Using The Inventory Manager; Overview Of The Enterprise Manager Device Inventory - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager Installation And User Manual

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Using the Inventory Manager

This chapter describes how to use the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager Inventory
Manager applet for:
• Viewing the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager device inventory.
• Discovering network devices.
• Adding network devices to the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager database.
• Modifying device contact parameters.
• Deleting a device from the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager database.
• Updating device information in the database.
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The Inventory Manager applet keeps a database of all the network devices managed by
the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager. ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager Version 2.0 can
discover and manage Extreme switches, and several models of Cisco and Xedia devices.
The ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager 2.0 software provides an automatic discovery
function. This feature can discover Extreme, Cisco, and Xedia devices by specific IP
address or within a range of IP addresses.
You can also add network devices to the Enterprise Manager database manually, using
the Inventory Manager Add function. Once a network device is known to the Enterprise
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