Cisco FC Switch Firmware (SNMP) data source

OnCommand Insight uses the Cisco FC Switch Firmware 2.0+ (SNMP) data source to discover inventory for Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switches as well as a variety of Cisco Nexus FCoE switches on which the FC service is enabled. Additionally, you can discover many models of Cisco devices running in NPV mode with this data source.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the Cisco FC Switch data source. For each asset type acquired by Insight, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data source, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Insight Term
Switch	Switch
Port	Port
VSAN	Fabric
Zone	Zone
Logical Switch	Logical Switch
Name Server Entry	Name Server Entry
Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) Zone	IVR Zone

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data source.

Requirements

An IP address of one switch in the fabric or individual switches
Chassis discovery, to enable fabric discovery
If using SNMP V2, read-only community string
Access validation using the snmpwalk utility to the switch (see <install_path>\bin\)

Configuration

Field	Description
Cisco Switch IP	IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the switch
SNMP Version	SNMP version v2 or later is required for performance acquisition
SNMP Community String	SNMP read-only community string used to access the switch (not applicable for SNMP v3)
User Name	User name for the switch (SNMP v3 only)
Password	Password used for the switch (SNMPv3 only)

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
Inventory Poll Interval (min)	Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes)
SNMP Auth Protocol	SNMP authentication protocol (SNMPv3 only)
SNMP Privacy Protocol	SNMP privacy protocol (SNMPv3 only)
SNMP Privacy Password	SNMP privacy password
SNMP Retries	Number of SNMP retry attempts
SNMP Timeout (ms)	SNMP timeout (default 5000 ms)
Enable Trapping	Select to enable trapping. If you enable trapping, you must also activate SNMP notifications.
Minimum Time Between Traps (sec)	Minimum time between acquisition attempts triggered by traps (default 10 seconds)
Discover All Fabric Switches	Select to discover all switches in the fabric
Exclude Devices	Comma-separated list of device IPs to exclude from polling
Include Devices	Comma-separated list of device IPs to include in polling
Check Device Type	Select to accept only those devices that explicitly advertise themselves as Cisco devices
Primary Alias Type	Provide a first preference for resolution of the alias. Choose from the following: Device Alias This is a user-friendly name for a port WWN (pWWN) that can be used in all configuration commands, as required. All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family support Distributed Device Alias Services (device aliases). None Do not report any alias Port Description A description to help identify the port in a list of ports Zone Alias (all) A user-friendly name for a port that can be used only for zoning configuration Zone Alias (only active) A user-friendly name for a port that can be used only for the active configuration. This is the default.
Secondary Alias Type	Provide a second preference for resolution of the alias
Tertiary Alias Type	Provide a third preference for resolution of the alias
Enable SANTap Proxy Mode Support	Select if your Cisco switch is using SANTap in proxy mode. If you are using EMC RecoverPoint, then you are probably using SANTap.
Performance Poll Interval (sec)	Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)