New Discovery Credentials
Use this page to create a discovery credential.
Name
Enter an identifying name for the credential. For example: MyCredentials.
Select Credential
Select the type of credential that you want to define.
Enter Access Information
Enter the access information specific to the selected credential type.
Important: The access
information that you specify must match the access information for
the discovery target resource. If you change access information, such
as a password, on the target resource, be sure to also change the
associated Technical Support Appliance access information.
Type of credential | Access information |
---|---|
Computer System |
|
Computer System (Windows) |
|
Network Element (SNMP) |
|
Network Element (SNMPV3) |
|
Cisco Device |
|
Cisco Works |
|
Select Scope Set Restriction
Select whether you want to use the specified access information for all defined discovery scopes or to use the access information for a discovery Scope Set that you select.
- Use access information across all scopes
- Uses the access information across all resources of the discovery Scope.
- Limit access information to a specified Scope
- Restricts the access information to certain systems.
Restrict To Selected Scope Set
Select the Scope Set that you want to use for this credential.
Test access credentials
Test
the access credentials that you provided in the Access
Credentials section, and verify whether they are correct.
Currently, you can test credentials for the Computer System, Computer
System (Windows), and SNMP (SNMPv1 and SNMPv3) credential
types only. The Test function for the Computer
System credential type supports the following devices:
- Devices which use SSH or Telnet based authentication
- XIV®
- DS6000™ & DS8000®
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vCenter Server
- EMC CLARiiON / VNX / VMAX via EMC SMI-S
- IBM TS3100 / TS3200
- IBM TS3310
- IBM TS3500
- IBM TS4500
- IBM TS7700
- IBM DS3000, DS4000, and DS5000 if password protected
- Windows
- Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS)
To test the credentials you provided, complete the following steps:
- Enter an IP address or host name of the computer system against which you want to test the credentials.
- Click Test.
Click Save to save the credential.
Click Cancel to exit without saving.