Configuring Protocol Settings/Credentials

Use the Protocol Settings/Credentials dialog to configure the protocol credentials that you want to use for network discovery.

• SNMPv1 discovery requires the SNMP read community information, timeout settings, and retry counts.
• SNMPv2 discovery requires the SNMP read community information, timeout settings, and retry counts.
• SNMPv3 discovery requires the associated Username, timeout settings and retry counts. Optionally, you can select to use Authentication and Encryption.
• SSH requires the User Name, Password, and Port used to make an SSH connection.
• Telnet requires the User Name, Password, and Port information used to make a Telnet connection. Telnet credentials are used to support the Map Capture Config tool that starts Backup Running Configurations and Backup Startup Configurations.
• VMware discovery requires the User Name, Password, and Port used to connect to a VMware host or vCenter server.
• Windows device discovery requires WMI information, Domain\UserID and Password, to connect to Windows devices. Windows credentials are used to collect software inventory information from Windows systems.

  Note: You can only edit the default ICMP settings; you cannot create a new set of ICMP settings.

To configure Protocol Settings:

• From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console,select Configure > Protocol Settings/Credentials. The Protocol Settings dialog appears.

To create a new set of protocol credentials:

1. Click New.
2. Select the type of Protocol settings that you would like to create, then click OK. The protocol properties dialog appears.
3. Enter the appropriate protocol settings in the protocol editor.

To edit protocol settings:

1. Select a set of protocol credentials, then click Edit. The protocol properties dialog appears.
2. Enter the settings you want to modify in the protocol editor.

To copy protocol settings:

1. Select a set of protocol credentials, then click Copy. The new copy of the credentials dialog appears.
2. Make any required changes to create new credentials, then click OK.

To delete a set of protocol credentials:

1. Select a set of protocol credentials, then click Delete. The protocol setting is deleted from the list.
2. Click OK to save changes.

To import protocol credentials from WhatsUp Gold:

1. Click Import. The Import Credentials dialog appears.
2. From the WhatsUp Gold Server list, select a WhatsUp Gold Server endpoint from which to import credentials or click browse (...) to open the WhatsUp Gold Remote Server dialog to Add, Edit, Copy, or Delete WhatsUp Gold remote servers from which to import credentials.
3. Click Import. WhatsConnected imports all of the SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, SSH, and VMware credentials from the selected WhatsUp Gold server Credentials Library, and they appear in the Protocol Settings/Credentials dialog.

To selectively Assign or Unassign protocol credentials to device(s):

1. Select a credential you want to manually assign to device(s), then click Assign or Unassign. The Select Devices dialog appears.
2. Select one or Ctrl + select multiple devices to assign the credential to device(s).
3. Click OK to apply credentials to the selected device(s).

See Also Configuring WhatsConnected About WhatsConnected configuration settings Configuring Applications Settings Configuring Discovery Settings Configuring Device Categories Configuring Device Filters Configuring Device Type Mappings Configuring and scheduling Discovery Tasks WhatsUp Gold Server Endpoint Library (Remote Servers)