seedessentials
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revision Previous revision | Next revision Both sides next revision | ||
|
seedessentials [2011/04/08 12:43] faltin [Level 1: Minimum requirements] |
seedessentials [2013/08/16 13:35] bredal [Registering a new IP device with 'Add new IP Device'] |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 172: | Line 172: | ||
| * NAV will also derive the serial number from the equipment. If this fails, or if you for some reason want to register something else here, you can do this manually. Registering serial number is not a requirement, but recommended. The serial number is the key parameter to recognize the physical device. Device History bases its track record of physical devices on serial number. | * NAV will also derive the serial number from the equipment. If this fails, or if you for some reason want to register something else here, you can do this manually. Registering serial number is not a requirement, but recommended. The serial number is the key parameter to recognize the physical device. Device History bases its track record of physical devices on serial number. | ||
| * You may register a text string, function, that describes the IP device further. You may find this most relevant for SRV and OTHER. | * You may register a text string, function, that describes the IP device further. You may find this most relevant for SRV and OTHER. | ||
| - | * The subcategory field can be used to classify a device within the category. An example is to classify the servers (category SRV) into the subcategories MAIL and DNS. An IP device be a member of one or several subcategories. The subcategory will only appear as an option if there are registered subcategories for the category. | + | * The subcategory field can be used to classify a device within the category. An example is to classify the servers (category SRV) into the subcategories MAIL and DNS. An IP device be a member of one or several subcategories. The subcategory will only appear as an option if there are registered subcategories for the category. **NB: Subcategories are to be replaced with 'netbox groups'.** A network group can be compared to a tag, and is independent of categories. A netbox group can be used to filter equipment in reports, creating alert profiles and more. If you have already created subcategories, they will automatically be transformed to groups. |
| After an IP device is successfully added to NAV, the collection system will collect data from the device. | After an IP device is successfully added to NAV, the collection system will collect data from the device. | ||
seedessentials.txt ยท Last modified: 2014/03/27 10:31 by morten
Page Tools
