Add a Network Function with Devices

Use this task to add a network function (NF) with devices to the default Home group or a group that you created. Once the NF is added successfully, the Oracle® Communications Report Manager plug-in is able to communicate with the devices in the NF.

Pre-requisite: If you are not using the default Home group to add an NF, you must specify a group for the NF.

1. Expand the Device Manager slider, and click Devices.
2. In the Managed Devices - Group View pane, select a group, and click Add.
3. In the Select Network Function Type dialog box, click the element manager (EM) product plugin category from the Categories table that manages your devices.
4. In the Network Function Type drop-down list, select from the following NF types:
   • Device—A NF that contains a single standalone device or device high-availability (HA) pair.
   • Device Cluster—An NF that contains a device cluster that shares a common, top-level offline configuration template.

     Note:

     Oracle Communications Report Manager does not currently support device clustering.
5. Click Continue.
6. In the Add Network Function: Device dialog box, complete the following fields:

   Name	Description
   Network Function Name field	The Network Function (NF) name that you want to use for the device(s) that you are configuring.
   Primary IP address field	The primary IP address for this device.
   Secondary IP address field	The IP address for the second device, if this device is part of an HA pair.
   User Name field	The device user name.
   User Password field	The device password.
   SNMP agent mode drop-down list	Select the SNMP version number that the SNMP agent supports and click Load. Valid versions are v1, v2 and v3. If you select v3, authentication fields for SNMP version 3 appear. See below for more information about these fields. Note: When you add a device, you must specify whether to manage the device using SNMPv1, SNMPv2, or SNMPv3. The SNMP version cannot be changed for an existing device once it is added unless the device is removed and added again later.
   SNMP port field	The SNMP port number. The default SNMP port number is 161.
   SNMP community name field	Note: This field applies only to SNMP version 1 and 2. Enter the SNMP community name for this device, which is the name of an active community where the device can send or receive SNMP performance and fault information. Note: The SNMP community must be configured on the device before adding the device to the Session Delivery Manager. Use the device CLI to configure the ip-addresses parameter found in the configure terminal > system > snmp-community element. For more information, See the device product documentation for more information.
   SNMPv3 user name field	The SNMP version 3 user name.
   SNMPv3 authentication protocol drop-down list	Select the SNMP version 3 authentication protocol: SHA—Secure hash algorithm (SHA-1). MD5—MD5 hash algorithm. NONE
   SNMPv3 authentication password field	The SNMP version 3 authentication password.
   SNMPv3 privacy protocol drop-down list	Select the SNMP version 3 privacy protocol: DES—Data encryption standard algorithm (DES) for the encryption of electronic data. AES128—Advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption algorithm. NONE
   SNMPv3 privacy password field	The SNMP version 3 privacy password.

7. Click Apply.
   The NF and its associated device(s) or the NF with the associated device(s) appear in the Managed Devices table.