NetIM maintains a list of devices from which it will directly collect device configuration, performance metrics, or detected IP addresses. Before NetIM can connect to network devices, you must populate this list by creating device entries. You do not need to place all of your devices on the device list, only those you want to directly contact using SNMP, command-line interface (CLI), or WMI. You can create device entries by:

This section includes the following topics:

Adding Devices to Device Manager

Controlling Direct Collection

Device Info File