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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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Chapter 4 Modifying IPM Components
Adding Components Using Seed Files
Sample Source Seed File
A sample source seed file is shown below:
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#
# This file has example definitions for source routers.
#
# Comments starts with the "#" character
#
# The format of the file is as follows:
#
# <command><delim><hostname[|aliasname]><delim><read community><delim><write community>
#
# <delim> characters are " ;,\t" "space,semicolon,comma,tab"
#
# <hostname[|aliasname]> : Host name followed by optional aliasName
# separated with a ‘|’ (“vertical bar”)
#
# The valid commands are 'a|A' for add; 'd|D' for delete; 'u|U' for update;
#
# WARNING: Please assure the permissions on these files
# do not allow read access to all users due to
# the inclusions of SNMP community names.
#
####################################################################
#a router1 public private
#a router2 santa claus
#a router3.foobar.com open secret
Target Type (Target only) The protocol type to be used with this target. Specify one of the
following values:
1—IP. Requires an IP address or host name.
2—Cisco SAA Responder. Requires an IP address or host name and read
community string. This is an optional field.
3—SNA LU0, SNA LU2, or SNA SSCP-LU. Requires a host name.
Collector Name Name of the collector.
Source (Collector only) Name of the defined source router to use for this collector. The
source router must be already defined in IPM or in a source router seed file.
Target (Collector only) Name of the defined target device to use for this collector. The
target device must be already defined in IPM or in a target seed file.
Operation (Collector only) Name of the defined operation to use for this collector. The
operation must be already defined in IPM.
Table 4-1 Parts of a Component’s Definition (continued)
Part Description