How to Discover Load Balancers

This task explains how to discover load balancers and includes the following steps:

1. Prerequisites

   Run the Host Connection by SNMP job to discover and create SNMP CIs which answer the following requirements:

   • To be the trigger query for the Alteon application switch by SNMP job with the following condition:

     

     SNMP OID Like 1.3.6.1.4.1.1872.2.5%

   • To be the trigger query for the F5 BIG-IP LTM by SNMP job with the following condition:

     

     SNMP OID Like 1.3.6.1.4.1.3375%

   • To be the trigger query for the Cisco CSS by SNMP job with the following condition:

     

     SNMP OID Like 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.368% OR 1.3.6.1.4.1.2467%

   • To be the trigger query for the Citrix NetScaler by SNMP job with the following condition:

     

     SNMP OID Equal 1.3.6.1.4.1.5951.1

   For credential information, see Supported Protocols.

2. Run the discovery

   • Host Connection by SNMP. For details on the prerequisites to running a load balancer job, see Prerequisites.

   • Run any of the following jobs:

     • F5 BIG-IP LTM by SNMP

     • Alteon application switch by SNMP

     • Cisco CSS by SNMP
     • Citrix NetScaler by SNMP

     For details on running jobs, refer to "Module/Job-Based Discovery" in the Data Flow Management section of the UCMDB Help.