The Management Pack for Cisco Networking creates Resource Kinds and Relationships (associations) for critical resources in your Cisco Networking environment.
Resource Kinds
Performance, health, and availability data are collected for the following Cisco Networking resource kinds:
- Switch
- VSAN (MDS only)
- Port
- L3 Interface (Nexus/Catalyst only)
- HSRP Group (Nexus/Catalyst only)
- HSRP Group Member (Nexus/Catalyst only)
Relationships
Relationships among discovered resources are also created by the Management Pack. The hierarchical structure of those relationships are depicted in the diagrams below.
Cisco Networking Relationships Diagrams
| Nexus/Catalyst | MDS |
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External Relationships
The Management Pack for Cisco Networking includes the following external relationships. Note that VMware vRealize® True Visibility™ customers who are also using the Management Packs for Cisco UCS or HPE Servers can discover external relationships to the server's Fabric Interconnect.
| Ports Enabled | Ports Disable |
|---|---|
| ESXi Host > Port | ESXi Host > Switch |
| Cisco UCS/HPE Servers Fabric Interconnect > Port | Cisco UCS/ HPE Servers Fabric Interconnect > Switch |
| Virtual Machine > Port | Virtual Machine > Switch |
| Datastore > Port (MDS only) | Datastore > Switch (MDS only) |
| Fiber Channel Port > Port (MDS only) | Fiber Channel Port > Switch (MDS only) |
