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Node Caption determination

Can someone tell me how Orion chooses to select the caption by either sysname or DNS name?  Is there a preference?  Does it update automatically?

  • Node caption is populated in the following priority during the node add:

    • sysName SNMP value returned (if SNMP responds)
    • Reverse DNS lookup
    • IP address

    Node Caption DOES NOT get updated automatically any time after the node loading and must be manually edited.



  • Node caption is populated in the following priority during the node add:

    • sysName SNMP value returned (if SNMP responds)
    • Reverse DNS lookup
    • IP address

    Node Caption DOES NOT get updated automatically any time after the node loading and must be manually edited.



    Ok so that explains why I have some nodes that have a DNS name for their caption and not the sysname....they were changed to SNMP after they were originally added.  I have about 200 that have the DNS and not the sysname.

    I will write a SQL query to replace caption with sysname if it is a SNMP device and they don't already match.  Thanks.

  • I have the same issue and need node name consistency (specifically  nodes with out the Domain name)   - was there a resolution and did your sql script solve your problem ?

  • I ended up writing a report to capture any discrepancies but decided not to automate the correction of the names.