Credential Test

Important:The product name for this user guide has changed from Foundation and Cloudscape to Business Service Discovery and Migration Planning.

For each credential type, the Test button is available when entering a new credential or editing an existing credential. The Credential Test feature accepts the IP address of a device, and runs a simple connection and authentication test against that device using the credential entry being operated on. The Credential Test does not test whether the device will respond to ICMP, and only runs the minimum operations required to confirm whether the credential can be used to communicate with the device. The Collection Validation feature has been introduced to go beyond this simple test and to provide extensive detailed feedback, although the Credential Test feature remains a valuable tool in many conditions. The Credential Test feature will, upon a successful test, automatically add the new credential entry or apply a modification to the existing credential entry.