can Infoblox devices be discovered?

[kranthi18]

Hello,

can Infoblox devices be discovered?

Can Infoblox device be discovered like any other device ? what port and protocol will be used.

We are not looking to integrate infoblox and Snow. 

Thanks,

kranthi.

[Andrew Westerv4]

Sounds like your network engineers never updated it from the default name. I'd suggest having them update it in the Grid Manager Properties and give it a proper name.

[SimonDi]

Hi Sandeep

You will need the MIB files as per the below 🙂

[Efra Pruneda]

Hello, this will be my first time adding a sub-class and creating a pattern to scan InfoBlox servers. I wonder if someone with experience would be kind to respond these two questions:

1. I think is necesary to add a subclass to store InfoBlox servers in the database. should this class be a subclass under computer/server or under network gear?

2. while watching Doug's video as a guide on how to build a custom SNMP classifier and pattern: Create a simple SNMP Classifier. The patterns edition I see that an important step is to obtain and upload a MIB file. is this something I can get directly from infoblox? is is this a necesary step. I will deeply appreciate suggestions on where to get such file.

thank you so much in advance!

Efra

[Andrew Westerv4]

1. I've been classifying Infoblox appliances as servers since they are virtualized by vCenter and I wanted to reconcile them with their virtual machine relationships.

2. While it's not mandatory to get the MIB for the manufacturer, it's useful when you are querying for vendor-specific attributes. For example, if you wanted to retrieve the model of the device (ibHardwareType) or the NIOS version (ibNiosVersion), you will need to the vendor's MIB to search for them properly.

[SimonDi]

Hi Efra.

I got the MIB files from here:

https://github.com/dainok/rrlabs/blob/master/.snmp/mibs/IB-SMI-MIB.txt

https://github.com/dainok/rrlabs/blob/master/.snmp/mibs/IB-PLATFORMONE-MIB.txt

This seems to have enough to go on for us so far.

I am classifying them as Network Appliance Hardware currently until i work out the best place to locate them - Open to suggestions 🙂

My custom pattern is picking up the information I need but it doesn't seem to want to insert into the CMDB - I'm probably overlooking something basic here (maybe i will watch video again)...
Possibly a custom probe required? anyone?

Simon