Device Manager Online Help

Opening a device

"Opening" a device displays the device view, a picture of the device. Before you can display the device view, you must enter community strings that determine the access level granted to the device.

To open a device:

1. From the abbreviated Device Manager window menu bar, choose Device > Open. Or from the Device Manager toolbar, click the open device button.

The Open Device dialog box opens.



2. Identify the device by typing the DNS name or IP address of the device in the Device Name field.
3. Type the proper community strings in the Read Community and Write Community fields..
   
   

   Note: To gain read/write/all access to a device in Device Manager, you must enter the read/write/all community string for both the Read Community and Write Community strings.

   
   
4. Click Ping to check if the switch is reachable, or Telnet to initiate a Telnet session.
5. Click Open

Device Manager automatically determines what version of software the selected device is running. The Device Manager window opens, showing a picture of the device that represents the physical features of the device.

• SNMP community string default values
• Open Device dialog box fields