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  • 1.  How to display Device Model information in sevone

    Posted Mon January 22, 2024 04:55 AM

    Most of the Network monitoring tools are able to display the Device model information via SNMP. Do we have any way out in Sevone to display similar details ? We are looking for some workaround to display that information without any manual update in Metadata.

    sample  model info -- CISCO Catalyst 9600, Cisco Nexus 9300 etc.

    Any leads will be helpful.



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    AKHIL Raj
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  • 2.  RE: How to display Device Model information in sevone

    Posted Mon January 22, 2024 09:55 AM

    Hello Akhil,

    SevOne populates the MIB-2 sysDescription value in the SevOne.sysDescr field (shown here as Version):

    If you want to have a cleaner description, you would need to parse the sysDescr field and add it as a new metadata field, or you could update metadata for devices using an Excel spreadsheet and the SevOne API.  We have a Rapid Network Automation (SANO) workflow that allows you to update metadata fields easily from a spreadsheet if you choose that path.



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    Tim Greenside
    Senior Global Solutions Architect
    IBM
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  • 3.  RE: How to display Device Model information in sevone

    Posted Wed January 24, 2024 05:34 AM

    Thank you Tim for the update ,  it would be helpful if you can assist me with  any techdoc to try out the 1st method -parse the sysDescr field and add it as a new metadata field ? 



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    AKHIL Raj
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  • 4.  RE: How to display Device Model information in sevone

    Posted Wed January 29, 2025 11:28 AM
    Edited by Tim Greenside Wed January 29, 2025 11:29 AM

    Hello Akhil,

    I posted an IBM Rapid Network Automation workflow in the community that takes model information from the ENTITY-MIB and adds it to device metadata in SevOne. 

    https://community.ibm.com/community/user/aiops/blogs/tim-greenside/2025/01/16/adding-useful-device-asset-metadata-from-the-entit?CommunityKey=fe9d91df-352c-4846-9060-189fd98d00ca

    Also, I heard from engineering that SevOne discovery will automatically add ENTITY-MIB metadata to devices in SevOne v7.2 when it is released.



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    Tim Greenside
    Senior Global Solutions Architect
    IBM
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