Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual page 264

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2. Refer to the following information within the Discovery Profiles tab to discern whether an existing profile
can be used as is, requires modification (or deletion) or if a new discovery profile is required.
Index
Profile Name
Start IP Address
End IP Address
SNMP Version
3. Select an existing profile and click the
address and SNMP version. Motorola recommends editing a profile only if some of its attributes are still
valid, if the profile is obsolete, delete it and create a new one.
4. Select an existing profile and click the
profiles.
5. Click the Add
information, see
6. Click the Start Discovery
Authentication
compromise switch security. Therefore, when Start Discovery is selected, the switch prompts the user to
verify their SNMP credentials against the SNMP credentials of discovered devices. SNMP v2 and v3
credentials must be verified before the switch displays discovered devices within the Recently Found
Devices table..
If SNMP v2 is used with a discovering profile, a
Community String entered is required to match the name used by the remote network management
software of the discovered switch.
Displays the numerical identifier used to differentiate this profile from others with
similar configurations. The index is supplied to new profiles sequentially.
Displays the user-assigned name for the profile. The profile name should
associate the profile with the group of devices or area where the discovered
devices are anticipated to be located.
Displays the starting numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted.
Displays the ending numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted.
Displays the version of the SNMP (either SNMP v2 or v3) used for discovering
available network devices.
Edit
Delete
button to display a screen used to define a new switch discovery profile. For more
Adding a New Discovery Profile on page
button to display a
(SNMP v3) screen.
button to modify the profile name starting and ending IP
button to remove this profile from the list of available
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Read Community String
Read Community String
(SNMP v2) or V3
screen displays.The