Using The Spma Discover Application - Cabletron Systems Network Router User Manual

Getting Started
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Using the SPMA Discover Application

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use the Solstice Enterprise Manager Discover tool to create your
network objects, you automatically create glyphs that represent your
network objects, including Cabletron devices; however, the SEM
Discover tool cannot create Cabletron Systems glyphs. For that, you
need SPMA Discover.
SPMA Discover will not discover any third-party devices in your SEM
database; in addition, it will only ÒdiscoverÓ and create Cabletron glyphs for
those devices whose management modules you have installed. For complete
SPMA support of all your Cabletron devices, be sure you have installed the
necessary management modules. See
Installing SPECTRUM for Solstice Enterprise
information on selecting specific management modules for installation.
Unlike the Solstice Enterprise Manager Discover tool, SPMA Discover
does not create new objects; it examines existing objectsÑevery
component in the current management databaseÑto determine if
they are Cabletron Systems components. When SPMA Discover
recognizes a component, it replaces the existing generic glyph with
the appropriate device-speciÞc Cabletron Systems glyph.
After you have run SPMA Discover and converted all the appropriate
objects to Cabletron-specific glyphs, you may still need to edit community
name access to the device and/or select the appropriate MIB agent (ASN1
and GDMO) files associated with the device. See
Community Names,
for details.
Installing SPMA
page 3-8, and Selecting MIB Agent
Using the SPMA Discover Application
in Chapter 2,
Manager, for more
Assigning or Editing
Files, page 3-9,