VMware Aria Operations for Networks supports multiple series of Huawei Cloud Engine switches.
Prerequisites
You must verify the following information:
- The data source and its version is supported in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. For more information, see Supported Products and Versions.
- The data source follows VMware Ports and Protocols supported in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. For more information, see VMware Ports and Protocols.
You must have at least Read-Only permissions.
Procedure
- From the left navigation pane, go to .
- Click Add Source.
- Under Routers & Switches, select Huawei 6800/7800/8800 Series and provide the required details.
Option Action Collector VM Select a collector VM from the drop-down menu. IP Address/FQDN Enter the IP address or the FQDN details. Username Enter the user name. Password Enter the password. - Click Validate.
- To enable a richer data collection, click Use SNMP (recommended for richer data collection) check box, and do the following:
- From the SNMP Version drop-down menu, select an SNMP version. Depending on which version of SNMP you have selected, do the following:
Option Action 2c In the Community String text box, enter a community string. 3 - Enter Username, Context Name.
- From the Authentication Type drop-down, select an authentication type and enter the Authentication Password.
- From the Privacy Type drop-down, select a privacy type and enter the Privacy Password.
- From the SNMP Version drop-down menu, select an SNMP version. Depending on which version of SNMP you have selected, do the following:
- Define the polling interval for the configuration data collection. You can set the polling interval from 10 minutes to 7 days.
- Preset - Select the interval time from the predefined time set.
- Custom Interval - Set a value and select Minutes, Hours, and Days.
- Fixed Schedule - Select the days and set the time to schedule the interval.
- (Optional) In the Nickname text box, enter a nickname.
- (Optional) In the Notes text box, add a note if necessary.
- Click Submit.
What to do next
- VM-VM path
- VM Underlay topology
- Huawei Router or Switch dashboard
- Metrics: Switch port and router interface metrics
- Dashboards
- Huawei Router or Switch
- Router Interfaces
- Port Channels
- Switch Ports
- Routes
- High availability: supports M-LAG (Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation) and VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)
- Searches
- VRF (Virtual routing and forwarding) of Huawei
- Router Interface of Huawei
- Switch port of Huawei
- Port Channel of Huawei
- Routes in Huawei
- Huawei NetStream data monitoring