How do I delete a device?

Purpose

Use this procedure to delete a device from NSP.

Deleting devices

Using the NSP to delete a device completely removes the device from the managed network. All current and historical management data is removed, for example, physical links and statistics. If the device is discovered again, the data is not restored.

For model-driven NEs, the NE IP address remains in the discovery rule after the NE is deleted. The next time the discovery rule scans the network, it discovers and manages the device again, or you can run the discovery rule manually.

Deleting a classic NE deletes its NE IP address from the classic discovery rule, but not the unified discovery rule.

For both management types, you must remove the IP address from the unified discovery rule if you don’t want it to be automatically rediscovered.

Steps


1	Open the Device Management, Managed Network Elements view.
2	Choose an NE and select (Table row actions), Manage, Delete.
3	Click Delete in the confirmation dialog. The NE is deleted from NSP. End of steps