Configuring the collation.properties file entries

The sensor uses the following entries in the collation.properties file:

com.ibm.cdb.discover.sensor.net.BridgeSnmpSensor.dot1dTpFdbStatus

This property specifies the values of the dot1dTpFdbStatus object.

By default, TADDM supports values 1, 3, and 5.

If you use network switches that support other values than the default ones, add this property to the collation.property file with the specified values.

com.collation.discover.agent.net.BridgeSnmpAgent.filterCiscoTrunkPort

This property specifies whether the sensor ignores the discovery of MAC addresses on the trunk ports of Cisco devices.

In TADDM 7.3.0.2 and earlier, the default value is false, which means that MAC addresses are discovered. If you want to disable it, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to true.

Important: If you set this property to true, you must also enable the CDP Protocol for the discovery switches, and you must enable the CdpSensor in the discovery profile.

In TADDM 7.3.0.3, and later, the default value is true. To enable the discovery of MAC addresses on trunk ports, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to false.

com.collation.discover.agent.net.BridgeSnmpAgent.filterLLDPTrunkPort

This property specifies whether the sensor ignores the discovery of MAC addresses on the FDB switch trunk ports.

In TADDM 7.3.0.2, the default value is false, which means that MAC addresses are discovered. If you want to disable it, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to true.

Important: If you set this property to true, you must also enable the LLDP Protocol for the discovery switches, and you must enable the LldpSensor in the discovery profile.

In TADDM 7.3.0.3, and later, the default value is true. To enable the discovery of MAC addresses on trunk ports, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to false.

com.collation.discover.agent.net.BridgeSnmpAgent.filterExtremeTrunkPort

This property specifies whether the sensor ignores the discovery of MAC addresses on the trunk ports of Extreme devices.

In TADDM 7.3.0.2, the default value is false, which means that MAC addresses are discovered. If you want to disable it, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to true.

Important: If you set this property to true, you must also enable the EDP Protocol for the discovery switches, and you must enable the ExtremeVlanSensor in the discovery profile.

In TADDM 7.3.0.3, and later, the default value is true. To enable the discovery of MAC addresses on trunk ports, add this property to the collation.properties file and set it to false.

com.collation.discover.agent.BridgeSnmpAgent.MACAddressPrefixSkipList

This property skips MAC addresses from a network device. Use this property to filter desktops and any other physical devices, when TADDM scans network devices.

The value of this property is a list of comma-separated MAC address prefixes that are matched with the entries that the sensor finds in the Forwarding Database table. When a MAC address and an entry from the table match, the device is ignored.