Use a Discovery Profile to Discover Devices on Your Network. Netgear NMS300 235 Pages
Use a Discovery Profile to Discover Devices on Your Network. Netgear NMS300
The NETGEAR Network Management System 300 (NMS300) is a centralized and comprehensive management application that enables you to discover, monitor, configure, and report on enterprise-class networks with NETGEAR and third-party network devices. This manual is intended for network administrators. This manual describes the steps for logging in to the application, configuring the email server, discovering devices, managing device groups and setting up network monitoring, managing device configurations, managing alarms and logs, managing maps and topologies, generating and saving reports.
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Note: If a credential failure occurs, a common reason is that the device login information changed from its default. When a credential failure occurs, add or modify the credential and run the discovery job again. For more information, see
Add or Modify a Device Credential on page 27.
8.
Click the Close button.
The Quick Discovery screen closes.
Use a Discovery Profile to Discover Devices on Your
Network
A discovery profile gives you more control over the discovery process than the quick discovery method but is a bit more complicated. The following sections describe how you can use a discovery profile to discover devices:
1. Add or Modify a Device Credential
2. Add or Modify a Discovery Profile
Schedule or Reschedule an Existing Discovery Job
Add or Modify a Device Credential
During the discovery process, the application must log in to devices to obtain the information to discover and manage the devices. A device credential includes the user name, password, and SNMP community string that allows the application to log in to the device. The user name and password are the same user information that you use to log in to the device to perform system configuration. The application provides default device credentials for discovery over HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, and Telnet, and for discovery of the NETGEAR
FVS318G firewall over HTTPS.
You must configure the correct device credentials for any device that you want the application to manage. If a device does not have its default credentials, do the following:
• If a device does not have its default admin user password, create two new credentials in the application, one for Telnet and another for the HTTP protocol. These credentials contain either the admin user credential or the credential of another user with administrative privileges.
• If a device does not have its default SNMP community strings, create a credential in the application for the SNMP protocol that contains the matching community strings.
To add a device credential or modify an existing device credential:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
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2.
Select RESOURCES > DEVICE CREDENTIALS.
3.
Add a device credential or modify an existing device credential:
• To add a device credential, click the Add button.
• To modify an existing device credential:
a. From the Device Credentials table, select a device credential.
b. Click the Edit button.
For a new device credential, the Add Credential screen displays. For an existing device credential, the Edit Credential screen displays.
4.
In the Credential General Info section, enter or modify the name for the credential.
5.
From the Protocol menu, select one of the following protocols:
• SNMP V1
• SNMP V2C
• SNMP V3
• Telnet
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• SSH
• HTTP
• HTTPS
Depending on your protocol selection, the screen might adjust to display other fields and menus.
6.
In the Authentication Info section, enter or modify the information for the selected protocol.
7.
Click the Management Interface tab.
8.
Enter or modify the port number, time-out period in seconds, and the number of retries.
9.
Click the Associated Devices tab.
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10.
Click the Add button.
11.
Select one or more devices and click the Add Selection button.
To add all devices to the device credential, click the Add All button.
The Select Devices screen closes and the selected devices are added to the Associated
Devices table.
12.
If you are modifying an existing device credential, to remove devices:
a. Select the devices.
b. Click the Remove button.
The devices are removed from the Associated Devices table.
13.
Click the Save button.
The screen closes and the new or modified device credential displays in the Device
Credentials table.
Add or Modify a Discovery Profile
A discovery profile filters the network device information that the application can detect. The application can discover devices through an IP address range, IP subnet address, a single IP address, a list of IP addresses, or device host name.
To add a discovery profile or modify an existing discovery profile:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
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2.
Select RESOURCES > DISCOVERY.
The screen displays the existing discovery profiles.
3.
Add a discovery profile or modify an existing discovery profile:
• To add a discovery profile, click the Add Profile button.
• To modify an existing discovery profile:
a. From the Network Discovery table, select a discovery profile.
b. Click the Edit Profile button.
For a new discovery profile, the Add Profile screen displays. For an existing discovery profile, the Edit Profile screen displays.
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4.
Enter or modify the information in the following sections:
• General Info. Enter the name and description of the profile.
• Discovery Options:
- Resolve Host Names. To attempt to resolve a host name to an IP address, select the Resolve Host Names (Attempt to resolve host name to IP address) check box.
