A.11 EMC SMARTS

Table A-11 EMC SMARTS Adapter Properties

Property

Specify…

Alarm Columns

A comma delimited list that determines which alarm columns display and the order in which the adapter-specific alarm items display (source of alarm, alarm class, etc.) in the Alarms view.

A suggested list is:

Create Time,Class Name,Instance Name,Event Name,Event Type,Message Type, Message String,Domain Manager,Parameter,Count.

Broker

The remote broker instance that enables communication with the SMARTS Domain Manager. Specify the hostname and port. The default is localhost:426.

Broker Password

The password to log in to the remote broker instance. The default is admin.

Broker User

The user name to log in to the remote broker instance. The default is admin.

Class List

A list of classes for discovery in forming the root of the SMARTS hierarchy. Set to InChargeDomain to view all classes in all domains. To discover specific classes for all domains, specify InChargeDomain=Class1,Class2. Available classes include Host,Switch,Router,MSFC.

Using regular expressions, apply additional filtering to class and domain. For example, InChargeDomain=Switch=NYC.*,MSFC.

Connection Attempts Before Failover

The maximum number of times a connection attempt is made before it fails over to the secondary SMARTS server.

DM Password

The password to log in to the SMARTS Domain Manager. The default is admin.

DM User

The user name to log in to the SMARTS Domain Manager. The default is admin.

Depth of Initial Exploration

The number of element levels to explore during initial discovery. Defaults is 8.

Display Name

EMC SMARTS property used to mine element names. Defaults is DisplayName.

Domain List

A comma delimited list of domains to access that are under control of the domain manager specified in the Domain Manager property. If a domain isn’t subscribed to by the specified Domain Manager, Operations Center won’t be able to access it.

Domain Manager

The name of the SMARTS Domain Manager. Only one Domain Manager is supported per adapter instance. The default is DFM.

Explore Relations

A comma delimited list of all relations to return. Defaults to ConsistsOf, ConnectedVia.

Filter Alarms by Class List

If True, displays only those notifications (and their root cause alarms/notifications) that are members of the classes specified in the Class List property. Defaults to False.

Hide Relationships

If True, relationship elements such as consists of and member of do not display in the Operations Center console. Defaults to false.

ICS Domains

A comma delimited list of any domains in your EMC SMARTS environment that can send out syslog and SNMP trap events. This is used to identify and organize these type of events in the Elements hierarchy.

Notification List Profile

The notification list to subscribe to for changes and removal of notifications. The default is ALL_NOTIFICATIONS.

Notification Mapping

A customized list of InCharge notification types mapping to Operations Center alarm severities. Uses defaults if property is blank. Specify each mapping as NotificationType=AlarmSeverity. For example, MR_EVENT=info;MR_PROBLEM=major.

Event notification types include MR_AGGREGATION, MR_CASUALITY, MR_EVENT, MR_IMPORTED_EVENT, MR_PROBLEM, MR_PROPAGATED_AGGREGATION, MR_SAMETYPE, and MR_SYMPTOM. Valid Operations Center severities are: CRITICAL, INFO, MAJOR, MINOR, OK, and IGNORE.

Script.onError

A script that executes if the adapter fails for any reason. For example, the script can print the reason for the failure as msg using log.info(msg).

Script.onInitialized

A script that executes when the adapter initializes.

Script.onStarted

A script that executes when the adapter starts, either manually or automatically when the Operations Center server starts.

Script.onStopped

A script that executes after manually stopping the adapter.

Secondary Broker

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for Broker above.

Secondary Broker Password

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for Broker Password above.

Secondary Broker User

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for Broker User above.

Secondary DM Password

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for DM Password above.

Secondary DM User

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for DM User above.

Secondary Domain Manager

Part of a secondary SMARTS server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for Domain Manager above.

Use Event Instance Name

Determines the SMARTS event field used to roll up incoming SMARTS alarms, populate the alarm key, and increment the alarm’s Count field. Set to false to use the value of the SMARTS ElementName property. Set to true to use the value of SMARTS Name property. Defaults to false.