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Network Management Extended

name:
Network management extended
description:
Provides advanced classes for network management
version:
1.1.0
release:
2021-04-01
TeemIp:
2.7
code:
teemip-network-mgmt-extended
state:
stable
keyword:
CMDB, Network
dependencies:
teemip-network-mgmt, teemip-config-mgmt-adaptor
download:
teemip-network-mgmt-extended-1.1.0-202.zip
git hub:
teemip-network-mgmt-extended

This extension adds to TeemIp data model a few advanced classes dedicated to the network world.

This module is embedded by default in TeemIp standalone. It can be deployed as an extension with TeemIp as a module.

Revision History

Version Release Date Comments
3.0.0 2022-01-11 TeemIp / iTop 3.x compatible version
Status of IPs is now handled when attached to or detached from a Network Cluster
1.1.0 2021-04-01 Sample data have been added to the extension.
VLAN model has been enhanced with new attributes - Tag is now an integer: beware when migrating !
Align extension structure with new guidelines
1.0.0 2020-12-11 Initial revision

Features

With TeemIp Network Management Extended:

  • Group interfaces together through Aggregate Links,
  • Manage high availability, high performance or load balancing clusters,
  • Add components like power supplies, management boards… to network devices,
  • Use topological object to manage speeds, layer 2 protocols and connectors on your IP Interfaces.

Licensing

The TeemIp Network Management Extended extension is licensed under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify TeemIp under certain conditions. Read the ’license.txt’ file in the TeemIp distribution. TeemIp is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Limitations

There is no specific limitations with that extension.

Requirements

There is no specific requirement with that extension. TeemIp Network Management Extended is anyway already embedded in TeemIp standalone starting with TeemIp 2.7.

When installed on an iTop application, make sure that 'IPAM for iTop' is installed as well.

Installation

Installation on a TeemIp standalone is done with the application itself, through the setup.

When adding the module on an iTop application, follow the Standard installation process.

Configuration

No specific configuration is required in TeemIp's configuration file or in IP configs for that extension.

Should you need to group several physical interfaces on your network device to model trunking in the HP world or Ether Channel in the Cisco one, the Aggregate Link class will allow you to do so. FIXME 1:1 relation to be documented

Name Type Mandatory?
General Information
Name Alphanumeric string Yes
MAC address Formated alphanumeric string No
Protocol Foreign key to a(n) Layer 2 Protocol No
Status Possible values: Active, Inactive No
Device Foreign key to a(n) Network Device Yes
Peer aggregate Foreign key to a(n) peer aggregate No
Description Multiline character string No

Tabs

Tab Description
Physical interfaces All the physical interfaces that make the aggregate

In the Overview menu of the Configuration Management module, find the Network group and the Aggregate Link dashlet within that group. Click on it and select the item you are interested in:

TeemIp will handle the relation with a peer aggregate like a 1:1 relation. When the link is set on one Aggregate Link, it is automatically set on the other side and when it is removed, it is automatically removed from the other side as well.

Cluster Network

This class allows you to group network devices together to create a high availability, high performance or load balancing cluster.

Cluster Network Properties

Name Type Mandatory?
General Information
Name Alphanumeric string Yes
Organization Foreign key to a(n) Organization Yes
Status Possible values: Implementation, Production No
Business criticality Possible values: Low, Medium, High No
More Information
Type Possible values: High availability, High performance, Load balancing No
Mode Possible values: Active / Active, Active / Passive, Active / Standby No
Dates
Move to production date Date (year-month-day) No
Other information
Description Multiline character string No

Tabs

Tab Description
Contacts All the contacts for this configuration item
Documents All the documents linked to this configuration item
Application solutions All the application solutions for this configuration item
Nodes List of all network devices within the cluster (1)
IP Addresses List of all IP addresses used by the cluster
Devices List of all the devices connected to this cluster network (2)
  • (1) The role (Ative or Standby) that appears on the link between a node and the cluster is defined at the node side.
  • (2) This list is actually automatically computed from the list of CIs connected to each of the nodes of the cluster. The list doesn't check if the CIs are connected to each of the nodes. This is however what TeemIp considers for its impact analysis.

