Creating a Custom Vendor Certification

Creating a Custom Vendor Certification

Upon a successful import, the new vendor certification is automatically added to the end of the priority list for the specified metric family. You can modify the priority list and can move your vendor certification higher in priority when needed. The vendor certification is used when discovering device support for the specified metric family.

Note: Data Aggregator provides basic and advanced methods for creating custom vendor certifications and metric families. The basic method is a simpler process, consisting of adding vendor support for existing supported technologies (metric families), using the user interface. This method meets the requirements of many users. However, the advanced method is based on the factory certification format and exposes a complete set of capabilities. This guide explains the advanced certification method. For information about the basic certification method, see the Data Aggregator Self-Certification Guide.

This section contains the following topics:

Create a Vendor Certification XML Template

Understanding the Vendor Certification XML Structure

Import a Custom Vendor Certification

Verify the Custom Vendor Certification Results

Filtering Support

Multi-MIB Table Support

Update a Custom Vendor Certification