- ICMP Ping Devices. To monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, select the ICMP Ping Devices (Ping devices before authentication) check box.
• Discovery Filters. Select the discovery filters you want by vendor, location, and device type.
• Discovery Includes. Select whether to include ICMP-only devices or unclassified devices.
• LLDP Option. To monitor the node status of third-party non-SNMP devices, select the
Enable LLDP Link Discovery (Automatically discover LLDP links) check box.
5.
Click the Network tab.
6.
From the menu on the upper left of the screen, select one of the following network types and enter the applicable address information in the fields to the right of the menu:
• IP Range
• Subnet
• Single IP
• IP Address(es)
• Hostname
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7.
Specify or modify the credentials that pertain to the devices on your network by selecting one of the following types of credentials:
• Default SNMP
• Default HTTP
• Default Telnet
• Default HTTPS
• Default FVS HTTPS
8.
If the credential that you need is not listed in the table, do the following:
a. Click the Add button.
In addition to the default credentials, the screen displays the device credentials that
you have added. For more information, see Add or Modify a Device Credential on page 27.
b. Select one or more credentials and click the Add Selection button.
To add all credentials, click the Add All button.
The Select Credentials screen closes and the credentials are added to the Select
Credentials table on the Network subscreen (the figure that is shown in
c. On the Network subscreen, select the credential or credentials that you added.
9.
Click the Save button.
The screen closes and the new or modified discovery profile displays in the Network
Discovery table.
Execute a Discovery Job
You can execute a one-time discovery job immediately.
To execute a discovery job:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
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2.
Select RESOURCES > DISCOVERY.
3.
Select the discovery profile.
4.
From the More menu, select Execute.
When discovery completes, the Execution Results screen displays the discovered devices that the application adds to its inventory database.
5.
Click the Close button.
The screen closes.
Note: Output files from completed resource discovery jobs are saved for the data retention period. For more information, see
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Schedule or Reschedule an Existing Discovery Job
You can schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job to occur later. This discovery job can be one time or recurrent.
To schedule or reschedule an existing discovery job for future execution:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
2.
Select RESOURCES > DISCOVERY.
The screen lists the existing discovery profiles in the application.
3.
Select the discovery profile.
4.
Click the Edit Profile button.
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5.
Take one of the following actions:
• To add a new schedule, click the Add Schedule button.
• To modify an existing schedule, click the Edit Schedule button.
6.
From the Enable menu, select Yes.
The screen adjusts to display more fields.
7.
Specify whether the application executes the discovery job once or on a recurring basis by selecting one of the following options from the Execution Type menu and entering or modifying the corresponding information:
• One time scheduled. This is the default selection.
In the Starting On field, enter or modify the date and time.
• Recurrent. The screen adjusts to display more fields.
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Enter or modify the following information:
a. In the Starting On field, enter or modify the date and time.
b. From the Recurrence Type menu, select how the schedule recurs and complete the corresponding field or select the corresponding check boxes.
c. Select the End Time radio button and enter or modify the date and time in the corresponding field, or leave the Never radio button selected, which is the default setting.
8.
Click the Submit button.
The Schedule screen closes. The discovery job schedule becomes part of the discovery profile.
9.
On the Edit Profile screen, click the Save button.
Your discovery job is executed according to the schedule that you set.
Note: Output files from completed resource discovery jobs are saved for the data retention period. For more information, see
Remove a Device Credential
You can remove a device credential that you no longer need.
To remove a device credential:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
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2.
Select RESOURCES > DEVICE CREDENTIALS.
3.
Select the device credential.
4.
Click the Delete button.
A pop-up confirmation screen displays.
5.
Click the Yes button.
The device credential is removed from the Device Credentials table and deleted.
Remove a Discovery Profile
If you delete a discovery job from the Jobs table, the application deletes the discovery profile
for the job automatically. For more information, see
can also remove a discovery profile manually.
View and Manage Jobs on page 202. You
To remove a discovery profile manually:
1.
Log in to the application.
For more information, see
Log In to the Application on page 15.
2.
Select RESOURCES > DISCOVERY.
3.
Select the discovery profile.
4.
From the More menu, select Delete.
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Key Features
- Discover wired and wireless devices
- Monitor device health and status
- Configure and manage device settings
- Generate reports on network activity
- Create and manage device groups
- Manage user accounts and security profiles
- Manage alarms and logs