Inventory Manager Functions; Inventory Manager Function Buttons; The Inventory Menu - Extreme Networks EPICenter Reference Manual

The Inventory Manager
An individual device can belong to multiple device groups. For example, a device could simultaneously
be a member of Building 1, Marketing, and Edge Switches. Using device groups, you can monitor and
maintain devices by group membership, instead of individually. All devices become members of a
device group when they are added to the EPICenter database, either through Add Devices or as a part
of the Discovery process. By default, devices are added to the device group "Default," if you do not
specify otherwise. A device may then be copied or moved to another device group, as appropriate.

Inventory Manager Functions

There are multiple ways to invoke the functions provided by the Inventory Manager:
Using the menus at the top of the main applet frame—specifically the Inventory menu
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Using the function buttons shown directly below the EPICenter menus
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Using commands from a pop-up menu that appears when you right-click on a device or device
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group entry in the Component Tree
For simplicity, most of the instructions in this chapter only specify a one method of invoking a function
(usually the function button).

Inventory Manager Function Buttons

The buttons at the top of the main Inventory Manager applet provide the following functions:
Table 6: Inventory Manager Function Buttons
Discover
Add
Delete
Modify
Sync
Default
These functions may also be accessed through the Inventory menu, and the Delete, Modify, and Sync
functions may be accessed from the pop-up menu accessed by right-clicking a component in the
Component Tree.

The Inventory Menu

EPICenter provides a set of menus at the top of the main applet frame. Most of these are standard
across all the EPICenter applets, and are described in
Inventory Manager provides an additional menu, Inventory, that contains commands unique to the
Inventory Manager. The Inventory menu contains the following items:
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Finds network devices by IP address or range of addresses. See
Devices" on page 61.
Adds individual devices and device groups to the database. See
Device Groups" on page 68.
Removes a device or device group from the database. See
Groups from the Database" on page
Changes the members of a device group, or update a device's contact parameters in the
database. See "Modifying Devices and Device Groups" on page
Updates the EPICenter database with current device configuration and status information.
See "Updating Device Information—The Sync Operation" on page
Creates default access parameters for network devices. See
Parameters" on page 82.
"Deleting Devices and Device
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"Configuring Default Access
"EPICenter Menus" on page
"Discovering Network
"Adding Devices and
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