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.
      On the
      Main parameters
      tab, make sure you specify
      Firewall
      for
      Device Type
      .
    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.