A major part of configuring Network Protocol Manager involves the setting of user configuration parameters in the files that are identified in User configuration files for Network Protocol Manager.

Table 1. User configuration files for Network Protocol Manager

Directory under BASEDIR

Filename

Description

Object configured by this file

smarts/conf/bgp

bgp.conf

Described in “Description of bgp.conf” on page 27.

File in which you customize Network Protocol Manager for BGP discovery.

MSI_AdapterManager::BGP-Adapter-Manager

This object is the topology manager for Network Protocol Manager for BGP.

smarts/conf/eigrp

eigrp.conf

Described in “Description of eigrp.conf” on page 30.

File in which you customize Network Protocol Manager for EIGRP discovery.

MSI_AdapterManager::EIGRP-Adapter-Manager

This object is the topology manager for Network Protocol Manager for EIGRP.

smarts/conf/isis

isis.conf

Described in “Description of isis.conf” on page 31.

File in which you customize Network Protocol Manager for IS-IS discovery.

MSI_AdapterManager::ISIS-Adapter-Manager

This object is the topology manager for Network Protocol Manager for IS-IS.

smarts/conf/ospf

ospf.conf

Described in “Description of ospf.conf” on page 33.

File in which you customize Network Protocol Manager for OSPF discovery.

MSI_AdapterManager::OSPF-Adapter-Manager

This object is the topology manager for Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

As with most VMware Smart Assurance configuration files, the bgp.conf, eigrp.conf, isis.conf, and ospf.conf files are used to set attributes for certain objects within a Domain Manager’s environment when the Domain Manager starts up. The parameters and their values in a configuration file become the attributes and their values for the created objects.