Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide User Manual

Configuring Devices for Use With EPICenter
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Note that in the 3Com.xml file, the sysObjectID is the enterprise OID for 3COM; in the
3Com_SuperstackerII_1100.xml file, it is the OID of the specific 3Com device. Many of the attributes
in the 3Com.xml file are related to integration into Telnet. These are discussed in “Telnet Integration”
on page 201.
The OID folder
Device images used for display in the Component Tree, Inventory Manager, and on Topology maps, are
kept in the
extreme.war/gifs directory, under directories named by the OID of the device.
There are typically 3 files in these subdirectories:
● DeviceView.gif, the image (front panel or front and back panel) displayed in the Inventory
Manager Device View.
● MapView.gif, the small image that appears in the device Component Tree in a number of EPICenter
applets, and is also used on the Topology map.
● DeviceInfo.txt, a file that defines the device type, fallback OID (the OID of the next higher level),
and other information.
The
DeviceInfo.txt file must always be present. The two gif files may or may not be present; if they
are not, the gif file specified for the parent OID is used. In fact, for the 3Com SuperStacker II 1100
(directory
OID_43.10.27.4.1.2.1), only the DeviceView image is provided. For the MapView image,
the generic 3COM image provided in the parent OID directory (
OID_43).
The
DeviceInfo.txt must contain at a minimum the following tags:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ConfigFile>
<FallbackOID> Parent SysOID </FallbackOID>
<DeviceType> Device Name </DeviceType>
</ConfigFile>
For the 3Com SuperStacker II 1100 (OID_43.10.27.4.1.2.1) the DeviceInfo.txt file contains these
entries:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ConfigFile>
<FallbackOID>43</FallbackOID>
<DeviceType>3Com Super Stack II Switch 1100 24-port</DeviceType>
</ConfigFile>
The DeviceInfo.txt file for the parent, OID_43 contains the following entries:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ConfigFile>
<FallbackOID>UnknownDevice</FallbackOID>
<DeviceType>Generic 3Com</DeviceType>
</ConfigFile>
Depending on the type of device, other information may also be included. In general, features like Port
Location (the ability to click on a port to view port statistics) are not supported for 3rd party devices.

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