A.9 CiscoWorks2000 DFM

Table A-9 CiscoWorks2000 DFM Adapter Properties

Property

Specify…

Alarm Columns

A comma-separated 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 allows communication with the CiscoWorks Domain Manager. Specify hostname:port.

Broker Password

The password corresponding to the Broker User.

Broker User

The user name that CiscoWorks uses to communicate with DFM. This is not the same as the CiscoWorks GUI login user. This is the user name prompted for during the DFM server install. This is a required property.

Class List

The initial list of classes for discovery. The default list is:

Host,Hub,MSFC,Probe,Router,RSFC,RSM,Switch,Undiscovered,VLAN

Connection Attempts Before Failover

The maximum number of times a connection attempt is made before it fails over to the secondary CiscoWorks server. The default is 3.

DM Password

The password to log in to the Domain Manager.

DM User

The user name to log in to the Domain Manager.

Depth of Initial Exploration

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

Display Name

Specify the display name for the adapter.

Domain List

A comma delimited list of domains to access.

Domain Manager

The name of the 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.

Notification List Profile

Specify the notifications to include; the default is ALL_NOTIFICATIONS.

Notification Mapping

Changes the default mapping of DFM notification types to Operations Center alarm severities. Uses the defaults if this property is left blank.

Valid Event types include: MR_AGGREGATION, MR_CASUALITY, MR_EVENT, MR_IMPORTED_EVENT, MR_PROBLEM, MR_PROPAGATED_AGGREGATION, MR_SAMETYPE, MR_SYMPTOM.

Valid Operations Center severities are: CRITICAL, INFO, MAJOR, MINOR, OK, IGNORE.

For example, to set symptoms to INFORMATIONAL severity and problems to MAJOR severity, enter:

MR_EVENT=info;MR_PROBLEM=major

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. All of the Script.* properties are optional.

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 CiscoWorks server definition, for use in a failover scenario. See the definition for Broker above.

Secondary Broker Password

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

Secondary Broker User

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

Secondary DM Password

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

Secondary DM User

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

Use Event Instance Name

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