Just a thought...
HSRP Addresses are seen in the ipNetToMediaEntry table and can be recognized
by the Physical Address pattern of 00 00 0c 07 ac xx where xx is the HSRP
Group Number in hex.
Doug...
Douglas W. Stevenson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf Of Leslie Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 3:23 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Re: Cisco HSRP
>
>
> Here's a re-post of one I sent a couple of weeks ago, excerpted
> from the handouts from a product update I attended in late '97:
>
> "
> - HSRP IP addresses are reported only in the ARP table and not in
> the IP address table. This causes the IP discovery problem.
> - netmon identifies an HSRP IP address when it polls the HSRP IP address
> but the IP address is not in the HSRP node's IP address table.
> - If it is an HSRP IP address, netmon tries to find a node which
> has the same IP addresses as in the IP address table and the
> same sysDescr.
> - (If netmon cannot find a match, netmon discards this IP
> address. The HSRP IP address will reappear in the next
> discovery period.)
> - When a matching node is located, an HSRP interface is created
> for that node.
> - netmon polls sysName to decide if a HSRP IP address has been taken over.
> (Different routers should have different sysNames.)
> - (polling takes place at "status check" intervals - eg 5 minutes)
> - If an HSRP IP address is taken over by another router, netmon will
> delete the HSRP interface from the old router and move it to the
> new HSRP router.
> - Events IBM_NVHSRPDEL and IBM_NVHSRPADD are generated.
> - SInce HSRP is not reported by SNMP agents, demandpoll will not
> help solve the problems of HSRP.
> - WHen experiencing an HSRP problem, the easy way to fix it is to
> delete the HSRP interface and ping the HSPR IP address to
> lent netmon rediscover it.
> "
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me if Netview 5.1 supports Cisco's Hot Standby Routing
> (HSRP) Protocol ?
>
> Regards
>
> Mogamat
>
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