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  1. Use the Seed Database tool to enable NAV to gather information from your network.

    Lets take a look at the most important bit - adding IP Devices to NAV.

  2. To enable NAV to collect information from an IP Device, you need to give some basic information about it.

  3. The IP-address of the device is needed. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses can be used.

  4. The room is the physical location of the device. You can add more rooms by clicking the "Room" tab.

    A room can be given a position that enables map placement in some of NAV's tools.

  5. The category determines how NAV collects data from the device. More information about categories can be found in the documentation.

  6. The organization indicates who is operationally responsible for the equipment.

  7. The SNMP read only community is essential. Without the community NAV has no means to collect information from the device.

    Remember that the SNMP Agent on the device also has to be active.

  8. If you want to configure your device using the tools Arnold or PortAdmin you need to set the read/write community.

  9. If you have a big network with many devices you should check out the bulk import functionality in NAV. Bulk import enables you to import all your devices in one big swoop.

  10. If you want more information about using the Seed Database tool to organize your data, please read the «Getting started» and the «Getting organized» guides.

    We wish you a great NAV experience!

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