The Cisco Business Dashboard Lite builds an initial list of devices in the network from listening to mDNS (aka Bonjour, please check your device setting to make sure Bonjour is enabled on the Management VLAN) advertisements. The Cisco Business Dashboard Lite then connects to each device using a supported protocol and gathers additional information such as CDP & LLDP adjacency tables. This information is used to identify additional devices in the network, and the process repeats until all devices have been discovered.

Cisco Business Dashboard Lite may not always be able to discover network devices in other VLANs or subnets using only the automated discovery processes. When this occurs, it can be beneficial to have the dashboard explicitly search the IP address ranges associated with those VLANs or subnets. To search an IP address range, do the following:

1. Navigate to Administration > Discovery.

2. Specify the IP address ranges to search.

3. Click Save.

Based on the input, the Dashboard Lite will search the specified address ranges for devices with an active web server and attempt to connect to the device HTTPS port (443) using the credentials provided. If the dashboard is successful in accessing the device, it will be added to the inventory and will be managed in the same way as any other device in the network.

For Cisco Business Dashboard Lite to fully discover and manage the network, it needs credentials to authenticate with the network devices. When a device is first discovered, the Cisco Business Dashboard Lite will attempt to authenticate with the device using the default username: cisco, password: cisco. If this attempt fails, a notification will be generated and valid credentials must be supplied by the user. To supply valid credentials, follow the steps below.

1. Navigate to Administration > Device Credentials. The first table on this page lists all the devices that have been discovered that require credentials.

2. Enter valid credentials into the Username/Password fields. You may click the ✚(plus) icon next to the corresponding field to enter up to three Cisco Business Dashboard Lite credentials. Ensure that passwords are entered using plain text.

3. Click Apply. The Cisco Business Dashboard Lite will test each credential against each device that requires that type of credential. If the credential is valid, it will be stored for later use with that device.

4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 as necessary until every device has valid credentials stored.

To enter a single credential for a specific device, follow the steps below.

1. Click the Edit icon shown against the device in the discovered devices table. A popup will appear prompting you to enter a credential that corresponds to the Credential Type selected.

2. Enter a username and password credential in the fields provided.

3. Click Apply. To close the window without applying, click the ✖ on the top right corner of the pop-up.

Underneath the Add New Credential section is a table showing the identity for each device for which has a valid credential stored and the time that credential was last used. To display the stored credential for a device, you may click the Show Password icon next to the device. To hide the credentials again, click the Hide Password icon. You may also show and hide credentials for all devices using the button at the top of the table. You may also delete credentials that are no longer required. To delete stored credentials, follow the steps below.

1. Navigate to Administration > Device Credentials.

2. In the Saved Credentials table, select the check box against one or more sets of credentials to be deleted. You may also select the checkbox at the top of the table to select all credentials.

3. Click Delete Selected Credentials.

To delete a credential for a single device, you may also click the Delete icon next to the device.

The User Management page allows you to control how users are granted access to Cisco Business Dashboard Lite, change settings that affect how those users interact with the Dashboard.

Cisco Business Dashboard Lite has settings to control the dashboard features that are available using the Dashboard Access drop-down list. The options available for these settings include:

• Administrator—An Administrator has full access to Dashboard features including the ability to maintain the system.

• Operator—An Operator has similar power to an Organization Administrator, but cannot manage users.

• Read only—A Read only user can only view network information, they cannot make any changes.

Cisco Business Dashboard Lite allows users to be authenticated against the local user database.

When the Cisco Business Dashboard Lite is first installed, a default Administrator is created in the local user database with the username and password both set to cisco.

Note	User settings can be managed by Administrators only.