SNMP Discovery

Job Type

SNMP Discovery

Descriptions

System generated description. You may change if you want to.

Networks

List of networks to scan separated by commas. You may enter a single IP address, a range of IP addresses, a subnet mask, or an IP address that includes a wild card such as asterisk (*).

Add to appliance

Appliance where you want to import device (will only list your appliance unless you have a Central Management license).

Device placement

You have the option of using the auto-placement rules or selecting a folder from your network tree.

Execution Method

You have the option of selecting an existing profile or entering the import information manually. If you elect to enter the information manually, additional options are displayed.

The additional options for manual entry are:

• SNMP Port-Device SNMP port number; normally set to 161 but can be different
• Timeout (ms)-Timeout in milliseconds to attempt import
• Retries-Number of retries to attempt import
• Version-SNMP version used: V1, V2c or V3
• Read Community-Read Community string used for the SNMP authentication
• User-Name of the V3 user, which is configured on a switch for SNMP V3 access. This option is inactive until V3 is selected as the version.
• Authentication/Privacy Algorithm-You may optionally supply an authentication and privacy algorithm along with a passphrase for each. These parameters must match settings on the switch exactly. These options are inactive until V3 is selected as the version. Selecting the Display Password checkbox displays the passphrase as text.