Owner's Manual

Resource Management
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NMS300 Network Management System
2. (Optional) To edit an existing discovery profile, select the discovery profile you want to edit
and click the Edit button.
The Edit Profile screen displays, which is similar to the Add Profile screen. For more
information, see step 3 on page 25.
3. Click the Add Profile button.
4. Enter the requested information.
• General Info. Enter the name and description of the profile.
• Discovery Options.
- Resolve Host Names. T
o attempt to resolve a host name to an IP address, select
the Resolve Host Names (Attempt to resolve host name to IP address) radio
button.
- ICMP Ping Devices. T
o monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices,
select the ICMP Ping Devices (Ping devices before authentication) radio
button.
• Discovery Filters. Select the discovery filters you want by vendor, location, and
device type.
• Discovery Includes
. Select whether to include ICMP only and unclassified devices.
• LLDP Option.
T
o monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, select
the Enable LLDP Link Discovery (Automatically discover LLDP links check box.