# Add Network Device Before adding a new network device on VirtualMetric, please check that you have enough license and read *Server Pre-Configuration* section for supported versions, software and hardware requirements. Click to **Network Device** on the left pane.

On Network Devices Management screen, click **Add (+)** button on the right top section.

1\. Select an appropriate **trigger** from the field **Trigger**. 2\. Add **FQDN/IP Address** 3\. Select a **Credential Type** from the drop down: **None** – Select this type and add Community String **SNMPv2** – Selecting this option provides you with another Field called Credential from where you can select an appropriate option. **SNMPv3** – Selecting this option provides you with another Field called Credential from where you can select an appropriate option. 4\. When **credential type** is **none**, select the check box **Enable SNMPv3**, select **Authentication Protocol and write Username.** 5\. Select the checkbox **Advance Settings**. You get the fields as follows.


Fields	Description
Network Device Name	A label or name that is assigned to a network device.
Trigger	You may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.
FQDN / IP Address	FQDN represents the complete domain name of a machine or application on a network. For example: www.example.com. The numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.
Port Number	A specific endpoint for data exchange between two devices or applications within a network.
Inventory Interval	This option defines frequency of Inventory Collector. Inventory Collector is responsible for: · Collecting server inventory like pending updates, installed applications, local administrators etc. · Collecting module inventory like virtual machines, web sites, databases etc. · Hardware Health Monitoring · Windows Firewall Logs · Change Tracking
Stats Interval	This option defines frequency of Monitoring Collector. Monitoring Collector is responsible for: · Collecting all performance counters results · Collecting Event Logs · Collecting TCP Connections
Logging Type	Logging Levels determine the frequency at which statistic queries occur, the length of time statistical data is stored in the database and the type of statistical data that is collected.
Debug	To choose debug such as: · Off · Inventory: Only collects debug logs for Inventory Collector · Monitoring: Only collects debug logs for Monitoring Collector · On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector
Status	To choose a server status such as: · Active: Enables monitoring for server · Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications · Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server · Disabled: Disables monitoring for server
Connection String	This field only appears when configuration backup enabled. You can write connection string to this field.

{% hint style="info" %} When configuration backup is enabled, connection string can be written by following below example and explanations. **Example:** {"Model":"cisco-ios","Protocol":"ssh","UserName":"cisco","Password":"cisco","IPAddress":"192.168.1.111","EnablePassword":"cisco","EnableMode":true,"KeepBackupFiles":false,"BackupCount":2} **Model:** Model Of the Network Device. Ex:cisco-ios,mikrotik,fortios,junos **Protocol:** Which protocol to use for backup. SSH-Telnet **Username:** Username **Password:** Password **IPAddress:** IP Info of the device **EnableMode:** If the Device have enable exec mode active **EnablePassword:** If the enablemode is active enable password **KeepBackupFiles:** If you want to keep the backup file under trigger backup folder **BackupCount:** How many backup files to keep in backup folder {% endhint %} 6\. After entering all the required info, **click** the button **SUBMIT**. The Network Device will be added now. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.virtualmetric.com/settings/devices/network-devices-operations/add-network-device.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.