| Note | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
The Setup Wizard is run only on the Operations Center central node. The Collectors should be registered to the central OC node before running the Setup Wizard. Consult the topics in XXX for more information. |
The Setup Wizard (Settings icon > Setup > Setup Wizard) provides a multistep process for installing and configuring NetMRI. In the Operations Center context.
The Setup Wizard should only be run after the Operations Center appliance and all of the associated Collectors have been installed, and all Collectors have been registered with the Operations Center appliance.
...
| Note | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
This step is present only during the initial NetMRI setup. It does not appear after NetMRI is successfully configured and the wizard subsequently accessed via Settings icon > Setup > Setup Wizard. |
The primary administrative account is used by the NetMRI administrator to create user accounts and configure NetMRI. This account's user name and password are also required to access the administrative shell (a command-line interface). Other NetMRI users do not have the special privileges available to the administrator. This administrator account is the “superuser” account in the NetMRI appliance.
The primary administrative account's user name is “admin” and cannot be changed. Since this user name is easy to guess, it is essential to assign a strong password to prevent unauthorized users from impersonating the administrator.
Do the following: 1. Enter
- Enter and confirm the password for the NetMRI administrative account. Requirements for the password are listed at the bottom of the screen.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Note | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
This step is present only during the initial NetMRI setup. It does not appear after NetMRI is successfully configured and the wizard subsequently accessed via Settings icon > Setup > Setup Wizard. Subsequent license installations can be carried out by going to the Settings icon > Setup > Settings Summary and clicking the Install link above License Configuration. |
...
If you have not received a license file, or you have misplaced it, you can obtain a license file at http://support.infoblox.com. When you receive the file, save it in a location you can access from the Setup Wizard.
Do the following: 1. Browse
- Browse to the location of the NetMRI license file, then select the license file. The license file ends with the .gpg extension.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
Disabling automatic discovery directs NetMRI to manage devices that are manually input during configuration. Devices known to exist, but not explicitly configured, are not included in any reports or topology data. Configuring NetMRI with discovery disabled may take longer depending on the number of devices on the network.
Do the following: 1. Enable
- Enable or disable auto discovery.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
- A CIDR address block is defined by a network address and bitmask (for example, 192.168.1.0/24).
- An IP address range defines a start and ending IP address. For instance, you could define 192.168.1.0 as the start of the IP range and 192.168.1.255 as the end of the IP range.
- An IP address wildcard pattern defines a single IP address range using a wildcard character or range for a specific set of octets. For example, you could define either 192.168.1.* or 192.168.1.0-255 as the IP address wildcard pattern. An IP address wildcard pattern can substitute an asterisk or range for any single octet in the definition.
- A desired set of values can also be imported from a CSV file.
...
Ranges marked Exclude from Management indicate that any device found matching that range will be discovered, but NetMRI will not manage/collect data from the device.
Do the following: 1.
- To specify devices to include or exclude during discovery, do the following:
- To add an item, click New, enter the new values, select the discovery mode, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select an entry and click Edit. Change the value in the Network field above the table, including the subnet mask if necessary (the mask value is a drop-down menu), and then click Save.
- To delete an item, select an entry, click Delete, then confirm the deletion.
- To import discovery setting data, click Import. In the dialog, click Browse
...
- , select the CSV file, and then click Import.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
You can specify individual IPs that you explicitly want NetMRI to manage. Adding values to this Wizard step prioritizes the specified addresses over other IPs or subnets specified for Discovery. IPv6 and IPv4 values are supported.
Do the following: 1.
- To specify IP addresses that you want NetMRI to manage, do the following:
- To add an item, click New, enter the new IP address in the IP Address field (subnet is not necessary), select the discovery mode, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select an entry, click Edit, change the value in the IP Address field above the table or change the discovery mode, and then click Save.
- To delete an item, select an entry, click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
- To import discovery setting data, click Import, click Browse... in the dialog box, select the CSV file, and then click Import. For more information, see Discovery Import Formats.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
NetMRI attempts site-specific usernames and passwords, in priority order, when first logging in to a device via an SSH or telnet CLI connection. When NetMRI determines a password, it saves it as device-specific information. If there is no site-specific password, the system tries the vendor default credentials in priority order and uses the site-specific username and password combinations when trying to determine the new login credentials for a device. They are not used for vendor default credential checks.
Do the following: 1. Enter
- Enter the CLI credentials used by the devices specified in the Discovery Ranges and Static IPs steps. NetMRI automatically determines which credentials are associated with each device. You can do the following:
- To add an item, click New, enter the values for the Priority, Password Type (User or Enable), Username, and Password fields, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select the item, click Edit, make the necessary changes, and then click Save.
- To test an item, select the item, click Test, select the hostname or IP, and then click Start in the dialog box.
- To delete an item, select the item, click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
- To import credential data, click Import, click Browse... in the dialogue box, select the CSV file, and then click Import. For more information, see Discovery Import Formats.
...
- Click Next.
