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Chapter 3 Adding and Troubleshooting Devices Using Device Management
Understanding the Device and Credentials Repository
• Get the device IP address
See Device List Manipulation Service for further details.
For the new features in this release, see “What's New in this Release”.

Understanding the Device and Credentials Repository

The Device and Credential Repository is part of Common Services application. This is a centralized
device repository for sharing device credentials across all applications that are installed on CiscoWorks
server.
Use the Device and Credential Repository (Common Services > Device and Credentials > Device
Management) to:
• Add a device
• Edit device identity
• Import bulk devices
• Edit device credentials
• View the list of devices on CiscoWorks server
You can also, export and delete devices in Device and Credential Repository.
You cannot add devices directly to the RME. You must first add the devices to the Common Services’
Device and Credential Repository and then import the devices to RME.
The RME application uses these device credentials from the Device and Credential Repository:
• Device identity information such as IP address/host name.
• Device access information such as user names/passwords and SNMP community strings.
When a device is deleted from RME, the Device and Credential Repository is not affected. You can
selectively add the devices back to RME. If a device is deleted from Device and Credential Repository,
the device is also deleted from the RME application.
For more information on the Device and Credential Repository, see the Common Services Online Help
and User Guide.

Device Management Administration Settings

Before adding devices to RME you can set these Device Management Settings for:
• Automatically adding devices to RME from Device Credentials Repository
Select the check box Automatically Manage Devices from Credential Repository on Device
Management Settings window (Resource Manager Essentials > Admin > Device Mgmt).
See Automatic Addition of Device and Credential Repository Devices to RME.
This option is enabled by default. If you want to manually add device to RME, then disable this
option.
See Adding Devices to RME Manually
• Verifying the device credentials while adding devices to RME