User's Guide

Field Description
Device placement You have the option of using the auto-placement rules or selecting
a folder from your network tree.
Execution Method You have the option of selecting an existing profile or entering the
import information manually. If you elect to enter the information
manually, additional options are displayed.
The additional options for manual entry are:
• SNMP Port-Device SNMP port number; normally set to 161 but
can be dierent
• Timeout (ms)-Timeout in milliseconds to attempt import
• Retries-Number of retries to attempt import
• Version-SNMP version used: V1, V2c or V3
• Read Community-Read Community string used for the SNMP
authentication
• User-Name of the V3 user, which is configured on a switch for
SNMP V3 access. This option is inactive until V3 is selected as
the version.
• Authentication/Privacy Algorithm-You may optionally supply an
authentication and privacy algorithm along with a passphrase
for each. These parameters must match settings on the switch
exactly. These options are inactive until V3 is selected as the
version. Selecting the Display Password checkbox displays the
passphrase as text.
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414 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.