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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 3 Managing the Device Inventory
Adding Devices to the Device Inventory
Before You Begin
Before beginning this procedure, ensure the following preparations have been made:
Prepare the devices to be managed by Security Manager. For more information, see Chapter 2,
“Preparing Devices for Management”.
If you are using ACS for authentication, define the devices in ACS. See the Installation Guide for
Cisco Security Manager.
Put the inventory file you want to use on the Security Manager server. You cannot import devices
from a file on your client system.
If you are using a non-standard communication protocol for a type of device, update the global
device communication properties to specify the correct protocol. For more information, see Device
Communication Page, page 11-16.
Related Topics
Understanding the Device View, page 3-1
Working with Device Groups, page 3-57
Viewing or Changing Device Properties, page 3-39
Step 1 In Device view, select File > New Device or click the New Device button in the Device selector. The
New Device wizard opens to the Choose Method page.
Step 2 On the Choose Method page, select Add Device from File and click Next to open the Device
Information page (see Device Information Page—Add Device from File, page 3-31).
Step 3 Click Browse and select the inventory file that contains the devices that you want to import. Make sure
that you select the correct file type to indicate how the file is formatted.
Security Manager evaluates the contents of the inventory file and displays the list of devices in the import
table. All devices that have the status Ready to Import are automatically selected. The list identifies the
reasons the unselected devices cannot be imported. You can deselect any devices that you do not want
to import.
To see detailed information on a device, select it in the import table. The details are displayed in the
bottom pane. You can select different discovery options or transport settings per device.
Tip If you selected an inventory file in the Security Manager format, you have the option to import
the devices without performing policy discovery. This makes it possible for you to add devices
that are not currently active in the network. If you want to perform policy discovery on a device,
select the device, select Perform Device Discovery in the bottom panel, and select your
discovery options. You can select policy discovery settings for all devices in a folder by selecting
the folder instead of individual devices. The other CSV formats require that you perform policy
discovery during import.
When you are finished analyzing the list and modifying discovery and transport settings, click Next to
continue to the optional step of selecting groups, or click Finish to complete the wizard. In either case,
Security Manager attempts to log into each device and perform the discovery you selected unless you
are using a CSV file in Security Manager format and elected not to perform discovery. For the other
formats, Security Manager must be able to log into the device to add it to the inventory. The status is
displayed in the Discovery Status dialog box (see Discovery Status Dialog Box, page 5-21).