Device "name" parameter ignored when adding pre-approved device via API

Products cnMaestro
1

Hello!

I'm running some test API calls in our 2.1.0-r22 cnMaestro instance and made a POST request to the /devices endpoint with the following JSON data:

{
	"mac":"[my mac address here]",
	"name":"(1394) TEST - DO NOT TOUCH - pre-approved device",
	"type":"pmp",
	"approved": true,
	"description":"Pre-approved device by the Sonar-CNMaestro program."
}

Everything worked fine but the device was onboarded with the name "PMP-[last 6 mac address digits]" instead of the name that was posted in the JSON payload.

Is this a bug?

Thanks

2

We will validate this behavior in our lab setup and let you know. Thanks for bringing this observation to our notice.

Rupam

3

Hi

We tried the same and it worked in our setup. Can you pelase provide us few more details to debug this issue.

What is the device status?

Where did you notice device name with PMP-[last 6 digits of MAC] after device is onboarded. Is it still same or updated?

Thanks

4

The device status since, via the API, deleting it and then adding in to cnMaestro is Offline. The "PMP-..." name appears as the device name in cnMaestro as shown below:

PMP device name.png
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Another thing I noticed. I was watching the onboarding process when I added it and it initially stated under the "Added By" column as "Added by API" or something similar, then it switched to "Unsolicited" and its current onboarding status of "Onboarded with Errors".

We're investigating, but it is strange that it was online with recent info on its graphs and now it's offline and we can't even ping it, all after that onboarding.

5

We got it to work. Initially, when the error happened, the device was labeled as "Onboarded with Errors" with a red circle next to it. Now, with a correction in the configuration of the device it is now labeled as "Onboarded" with a green circle next to it, is online and with the name passed through the API as its device name. It is worth mentioning that I still saw the "PMP-[last 6 mac]" name while the device was onboarding, but at the end it changed to the one passed through the API. This leads me to believe that initially the device was not completely onboarded and thus its device name was left as "PMP-[last 6 mac]", which seems to be a temporary name used during the onboarding process.

Thanks for your help.

6

Yes you are right, we use a temporary name in the onboarding process and once device is connected the actual name pushed is saved.