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Chapter 4
Planning and Creating Communities
Passwords
When connecting to a community, Network Assistant prompts you for each unique password that has
already been assigned for members of the community. Network Assistant attempts to use these
passwords to connect to other devices. You are prompted for a password only if the previously entered
password does not work for a device.
For example, if a community has ten members, and five members share one password and the other five
share a different password, Network Assistant prompts you twice, once for each password. Network
Assistant does not save the passwords to your PC, so it prompts you for the passwords each time that
you attempt to connect to a community.
Communication Protocols
Network Assistant uses HTTPS and HTTP to communicate with community members. It first tries to use
HTTPS when using CDP to discover neighboring devices and when devices are added manually. If
HTTPS fails, it tries again with HTTP.
The HTTPS port is fixed at 443; the HTTP port defaults to 80. You can specify a different HTTP port
when you create a community. Afterward, you use the HTTP Port window to change the HTTP port. The
port settings for both HTTPS and HTTP must be the same for all the members of a community.
Community Information
Network Assistant saves all individual device information, such as the IP address, the hostname, and the
communication protocol, to your local PC. When Network Assistant connects to a community, it uses
the locally saved data to rediscover the member devices.
If you try to use a different PC to manage an existing community, none of the member device information
is available. You need to create the community again and add the same member devices.
Creating a Community
There are three ways to create a community:
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You should verify that the community contains the devices that you think it contains. This section tells
you how to perform these tasks.
Discovering and Adding Devices
Follow these steps to compile a list of candidate devices and to add them to a community:
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By discovering candidates that you can add to the community
By manually adding devices
By using the Cluster Conversion Wizard to convert a cluster into a community
Start Network Assistant, and select Connect to a new community in the Connect window. Click
Connect.
In the Create Community window, enter a name for the community.
Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
Creating a Community
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