Extreme Networks Device Support; Third-Party Device Support - Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide Manual

Extreme Networks Switch Management
You can disable Telnet polling if necessary through the Server Properties for Devices in the Admin
applet. However, you will lose the ability to collect edge port information via FDB polling, as well as
netlogin information.
Edge Port Polling Using the MAC Address Poller
EPICenter can maintain information about the MAC and IP addresses detected on Extreme Networks
switch edge ports by polling the FDB tables of the Extreme switches it is managing. If MAC address
polling is enabled, EPICenter uses Telnet polling to retrieve FDB information at regular intervals based
on the settings of server properties in the Administration applet.
MAC address polling can be enabled or disabled globally. If enabled, it can then be disabled for
individual devices or for specific ports on devices.
EPICenter distinguishes edge ports from trunk ports based on whether the port is running the Extreme
Discovery Protocol (EDP). EPICenter assumes that ports that run EDP are trunk ports, and ports that do
not run EDP are edge ports. However, since non-Extreme devices do not run EDP, EPICenter may
mis-identify trunk ports to third party devices as edge ports. You can disable MAC address polling on
individual ports to prevent EPICenter from polling trunk ports for MAC addresses.
Syncing Device Status with the EPICenter Database
A user with an appropriate role (a role with read/write access to the Inventory Manager) can use the
Sync command from the Inventory Manager to update the device status in the EPICenter database
when the users believes that the device configuration or status is not correctly reported in EPICenter
applets. Sync causes EPICenter to poll the switch and update all configuration and status information
except for uploaded configuration files. During a Sync operation the SmartTraps rules are also reset in
case the user has accidentally deleted the trap receiver or any SmartTrap rules.

Extreme Networks Device Support

Extreme Networks devices running the ExtremeWare software version 2.0 or later, are supported by
most features in the EPICenter system, including the VLAN Manager and the graphical display features
of the Inventory Manager applet. Some features, such as ESRP, or the Policy Manager, require more
recent versions of the ExtremeWare software. See the EPICenter Release Note for specific information
about the hardware and software versions supported by this release of the EPICenter software.

Third-Party Device Support

Any device running a MIB-2 compatible SNMP agent can be discovered by the EPICenter Inventory
manager, and saved in the Inventory database. All devices in the database can also appear on a
topology map. The EPICenter alarm system can handle SNMP traps from any device in the inventory
database, including RMON traps from devices with RMON enabled. The Real-Time Statistics module
can display statistics for any device with RMON enabled, the IP/MAC Finder applet supports all
devices running MIB-2 and the Bridge MIB, with the exception of user mapping, which is specific to
Extreme devices.
In the Telnet applet, you can use the Telnet feature with any device that supports a Telnet interface. In
the Inventory Manager, all Extreme devices and selected third-party devices (including certain Cisco
and 3COM devices) can display a device-specific front panel view, and a rear panel view if appropriate.
In addition, vendor-specific generic images are available for additional devices, such as Sun and Nortel,
and a standard generic image can be displayed for all other "unknown" MIB-2 compatible devices. New
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