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IDP – Connectivity: Can I create DCF connections which aren’t based on LLDP tables

Solved1.50K views7th July 2023Automation connectivity DCF DCF Connections IDP
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Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler]9.44K 13th January 2023 0 Comments

Hi Dojo,

Is there a way that IDP can create DCF connections which aren't based on LLDP data?

In my case I have a DOM object which is a list of devices and a DOM object containing the connections between those devices.
I've already succeeded with automation scripting to let IDP create the elements for those devices, but now I need to setup the DCF connections between them.

In case IDP doesn't support this, is there a way that I can do it from Automation?

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023

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Edson Alfaro [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]1.38K Posted 13th January 2023 0 Comments

Hi Jens,

The way IDP works with LLDP tables is through an automation script that collects the data from the LLDP tables in the elements and then makes the relations with the DCF interfaces available, at the end all the information is sent to the IDP Connectivity element which is in charge to create the connections between the devices.

Having said that, you could create an automation script that instead of looking at the LLDP tables in elements, it should go to your DOM object to find which interfaces make match with the DCF ones and at the end the information will be passed out to the IDP Connectivity element in its Connections table so it will be able to provision DCF connections.

Regards.

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023
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Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst]18.56K Posted 15th January 2023 2 Comments

Hi Jens,

For a use case we were able to use IDP to provision elements and DCF connections using an external inventory as data source. This external data source exposes a API that is polled from an element manager that redirect the provisioning actions to IDP activities (using Process Automation). You could reuse these scripts to request to IDP to the create DCF connections.

Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Posted new comment 16th January 2023
Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented 15th January 2023

Hi Miguel, Would it be possible that I can reuse the code to create the DCF connections without using Process Automation?

Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] commented 16th January 2023

Hi Jens,
I believe you can reuse parts of the automation script. We can double check internally your use case and see what could be the best approach

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Rene De Posada [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]1.89K Posted 14th January 2023 2 Comments

Hi Jens,

Expanding on Edson's response, for as long as the connectivity script has access to the DCF configuration (we have used flat files in the past, but if access to DOM is possible then that would also work) and the element contains the appropriate interface configuration (even if virtual) the IDP connectivity connector (Catalog (dataminer.services)) can create the DCF traces for all elements.

The connector makes use of especial DLLs that make the process rather simple, so I do recommend making use of the standard procedure (connectivity scrip -> discovery connector).

Rene De Posada [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 19th January 2023
Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented 15th January 2023

Hi Rene, The goal is that the DCF connections are created on the fly. With the connectivity script I still need to a) select elements and b) click on the connectivity discovery button.
I’m looking for a way that I can do all of this immediately from inside my main script

Rene De Posada [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented 19th January 2023

Jens, we have done similar integration using scripts and the scheduler, which can help with the recurrency. I see two types of scripts here: 1 to make sure the needed relations from DOM are available, and the other in charge of executing the DCF relations. Let’s sync if necessary because we might be able to help.

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