User guide

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 4-1

Using the Inventory Manager

This chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare EPICenter Inventory Manager applet

for:

• Viewing the EPICenter device inventory

• Discovering network devices

• Adding network devices to the EPICenter database

• Modifying device contact parameters

• Deleting a device from the EPICenter database

• Updatingdeviceinformationinthedatabase

• Finding specific network devices in the database

Overview of the EPICenter Device Inventory

The Inventory Manager applet keeps a database of all the network devices managed by

EPICenter. EPICenter can discover any devices running MIB-2 compatible agents. It can

manage Extreme switches, and a number of third-party devices.

The EPICenter software provides an automatic discovery function. This feature can

discoverExtremeandMIB-2 compatibledevices byspecificIPaddressorwithinarangeof

IP addresses.

Youcanalsoaddnetworkdevicesto theEPICenterdatabasemanually,usingtheInventory

Manager Add function. Once a network device is known to the EPICenter database, you