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Attributes 41
MAC Addr Only devices which are in the same
broadcast domain as the interface on
an RMON-2 agent will have the MAC
address attribute assigned to them.
See “Assigning MAC Addresses”
on
page 42
for an example of this.
Vendor The Vendor attribute is only assigned
if the following criteria are met:
■ The MAC Address attribute is
assigned (see above).
■ The MAC address matches a
vendor prefix in the vendor.map
file:
<installdir>/
TraffixServer/config/
vendor.map
DNS Layer 1 The top level of the DNS naming
scheme (for example, com).
DNS Layer 2,
DNS Layer 3,...
DNS Layer 8
Lower levels of the DNS naming
scheme.
Non-IP devices do not have DNS Layer
attributes assigned. IP devices will
only have DNS Layer attributes
assigned if the following criteria are
met:
■ Domain Name System (DNS) is
implemented at your site.
■ DNS name lookup is enabled on
the system where the server is
running and the name lookup
succeeds.
See “Default DNS Domain”
on
page 126
for information on
assigning a default DNS domain to
devices.
Table 5 Predefined Attributes (continued)
Name Description