About Device Property Credentials

The Credentials dialog displays Windows, SNMP, ADO and VMware credentials information for the current device.

Devices that are SNMP manageable devices appear on the map view with an icon with a white star in the top right corner.

Credentials

• Windows. Select the Windows credential to connect to this device. Click the browse (...) button to browse the Credentials Library.
• SNMP v1/v2/v3. Select the SNMP credentials to connect to this device. If the Identify devices via SNMP option was selected during discovery (or if an SNMP discovery was performed) the correct SNMP credential was used during the discovery process, and if the device is an SNMP manageable device, then the correct credential is selected automatically. If any of these conditions are not met, None is selected.
• ADO. Select the ADO credentials for database connection string information to be used when a database connection is required for WhatsUp Gold database monitors.
• VMware. Select the VMware credentials to be used when connecting to a VMware host or vCenter server.
• Edit ... . Click to open the Select Credentials dialog, then select the credential from the list or click the browse ... button to browse the Credentials Library.
• Device Object ID (OID). Enter the SNMP object identifier for the device. This identifier is used to access a device and read SNMP data.

For more information, see Credentials overview.