Version

Argent Commander 3.0A-1307-B or below

Date

Friday, 28 Feb 2014

Summary

New Feature: Ability to Map Argent Predictor Values to Text

This feature may be used for the Argent Predictor Module for metrics that are represented as integers or flags

This is commonly seen in SNMP metrics where values such as ‘1’ and ‘2’ may mean ‘up’ or ‘down’ respectively

This new feature allows customers to provide a mapping so that values are returned in a humanly-readable format

Technical Background

This is configured on an enterprise-wide (NOT user-based) scale

The configuration is stored in XML\ARGSOFT_VALUE_MAPPING.XML

This XML file supports wildcards ‘*’ — here is an example:

<ARGENT>

	<!-- Wildcards (*) are supported in all cases -->


	<METRIC		OBJECT	="SNMP"		

				COUNTER	="SNMP Metric"	

				INSTANCE="ifOperStatus@*">

		<MAPPING VALUE="1" DISPLAY="Up" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="2" DISPLAY="Down" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="3" DISPLAY="Testing" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="4" DISPLAY="Unknown" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="5" DISPLAY="Dormant" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="6" DISPLAY="Not Present" />	

		<MAPPING VALUE="7" DISPLAY="Lower Layer Down" />	

	</METRIC>

</ARGENT>

Resolution

Upgrade to Argent Commander 3.0A-1401-A or above