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5Enter the Read-Write Community String, if it is present.
The Read-Write Community String is only present if SNMP is enabled. SNMP is disabled
by default. The default SNMP Read-Write Community String is public. Contact your
system administrator to find out the correct SNMP community string to use. See Chapter 6,
“Managing BCM50 with SNMP,” on page 133 for more information about SNMP community
strings.
6Click OK to exit the dialog box.
An icon representing the newly defined element with its associated IP address appears on the
Network Elements tree.
Refer to Element Manager window attributes on page 42 for a detailed description of the common
Element Manager window elements.
Next steps: Proceed to Connecting to a BCM50 element on page 41.

Finding Network Elements

You can search for a group of BCM50s located on the same subnet by using Find Network
Elements. This function uses SNMP to search for all of the BCM50s in the specified IP address
range and add them to the Element Navigation tree. Only BCM50s with SNMP enabled will be
detected. This tool saves time when trying to quickly populate Element Manager with previously
deployed BCM50s for the first time.
Use the following procedure to find network elements:
1Right-click the Network Elements icon in the Element Navigation Panel.
2Select Find Network Elements > Business Communications Manager.
The Network Device Search dialog box appears.
3Enter the Start of IP Address range and press the tab key.
4Enter the End of IP Address range and press the tab key.
5Enter your user name in the User ID field and press the Tab key.
6Enter your password in the Password field.
7Click on the OK button
The Element Manager searches for the IP addresses specified in the range.
If the search is successful, the BCM50s found within the IP address range are added to
Network Elements tree in the Element Navigation Panel.
If the search is unsuccessful a Network Elements dialog box appears stating No network
elements found.
Note: If you want to change the IP address to a name or other type of
identification, triple-click the IP address or right-click once on the IP address.
Once the field becomes editable, type in the new information.