User's Guide

Available Fields for Importing Switches Using a Remote File
Refer to the following table for more information:
Field Description
Job Name Name of your switch import job
Import Source Remote File
Host Host name or IP address
Protocol Protocol used for communications
Path Path name on the remote host
User User name needed to log in
Password Password needed to log in
Add to appliance Appliance where you want to import device
Available Fields for SNMP Discovery
Before importing switches using SNMP discovery, you must enable SNMP on the device and verify that
you can execute snmpwalk from the appliance. You will need the IP address and community string for
the device. To verify SNMP connectivity, from the appliance, run the following command against your
target device:
snmpwalk -v2c -c public xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (this is the IP address).
Refer to the following table for more information:
Field Description
Job Name Name of your switch import job
Import Source SNMP Discovery
Networks List of networks to scan
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
Add to appliance Appliance where you want to import device
Setting the Schedule
The Schedule tab allows you to set the schedule for importing devices.
Import/Discover Devices
Configuration Tab
534 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.