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User Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.1
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Chapter 3 Adding and Troubleshooting Devices Using Device Management
Using the RME Devices Window
Step 2 Select the devices for which you want to edit the RME device attributes. See Using RME Device Selector
for further information.
Step 3 Click Edit Device Attributes.
The RME Device Attributes dialog box appears.
Step 4 Click Export.
The Export Device Attributes to File dialog box appears.
a. Enter the folder name and the filename on the RME server.
Or
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Browse to select a folder on the RME server.
The Server Side File Browser dialog box appears.
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Select a folder and enter the filename on the RME server.
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Click OK in the Server Side File Browser dialog box.
b. Click OK in the Export Device Attributes to File dialog box.
The notification window displays Data exported successfully.
c. Click OK in the notification window.
Step 5 Edit the exported file.
You can edit only the RME device attributes, Serial Number, SNMP Retry, SNMP Timeout, Telnet
Timeout, and Natted RME IP Address. You cannot edit the Device Display Name (device_identity) and
add new device entries.
See RME Device Attributes Export File Format for further information.
Step 6 Click Import in the RME Device Attributes dialog box.
The Import Device Attributes to File dialog box appears.
We recommend that you import the same file that you have exported after editing. If any new device
entries are added, these device entries are ignored. Only device entries that match the existing device
entries are imported.
a. Enter the folder name and the filename on the RME server.
Or
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Browse to select a folder on the RME server.
The Server Side File Browser dialog box appears.
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Select a folder and file on the RME server.
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Click OK in the Server Side File Browser dialog box.
b. Click OK in the Import Device Attributes to File dialog box.
The notification window displays Data imported successfully.
c. Click OK in the notification window.
The RME Device Attributes window refreshes to display the updated RME device attributes.
While importing the edited RME device attributes file an error message may appear,
Attribute values for some selected devices are invalid. See Attribute Error Report for
details.
See Editing RME Device Attributes section to know the minimum and maximum values for the RME
device attributes. Also see Attribute Error Report for more information.