Failed to add Brocade switch to health monitoring using SNMPv3

Applies to

• Brocade FC Switch
• MetroCluster
• ONTAP 9
• SNMPv3

Issue

A MetroCluster backend switch can't be added to health monitoring using SNMPv3

The following errors are reported:

Failed to add a switch for SNMPv3 monitoring on node "node1" in cluster "clusterA" Reason: Failed to check if device located at "10.20.30.40" is from a supported vendor.

Error: command failed: Internal error. Failed to add switch for monitoring on node "nodename" in cluster "clustername". 
Reason: Failed to check if device located at "switchipaddress" is from supported vendor. 
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