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Figure 29: Add Device window in the Inventory Manager
2 Enter the device IP address that EPICenter uses to access the switch.
You may also enter a DNS-resolvable host name in place of the Switch IP address.
3 Enter the device login, contact password, and device poll interval in the appropriate fields. These are
the parameters that EPICenter uses to access the switch.
The default setting for the device poll interval is 30 minutes for an Extreme modular chassis and 90
minutes for an Extreme stackable chassis.
4 Enter the Cisco Enable Password is used if this device is a Cisco device. If the device is not a Cisco
device, this field is grey.
5 If EPICenter is going to use SSH2 for secure Telnet sessions, select SSH Enabled in the Use SSH
field. SSH2 must be configured on the device in order for an SSH2 session to be established between
EPICenter and the device.
6 Select the device group to which this device should belong. Default is the default group for managed
devices.
NOTE
To configure SSH2 on a device, the device must be running a version of the ExtremeWare software that
supports SSH2. For more information on configuring a device to use SSH2, see the ExtremeWare
Software Users Guide.
To configure SNMP information for the device, click the SNMP tab, as shown in Figure 30.
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