The Identification page (Device Viewer > Device/Network Explorer > Device Identification) displays identification information — gathered from a variety of collectors — for the device currently displayed in the Device Viewer. This page lists the identification discovery sources used to determine the device (normally SNMP), a listing of the discovered SNMP Data, and the operating system. Identification information is used to initially determine the type of device being accessed. Since identification information from different sources (listed in the Identification Discovery Sources table) is sometimes conflicting or incorrect, it is possible that a device type or name will initially be incorrect. Over time, as more detailed data is gathered from the device, the device type and/or name are corrected.
The SNMP Data table lists SNMP and OS information, if available, about the device.
The O/S History table lists all the OS versions discovered by NetMRI over time, for the specific device.