You can search the network for devices and save their identification information in the system. Use bookmarks to show devices in the results area. For more information, see Searching for devices within the system.

To add devices to the system, use a discovery profile or import a CSV file. Discovery profiles let you find devices using network parameters, and automatically assign and enforce configurations to those devices.

Notes:

• By default, discovered devices are set to New.
• Before you perform any action on a device, set it to Managed. For more information, see Managing devices.

Adding or editing a discovery profile

1. From the Assets tab, click Discovery Profiles.

2. Click or to add or edit a discovery profile.

   If necessary, type a unique name for the discovery profile.

3. From the Addresses tab, select Include or Exclude, and then do either of the following:

   • In the text field, type a device IP address, fully qualified DNS host name, subnet with wildcard characters, or IP address range, and then click . To view examples of valid formats, mouse over the text field.

     Notes:

     • You can type only one entry at a time.
     • When typing IP address ranges, do not use wildcard characters.

   • Click , and then browse to the CSV file.

     The file can contain a list of device IP addresses or host names. To view examples of valid formats, mouse over the text field.

4. From the SNMP tab, select Version 1,2c or Version 3, and then do either of the following:

   • For Version 1,2c, from the Community Names area, set the privacy profile.

   • For Version 3, from the Security area, set the security profile.

   Note: For more information on configuring SNMP, contact your administrator.

5. From the General tab, configure the following:

   • Timeout—Specify how long the system waits for the devices to respond.

   • Retries—Specify how many times the system attempts to communicate with a device before it stops.

   • Include secured printers in the discovery—Include secured devices when executing the discovery profile. If you do not have a secured device, then do not select this option to avoid performance issues during discovery. For more information on secured devices, see Understanding secured devices.

   • Automatically manage discovered devices—By default, this option is selected in new discovery profiles. If the discovery profile contains at least one configuration associated with a specified printer model, then this option cannot be modified.

     Note: This feature applies only to newly discovered devices. To manage devices that were already discovered, set each device to a managed state manually, or delete and rediscover them.

6. From the Configurations tab, select a printer model and a configuration, and then click .

   Note: During discovery, the configuration is assigned and enforced automatically. Automatic configuration applies only to devices that have no configurations assigned to them.

7. Click Save.

   Notes:

   • Clicking executes the discovery profile but does not save it.
   • A new discovery profile collects basic information to identify a device. To collect the complete information from a device, set it to Managed, and then perform an audit.
   • To make sure that the device information is current, schedule a regular discovery. For more information, see Scheduling tasks.

Cloning a discovery profile

1. From the Assets tab, click Discovery Profiles.

2. Click .

   If necessary, type a unique name for the discovery profile.

3. From the Addresses tab, select Include or Exclude, and then do either of the following:

   • In the text field, type a device IP address, fully qualified DNS host name, subnet with wildcard characters, or IP address range, and then click . To view examples of valid formats, mouse over the text field.

     Notes:

     • You can type only one entry at a time.
     • When typing IP address ranges, do not use wildcard characters.

   • Click , and then browse to the CSV file.

     The file can contain a list of device IP addresses or host names. To view examples of valid formats, mouse over the text field.

4. If necessary, modify the SNMP settings, general settings, and configurations.

5. Click Save.

   Notes:

   • Clicking executes the discovery profile but does not save it.
   • A new discovery profile collects basic information to identify a device. To collect the complete information from a device, set it to Managed, and then perform an audit.
   • To make sure that the device information is current, schedule a regular discovery. For more information, see Scheduling tasks.

Importing devices from a file

Use a comma-separated values (CSV) file to import devices.

1. From the Assets tab, click Import, and then browse to the CSV file.

   Note: Make sure that each line of the CSV file represents a single device.

2. From the Possible Columns section, select the columns to match the values in your CSV file.

3. If you are using SNMP V3 protocol to communicate with the device, then select the following columns:

   • SNMP V3 Read/Write User

   • SNMP V3 Read/Write Password

   • SNMP V3 Minimum Authentication Level

   • SNMP V3 Authentication Hash

   • SNMP V3 Privacy Algorithm

   Note: In the CSV file, make sure that the following parameters contain one of the values specified below them:

   • Minimum Authentication Level

     • NO_AUTHENTICATION_NO_PRIVACY

     • AUTHENTICATION_NO_PRIVACY

     • AUTHENTICATION_PRIVACY

   • Authentication Hash

     • MD5

     • SHA1

   • Privacy Algorithm

     • DES

     • AES_128

   Note: If your CSV file does not contain the exact values specified, then MVE cannot discover the device.

4. Click Add to move the selected columns into the CSV File Columns section.

   • If you want the system to ignore a column in your CSV file, then select Ignore. Do this step for each column in your CSV file that is not listed in the Possible Columns section.

   • To change the order of the columns you selected to match your CSV file, select a column from the CSV File Columns section. Use the arrows to move the headings up or down.

5. Select whether the first row in your CSV file contains a header.

6. Select whether the imported devices should be automatically set to the Managed life cycle state.

7. Click OK.