Use the Edit Software Inventory Properties task panel to specify where the software components inventory file is located. Deployment Manager uses the information you specify for Edit Software Inventory Properties to perform the Update Software Inventory task (see Software Inventory-Update Software Inventory).
To display the Edit Software Inventory task panel, click Edit software inventory properties from the Software Inventory folder of the navigation tree.
The Edit Software Inventory Properties task panel is divided into these panes:
After updating the information on the Edit Software Inventory Properties task panel, click Apply to save your changes. You can display the help panel for this task panel by clicking Help.
Use the Inventory Source pane to specify the location
where the software components are located.
| This field... | Is used to... | It can contain... |
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Inventory file source
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Select the source site used to obtain the software inventory file.
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IBM-North America IBM-Europe Other FTP server Existing files
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FTP host name
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Specify the host name of the location where the software inventory file is
located.
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A valid FTP host name or IP address where the software inventory file is located. If you selected IBM-North America or IBM-Europe this field is automatically
set to the appropriate FTP host name.
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Socks host name
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Specify the server name of the Socks server.
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A valid host name or IP address of the Socks server.
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Socks host port
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Specify the port to be used for accessing the Socks server.
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A valid port number between 1 and 65535 inclusive. The default is
1080.
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Remote directory
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Specify the directory on the server where the software inventory file is
located.
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A valid directory on the server. If you selected IBM-North America or IBM-Europe this field is automatically
set to the appropriate directory.
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Local server directory
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Specify the directory on the Deployment Manager server where the software
inventory file is located.
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A valid directory on the NwDM server. Fill in this field only if you
selected Existing Files as the Inventory File Source.
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The Products task pane lists the network device types. Click the devices for which you want to obtain software component information. You can obtain software component information for these network devices: