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Consolidator Agents

Consolidator agents are active NIC agents that publish data for passive agents, agents that provide information only on request. A consolidator agent comprises:

• A processor that takes a data mapping from a passive agent and returns either a network data object or a data mapping object that the consolidator agent then makes available.
• A component that tracks the number of times the processor adds or deletes an object. When the processor adds or deletes an object, this component publishes data for its associated resolvers.

Reviewing the Configuration of Consolidator Agents

To use SDX Configuration Editor to review the configuration for NIC consolidator agents:

1. In the navigation pane, select a NIC configuration file.
2. Click the Agents tab, and expand the Consolidator Agent section.
3. Review the entries in the fields.

See Consolidator Agent Fields.

Consolidator Agent Fields

In SDX Configuration Editor, you can modify the following fields in the Consolidator Agent section of the Agents pane in a NIC configuration file.

Resolvers List

• Names of NIC resolvers to which this agent sends events.
• Value—List of paths to NIC resolvers; paths are relative to the Static Configuration object and are separated by commas
• Default—No value
• Example— /realms/assignedIp/C1
• Property name—pushToServer

Roles List

• Names of NIC roles.
• Value—List of roles, separated by commas, in the format <realmName>:<roleName>.

• <realmName>—Name of realm
• <roleName>—Name of role

• Default—No value
• Property name—pushToRole

Source Agent

• Path to the agent for which this consolidator agent publishes data.
• Value—Text string
• Default—No value
• Example—/agents/InterfaceIdInterface
• Property name—sourceAgent

Agent Processor

• Name of the Java class that the NIC agent uses to generate the data value object.
• Value—Path to Java class
• Default—net.juniper.smgt.gateway.nic.agent.dir.consolidator.
  RouterEventProcessor
• Property name—processor.classname

Network Data Types

• Data types that the agent publishes; for names of data types, see Chapter 10, NIC Resolution Process.
• Value—<key> or <key>, <value>

• <key>—Name of data key
• <value>—Name of data value

• Default—No value
• Example—IpPool, InterfaceId
• Property name—NetworkDataTypes

Publishing Interval

• Interval at which the NIC agent sends updates to the NIC resolvers.
• Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-2147483647
• Default—60
• Property name—publishingInterval

Event Life Expectancy

• Length of time that data is valid after the NIC proxy receives data associated with events published by this agent.
• Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-4294967295

• 0—Data does not expire
• Other values—Actual life expectancy of data

• Default—0
• Property name—eventLifeExpectancy