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Adding a new Device- or Virtual object to the map

1. Switch to Designer mode.
2. Browse to the map on which to add a device object.
3. Right-click anywhere on the map and choose Add object|Add a new device- or virtual object from the popup menu.
4. The "Add/Modify a device- or virtual object window" opens. (See a snapshot of this window below).
   
   
   
   
5. Fill out all fields of the window and click the Save button.
6. The cursor of the map to which you want to add a device, changes from a normal cursor to a drag symbol.
7. Point to the right location on the map and click to add the device.

Name

Enter the device name in the Name box. A name may consist of up to 100 characters and may contain any arbitrary character. When the Name box is exited, a DNS lookup is performed in order to find the IP address of the device. If the lookup succeeds, the IP address of the device is shown in the IP address box. The IP address box is left blank if the lookup fails.

Class

Each device must be linked to a Class. Assign the Class for the device by selecting it from the Available Classes box and double-clicking its icon. The Class image appears in the Image box. Once assigned, an object’s Class cannot be modified!

Ser#/Reg#

The Ser.# and the Reg.# fields can be used for administrative and support purposes.

IP address

Enter a valid IP address of the form X.X.X.X in the IP address box. The current Monitor one release does not support IPv6. Leave the field blank if no polling should be performed.

R/W Communities

Enter the Read- and Write communities for Health monitoring via SNMP into the appropriate boxes. By default, the read-community, defined at the Class level is provided. A community string may consist of up to 16 characters in length.

Maintenance window

Use the Maintenance window box to define a maintenance plan for a device object. Within the maintenance period, all events are normally processed but Alerting for the device is suppressed. This option can be useful if - for instance - a server is scheduled to reboot nightly or weekly at a certain time in order to prevent the "Running low on virtual memory" message due to memory leaks etc.

Alert group

The Alert-group selection box can be used to assign an Alert-group to the device. By default, the "Default" group is assigned. If Alerting by email is enabled and you have set up an Alerting scheme (groups and recipients), the Alert-group specifies which people get an email alert message in case a major event occurs for the device. An alert-group can contain multiple recipients and one recipient can belong to multiple alert-groups.

If the IPaddress box is double-clicked, Monitor one automatically assigns the local-host address: "127.0.0.1". This option makes it easy to make use of Monitor one as a drawing tool for presentation purposes.