[Devmon-devel] [ devmon-Bugs-2937033 ] Many templates share "sysdesc" in specs

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Bugs item #2937033, was opened at 2010-01-22 10:57
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Category: Templates
Group: v1.0 (example)
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: canne (canne)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Many templates share "sysdesc" in specs

Initial Comment:
I found out that the following templates share the same "sysdesc" line in the file "specs":
linux-netsnmp
compaq-server
dell-perc

This ends up in having the wrong template for Linux servers.
I got no warnings in the log for this.

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>Comment By: Buchan Milne (buchanmilne)
Date: 2011-01-23 23:12

Message:
To be more specific, even if devmon used something other than sysDescr to
identify devices, such as by sysObjectID, dell-perc is for a older Dell
server running Linux that has a:

pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.3582 /usr/sbin/percmain
statement in snmpd.conf, without overriding sysObjectID:
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10
or extending the sysOR table.

compaq-server works for HP/Compaq ProLiant servers running Windows or
Linux with HP's HPSIM/HPASM stuff, on Linux, this is net-snmp with:
dlmod cmaX /usr/lib64/libcmaX64.so
and some processes started by the hpasm service. Again, without overriding
sysObjectID, or extending sysOR table:

SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10

Contrast this to (e.g.) cisco devices

SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB::cisco2821
or
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB::cisco7304
or
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB::ciscoWSC6513


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Comment By: Buchan Milne (buchanmilne)
Date: 2010-02-04 00:00

Message:
Which is the correct template in your case?

(device identification based solely on sysDescr is wrong, but it is quite
some work to get to a better solution).

For now, you should specify the template you want with the model option in
bb-hosts, or edit the sysdesc values of the templates you don't use ...

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