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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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Chapter 4 Modifying IPM Components
Adding Components Using Seed Files
Adding Components Using Seed Files
In addition to defining source routers, targets, and collectors from their respective Configuration
windows, you can define them using seed files. A seed file is a text file containing the information
required to define one or more components. This is especially useful if you must add a large number of
sources, targets, or collectors quickly.
You must create a separate seed file for each type of component. For example, you cannot mix source
router definitions and collector definitions in the same seed file.
The following sections provide detailed information about seed files:
• Creating a Seed File
• Loading Components From a Seed File
• Viewing Seed File Output Files
Creating a Seed File
To create a source router, target, or collector seed file:
Step 1 Using any text editor, create a component-specific seed file following the format described in Seed File
Syntax.
Sample seed files for each type of component are shown in Sample Source Seed File, Sample Target Seed
File, and Sample Collector Seed File.
Step 2 Save the source router seed file as a text file.
The following table lists the default IPM seed file names and directories.
If you installed IPM in a directory other than the default directory, you must specify that directory
instead of /opt (for Solaris) or C:\Program Files\Internetwork Performance Monitor\ (for Windows).
Platform
Default Seed
File Name Default Seed File Directory
Solaris srcfile /opt/CSCOipm/etc/source
trgtfile /opt/CSCOipm/etc/target
collfile /opt/CSCOipm/etc/collector
Windows srcfile C:\Program Files\Internetwork Performance
Monitor\Server\etc\source
trgtfile C:\Program Files\Internetwork Performance
Monitor\Server\etc\target
collfile C:\Program Files\Internetwork Performance
Monitor\Server\etc\collector