4.7
Interface Template
Interface templates specify behavior for specific interface
types. AutoNOC includes templates for all of the IETF SNMP defined interface types. The
following screenshot shows some of the interface templates available in AutoNOC.
4.7.1 IETF Type and Name
Each interface template requires a definition of an IETF
Interface ID which is an industry standard for SNMP interface types. Additionally
there is a name given to the interface type by the standards body. Typically the user will
not need to modify these, but it is theoretically possible for new interface types to
appear that a user might want to create and support. As shown in the following screenshot,
we do allow the user to specify and customize the IETF interface IDs and names.
4.7.2 Allowed Probes
One useful feature of interface templates is the ability to
restrict AutoNOC's discovery capability to only a certain set of probes, rather than all
that are possible. An example configuration is shown in the following screenshot:
The ability to limit by probe for
interfaces is helpful in many scenarios. For instance, you might not want certain probes
discovered for a certain interface type, such as an Output Queue probe on a Fast
Ethernet 100BaseT interface. |
