Unable to add Avaya Call Manager to VNQM

[smiffy85]

Hi,

We have 2 Avaya Call Managers that we are unable to get into VoIP and Network Quality Manager.
They are both managed correctly, have been discovered as Avaya devices but VNQM will not accept that they are Call Managers

Error -

I have looked at the OID and it has returned what I would have expected as a result,

We have also completed all the configuration that the Admin Guide has set out but this still will not work and there is nowhere really that suggests why....

[marnell]

Does the latest VNQM support the older avaya call manager 5.2?

[teddybearvoip]

Hi you will need to amend your network regions to send RTCP data for the avaya phones. There is a whole bunch of changes.

You need to add the call manager to send CDR to Solarwinds  on a 2nd CDR link. All the settings are in the VNQM guide. It is easy to follow if you know your way around CM. We have 20,000 phones on 2 instances of VNQM sending MOS data etc. Works well although does put high load on SQL server

[smiffy85]

Thanks, but I have done all that.  Followed the guide and configured everything

As it stands this module to us is useless.

[teddybearvoip]

Hi, if everything is configured correctly on the CM and sending RTCP data from the phones. You should be able to see Calls by Network Region. Search on calls per extension and get the MOS, Latency Packet Loss and Jitter. You can even create alarms for packet loss on region, packer loss per extension and be emailed when packet loss drops it works great. I have 2 installs with 20,000 extensions

[teddybearvoip]

Use Wireshark on the NPM server and check you are getting UDP Port 5005 RTCP data from the phones

[davbyrd]

[smiffy85]

Thank you, I followed the option of having the load balancer ip as a node and it has imported the Call Manager.

I get bugger all data though, just registered phones...thats it

[smiffy85 · Accepted solution]

Our resolution is as follows -

SolarWinds have said the following –

When adding Avaya call manager to VNQM, VNQM checks for the presence of this OID:
1.3.6.1.4.1.6889.2.8.1.1.13.0
If this is not present, it is likely that the call manager is a load balancer and this is not supported.

The 2nd check is that the sysDescr contains Avaya (example below)
.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 = STRING: ""Avaya Aura(R) Communication Manager SP""

We need to engage with the Vendor to have the correct OID information added to the servers.

[HerrDoktor]

Thanks for sharing this.

And you have the hope, that Avaya will change/update/add that? It seems highly unlikely to me... So I assume VNQM is dead for newer Avaya Call Managers then...

Do you know if VNQM is checking the solarwinds-database or is it directly connecting to the device to get the information? If it checks the Solarwinds DB you could change it there, and add the device before the rediscovery interval kicks in and changes the value back.

My clients Call Managers returns for the systemDescription OID "Avaya Aura (R) Communication Manager ZP" if I recall correctly, I am very certain that "SP" is not in the string. I have to check the OID for the device as well. Maybe test a little in the Database, it is a "PoC" Environment at the moment, but when we can not add the Call Manager I guess my project is also dead.

[smiffy85]

Its not too difficult to add the required OID/MIB's, we would do this but it is a vendor supported system that is still being implemented.  Might as we use their talents

Good luck getting yours sorted!

[HerrDoktor]

Same issue here, has there been any publicly available solution for this?

thanks,

[ding]

What version of Avaya are you running?

[smiffy85]

Avaya Aura System Manager 6.3, sorry I thought I had included this..

[ding]

Let's talk! I'll contact you offline.

[smiffy85]

Thanks derik.pfeffer​

BUMP, anyone able to help with this?

[derik.pfeffer]

smiffy85,

We are experiencing the same issue but with the version below. SolarWinds has identified an issue with Avaya v6.3.x. It apparently changed the OID used by VNQM to identify the system as a Call Manager. They are looking for me to see if there is HF or something we can do to work around the issue. I will update this post once I have more information to share.

"Avaya Aura (R) Communication Manager VE"

Best Regards,

Derik Pfeffer

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