Device Vendor Form

[This is the Context-Sensitive Help topic for the Device Profiles: Device Profile: Device Vendor form.]

The Device Vendor attribute value indicates the name of the manufacturer of this device type; for example, or Cisco. 

  • NNMi monitoring behavior can be configured differently for each vendor.
  • Membership in a Node Group can be determined by device vendor.

This form is accessed from the Device Profile Form.

Device Vendor Definition
Attribute Description
Label

Vendor name.

Maximum length is 255 characters. Alpha-numeric, spaces, and underline characters are permitted.

Unique Key

The required unique identifier that is important when exporting and importing device profile information within NNMi.

The value must be unique. One possible strategy is to use the Java name space convention. For example:

com.<your_company_name>.nnm.device_profile.vendor.<vendor_label>

Maximum length is 80 characters. Alpha-numeric characters and periods are permitted. Spaces are not permitted.

Icon

Displays the icon that is associated with the Device Vendor.

If you are an NNMi administrator, you can customize the icon. See Customize Device Profile Icons for more information.