User guide

Getting Started 21
Getting Started This section details the two operations you need to perform before you
can start using 3Com Network Administrator with your 3Com devices.
Creating a New
Inventory File
3Com Network Administrator stores detailed information about your
3Com devices in inventory files. When you first run 3Com Network
Administrator, a Welcome dialog is displayed which lets you:
■ Create a new inventory file
■ Open an existing inventory file
■ Open the last inventory file you were using
To create a new inventory file from the Welcome dialog, select Create a
new inventory file and click OK.
Import Device
Information
Once you have an inventory file loaded into 3Com Network
Administrator, you must bring device information into the import facility
as follows:
1 From the File menu, select Import to display the dialog shown in Figure 4
:
Figure 4 Import Dialog
For information on how to import from a CSV file, see “Importing and
Refreshing Devices” on page 87.
2 The Import from HP OpenView option is selected by default so click OK to
display the Select Subnets dialog, which contains a list of subnets that HP
OpenView has discovered. An example is shown in Figure 5
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