Configuring SNMP device discovery

An SNMP collector discovers the capabilities that you configure for a device. You can use a seed file to import a list of device definitions or manually add and configure devices.
  1. Navigate to
    Administration
    in the M&R platform.
  2. Click
    Modules
    SNMP Device Discovery
    .
    A
    Dashboard
    appears where you add new SNMP collectors and devices as well as add devices to existing SNMP collectors.
  3. To add an SNMP collector, click
    Collectors
    New Collector
    .
    1. Specify the required information for the SNMP collector.
    2. Under
      Import Options
      , select all options except
      Lock collector current capabilities
      .
    3. Click
      Save
      .
  4. To upload a seed file, click
    Device Sources
    New Seed File Device Source
    .
    For information about defining a seed file, click
    Documentation
    on
    SNMP Device Discovery – M&R
    .
    1. Type the main parameters and click
      Save
      .
    2. Under the
      Seed File
      tab, click
      Upload new definition seed file
      .
    3. Navigate to the seed file and click
      Ok
      .
    4. Click
      Save.
  5. To manually add devices, click
    Devices
    New Device
    .
    1. On the
      New Device
      window, click each tab and type the required information for the device.
    2. Click
      Save
      on each tab.
  6. Select the device that you just added and click the
    Approve
    action, which is the checkmark.
  7. On the
    Dashboard
    , do the following:
    1. Click
      Import devices from all enabled device sources
      .
    2. Click
      Discover capabilities from all approved devices
      .
    3. Click
      Distribute all approved devices with capabilities on all enabled collectors
      .
    4. Click
      Send the generated configurations on all available collectors
      .
      Green indicators appear on the
      Dashboard
      after successful executions of the above functions.