Manage Devices in Vision

Use Vision's Device Management to do the following:

  • View a list of all monitored devices, the current number of monitored devices, and the maximum number of monitored devices authorized by the installed licenses.
  • Edit a device to change its properties, or to define user-access to the device.
  • Remove a device from the list of monitored devices. After you delete a device, Vision no longer monitors it.

Prerequisites

  • You must be an administrator to edit or delete a device.
  • Your Vision system must discover devices before they appear in your Vision GUI. See Discover a Device in Vision.
  1. On the Management menu, click Device Management to display the Device Management dialog box.

    Figure 1: Device Management Dialog Box

  2. Review the following information.

    Field

    Description

    Monitored Devices Authorized x of x

    • The first number indicates the number of devices that Vision is currently monitoring, and the second number indicates the maximum number of monitored devices authorized by your installed licenses.
    • A scrolling list of the devices currently being monitored by Vision.

    Discovery Timeout

    The amount of time in seconds that a discovery process stops after a device is not discovered.

    Change this amount of time

    1. Highlight the number in the Timeout field.
    2. Enter a new time in seconds.
    3. Click Save.
  1. On the Management menu, click Device Management to display the Device Management dialog box.
  2. Select the device to which to make changes and click Edit to display the Edit Device dialog box.

    Figure 2: Edit Device Dialog Box

  3. In the Protocol field, edit whether the data collection path to the device is encrypted, as needed:
    • HTTP – Data collection path is not encrypted.
    • HTTPS – Data collection path is encrypted.

    Note: vmPRO appliances always use an encrypted protocol.

  4. Edit additional information about the device, as needed. See Discover a Device in Vision for more information.
  5. Select the Gather Enabled check box to enable the gathering of status and configuration data from the device, as needed.
  6. Click Save to save changes to the device, and to return to the Device Management dialog box.
  1. On the Management menu, click Device Management to display the Device Management dialog box.
  2. Select the device and click Delete.
  3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
  4. Click OK to remove the device from the Device Management dialog box.