General settings and assumptions

This topic covers the general settings and assumptions for integrating BMC Network Automation and Entuity. It includes the following sections:

• Syslog considerations
• Mapping display names and host names
• Changing web server port settings

Syslog considerations

Both Entuity and BMC Network Automation Device Agent can run a syslog server, and the port on which syslog events are received can be configured to a specified value for both the applications.

See Configuring-Entuity-to-send-notifications-to-BMC-Network-Automation and Administering-remote-device-agents for instructions on configuring syslog settings.

One possible configuration is to have Entuity and a BMC Network Automation remote device agent running on the same platform and to enable just the remote device agent to listen to system events on port 514.

To disable syslog listening in Entuity

1. Edit the following file:
   • (Microsoft Windows): EYE_INSTALL\etc\startup_WIN32.cfg
   • (UNIX): EYE_INSTALL/etc/startup_UNIX.cfg

2. Change state=normal to state=none in the following section:

   [syslogger]
   state=normal
   capabilities=polling
   type=command
   start=${ENTUITY_HOME}\bin\syslogger
   directory=${LOGDIR}
   is_critical=n
   memorylimitmb=4000
3. Restart the Entuity server services.

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Mapping display names and host names

With respect to the device database in both the systems, the following table describes how the device name and host name/IP address fields are mapped from Entuity during device database import into BMC Network Automation.

Entuity	BMC Network Automation
Name	Name
Polled IP Address	Host Name/IP Address

To check the Entuity values

1. Launch the Entuity Component Viewer and log on.
2. Expand the folders under the views (that is, Regional, Regional Infrastructure) until you get to the Devices folder.
   Within the Devices folder, you find folders corresponding to your network devices.
3. Select a network device.
    Its Name appears in the General tab which is the default tab. Its Polled IP Address is next to the IP Addresses field.

To check the BMC Network Automation device values

1. In the BMC Network Automation GUI, open the Devices page by navigating to Network > Devices.
   
   The device name is listed in the Name column and host name/IP address is listed in the Address column.
2. If you need to review the details or change, click the Edit icon in the Actions column for your device.

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Changing web server port settings

Both Entuity and BMC Network Automation run web servers; therefore if both the applications are running on the same host, you must be careful that that is no HTTP and/or HTTPS port conflict.

A common configuration is to leave BMC Network Automation at its default settings of 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), and set Entuity to use 8082 (Web Port), 8080 (Tomcat Port), 18005 (Tomcat Admin Port), and 8443 (HTTPS).

To change Entuity web server port settings

Re-run the configure program:

• (Windows): EYE_INSTALL\install\configure
  or
  EYE_INSTALL\install\configure text
• (UNIX): /EYE_INSTALL/install/configure text

To change BMC Network Automation web server port settings

Re-run the InstallShield program, leaving all values at defaults except for the Web Server Port values.

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