The ospf.conf file contains configuration parameters that you edit to customize Network Protocol Manager for OSPF discovery. The parameters are a subset of attributes that are defined for the topology manager (OSPF-Adapter-Manager) that will run in the Network Protocol Manager for OSPF environment.

Parameters in the ospf.conf file describes the parameters in the ospf.conf file. The parameters and their values are case-sensitive.

Table 1. Parameters in the ospf.conf file

Parameter

Value

Description

Config

Regular expression: ospf

Identifies this Domain Manager configuration as Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

Note:

Do not change this parameter.

TrapPort

0, 162, 2049 to 65534

Default: 0

Enables the Network Protocol Manager for OSPF built-in trap receiver, and specifies the port used by the trap receiver to receive traps.

  • TrapPort = 0 disables the built-in trap receiver.

  • TrapPort = 162 or a value in the range 2049-to-65534 (inclusive) enables the built-in trap receiver and sets the trap port to the value specified for the parameter.

“Procedure to configure the Network Protocol Manager built-in trap receiver” on page 89 clarifies the use of this parameter.

TraceTraps

TRUE,FALSE

Default: FALSE

Determines whether trap receiver tracing for Network Protocol Manager for OSPF is enabled or disabled.

  • A value of TRUE indicates that trap receiver tracing is enabled.

  • A value of FALSE indicates that trap receiver tracing is disabled.

SyslogName

Regular expression

Default: empty string

Enables the Network Protocol Manager for OSPF built-in syslog adapter, and specifies the name of the local syslog file to be tailed by the syslog adapter.

  • SyslogName = "" (empty string) disables the built-in syslog adapter.

  • SyslogName = <full path and name of syslog file> (for example, /var/adm/messages) enables the built-in syslog adapter and sets the name of the local syslog file to be tailed to the value specified for the parameter.

Chapter 7, “Configuring Syslog Message Processing and Forwarding,” clarifies the use of this parameter.

TraceSyslog

TRUE,FALSE

Default: FALSE

Determines whether syslog adapter tracing for Network Protocol Manager for OSPF is enabled or disabled.

  • A value of TRUE indicates that syslog adapter tracing is enabled.

  • A value of FALSE indicates that syslog adapter tracing is disabled.

AdminDownFlag

TRUE,FALSE

Default: FALSE

Controls whether Network Protocol Manager for OSPF generates alarms on the OSPF neighbor relationships of OSPF interfaces that are administratively down (manually disabled).

  • A value of TRUE indicates that alarms are not generated on the OSPF neighbor relationships.

  • A value of FALSE indicates that alarms are generated on the OSPF neighbor relationships.

IsDisplayNameCustom

TRUE,FALSE

Default: FALSE

Controls whether Network Protocol Manager for OSPF accepts topology objects from the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS (the Adapter).

  • A value of TRUE indicates that topology objects from the Adapter are accepted.

  • A value of FALSE indicates that topology objects from the Adapter are not accepted.

When the Adapter is present, set the IsDisplayNameCustom parameter to TRUE. The Adapter is described in the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS User Guide.

EnableAlertsOnDynamicOSPFLinks

TRUE,FALSE

Default: TRUE

Introduced as of Network Protocol Manager 9.2.2, for OSPFNeighborRelationship, controls whether Neighbor Down alarms are notified for both IPv4 and IPv6.

If an SNMP error occurs and the value is:

  • TRUE — The Neighbor state is set as DOWN.

  • FALSE— The Neighbor state is set as UNKNOWN.

EnableOSPFPassiveInterfaceDiscovery

TRUE,FALSE

Default: TRUE

Determines the discovery of OSPF passive interfaces by Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

  • TRUE — Discovers the OSPF Passive Interfaces using CLI mechanism.

  • FALSE— Does not discover the OSPF passive interfaces.

EnableIPv6Discovery

TRUE,FALSE

Default: TRUE

Determines the discovery of IPv6 topology by Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

  • TRUE — Enables discovery of IPv6 topology.

  • FALSE— Disables discovery of IPv6 topology.

    Note:

    Applicable only for BGP, OSPF and IS-IS.

Type

AM

Indicates the type of the Domain Manager that is added as a topology source.

DomainName

INCHARGE-AM

Note:

This is the default domain name. You can use the right click option to delete it from the Domain Manager Administration Console, and then update the configuration file by commenting out the DomainName parameter.

This is the name of the IP Domain Manager that is added as a topology source.

DisplayName

INCHARGE-AM

This is the display name of the IP Domain Manager that is added as a topology source.