Create a Device Definition File

A Device Definition file (in CSV format) identifies devices by such data as IP address, device type and version, location, and credentials.

About this task

You use a Device Definition file to add multiple devices in bulk. Each row in the CSV file has a variation of the following format. Field numbers 10 through 14 apply to SNMPv3 only.

<IPAddresses>,<DeviceType>,<DeviceVersion>,<Location>,<ConfigProtocol>,
<DiscoveryProtocol>,<UserName>,<Password>,<CommunityString>,<SNMPUserName>,
<AuthProtocol>,<AuthPassword>,<PrivacyProtocol>,<PrivacyPassword>

Table 1. Field descriptions
Field Number	Field	Description
1	IPAddresses	One or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, separated by commas.
2	DeviceType	SLX, MLX, or 9900.
3	DeviceVersion	The version of the operating system on the device in the following format: <device-type>_<version>. For example: `SLX_18s.1.03a`.
4	Location	One of the locations in the locations.csv file. For more information, see the Extreme Visibility Manager Deployment Guide, 6.1.0 .
5	ConfigProtocol	SSH
6	DiscoveryProtocol	SNMP
7	UserName	Credentials for accessing the device, and not necessarily the credentials of the default user.
8	Password	Credentials for accessing the device, and not necessarily the credentials of the default user.
9	CommunityString	(SNMPv2 only) Enter `default` or enter the community string if not public. (SNMPv3 only) Enter `snmpv3`.
10	SNMPUserName	(SNMPv3 only) Up to 32 characters.
11	AuthProtocol	(SNMPv3 only) MD5 or SHA.
12	AuthPassword	(SNMPv3 only) For MD5, between 8 and 16 characters. For SHA, between 8 and 20 characters.
13	PrivacyProtocol	(SNMPv3 only) DES or AES
14	PrivacyPassword	(SNMPv3) Between 8 and 16 characters.

Procedure

Create a CSV file with a file name of your choosing.
Add content to the file in the described format.
Save the CSV file to a location that is accessible from the Visibility Manager user interface.

Example

Sample entries with SNMPv2 credentials.

2620:100:c:fe08::110,SLX,SLX_18s.1.03a,Duff,SSH,SNMP,admin,password,default 
2620:100:c:fe08::111,MLX,MLX_v6.3.00bd,Duff,SSH,SNMP,admin,admin,default 
10.37.128.70,SLX,SLX_18s.1.03a,Duff,SSH,SNMP,admin,password,default

Sample entries with SNMPv3 credentials.

10.37.128.249,MLX,MLX_v6.3.00bd,Duff,SSH,SNMP,admin,admin,snmpv3,xvmuser,
SHA,shapass12,DES,despass12 

10.37.128.72,SLX,SLX_18s.1.03a,Duff,SSH,SNMP,admin,password,snmpv3,xvmuser,SHA,
shapass12,DES,despass12