Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Note

Devices must support IP and SNMP connectivity.

Step 2

Click Add. 

The Add Devices dialog box appears.

Step 3

Select the Other device type.

Step 4

Enter a 

seed

 device IP address for each device in the IP address field.

The device IP addresses must appear on separate lines. 

Step 5

Click Next. The SNMP Community Strings dialog box appears. 

Step 6

Enter the device community strings and click Next. See 

Modifying Multiple 

Device SNMP Settings, page 4 29

 for variable descriptions.

Step 7

The Set Credentials dialog box appears. Enter the device credential information 

and click Next. For details on this dialog box, see 

Entering Device Credentials, 

page 4 3

.

Step 8

The Validate Credentials pane displays. Select the check box if you want HSE to 

validate device credentials. Click Next.

Step 9

The Add Device Summary pane displays. Click Finish.

If an error occurred, reenter the information in the dialog boxes again. 

Note

The device will be added to the Device Manager table To refresh the 

Device Manager table and view your changes, click Refresh.

Step 10

Discover devices. See 

Running Device Discovery, page 4 25

.

Deleting a Device

Procedure

Step 1

Select Devices >Device Management >Device Manager. 

Step 2

Click a check box or boxes, then click Delete.

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