Sequence required to add Cisco devices
When adding new Cisco switches to OpManager I have noticed the following:
If you add the device IP address to OpManager before you configure the SNMP settings on the switch, OpManager will constantly report alarms for various interfaces (even if you have turned status polling off on those interfaces) even after adding the SNMP settings to the switch. And for some reason these alarms also include the System UpTime field. Rediscovering the interfaces does not fix this.
I have found that if I configure the SNMP settings on the switch and then add the IP address to OpManager that it works correctly and I don't see any of these alarms.
I have seen this with a lot of Cisco 3750's that I have put into OpManager, but I also believe that I have seen it with other models too (eg, 2950, 3560, etc).
Has anyone else experienced this?
Fixing this problem with OpManager would probably save new users a lot of time troubleshooting a problem that doesn't exist.
If you add the device IP address to OpManager before you configure the SNMP settings on the switch, OpManager will constantly report alarms for various interfaces (even if you have turned status polling off on those interfaces) even after adding the SNMP settings to the switch. And for some reason these alarms also include the System UpTime field. Rediscovering the interfaces does not fix this.
I have found that if I configure the SNMP settings on the switch and then add the IP address to OpManager that it works correctly and I don't see any of these alarms.
I have seen this with a lot of Cisco 3750's that I have put into OpManager, but I also believe that I have seen it with other models too (eg, 2950, 3560, etc).
Has anyone else experienced this?
Fixing this problem with OpManager would probably save new users a lot of time troubleshooting a problem that doesn't exist.