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Administrators must configure email parameters to enable Cisco Prime Infrastructure to email reports, alarm 

notifications, and so on. You must configure the primary SMTP server before you can set the email parameters. 

Choose Administration > Settings > System Settings > Mail and Notification > Mail Server Configuration. 

Credential profiles are set of device credentials. The credentials provided in a credential profile can include SNMP, 

Telnet, SSH and HTTP/HTTPS credentials.  

Choose Inventory > Device Management > Credential Profiles to add, edit, delete or copy credential profiles. 

You can apply a credential profile during device discovery, when manually adding a device, or during bulk import of 

devices. 

Figure 9.    Creating Credential Profile 

 

Discovering Your Network 

Cisco Prime Infrastructure uses and enhances the discovery mechanisms by using protocols such as ping, SNMP 

(v1, v2c, and v3), Cisco

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 Discovery Protocol, Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), and Open Shortest Path First 

(OSPF) to discover the network automatically. This section will focus on how best to configure the discovery 

settings once and to automate the discovery, going forward. 

You can add devices to Cisco Prime Infrastructure in one of the following ways: 

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Use an automated process 

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Discovery Settings 

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Quick Discovery 

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Import devices from a CSV file. 

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Add devices manually by entering IP address and device credential information.