Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide User Manual

The EPICenter Third-party Device Integration Framework
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● Both interactive Telnet and Telnet macros
● Launch of third-party proprietary device-related tools
Through this framework, integration of third-party devices can be accomplished independently of
EPICenter product releases. The integration is achieved by adding or editing XML, text and images files
to accomplish different levels of integration.
Each aspect of device integration can be performed independently—i.e. you can integrate a device into
the Inventory Manager but may elect not to integrate trap support in the Alarm System, for example.
CAUTION
The device integration process may require editing of certain EPICenter files that can affect the functionality of the
EPICenter server. In some cases, editing these files incorrectly may prevent the EPICenter server from running. It
is strongly recommended that device integration be undertaken only under the supervision of Extreme Networks
support personnel.
Inventory Manager Integration
The basic features of Inventory Manager integration include:
● The ability to discover the device when the MIB-2 option in Discovery is selected
● The appropriate device type icon appears in the Component Tree wherever devices are shown in the
tree
● The device image can be viewed (front panel, and back panel if appropriate)
● Device information like OID, device name, IP address, MAC address, device type, device group
should be presented
● Should be able to modify the device contact user name and password from EPICenter.
To accomplish this integration, there are three basic steps:
1 Create an Abstract Library Type (ATL) file (an XML file) and save it in the
<EPIC_Install_Dir>/extreme.war/ATL/Device Types directory.
2 Create a folder in the
<EPIC_Install_Dir>/extreme.war/gifs directory which is named with the
OID of the new Device Type.
3 Create gif-format (Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format) images for the device, and place these
in the OID folder created under the
extreme.war/gifs directory.
4 Create a “
deviceInfo.txt” file for the device and place this in the OID folder created under the
extreme.war/gifs directory.
5 If it does not already exist, create a device icon gif file, named to match the file name provided in the
imageIconsFileName tag in the ATL XML file, and add this to the dpsimages.zip file (found in the
<EPIC_Install_Dir>/extreme.war/gifs directory.
The Abstract Type Library XML file
The Abstract Type Library is a repository for information about the types of devices EPICenter can
recognize. For each device type, an XML file is placed in the
extreme.war/ATL/Device Types directory.
(There are also ATL subdiretories for Interface Types and Slot Types).

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