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Viewing devices through the network topology ······························································································· 275
Viewing devices with custom views··················································································································· 296
Viewing device interfaces with port groups ·············································································································· 303
Managing port groups ········································································································································ 303
Managing the lower-level NMS view ························································································································ 307
Managing one device through device details ·········································································································· 309
Accessing the device details page ···················································································································· 310
Accessing the interface list and interface details page ··················································································· 366
Managing multiple devices using batch operations ································································································· 372
Using batch mode to configure SNMP settings································································································ 372
Using batch mode to configure Telnet settings ································································································· 373
Using batch mode to configure SSH settings ··································································································· 374
Using batch mode to configure polling intervals ····························································································· 375
Using batch mode to modify login types ·········································································································· 376
Using batch mode to modify ping settings ······································································································· 377
Using batch mode to modify interface up/down alarm filter ········································································· 377
Checking device access settings in batch mode ······························································································ 378
Modifying device configurations in batch mode ····························································································· 380
Managing multiple devices from the device list ········································································································ 397
Navigating to the device list ······························································································································ 397
Device list management options ························································································································ 398
Terminal access ···························································································································································· 406
Allocating IP addresses ······································································································································· 407
Unauthorized access ··········································································································································· 416
History access log ··············································································································································· 421
Real-time location ················································································································································ 423
Access configuration ··········································································································································· 425
Network Asset Manager ············································································································································· 436
Viewing network assets ······································································································································ 436
Asset OID ····························································································································································· 441
Managing asset information in Network Asset Manager ··············································································· 443
Network asset auditing ······································································································································· 446
Network Asset Global Configuration Options ································································································· 449
Virtual Resource Management ···································································································································· 449
Viewing virtual network ······································································································································ 449
Configuring servers in Virtual Resource Management ···················································································· 454
Configuring virtual machines in Virtual Resource Management ···································································· 456
6 Extending and customizing functions to support third-party devices ······························································· 471
Extending an existing function to support third-party devices ················································································· 471
Creating a vendor folder ···································································································································· 472
Creating a drive index file and a drive folder ································································································· 472
Creating drive definition file ······························································································································ 473
Defining the common service (CLICommon) ····································································································· 475
Defining services and actions for a component ······························································································· 476
Defining specific services ··································································································································· 478
Defining the TCL script and Perl script ·············································································································· 481
Extending a customized function ································································································································ 482
Defining background custom script ··················································································································· 483
7 Configuration and change management ··········································································································· 500
Configuration templates ······································································································································ 500
Software library ··················································································································································· 500
Configuration compare ······································································································································· 501
Configuration audit and reports ························································································································ 501
