The Identify Window

The Identify window displays general information about the managed device, drawn from the device itself, thus collecting up-to-date information. The window may include the following fields:

 

Product Type

MIB II object, defines the type of the queried product.

System Description

MIB II object, a short verbal description of the product

UpTime

MIB II object, indicates the time since the device was last reset.

Object MIB OID

MIB II object, a MIB object identifier representing the root of this product’s MIB

Services Provided

MIB II object, specifies the highest level of services provided by the product, in the 7-layer OSI model.

Device Name

MIB II object, editable, represents the name of this managed device.

Device Location

MIB II object, editable, represents the physical location of this managed device.

Device Contact

MIB II object, editable, indicates information on who to contact for support for this device

           

The Device Name, Device Location and Device Contact fields can be changed by the NMS user by typing in the new value for any of the fields and clicking the OK button in the Identify window.  When this is done, the new values are set in the device’s MIB II system group items.