Cat 6500 with DCNM 6.2(1)

Question

Hi there,
for test purposes I installed Cisco Prime DCNM 6.2. It works great with out Nexus 5k and 7k, however I have trouble with our older Cat 6500 devices. While I know that support for these devices is limited I am surprised that the portchannels  could not be discovered performance wise and in regard to the topology map, even if they are connected to N7k's. Neither the normal portchannel ISLs between different 6500 nor the vPCs between 6500 and N7k appear in the topology, although the switches were successfully discovered and are considered "managable" via snmp and ssh.
Is there anything I need to do to make it work?
Best regards
Pille

Answer 1

Rafael,
I had the same issue.  You need to go into ACS and create a custom Shell Profile (Policy Elements > Authorization and Permissions > Device Administration > Shell Profiles), flip to the "Custom Attributes" tab, and add the following:
Attribute: cisco-av-pair
Requirement: Mandatory
Attribute Value: Static
Value: shell:roles="network-admin"
...although if you want a non-admin or DCNM "User" role, you would use the following instead:
Value: shell:roles="network-operator"
Save that.  Then make sure your Device Admin Authorization Policy (Access Policies > Access Services > Default Device Admin > Authorization) references that Shell Profile in the "Results" section.
I'm using DCNM version 6.2(5) and this works.
Here's a useful link for more info: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9911/products_configuration_example09186a0080bf5512.shtml