Chapter 4 Initial Setup

4.2 Registering a Device

You must register one or more compatible devices to Vantage Access to allow remote management.

•To register a single device, enter its information in the Provision Manager > Device Manipulation screen (see Section 8.1.2 on page 113).

•To register single or multiple devices, configure the devices’ information in an XML or CSV file and upload the file to Vantage Access.

See Section 4.2.1 on page 94 for information on using an XML file, and see Section 4.2.2 on page 95 for information on using a CSV file.

•Configure the device to allow remote management from Vantage Access. See Section 4.2.4 on page 96

"You can import and register any compliant devices to Vantage Access.

4.2.1Editing an XML File

You can import multiple devices to Vantage Access at one time using an XML file.

To import multiple devices at one time, you need to create an XML file that contains the information (such as the device name, OUI, serial number and device type) for each compatible device. To download an example file, click Provision Manager > Device Manipulation

>Import Devices > Example.xml. You can modify the example file with your devices’ information. The following shows an example for two ZyXEL compatible devices.

Figure 30 Sample Device XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Template xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Device>

<deviceName>a</deviceName>

<OUI>001349</OUI>

<serialNumber>001349000000</serialNumber> <deviceType>P-2602HW-D1A</deviceType> <subName>Fred</subName> <subEmail>Fred.Dobbs@zyxel.cn</subEmail> <subTelephone>13665120000</subTelephone> <subPostal>226699</subPostal> <subAddress>SiPailou</subAddress> <subCity>Nanjing</subCity> <subState>Jiangsu</subState> <subCountry>China</subCountry>

</Device>

</Template>

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