By default, MPLS Manager is configured to add an IP Availability Manager named INCHARGE-AM as a source of:

  • Router topology and CLI device-access objects for the MPLS Topology Server.

  • Router status updates for the MPLS Analysis Server through the MPLS Monitoring Server.

    You can edit the mpls.conf file to change this name or to configure additional IP Availability Managers as sources for the MPLS Topology Server. The object definition to be edited is:

    InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM {
       Type = "AM"
       DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM"
       DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM"
}

    The object definition serves as a template for specifying IP Availability Managers as sources for the MPLS Topology Server.

    To change the default IP Availability Manager name, or to add an additional IP Availability Manager as a source for the MPLS Topology Server:

    1. Go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory in the MPLS Management Suite installation area and type the following command to open the mpls.conf file:

                           sm_edit conf/mpls-t/mpls.conf

    2. Find the section, Instances of AM Server, and then find the following object definition:

      InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_INCHARGE-AM {
       Type = "AM"
       DomainName = "INCHARGE-AM"
       DisplayName = "INCHARGE-AM"
}

    3. Make the following edits to the object definition:

    4. On the InChargeDomain and DomainName lines, change INCHARGE-AM to the name of your IP Availability Manager.

    5. On the DisplayName line, change INCHARGE-AM to the name that you want to see for the IP Availability Manager in the Global Console.

      Example of a customized object definition for IP Availability Manager:

      InChargeDomain::InChargeDomain_ASIA-AM1 {
       Type = "AM"
       DomainName = "ASIA-AM1"
       DisplayName = "ASIA-AM1"
}

    6. To specify additional IP Availability Manager sources, copy and paste additional versions of the InChargeDomain object definition, and then follow the directions given in step 3.

    7. Save and close the file.

      The modified version of the mpls.conf file is saved to the BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/mpls-t directory.

    8. If the MPLS Topology Server was running before you edited the mpls.conf file, restart the MPLS Topology Server.

      At startup, the MPLS Topology Server:

  • Reads the mpls.conf file.

  • Loads the file’s configuration information to the repository.

  • Imports router topology and CLI device-access objects from the one or more IP Availability Manager sources.

    If an IP Availability Manager source is not running, the MPLS Topology Server will periodically attempt to connect to the IP Availability Manager.