Configuring Capabilities Manager

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Prerequisites for Configuring Capabilities Manager

  • To ensure that a router has Capabilities Manager available, enter the showservice-routingplugincapman command. To enable a router to distribute its capabilities information, configure a SAF Forwarder on the router.

  • To view capabilities information present on other routers in the network, configure a SAF Forwarder.

Information About Capabilities Manager

Capabilities Manager is enabled by default at system startup. At startup, it registers as a Service Routing Client and proceeds to discover various capabilities of the hardware and software platform.

Capabilities Discovery

Capabilities Manager only discovers whether a capability is supported on the local system. It does not discover whether the capability is configured or enabled or discover any other information about the capability for other routers in the network.

Capabilities information will be installed into the local Network Information Base (NIB) as service routing data and made available for advertisement by any SAF Forwarder to the Service Routing network. Capabilities information is passed to the Service Routing infrastructure in XML format and stored in the local NIB.

Interoperability with SAF Forwarder

Capabilities Manager does not advertise capabilities information to the Service Routing network. A SAF Forwarder performs the functions to distribute capabilities information. However, a SAF Forwarder is not required for Capabilities Manager to function. If a SAF Forwarder is not configured, the capabilities information is bound to the local router and is not distributed to other routers in the network. When a SAF Forwarder is configured, it will distribute all capabilities information by default.

Capabilities Information

Capabilities information is installed in the Network Information Base (NIB) as service routing data. It is identified by a SAF address in the form of:

  • service ID—Capabilities Manager uses service ID 100.

  • subservice ID—Capability group ID. The subservice ID indicates the group ID of the capabilities data type.

  • Instance number—Unique identifier for the local router. It is assigned in order of the hardware serial number, default MAC address, IPv4 router ID, or IPv6 router ID.

Capabilities Groups

Capabilities Manager classifies capabilities by group to facilitate query and retrieval, and assigns each group a unique ID. Capabilities Manager provides the following capability groups:

  • 1 (HARDWARE)

  • 2 (SOFTWARE)

Hardware Group Information

Hardware information is designated as group ID 1. Group 1 provides the following capabilities information, when available. All hardware information may not be available on each platform that supports Capabilities Manager.

  • Host Name

  • Platform

  • Main Memory Size

  • IO Memory Size

Software Group Information

Software information is designated as group ID 2. Group 2 provides the following capabilities information, when available. All software information may not be available on each platform that supports Capabilities Manager.

  • Host Name

  • Software

  • Image

  • Version

  • Software subsystems:
    • IP Multicast
    • eigrp_ipv4
    • eigrp_ipv6
    • fh_fd_ipsla
    • ospf
    • ospfv3
    • isis
    • isis_ipv6
    • bgp_ipv4
    • bgp_ipv6
    • service_routing

XML Schema for Capabilities Data

If you have an Extensible Messaging Client Protocol (XMCP) client (external client) connected to a SAF Forwarder, you can subscribe to the Capabilities Manager, which is service ID 100. The data can be interpreted using the following XML schema:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>

<xs:element name="Capabilities" type="CapabilitiesType" />

<xs:complexType name="CapabilitiesType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element ref="Group" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" />

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

<xs:element name="Group" type="GroupType" />

<xs:complexType name="GroupType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element ref="Capability" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" />

</xs:sequence>

<xs:attribute name="Name" type="xs:normalizedString" use="required" />

</xs:complexType>

<xs:element name="Capability" type="CapabilityType" />

<xs:complexType name="CapabilityType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="Value" type="xs:normalizedString" />

</xs:sequence>

<xs:attribute name="Name" type="xs:normalizedString" use="required" />

</xs:complexType>

</xs:schema>

Example:

<Capabilities>

<Group Name="HARDWARE">

<Capability Name="HostName">

<Value>R100</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="Platform">

<Value>Solaris Unix (Sparc) processor</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="MainMemorySize">

<Value>63683Kbytes</Value>

</Capability>

</Group>

<Group Name="SOFTWARE">

<Capability Name="HostName">

<Value>R100</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="Software">

<Value>Cisco IOS Software</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="Image">

<Value>Solaris Software (UNIX-ADVENTERPRISE-M)</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="Version">

<Value>Experimental Version 15.1(20110323:093227)</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="ipmulticast">

<Value>Subsystem loaded</Value>

</Capability>

<Capability Name="eigrp_ipv4">

<Value>Subsystem loaded</Value>

</Capability>

</Group>

</Capabilities>

How to Configure Capabilities Manager

Disabling and Enabling and Capabilities Manager

Capabilities Manager is enabled by default. You can disable and reenable Capabilities Manager at any time.

  • Disabling Capabilities Manager will remove all the capabilities information that is installed in the local Network Information Base (NIB) and unregister the information from Service Routing.

  • Re-enabling Capabilities Manager will rediscover capabilities and provide information to the local NIB and to the Service Routing network.

Perform this task to disable and reenable Capabilities Manager.

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    no service-routing capabilities-manager

    4.    service-routing capabilities-manager


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1 enable


    Example:
    Router> enable
     

    Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted.

