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After selecting the appropriate device type for the element, provide the hostname or IP address and the SNMP connection details for the device / system.  If the majority of the devices / systems share the same connection settings (ie. community string, port, etc.), it is recommended to enter these settings in the Global Element Settings page of the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor UI (Config -> Global Element Credentials Settings -> SNMP Global CredentialsConfiguration), so that the Use the Use Global SNMP Connection Configuration check box can be selected; otherwise, you will need to provide the connection details for each device / system.

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If there are no OIDs present for the vendor or the particular device, additional MIBs can be obtained from the vendor directly and loaded into Uptime Infrastructure Monitor.  This step is done on the monitoring station by placing the files in the <uptime_dir>/mibs/ directory, and restarting the up.time Uptime Data Collector (or uptime_core on Linux / Unix platforms) service to refresh the MIB cache.  See Adding MIBs to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor for further details.

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