    Yes, these seem to be the correct steps. They didn't work for you? Have you tried reconfiguring the models?
    If that fails, you can try to run the NewMM.pl script, located in the Install-Tools/PostInstall directory.

    Regards,

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    Marcelo Zacchi
    CA Spectrum consultant
    Nets Denmark
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  • 7.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 09, 2019 03:47 AM
    Hello Marcelo,

    Thanks for your update. Much appreciated.
    I don't have answer for the quetions posted by you. I will repond back once i have an update.

    Many thanks on this.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS


  • 8.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Sep 10, 2019 03:19 PM
    Hello

    "As per my understanding, Once Device Type Name is updated using Device Certification utility, Device Type name, Manufacturer details will get populated in Asset Information (in Components Details tab of Spectrum OneClick) which were blank before the update."

    You would need to run a Reconfiguration to allow Spectrum to re-poll for the new data: 

    Tools > Reconfiguration > Reconfigure Model

    Do note that Spectrum does not populate "Manufacturer" or other Asset details for generic "gnSNMPDev" model type. If the device you are working with shows "Support Level = Simple" and "Model Type = GnSNMPDev" in Device Certification then likely the device is not certified and Spectrum likely will not grab all asset info. 


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    Senior Support Engineer
    Broadcom
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  • 9.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 13, 2019 09:02 AM
    Hello Jason,

    Thanks much for the response.
    I want to update the Device Type Name, Model Type Name & Model Class attributes using Device Certification utility wherever they have values as "Auto".
    I want to understand consequences of it. I am curious and want to know will it increase number of alarms for that particular OID or will there be any other issues/problems.

    Sequence that i am planning to follow in Device Certification for a particular OID:
    1. Update Model Class (From the drop down select Switch/Router/Switch-Router/Firewall/LoadBalancer)
    2.Update Model Type Name(From the Drop Down, select the respective value)
    3. Update Device Type Name with actual Device Type Value.

    Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated.

    Thank you.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS





  • 10.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 16, 2019 03:54 AM
    Hello All,

    Any updates on this is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS


  • 11.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 16, 2019 07:46 AM
    If you know the device Model Class, Model Type Name and Device Type Name, you are good to update those values. This will not create any issue or alarms in Spectrum.

    Only the recommendation is, don't touch the certification mappings already available in Spectrum by default for certified devices. You can simply differentiate them by looking at the Author column in device certification window.

    Below is an example.




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    Thank you.
    Rajashekar
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  • 12.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 16, 2019 08:51 AM
    Hello Rajashekar,

    Thanks for the response.
    You are referring to the  entries in Device Certification where Author Column reflects as CA,Custom, Custom with Hyperlink & Unregistered values. We are supposed to touch the entries where the Author is anything other than CA.

    Please correct if my understanding is wrong.
    Thank you.

    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS


  • 13.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Sep 16, 2019 09:27 AM
    Edited by Rajashekar Allala Sep 16, 2019 09:27 AM
    Yes. Your understanding is correct.

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    Thank you.
    Rajashekar
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  • 14.  RE: Asset Information in Component Details tab of CA Spectrum

    Posted Oct 10, 2019 12:05 AM
    Edited by Sachin MS Oct 10, 2019 01:34 AM
    Hello All,

    Could you please shed some light on how the attributes(like Manufacturer, System Name) of a device gets updated in CA Spectrum?
    Also please let me know how these attributes for a device gets populated in Spectrum?
    Any assistance on this is greatly appreciated.


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    Kind Regards,
    Sachin MS