Network Definition is used to specify drivers for specific devices. The system uses the SNMP strings to retrieve the system object ID when discovering a device, and then decides which device type and which driver will be used to obtain the device data.

Network Definition enables you to manually add the drivers for devices so that the devices can still be discovered by CLI when the SNMP access is not available.

Note: The devices or IPs defined in the Network Definition table do not support the Scan IP Range discovery method. When discovering them, you need to select the Discover via Seed Routers as the discovery method.

Adding a Network Definition Entry

1.Log into Domain Management page.

2.In the Domain Management page, select Operations > Discover Settings > Network Definition from the quick access toolbar.

3.On the Network Definition tab, use either way to add new entries to the table:

Adding entries manually

•✆Click Add. The Define Device Type and Driver dialog opens.

▪Click the icon to select devices directly.

▪Select Regular Expression and enter the regular expression to filter the matched devices. For example, "^lab" matches the devices whose hostname starts with "lab".

▪Select Normal String and enter the hostname.

▪Click the icon to select devices directly.

▪Select Regular Expression and enter the regular expression to filter the matched devices. For example, "^lab" matches the devices whose hostname starts with "lab".

▪Select Normal String and enter the hostname.

1)Enter a single IP address or an IP range, such as 10.10.1.0/24.

1)Enter a single IP address or an IP range. For example, 10.13.100.21-10.13.100.40 representing an IP range from 10.13.100.21 to 10.13.100.40.

1)Enter a single IP address or an IP range. For example, 10.13.100.21-10.13.100.40 representing an IP range from 10.13.100.21 to 10.13.100.40.

•✆Select the device type and the device driver that you want to apply to the matched devices.

•✆Click Save to save the settings.

•✆Click Import. A new dialog box prompts.

•✆Browse to select the file you want to import. The following is an example:

•✆Click Open. All the entries in the .csv file are appended to the network definition list.

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