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thagmann_128177
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Oct 22, 2004

BIGIP Model #'s - Is there a Unique Key?

F5,

 

 

We need to be able to distinguish our BIGIP Model 's from each other (Ex: tell a BIGIP 5100 vs. a BIGIP 6400) and we were wondering 2 things:

 

 

1.) How could we best accomplish this using iControl v9.0?

 

 

2.) How could we best accomplish this using SNMP? Is there a given OID you recommend that is unique to each model?

 

 

 

The reason I ask is that usually our Tools Team uses the sysObjID to distinguish between platforms from other vendors and they mentioned that they saw the same response for a BIGIP 5100 running 9.0 that they did for a BIGIP 6400 running 9.0. Perhaps there is a better OID we should be using though.

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

-Tom
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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Oct 22, 2004
    1. How could we best accomplish this using iControl v9.0

    In v9.0, we added the platform to the SystemInfo structure 

    struct SystemInformation {       
           String system_name          
           String host_name       
           String os_release       
           String os_machine       
           String os_version operating system.          
           String platform       
           String product_category       
           String chassis_serial       
           String switch_board_serial       
           String switch_board_part_revision        
           String host_board_serial       
           String host_board_part_revision       
           String annunciator_board_serial       
           String annunciator_board_part_revision          
       };       
              
 SystemInformation System::SystemInfo::get_system_information();

    You are looking for the platform member of this structure. For those interested with the 4.x platform, you can use the ITCMLocalLB::Global::get_system_type() method.

    2.) How could we best accomplish this using SNMP? Is there a given OID you recommend that is unique to each model?

    I just verified with our SNMP developers that we currently do not expose the platform type via SNMP.

    -Joe

  • thagmann_128177's avatar
    thagmann_128177
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    Oct 23, 2004
    Joe,

     

     

    Glad to see it is iControl. I may have to follow up with the SNMP guys on it as well.

     

     

    Thanks for the help as always,

     

     

    -tom