5: SAL Gateway inventory
SAL provides inventory collection, a functionality that collects inventory information about the supported managed device and sends it to the Secure Access Concentrator Core Server for Avaya reference. The managed device provides inventory information. The SAL Gateway stores all inventory data using a Common Information Model (CIM) compliant model. Users may view this information either at the Secure Access Concentrator Core Server or the SAL
Gateway.
The inventory feature supports support personnel who want to review managed device configuration for reference when working on tickets.
Inventory provides information such as the product type and version information for the reference of customers and Maintenance Service Providers (MSPs).
Inventory collection process
1. The Inventory component of the SAL Gateway initiates a connection to the managed device. The access methods defined for inventory support include SSHv2, Telnet and
SNMP.
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For inventory collection that uses Telnet, ensure that FTP configurations are enabled on managed devices such as CM, CMS, Intuity, and others.
Inventory on TELNET works only if you complete all necessary FTP configurations on the target device.
Inventory collection using Telnet involves FTP file transfer for inventory collection. If the device is not FTP enabled, the SAL Gateway cannot collect inventory data from the device. SSH-enabled devices that run with SFTP do not need any additional configuration for collecting inventory.
2. The SAL Gateway inventory component uses command-line or SNMP interfaces to collect inventory.
DataSource is a configuration that is required to collect the inventory information of a managed device. To collect inventory for a device, SAL Gateway needs to connect to the device, and to connect to the device, it requires configuration details such as the type of connection that needs to be established. DataSource, defined inside the managed device‟s model, provides this information. For each managed device, the type of DataSource is already defined and is configured in the SAL model.
More than one DataSource can be supported for a managed device. In that case, you have to configure all supported DataSources for the managed device. For some managed devices with specific DataSource implementation, you do not need to provide any additional input for inventory collection.
DataSource can be of the following types: syncDataSource, asyncDataSource, snmpDataSource, and WindowsSource.
Collection by means of snmpDataSource
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