Creating a new Cluster Network

Click on the “New CI” menu, then select “Cluster Network” in the form below:

And click “Apply” to display the Cluster Network creation form:

When listing the nodes, redundancy parameters can be set so that impact analysis can take availability of all cluster members into consideration.

The extension changes a bit the way impact analysis on network devices is done. If a network device belongs to a cluster, then the CIs attached to it will not be directly impacted by it any more but through the cluster. This is what highlights the picture below.

Network Device Component

Network devices may be made of different components: power supplies, management board… That class allow you to register them in TeemIp's CMDB.

Network Device Component Properties

Name Type Mandatory?
General Information
Name Alphanumeric string Yes
Organization Foreign key to a(n) Organization Yes
Status Possible values: Implementation, Obsolete, Production, Stock No
Business criticality Possible values: Low, Medium; High No
Location Foreign key to a(n) Location No
Network Device Foreign key to a(n) Network Device No
More Information
Brand Foreign key to a(n) Brand No
Model Foreign key to a(n) Model No
Serial number Alphanumeric string No
Asset number Alphanumeric string No
Dates
Move to production date Date (year-month-day) No
Purchase date Date (year-month-day) No
End of warranty Date (year-month-day) No
Other information
Description Multiline character string No

Tabs

Tab Description
Contacts All the contacts for this configuration item
Documents All the documents linked to this configuration item

Displaying a Network Device Component

In the Overview menu of the Configuration Management module, find the Network Device Component dashlet, click on it and select the item you are interested in:

VLAN

TeemIp Network Management Extended alters and enhances the Virtual LAN class properties but leaves the tabs unchanged.

VLAN Properties

Name Type Mandatory?
Tag Integer Yes
Name Alphanumeric string No
Organization Foreign key to a(n) Organization Yes
Status Possible values: Reserved, Unused, Used No
Type Possible values: MAC address based, Network based, Port based, Protocol based No
Description Multiline character string No

Tabs

Tab Description
Subnets Subnets (v4 or v6) which are part of this VLAN
Physical network interfaces Physical interfaces which are part of this VLAN
Logical network interfaces Logical interfaces which are part of this VLAN
Interfaces' IPs IPs of all logical and physical interfaces attached to the VLAN

Displaying a VLAN

In the Overview menu of the Configuration Management module, find the Network group, click on it and select the item you are interested in the list:

When migrating from previous version, the extension will copy the old 'VLAN tag' attribute in the name and will preset the tag to '0'. A CSV export / import needs to be done in order to correct the VLAN's name and set the proper Tag value.

Typology Elements

Three new typological elements are brought by the extension:

Name Description Attributes Example
Interface Connector Physical connector used on a physical interface Name, Description, List of physical interfaces using it RJ45
Layer 2 Protocol Layer 2 protocol used on a network interface Name, Description, List of network interfaces using it Ethernet, Trunking
Interface Speed Speed available on a network interface Name, Description, List of network interfaces using it 10 Gb/s

The extension groups network specific typological elements in a dedicated dashlet.

These typological elements change the different interfaces as follows:

Logical Interface

  • Speed attribute (string) is replaced by a foreign key toward a Interface Speed,
  • Foreign key toward Layer 2 Protocol is added

Network Device Virtual Interface

  • Speed attribute (string) is replaced by a foreign key toward a Interface Speed,
  • Foreign key toward Layer 2 Protocol is added

Physical Interface

  • Speed attribute (string) is replaced by a foreign key toward a Interface Speed,
  • Foreign key toward Layer 2 Protocol is added
  • Foreign key toward Connector is added

Note that the extension adds as well a foreign key toward an Aggregate Link.

extensions/teemip-network-mgmt-extended.1641893670.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/01/11 10:34 by cnaud