For more information about credential definitions and NetMRI, see the topic Adding and Editing Credentials and its subsections in the NetMRI online Helphelp.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
NetMRI first uses the manually entered community strings, in priority order, then the default community strings are tried in priority order if the Use Vendor Default Community Strings option is enabled on the following page: Settings icon > Setup > Collectors and Groups > Global tab > Network Polling panel. Here, you disable the use of the vendor default community strings for the determination of which strings NetMRI can use. Do this for installations having tight security setups with all vendor defaults removed from the network. This option does not prevent the vendor default from running.
Do the following: 1. Enter
- Enter the SNMP v1/2 credentials used by any devices specified in the Discovery Ranges and Static IPs steps. NetMRI automatically determines which credentials are associated with each device. Here you can do the following:
- To add an item, click New, fill in the Priority and Community fields above the table, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select the item, click Edit, make the necessary changes, and then click Save.
- To test an item, select the item, click Test, select the Hostname or IP in the dialog box, and then click Start.
- To delete an item, select the item, click Delete, then confirm the deletion.
- To import credential data, click Import, click Browse
...
- in the dialog box, select the CSV file, and then click Import. For more information, see Discovery Import Formats.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NetMRI also uses SNMPv3 encrypted community strings to collect data for analysis, if any exist for any devices in the network. If SNMPv3 strings are provided for devices in the network, the v3 credentials are used before any SNMPv2 credentials.
Do the following: 1.
- Enter the SNMP v3 credentials used by any devices specified in the Discovery Ranges and Static IPs NetMRI automatically determines which credentials are associated with each device. Here you can do the following:
- To add an item, click New, fill in the Priority and Community fields above the table along with the required Authentication and Privacy protocols and passwords, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select the item, click Edit, make the necessary changes, and then click Save.
- To test an item, select the item, and then click Test, select the Hostname or IP, and then click Start.
- To delete an item, select the item, click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
- To import credential data, click Import, click
...
- Browse in the dialog box and select the CSV file, and then click Import. For more information, see Discovery Import Formats.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
The table lists each defined seed router with its discovery status (as defined in the Network Insight tab > Discovery tab). By reviewing the discovery status for each seed router you can determine whether NetMRI discovers the network successfully, or if there are possible configuration errors preventing network discovery.
Do the following: 1. Enter
- Enter IP addresses for seed routers. Here you can do the following:
- To add an item, click New, enter the IP address of the Seed Router in the corresponding field, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select the item, click Edit, make the necessary changes, and then click Save.
- To force immediate discovery, click Discover Now.
- To delete an item, select the item, click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
- To import discovery setting data, click Import, click Browse
...
- in the dialog box, select the CSV file, and then click Import. The imported file data is applied as a set of one or more Seed Routers. Ensure correct values before importing. For more information, see Discovery Import Formats.
...
- Click Next.
| Anchor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Device hints are optional and are used to speed network discovery and assist with the determination of device types without other discovery data.
Device hints help NetMRI locate specific types of network devices using IP address patterns and DNS name patterns. For instance, if many routers are found at an IP address ending with “.65”, specifying “*.*.*.65” and associating the Router device type for an IP address hint, allows NetMRI to prioritize discovered devices matching that hint higher in its credential collection queue to help speed discovery. The hint is taken into account when NetMRI attempts to determine a device's type. Also, you can specify the device type itself in the hint—router, switch, switch-router, firewall, and numerous other choices.
Valid IP address patterns are the numeric values of the octet or an asterisk for any number of octets in the IP address. For device name matches, valid DNS characters and the * character are valid definitions. For example, *rtr* matches any device name with “rtr” in it's definition.
Do the following: 1. Enter
- Enter information for device type hints if necessary. Here you can do the following:
- To add an item, click New, select the type in the Device Type drop-down list, enter the IP address in the corresponding field, and then click Add.
- To edit an item, select the item, click Edit, make the necessary changes, and then click Save.
- To delete an item, select the item, click Delete, and then confirm the deletion.
...
- Click Next.
Setup Wizard: Device Interrogation Techniques
This Wizard step defines the methods by which NetMRI polls network devices for information. Those protocols are based upon three methods: CLI, SNMP and ARP.
Do the following: 1. Select
- Select desired interrogation options (descriptions are provided in the Wizard step, and in the topic). Enable any options
...
- necessary for your network.
...
- Click Next.
Setup Wizard: Configuration Collection
This Wizard step defines the methods by which NetMRI obtains information such as routing tables, ARP tables, and configuration files.
Do the following: 1. Select
- Select desired configuration collection options (descriptions are provided in the Wizard step). Under most circumstances, it should not be necessary to modify settings in this step.
...
- Click Next.
Setup Wizard: Summary
Do the following: 1. Study
- Study the summary information on the final Wizard page. For any item flagged as a possible configuration problem, click the Edit link to go directly to the corresponding step in the wizard to make changes. After making changes, return to the summary.
...
- Click Finish.