This is a Privilege based feature: The user will be able to access, view, add, edit, delete, execute & export, only if privileges have been given by the administrator. This will be defined under roles and privileges.
This menu is accessible only if the below privilege has been checked.
Add Device operation will add a Single or Multiple Devices directly into NCCM without going through SNMP Discovery. This operation is mainly followed by devices which do not support SNMP protocol.
Some of critical Inventory information like Device Series, Model, System Contact, Location and Interfaces, Environment (hardware components), Topology will not be available for Device, if the devices are not added using SNMP protocol.
From the “Discovery” menu on the right panel click “Add Device”.
Follow the below steps to Add device(s)
Provide the IP address(s) in the given textbox
Input can be a single Device management IP Address or “list of Device Management IP Address separated by comma or semicolon or single space” or Device IP address in CIDR format
Select the Device Vendor
Select the Configuration profiles
Input the Schedule Description in textbox
Select the Frequency as required
Based on the Frequency choose the Start Time
Select the Notifier profile for the Device, so that Download events (failed to download, configuration change, Syslog) will be notified to users configured in the notifier profile
Select or deselect filter by ping
If Filter by Ping is enabled then NCCM will filter the PING response devices and send those Devices for Discovery process.
If Filter by ping is not selected then NCCM will send all devices IP to Discovery process for SNMP Scan. Discovery could take more time when it discovery’s not PING devices.
Select Ping Time (in seconds). This will be used only when Filter by Ping is enabled.
Select Connection protocol using the dropdown.
Select Running Configuration Download protocol (TFTP, FTP, Terminal, SCP, SFTP) using the dropdown menu.
Select Startup Configuration Download protocol (TFTP, FTP, Terminal, SCP, SFTP) using the dropdown menu.
Select OS Image Download Protocol (TFTP, FTP, Terminal, SCP, SFTP) using the dropdown menu.
Select Inventory Download Protocol (TFTP, FTP, Terminal, SCP, SFTP) using the dropdown menu.
Select Other Configuration Download protocol (TFTP, FTP, Terminal, SCP, SFTP) using the dropdown menu.
Select proper Device credentials
Choose the Download Retry times
Choose the Retry interval in Hours
Select the NCCM Process where it should managed
Manage includes Configuration Download, Device Inventory, Operation Data Download and Configuration Upload
Click ‘Save’ to add the devices manually and immediately.
Click ‘Cancel’ to abort the operation.
NOTE: If Protocols are not selected, NCCM takes the Default protocol values from “System parameters”.