     
    Step 2 configure terminal


    Example:
    Router# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3 no service-routing capabilities-manager


    Example:
    Router(config)# no service-routing capabilities-manager
     

    Disables Capabilities Manager.

     
    Step 4 service-routing capabilities-manager


    Example:
    Router(config)# service-routing capabilities-manager
     

    Enables Capabilities Manager.

     

    Displaying Capabilities Manager Information

    To display information about Capabilities Manager, use the following commands in privileged EXEC mode.

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    show service-routing plugins plugin-name

      2.    show service-routing plugins capabilities-manager internal

      3.    show service-routing capabilities-manager

      4.    show service-routing capabilities-manager [group group-id] [local]


    DETAILED STEPS
      Step 1   show service-routing plugins plugin-name


      Example:
      Device> show service-routing plugins capman

Service Routing plugins:::
    capman             :   1.00.00 : Cisco Capability Manager

      Displays information about Capabilities Manager plugins.

      Step 2   show service-routing plugins capabilities-manager internal


      Example:
      Device> show service-routing capabilities-manager internal

Service-Routing Capabilities Manager
====================================

Major Version: 1  Minor Version: 0  Edit Version: 0
Reachability: 5.12.20.13:0
Local Instance GUID: 53504531-3233-3830-3136-390000000000

      Displays internal information about Capabilities Manager.

      Step 3   show service-routing capabilities-manager


      Example:
      Device> show service-routing capabilities-manager

Service-Routing Capabilities Manager
====================================

Registered Capabilities
=======================

Group/ID: HARDWARE/1
Service: 100:1:53504531-3233-3830-3136-390000000000
Originator: 5.12.20.13
Capability Data:
<Capabilities>
<Group Name="HARDWARE">
  <Capability Name="HostName">
    <Value>Router</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="Platform">
    <Value>cisco WS-C4503-E (MPC8572) processor</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="MainMemorySize">
    <Value>786516Kbytes</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="IOMemorySize">
    <Value>20480Kbytes</Value>
  </Capability>
</Group>
</Capabilities>


Group/ID: SOFTWARE/2
Service: 100:2:53504531-3233-3830-3136-390000000000
Originator: 5.12.20.13
Capability Data:
<Capabilities>
<Group Name="SOFTWARE">
  <Capability Name="HostName">
    <Value>Router</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="Software">
    <Value>Cisco IOS Software</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="Image">
    <Value> Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500e-UNIVERSALK9-M)</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="Version">
    <Value> Version 15.2(1.1.69)E</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="ipmulticast">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="eigrp_ipv4">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="eigrp_ipv6">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="ospf">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="ospfv3">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="isis">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="isis_ipv6">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="bgp_ipv4">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="bgp_ipv6">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="fh_fd_ipsla">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="service_routing">
    <Value>Subsystem Loaded</Value>
  </Capability>
</Group>
</Capabilities>

      Displays information about Capabilities Manager.

      Step 4   show service-routing capabilities-manager [group group-id] [local]


      Example:
      Device# show service-routing capabilities-manager group 1 local

Service-Routing Capabilities Manager
====================================

Registered Capabilities
=======================

Group/ID: HARDWARE/1
Service: 100:1:53504531-3233-3830-3136-390000000000
Originator: 5.12.20.13
Capability Data:
<Capabilities>
<Group Name="HARDWARE">
  <Capability Name="HostName">
    <Value>Router</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="Platform">
    <Value>cisco WS-C4503-E (MPC8572) processor</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="MainMemorySize">
    <Value>786516Kbytes</Value>
  </Capability>
  <Capability Name="IOMemorySize">
    <Value>20480Kbytes</Value>
  </Capability>
</Group>
</Capabilities>

      Displays information about registered capabilities.

      Clearing Registered Capabilities Information

      Perform this task to clear current capabilities information from the NIB. Once the NIB is cleared, Capabilities Manager will automatically rediscover new capabilities.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    enable

        2.    clear service-routing capabilities-manager


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 enable


        Example:
        Device> enable
         

        Enables privileged EXEC mode.

        • Enter your password if prompted.

         
        Step 2 clear service-routing capabilities-manager


        Example:
        Device# clear service-routing capabilities-manager
         

        Clears the current capabilities information from the NIB database. Capabilities Manager will automatically rediscover new capabilities.

         

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        Feature Information for Capabilities Manager

        Table 1 Feature Information for Capabilities Manager

        Feature Name

        Releases

        Feature Information

        Capabilities Manager

        15.0(1)SY, 15.2(3)T, 15.2(2)S

        Cisco IOS XE 3.6S, Cisco IOS XE 3.3SG

        15.2(1)E

        Capabilities Manager is enabled by default at system startup. At startup, it registers as a Service Routing Client and proceeds to discover various capabilities of the hardware and software platform.

        In Cisco IOS XE 3.3 SG, support was added for the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches.

        The following commands were introduced or modified:

        • clear service-routing capabilities-manager

        • service-routing capabilities-manager

        • show service-routing plugins capman

        • show service-routing capabilities-manager internal

        • show service-routing capabilities-manager group