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Add-Ons: Advanced Device Crawlers
178 Using Your Appliance
you should see Advanced Device Crawlers listed in the list of available applications.
2. Select Advanced Device Crawlers from the list and then click Edit.
3. Type in the License Key field the Advanced Device Crawlers license key.
4. Click OK to add the license key to your appliance.
The appliance will need to restart, after which Advanced Device Crawlers will be enabled for use on your
appliance.
Using Advanced Device Crawlers
Because Advanced Device Crawlers is an extension to the Device Crawlers task, you access Advanced
Device Crawlers functionality using the Device Crawlers task. After enabling Advanced Device
Crawlers, two additional views will be available from the Device Crawlers task pane:
•The Device Definition Files view, which displays the names and versions of all currently installed
Device Definition Files (DDFs), and enables you to download and install new or updated DDFs as
they become available.
•The Supplemental OIDs view, which enables you to configure Device Crawlers to monitor the
SNMP value of any OID on an SNMP target.
The Device Definition Files View
Advanced Device Crawlers greatly simplify the process of surfacing and monitoring environmental
monitoring-oriented OIDs on supported SNMP device through the use of Device Definition Files, or
DDFs. DDFs, available from NetBotz, are specially prepared data files that isolate and surface the OIDs
for specified devices that are of use for environmental monitoring purposes.
Each DDF file is specifically designed to provide advanced data for a particular product set from a
particular manufacturer. For example, NetBotz provides a DDF for NetBotz products which surfaces all
of the OIDs for NetBotz appliance environmental sensors.
Downloading DDFs
DDFs are downloaded and installed using the Device Definition Files view in the Device Crawlers task.
The Device Definition Files view includes the following information and controls:
To add a new Device Definition File:
1. Click Add/Update Definitions.
2. The Installation Options window appears. Select the location from which you want to download
DDFs. Select the NetBotz Web radio button to download DDFs from the NetBotz website, or select
the Local file radio button to install DDFs from a drive and directory on your system and then click
Browse and navigate to the directory where the DDF file is stored. Select the DDF and click OK to
select it.
3. Click Next. A list of available Device Definition Files (including version numbers) appears. Select
Column Description
Device Definition
Files
Displays the name and version of all Device Definition Files that are currently
installed on this appliance.
Add/Update
Definitions
Click this button to download additional DDFs or updated DDFs for use with
Advanced Device Crawlers.