Adding and Editing a New SMIS Credential

The Credentials Library stores SMIS authentication data for devices in your WhatsUp Gold database to be used whenever authentication is needed to connect to and gather data from a NetApp storage device. For more information, see Using credentials.

Note: The features described in this help topic are included in TotalView and TotalView Plus.  To update your license, visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal.

To add or edit a new SMIS credential:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Credentials. The Credentials Library appears.
2. Click New to create a new credential or from the list of current credentials, select the credential you want to change, then click Edit.
3. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the credential. This name displays in the Credentials Library.
   • Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the credential. This information displays next to the credential in the Credentials Library.
   • Username. Enter a username. This username is used to authenticate to the device.
   • Password. Enter a password. This password is used with the above username to authenticate to the device.
   • Confirm password. Re-enter the authentication password for confirmation.
   • Protocol. Select either HTTP or HTTPS as the authentication protocol to be used for communication between the WhatsUp Gold server and the storage device.
   • Port. Enter the port number WhatsUp Gold should use to communicate with the storage device.
   • Timeout. Enter a timeout (in seconds) for the length of time the connection should be attempted. The default timeout is 10 seconds.
4. Click OK to save changes.

See Also Selecting a credential type Adding and editing a new SNMP v1 credential Adding and editing a new SNMP v2 credential Adding and editing a new SNMP v3 credential Adding and editing a new Windows credential Adding and editing a new ADO credential Adding and editing a new Telnet credential Adding and Editing a New SSH Credential Adding and editing a new VMware credential Adding and editing a new JMX credential