Owner's Manual

Resource Management
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NMS300 Network Management System
When quick discovery has completed, a screen similar to the following displays:
When a credential failure occurs, a common reason is that the device login information
has changed from its default. When you get a credential failure, add or edit the credential
and then run the discovery procedure again. For more information, see Add a Device
Credential on page 21.
8. Click the Close button.
The Quick Discovery screen closes.
You can view and modify the information for a particular device. For more information,
see View Device Information on page 30.
Add a Device Credential
Device credentials are the user names, passwords, and SNMP community strings required to
log in to a device and obtain the information the NMS300 system requires to discover and
manage the device. The user name and password are the same user information you use to
log in to the device to perform system configuration. You must configure the correct device
credentials for any device you want NMS300 system to manage.
• If the devices do not have the default admin user password, create two new credentials in
NMS300 software, one for
T
elnet and another for the HTTP protocol. These credentials
contain either the admin user credential or the credential of another user with
administrative privileges.
• If the devices do not have the default SNMP community strings, create a credential in the
NMS300 software for the SNMP protocol that contains the matching community strings.
 To add a device credential:
1. Select RESOURCES > DEVICE CREDENTIALS.