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2. TALES Device Attributes

The following table lists available device attributes.

AttributeDescription
getIdThe primary means of identifying a device within Zenoss
getManageIpThe IP address used to contact the device in most situations
productionStateThe production status of the device: Production, Pre-Production, Test, Maintenance or Decommisioned. This attribute is a numeric value, use getProductionStateString for a textual representation.
getProductionStateStringReturns a textual representation of the productionState
snmpAgentThe agent returned from SNMP collection
snmpDescrThe description returned by the SNMP agent
snmpOidThe oid returned by the SNMP agent
snmpContactThe contact returned by the SNMP agent
snmpSysNameThe system name returned by the SNMP agent
snmpLocationThe location returned by the SNMP agent
snmpLastCollectionWhen SNMP collection was last performed on the device. This is a DateTime object.
getSnmpLastCollectionStringTextual representation of snmpLastCollection
rackSlotThe slot name/number in the rack where this physical device is installed
commentsUser entered comments regarding the device
priorityA numeric value: 0 (Trivial), 1 (Lowest), 2 (Low), 3 (Normal), 4 (High), 5 (Highest)
getPriorityStringA textual representation of the priority
getHWManufacturerNameName of the manufacturer of this hardware
getHWProductNameName of this physical product
getHWProductKeyUsed to associate this device with a hardware product class
getOSManufacturerNameName of the manufacturer of this device's operating system.
getOSProductNameName of the operating system running on this device.
getOSProductKeyUsed to associate the operating system with a software product class
getHWSerialNumberSerial number for this physical device
getLocationNameName of the Location assigned to this device
getLocationLinkLink to the Zenoss page for the assigned Location
getSystemNamesA list of names of the Systems this device is associated with
getDeviceGroupNamesA list of names of the Groups this device is associated with
getOsVersionVersion of the operating system running on this device
getLastChangeStringWhen the last change was made to this device
getLastPollSnmpUpTimeUptime returned from SNMP
uptimeStrTextual representation of the SNMP uptime for this device
getPingStatusStringTextual representation of the ping status of the device
getSnmpStatusStringTextual representation of the SNMP status of the device