Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide Manual page 200

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