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| In NAV equipment is classified in categories. The categories are predefined by NAV and cannot be altered. When you add new equipment for NAV to monitor, you classify the equipment according to these categories. There are 7 categories: | In NAV equipment is classified in categories. The categories are predefined by NAV and cannot be altered. When you add new equipment for NAV to monitor, you classify the equipment according to these categories. There are 7 categories: | ||
| - | || **CATEGORY** || **DESCRIPTION** || **SNMP required?** || | + | ^ Category ^ Description ^ SNMP required? ^ |
| - | || GW || A router. Operates on layer 3 (IP layer) || yes || | + | ^ GW | A router. Operates on layer 3 (IP layer) | yes | |
| - | || GSW || A router and switch in one device. Operates on layer 2 and 3. A given port may configured for switching or for routing. An example is Cisco Catalyst 6500. Note: We only consider it a GSW if it is configured that way. || yes || | + | ^ GSW | A router and switch in one device. Operates on layer 2 and 3. A given port may configured for switching or for routing. An example is Cisco Catalyst 6500. Note: We only consider it a GSW if it is configured that way. | yes | |
| - | || SW || A switch. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). The SW category was originally intended for core switches that had vlans and trunking. If you prefer all switches may be defined as category SW, also those that are in the EDGE-group, see below. || yes || | + | ^ SW | A switch. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). The SW category was originally intended for core switches that had vlans and trunking. If you prefer all switches may be defined as category SW, also those that are in the EDGE-group, see below. | yes | |
| - | || EDGE || Edge switch. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). EDGE will in NAV be treated equal to SW with //one// exception: Cricket traffic statistics is //not// gathered from EDGE switches. If you have problems scaling Cricket to collect data from all switches, use the EDGE categroy || yes || | + | ^ EDGE | Edge switch. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). EDGE will in NAV be treated equal to SW with //one// exception: Cricket traffic statistics is //not// gathered from EDGE switches. If you have problems scaling Cricket to collect data from all switches, use the EDGE categroy | yes | |
| - | || WLAN || Wireless equipment, i.e. basestations, wireless bridges. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). || yes || | + | ^ WLAN | Wireless equipment, i.e. basestations, wireless bridges. Operates on layer 2 (mac layer). | yes | |
| - | || SRV || Servers. Subcategories are frequently used here. || no || | + | ^ SRV | Servers. Subcategories are frequently used here. | no | |
| - | || OTHER || Other equipment. Left over, everything else. I.e. vpn concentrators, terminal servers etc. This equipment is monitored by the status monitor, but NAV does not do any snmp data collection || no || | + | ^ OTHER | Other equipment. Left over, everything else. I.e. vpn concentrators, terminal servers etc. This equipment is monitored by the status monitor, but NAV does not do any snmp data collection | no | |
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| ====== Equipment types ====== | ====== Equipment types ====== | ||
| - | There is also another dimension to classifying equipment and that is in types. Examples of types are Cisco Catalyst 5505 switch, Cisco 3640 router, 3com 1100 switch and so on. A type is a specific product produced by a vendor. But not any product, it is a product that serves as an IP device and that supports SNMP. | + | There is also another dimension to classifying equipment and that is in types. Examples of types are Cisco Catalyst 5505 switch, Cisco 3640 router, 3com 1100 switch and so on. A type is a specific product produced by a vendor. |
| Classification of types is done automatically in NAV, based on the SNMP OID //mib2.system.sysObjectId//. The match from sysoibjectid to typename is done based on the NAV type table. | Classification of types is done automatically in NAV, based on the SNMP OID //mib2.system.sysObjectId//. The match from sysoibjectid to typename is done based on the NAV type table. | ||
categoriesandtypes.txt · Last modified: 2013/08/16 13:37 by bredal
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