Specifications

Firmware
Discovery
Instructions on storing your firmware and boot PROM images in a firmware
directory, and performing a firmware discovery to display them in the Firmware
Mgmt tree.
Set Options Instructions on setting options for various Inventory Manager functions.
Add Devices The NetSight database contains device models that represent the actual devices in
your network. There are three ways to add devices to the NetSight database.
Initially, you will want to perform a Console Discover to populate the database.
You can also use Console to import devices from a .ngf file. After you have
initially added your devices, you can use the Inventory Manager (or Console)
Add Device window to add a single device to the database. The devices are
displayed under the Network Elements tab in the Inventory Manager main
window.
Define
Authorization
and Device
Access
Use the Authorization/Device Access window to configure your Inventory
Manager access privileges. The window has four tabs:
Users/Groups tab lets you manage user access to specific features and
capabilities.
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Profiles/Credentials tab lets you define SNMP credentials used to access
your network devices, and create profiles that use these credentials for
various device access levels.
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Profile/Device Mapping tab lets you specify the profiles that will be used
by users when communicating with network devices.
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Manage SNMP Passwords tab where you can manage the credentials
that have been set on your network's devices.
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Add Device
Groups
Inventory Manager lets you group your devices into logical groups to facilitate
network management. With device groups, you can perform certain operations
(like an archive save or restore) on an entire group at once, instead of performing
the operation on individual devices.
Now that you have set up your devices and firmware, you can start exploring some of Inventory Manager's
features:
Server Information The Server Information window lets you view and configure
certain NetSight Server functions, including management of
client connections, database backup and restore, locks, and
licenses. It also provides access to the server log and server
statistics.
Save Configurations Inventory Manager lets you save device configurations
(called archives) using the Archive Wizard. You can
schedule these saves to be performed on a regular basis.
Restore Configurations Inventory Manager lets you restore your saved device
configurations (archives) using the Restore Wizard.
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