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The Inventory Manager
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4 Click the SNMP tab to configure SNMP settings (see Figure 22 ), and enter or make changes to any of
these fields. These options apply to the entire set of devices you are adding.
Figure 22: Setting SNMP default device options for SNMP V3 discovered devices
The options that appear in this dialog depend on whether you have discovered devices that use
SNMP V3.
5 Click OK when you have made the necessary changes.
A message window (shown in Figure 23 ) appears to show you the progress of the Add command.
SSH Select SSH Enabled in the Use SSH field if EPICenter should use SSH2 by default
for secure Telnet sessions. SSH2 must be configured on the discovered devices in
order for an SSH2 session to be established between EPICenter and a device.
Device Group The Device Group to which these device should belong. “Default” is the default
group for managed devices.
Device Manager Protocol The protocol used to communicate with this device when using the device-based
element manager (ExtremeWare Vista): HTTP or HTTPS. SSH must be enabled on
the device.
Additional Info: Any information you want to be included, by default, for all the devices added to the
EPICenter inventory in this operation. Maximum of 255 characters.
SNMP Write Community
String Specify (or verify) the SNMP Write Community string so that EPICenter can retrieve
information from any SNMP version 1 devices it discovers. The default (for Extreme
Networks devices) is
private
The following options appear only if you have discovered SNMP v3 devices.
SNMP V3 User Name Specify the principal name used for SNMP V3 authentication and security. The
default is
initialmd5 .
SNMP V3 Privacy Protocol Specify the SNMP V3 privacy protocol. Select either No Privacy or CBC DES
Privacy. The default is
No Privacy .
SNMP V3 Privacy Password If the devices use CBC DES Privacy, enter the privacy password. The default is and
empty password (no password).
SNMP V3 Authentication
Protocol Specify the SNMP V3 authentication protocol. Select No Authentication, MD5
Authentication, or SHA Authentication. The default is
MD5 Authentication .
SNMP V3 Authentication
Password If the devices use SNMP V3 Authentication, enter the authentication password. The
default password is
initialmd5 .