The Hitchhiker's Guide to Device42
Contents
Welcome to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Device42”, AKA the Device42 docs site. The following pages contain answers to the ultimate questions about infrastructure, the datacenter, and everything (and of course, answers to many common Device42 questions, as well).
Navigate through the documentation pages using the table of contents below, the navigation bar to your left, and/or you can of course search for content with the search box that can be found hanging in the top left of the page, much in the same way that bricks don’t.
What is Device42?
Device42 is comprehensive IT Infrastructure management software that provides an comprehensive CMDB with powerful auto discovery and application dependency mapping tools, a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) suite, full IT asset & inventory management (ITAM) functionality, as well as IP address management (IPAM), password management and lots more in a single tool.
If you aren’t able to find what you’d like to know in the menu or using search, you can click on the “Support” tab at the top of the page, and choose “Support Portal” to open a ticket. If you’d prefer, send us a note at support@device42.com. Our support team loves hearing from customers, and are especially fond of a good challenge!
Table of Contents
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Getting Started / FAQ's
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Installation
- Installation - Amazon Web Services
- Installation - VMware Player
- Installation - Virtual Box
- Installation - Citrix Xen Server
- Installation - Microsoft HyperV
- Installation - Microsoft Azure
- Installation - vCenter Server
- Installation - Xen or KVM using virt-manager
- Windows Discovery Service Installation
- Installing the D42 Netflow Collector as a Service
- Xen/KVM - Import disk Alternate Install
- Getting Started On A PC
- Getting Started On A Mac
- Tutorials
- Getting Started with Auto-Discovery
- Importing Data from Existing Spreadsheets
- Basic Navigation Tips for Adding/Editing
- FAQ's
- Language Selection
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Installation
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Administration
- Auto Clean Feature
- Custom Fields
- Customizing Device42
- Custom Column Views
- Data Reset Tool
- Add an Active Directory User as a Device42 Administrator
- Bulk add Active Directory group members as Device42 users
- Active Directory and OpenLDAP Support
- Role-based Permissions and Access
- Setting Time Zone and NTP
- Tags
- Transferring devices, assets, and parts to other data centers
- Generating CSRs
- Tools of the Trade
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Auto Discovery
- Agent Based Discovery
- Auto-Discovery best practices
- Auto-Discovery System Requirements
- Certificate Auto-Discovery
- Windows and Hyper-V Auto-discovery
- Windows WinRM Auto-Discovery
- Linux & Unix Server Auto-Discovery
- Virtual Machine auto-discovery
- Hypervisors and Containers Supported in Auto-Discovery
- Cloud Auto-Discovery
- Linux Based Autodiscovery Software
- Load Balancer / F5 Autodiscovery
- Active Directory Sync
- Blade systems auto-discovery
- Cisco UCS auto-discovery
- External Ping Sweep Utility
- Resource Utilization Overview
- DNS Autodiscovery
- IPMI auto-discovery
- Netflow Collector
- Operating Systems Supported in Auto-Discovery
- Ping Sweep
- Remote Collector (RC)
- Network Auto-discovery
- Vendors Supported in SNMP Auto-Discovery
- SNMP SAN/Server Auto-Discovery
- TCP Port Scan auto-discovery
- Using API's for Custom Auto-Discovery
- Warranty Autodiscovery
- Buildings, Rooms, and Racks
- Setup & Troubleshooting Menu
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Devices
- Device List View
- Hardware Models
- Device Add/Edit
- Device - Properties Tab
- Device - Parts Tab
- Device - Lifecycle Tab
- Device - Other Tab
- Device - Services Tab
- Device - Software Tab
- Device - Blade Chassis
- Device - Virtual & Blade
- Device - Cluster
- Adding VMs to an HA/Cluster
- Device - Other
- Using the re-importable export feature
- Device Name Profiles
- What If Scenarios
- Clone a Device
- Power Units
- Connectivity
- Spare Parts
- IPAM
- Software
- Enterprise Application Dependency Mapping
- Power and Environmental Monitoring
- Mobile Inventory
- Passwords
- Reports
- Imports
- API Overview
- Device42 Object Query Language (DOQL)
- SAML 2.0 Configuration
- Multitenancy
- Accounting
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Appliance Manager
- Device42 Appliance Manager login
- Device42 Restore
- Generate log bundle
- Changing Device42 Appliance Hostname
- Collecting SNMPWALK output for troubleshooting
- Generating IPMI output for troubleshooting
- Global and Password manager session timeout
- Securing the VM console with password
- Set FQDN for Web Access
- Setting up backup (device42 Appliance Manager)
- Set up HTTPS cert
- Installing VMWare or Xenserver tools
- Adding multiple Network Interface Cards(NIC) to Device42 VM
- Delete History Logs
- Enabling SSL in Appliance Manager
- Enable or Disable TLS v1.0 from Appliance Manager
- Warm HA Setup, Failover, and Automated Backups
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External Integrations and Migrations
- External Logging in Device42
- Device42 HP Service Manager Integration
- Device42 Jira Integration
- Device42 JIRA Cloud Integration
- Device42 SaltStack Integration
- Device42 ServiceNow Connector
- Device42 Zendesk Connector
- Device42 BMC Remedy Plugin
- Puppet and Chef Integrations
- Collect Node Data from Device42 for Rundeck
- Device42 Confluence Connector
- Aperture VISTA to Device42 Migration
- Monitor Device42 Health Status in Nagios
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How-to Videos
- Add and Bulk Edit Hardware models How to
- Add a new route to Device42
- Agentless Auto Discovery Tool How to
- Accessing hidden menus for advanced customization
- Adding links and other URLs to devices
- API Imports - add/create hardware models
- API Imports - adding devices to racks
- Backup and Restore How to
- Building Hierarchy View How To
- Bulk Export and Import How to
- Create and Connect Patch Panels and Switch Ports How to
- Device Discovery Troubleshooting How To
- Device42 Object Query Langage (DOQL)
- Generic (.CSV) Import Tool How to
- Jira Integration How To
- Ping Sweep Tool How To
- Update Device42 Appliance How To
- WMI Authentication Testing Tool How To
