Discover Device Name in CM

[mcabry]

When I do a discovery wtih CM it puts the loopback address into the device name. Is there any way to make it put the hostname into the device name catagory?

[getwithrob]

That can be changed in the ANIServer.properties file.

nameserver.useloopbackaddress=true

this could also be set to false.

On unix it's:

johnsonr@nmsccm01 > pwd

/opt/CSCOpx/campus/etc/cwsi

johnsonr@nmsccm01 > ls ANIServer.properties

ANIServer.properties

johnsonr@nmsccm01 >

[mcabry]

There isn't any line

nameserver.useloopbackaddress=true

I'm trying to make it use the hostname when there isn't any dns.

[k.a.clarke]

What version are you using?

In 2.5 you can define this via:

Campus Manager Admin>Device Discovery>Discovery Settings>Use Loopback Address.

Although i've not had much luck, even using this. I had to delete the device from the database, then delete the loopback address from the DNS, then add the device again in LMS via the node name.

HTH

Keith

[mcabry]

It is currently using the loopback address for the hostname. I want it to display the hostname on the router as the hostname in ciscoworks. Reading a list of loopback addresses isn't as easy as a list of hostnames.

[k.a.clarke]

Does the DNS server your LMS box is using have entries for the loopback addresses?

[mcabry]

There is no DNS box for the network. I simply want it to pull the hostname that is written in the router config and use it in place of the loopback address.