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AttributeGroup (Vendor Certification)

The following example illustrates the AttributeGroup section of your custom vendor certification. This section identifies the attributes (variable OIDs) of a particular table in the vendor MIB that are used to map raw device data. This data is mapped to the performance metrics and the configuration data that is defined in a metric family.

You set the AttributeGroup/list and AttributeGroup/external properties to true, as shown in the example XML in the previous illustration. These properties specify that each attribute represents a list of values that is obtained from an external source (a MIB table). The following information summarizes the XML elements to customize.

AttributeGroup/name

Specifies the attribute group name.

Recommendation: Conform to "<FacetType/name>Group."

Can be updated: Yes

Possible values: Plain text

Effect of updating: None

Documentation

(Optional) Specifies the description for the attribute group.

Can be updated: Yes

Possible values: Plain text

Effect of updating: None

UseIndex

Specifies the name of the attribute to be used as the index for this attribute group for joining multiple MIB tables.

Recommendation: Set to the value of the AttributeGroup/name property.

Can be updated: Yes

Possible values: Plain text

Effect of updating: None

More information:

AttributeGroup (Multiple MIB Tables)

IndexTagList