System Name problems

[Brian Gilliam_1]

I have snmp devices that do not resolve to a system name. The IP address floods the System Name field. There seems to be no way to change the system name once it has been discovered. I have made DNS entires and host file entries after which I can ping the device by name but doing another discover continues to place the IP address in the System Name field. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks

[David Claypool · Accepted solution]

For any given system you have to be able to do both DNS and reverse DNS lookups from the server hosting hpSIM (not where you're running the browser). On the hpSIM server, you must be able to nslookup the IP address and have it resolve to the name and vice versa.

[Brian Gilliam_1]

The reverse DNS lookup seemed to have solved the problem. Time will only tell.... Thanks for the help.