1. Cloud Control Administrator's Guide
  2. Discovery
  3. Discovering, Promoting, and Adding System Infrastructure Targets
  4. Discovering Fabrics

Discovering Fabrics

Enterprise Manager discovers and manages Ethernet fabrics and InfiniBand fabrics. A network switch contributes its ports, datalinks, and networks to a fabric.

After discovery, you can manage the components of these fabrics and view their attributes and metrics, according to the procedures in Managing Networks.

Discover an InfiniBand Network Switch

  1. In the Setup menu, select Add Target.
  2. Click Add Targets Manually.
  3. In the Add Non-Host Target Using Guided Process section, click Add Using Guided Process.
  4. Scroll to Systems Infrastructure Oracle InfiniBand Switch and then click the Add... button.

    Figure 16-4 InfiniBand Switch Target Type

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    Description of "Figure 16-4 InfiniBand Switch Target Type"
  5. In the Target section, enter a name for the new target and its DNS name or IP address.

    Figure 16-5 Discovery Specifications for InfiniBand Switches

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    Description of "Figure 16-5 Discovery Specifications for InfiniBand Switches"
  6. In the Monitoring Agents section, enter the URL of the monitoring system and the URL of a backup system.
  7. In the ILOM SSH Monitoring Credentials section, select the type of credentials and enter the username and the password. The credentials enable Enterprise Manager to monitor the switch's service processor.

    Note:

    Use the root username and password to discover an InfiniBand network switch.

  8. In the SNMP Monitoring Credentials section, specify the SNMP version number that Enterprise Manager uses to monitor the hardware components. Version 2c is the default version and requires only a community string. Version 3 requires a username, a password of exactly eight characters, and the encryption type. Version 1 is supported but not recommended, as described in About Performance of Fabrics.
  9. In the Properties section, you can accept the default port number and timeout interval or change them.
  10. In the Global Properties section, you can specify site-specific values, such as the Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI).
  11. Click Add, located at the top of the window.

Discover an Ethernet Network Switch

  1. In the Setup menu, select Add Target.
  2. Click Add Targets Manually.
  3. In the Add Non-Host Target Using Guided Process section, click Add Using Guided Process.
  4. Scroll to Systems Infrastructure Cisco Switch or Systems Infrastructure Juniper Switch and then click the Add... button.

    Figure 16-6 Juniper Ethernet Switch Target Type


    Description of Figure 16-6 follows
    Description of "Figure 16-6 Juniper Ethernet Switch Target Type"

  5. In the Target section, enter a name for the new target and provide its DNS name or IP address.

    Figure 16-7 Discovery Specifications for Juniper Ethernet Switches


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    Description of "Figure 16-7 Discovery Specifications for Juniper Ethernet Switches"

  6. In the Monitoring Agents section, enter the URL of the monitoring system and the URL of a backup system.
  7. In the Cisco Switch IOS Monitoring Credential section, specify the type of credentials and enter the username and password. Also, enter the Cisco EXEC password. The credentials enable Enterprise Manager to monitor the switch's service processor.
  8. In the SNMP Monitoring Credential section, specify the SNMP version number that Enterprise Manager uses to monitor the hardware components. Version 3 requires a username, a password of exactly eight characters, and the encryption type. Version 1 is supported but not recommended, as described in About Performance of Fabrics.
  9. In the Properties section, you can change the default configuration details such as port number and timeout interval.
  10. In the Global Properties section, you can specify site-specific values, such as the Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI).
  11. Click Add, located at the top of the window.

Example 16-6 Example. Command to Discover a Juniper Ethernet Switch Using SNMP Version 3

The following command discovers and manages a Juniper Ethernet switch named MY_SWITCH and sets the SNMP version to Version 3. 

emcli add_target -name=MY_SWITCH -type=oracle_si_netswitch -host=AGENT_HOST -access_point_name=MY_SWITCH -access_point_type=oracle_si_switch_juniper_junos -properties='dispatch.url=snmp://MY_SWITCH_IP_ADDR' -subseparator=properties='='  -monitoring_cred='snmp_v1v2_v3;oracle_si_switch_cisco_ios;SNMPV3Creds;authUser:PRINCIPAL;authPwd:AUTHCRED;authProtocol:MD5;privPwd:PRIV_CREDS'

Use the Command Line To Discover a Switch

These examples use the Command Line Interface to discover and manage a network switch. You must configure the command line interface before you can issue commands. For more information, click the Setup menu, then click Command Line Interface. Follow the Download and Deploy instructions.

Example 16-7 Command to Discover an InfiniBand Switch Using SNMP Version 3

The following command discovers and manages an InfiniBand switch named MY_SWITCH and sets the SNMP version to Version 3. 

emcli add_target -name=MY_SWITCH -type=oracle_si_netswitch -host=AGENT_HOST -access_point_name=MY_SWITCH -access_point_type=oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib -properties='dispatch.url=ilom-ssh://MY_SWITCH_IP_ADDR' -subseparator=properties='=' -monitoring_cred='ilom_creds_set;oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib;ilom_creds;username:PRIV_USER;password:PASSWORD' -monitoring_cred='snmp_v1v2_v3;oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib;SNMPV3Creds;authUser:PRINCIPAL;authPwd:AUTHCRED;authProtocol:MD5;privPwd:PRIV_CREDS'

Example 16-8 Command to Discover a Cisco Ethernet Switch Using SNMP Version 3

The following command discovers and manages a Cisco Ethernet switch named MY_SWITCH and sets the SNMP version to Version 3. 

emcli add_target -name=MY_SWITCH -type=oracle_si_netswitch -host=AGENT_HOST -access_point_name=MY_SWITCH -access_point_type=oracle_si_switch_cisco_ios -properties='dispatch.url=ios-ssh://MY_SWITCH_IP_ADDR' -subseparator=properties='=' -monitoring_cred='cisco_creds_set;oracle_si_switch_cisco_ios;cisco_creds;username:PRIV_USER;userpass:USER_PASSWORD;privpass:PRIV_PASSWORD' -monitoring_cred='snmp_v1v2_v3;oracle_si_switch_cisco_ios;SNMPV3Creds;authUser:PRINCIPAL;authPwd:AUTHCRED;authProtocol:MD5;privPwd:PRIV_CREDS'

Example 16-9 Command to Discover an InfiniBand Switch Using SNMP Version 1

The following command discovers and manages an InfiniBand switch named MY_SWITCH, sets the SNMP version to Version 1, and changes the time interval for the SNMP property. 

 emcli add_target -name=MY_SWITCH -type=oracle_si_netswitch -host=AGENT_HOST -access_point_name=MY_SWITCH -access_point_type=oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib -properties='dispatch.url=ilom-ssh://MY_SWITCH_IP_ADDR;SNMPTimeout=180' -subseparator=properties='='-monitoring_cred='ilom_creds_set;oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib;ilom_creds;username:PRIV_USER;password:PASSWORD' -monitoring_cred='snmp_v1v2_v3;oracle_si_switch_oracle_ib;SNMPV1Creds;COMMUNITY:<COMMUNITY>'