Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Step 3

Enter the variables in each field (see 

Modifying Multiple Device SNMP Settings, 

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 to view the variable descriptions):

Read

Write

Timeout

Retries

Note

You must specify the read community string and the write community 

string. 

Step 4

Click Next to continue updating device credentials or click Finish to complete the 

task.

Step 5

If required, enter the MSFC information, then click Next or Finish.

Step 6

If required, enter device credentials, then click Next or Finish.

Step 7

If required, enter CSM credentials, then click Next or Finish.

Step 8

To validate device credentials, select the check box, then click Next .

Step 9

To add device summary information as displayed, click Finish.

Step 10

Discover devices. See 

Running Device Discovery, page 4 25

.

Related Topics

Modifying SNMP Settings, page 4 36

Entering Device Credentials, page 4 3

Modifying Multiple Device SNMP Settings

Caution

The SNMP Settings option provides access to the configuration of all device 

credentials and is not restricted by the domain of the user. You may only want to 

give administrators access to this feature. See 

User Management, page 7 1

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