1. IP Network Links Assimilation and Reconciliation Cartridge Guide
  2. Using the Cartridge

3 Using the Cartridge

This chapter provides instructions for using the Oracle Communications Network Integrity IP Assimilation Cartridge in Network Integrity.

Discovering Links Between Devices

The Assimilate IP Links scan is used to discover links between devices provided in the scope of the scan.

To create an Assimilate IP Links scan:

  1. Create a new scan.

    For more information, see Network Integrity Online Help.

  2. On the General tab, do the following:

    1. From the Scan Action list, select Assimilate IP Links. The Scan Type field displays Assimilation.

    2. On the Scope tab, select MIB-II SNMP discovery scan of devices which discovers and passes the information to the assimilate scan to discover links.

  3. Save and run the scan.

Importing IP Links from UIM

The Import IP Links scan is used to import connectivities from UIM.

To create an Import IP Links scan:

  1. Create a new scan.

    For more information, see Network Integrity Online Help

  2. On the General tab, do the following:

    1. From the Scan Action list, select Import IP Links from UIM.

      The Scan Type field displays Import.

    2. In the Scan Action Parameters section, IP Links Import Parameters is selected by default. Fill the required parameters of the logical device if needed.

  3. Save and run the scan.

Note:

In the initial import scan before reconciliation of IP links, empty inventory groups will be created on Network Integrity as result for the logic devices found on UIM. The import scan should be run at least once before reconciling the IP links.

Populating UIM with Discovered IP Connectivities

This procedure describes steps to populate UIM with data discovered by the Assimilate IP Links action.

Note:

It is assumed here that the devices passed as input to assimilation scan are reconciled to UIM before reconciling IP Links between those devices. This can be done using actions provided in MIB-II UIM cartridge. It is necessary to reconcile the devices discovered in the MIB-II SNMP scan and assign property location to them on UIM.

To populate UIM with discovered data:

  1. Create a new scan.

    For more information, see Network Integrity Online Help.

  2. On the General tab, do the following:

    1. From the Scan Action list, select Assimilate IP Links. The Scan Type field displays Assimilation.

    2. Select Detect Discrepancies.

  3. On the Scope tab, select the MIB-II SNMP discovery scan for the devices which need to be passed as input to assimilate scan to discover links.

  4. Save and run the scan.

  5. Reconcile the discovery scan devices provided as input to Assimilation scan. For more information, see Network Integrity MIB-II UIM Cartridge Guide.

  6. Assign property locations to devices on UIM.

  7. Create a new scan.

  8. On the General tab, do the following:

    1. From the Scan Action list, select Import IP Links from UIM.

      The Scan Type field displays Import.

    2. In the Scan Action Parameters section, IP Links Import Parameters is selected by default. Fill the required parameters of the logical device if needed.

  9. Save and run the scan. The logical devices should be present as part of the scan result.

  10. Rerun the MIB-II SNMP discovery scan.

    The scan generates Entity+ discrepancies for each discovered device.

  11. Right-click on the discrepancies you want to populate into UIM and select Correct IP Links in UIM.

  12. Click Submit.

  13. Verify that UIM is populated with the discovered data.