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Property NameDescription
name

The internal name of the node. This is used for identifying and displaying the node, not for communication with the node!

host

The DNS name, unqualified host name or main IP address for this  node. Using a fully qualified DNS host name is recommended.

addresses

A list containing any secondary IP addresses that should also be associated with this node.
This list is often empty. NMIS does not use this property.

group

The (single) group that this node belongs to, which is used to control what nodes  a user is allowed to see.

notes

Free-form notes for a node, which are shown on the relevant context pages. (optional)

commentsA list of originator- and time-tagged comments for this node. (optional, supported in opEvents 2.0 and newer)
locationThe location of the node. (optional)
businessServiceThe service the node provides. (optional)

Common Properties for NMIS 9

For the new product generation, opEvents and opConfig use the same collection where NMIS 9 saves this data. The properties shown in italic are not directly interpreted by the applications and are completely optional.

Property NameDescription
uuidA unique identifier of the node
name

The internal name of the node. This is used for identifying and displaying the node, not for communication with the node!

cluster_idThe identifier for the server. Indicates that this is a local node when is the same that the cluster_id specified in the NMIS 9 config file. 
configuration.host

The DNS name, unqualified host name or main IP address for this  node. Using a fully qualified DNS host name is recommended.

configuration.addresses

A list containing any secondary IP addresses that should also be associated with this node.
This list is often empty. NMIS does not use this property.

configuration.group

The (single) group that this node belongs to, which is used to control what nodes  a user is allowed to see.

configuration.notes

Free-form notes for a node, which are shown on the relevant context pages. (optional)

configuration.commentsA list of originator- and time-tagged comments for this node. (optional, supported in opEvents 2.0 and newer)
configuration.locationThe location of the node. (optional)
configuration.businessServiceThe service the node provides. (optional)

Properties for Licensing And Activation

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Property NameDescription

connection_info.personality

The type of OS or system 'personality', which is used for determining what command sets are applicable.

connection_info.credential_set

Which credential set to use when authenticating to  this node.

connection_info.transport

Which  transport mechanism to use for connecting to this node. Valid choices are "SSH" or "Telnet".

connection_info.privileged_paging

Whether setting up paging requires privileged mode. Only relevant on Cisco PIX/ASA.

connection_info.line_endings

What line separator character(s)  to send to the node. By default the patform's 'newline' character sequence is used.

connection_info.default_continuation

The name of the phrasebook macro to use for line continuation.

connection_info.connect_optionsAny extra, non-standard options  for the connection. See the documentation for
Net::CLI::Interact for details. If present, this must be an Array in JSON format.
os_info.osThe general OS type. Required to determine what command sets are applicable.
os_info.version

The OS  Version identifier.

os_info.major

The Major Release Number extracted from the OS Version.

os_info.train

The Train of the OS version. Relevant for Cisco devices only.

os_info.platform

The OS Platform as extracted from the Version.

os_info.image

The OS Image. Relevant mainly for Cisco devices.

os_info.featureset

The  enabled Feature Sets of this system. Relevant mainly for Cisco devices.

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  This properties are accesible in the configuration hash. As an example, platform should be accessed as configuration.os_info.platform

opEvents Properties

The current version of opEvents, 1.2.6, does not make use of product-specific properties.

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