The following is a description of the Reconcile Options available for the Port objects:
Please note:
▪that Ports in IMS are always created according to their related Card, Equipment, or Shelf Templates, so when we talk about reconciling ports we are referring to port properties that might be added, updated, or deleted according to what turns up in a reconcile run i.e., MTU details, Comments, etc.
▪that Sub interfaces are logical ports in IMS and these can be sub interfaces to physical, internal, and Vm ports - which can be directly reconciled from information gained from the NMS.
Reconcile Options – reconcile to the IMS database the following: |
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Ports |
These are the physical ports i.e., GE-0/1/2 , HU3/0/2/0 , ETH1/2 Physical Port sub interfaces i.e., GE-0/1/2.200 , HU3/0/2/0.5 , ETH1/2.914 |
Internal Ports |
These are internal ports - i.e., loopback, link aggregation ports, bundled ethernet Internal Port sub interfaces i.e., BE14 , LOOP1, BE14.100, LOOP1.0 |
Vm Ports |
Typically these refer to MPLS virtual ports - i.e., Bridge Domain ports GI0/0/2.SI10 (SI = service instance), VRF (Virtual Route Forwarding) , ports of a bridge domain vm (Virtual Machine) - see screenshot below |
Vm InternalPorts |
Typically these refer to MPLS virtual internal ports (Virtual Machine) - i.e., Bridge Domain - BDI10 (Bdi = Bridge Domain Interface ), VRF (Virtual Route Forwarding) - see screenshot below |
Selected Port(s) |
Reconcile only the ones with their check box ticked and that are not in IMS |
All ports |
Reconcile all the nodes in the Reconcile tables that are not in IMS |
Add |
Add any new ports discovered that are not yet in IMS |
Update |
Update any delta information in the reconcile tables |
Delete |
Delete the ports shown in the IMS reconcile data set, that have no match in the NMS [live network] |
OverwriteIpaddress |
Specific to IP addresses in the network relating to ports - works only in conjunction with the Update option |
Example of Vm (Virtual Machine) ports used in IMS at the equipment Node level
